Tag: IFA

In another sign that some sense of normality is returning to our lives, the IFA held their first demonstration in well over a year...

Declan Hanrahan, a suckler and beef farmer from Borris-in-Ossory, has been re-elected vice-chairman of the IFA livestock committee. Hanrahan is the current livestock representative for...

The IFA National Dairy Chairman Tom Phelan has stepped down from his position. Mr Phelan, who is from Laois, informed the committee of his decision...

The death has taken place of Liam Carroll, a highly-regarded member of the Courtwood and Rath communities. He passed away suddenly in his 92nd year...

Laois farmer Francie Gorman has been elected as the new chairman of South Leinster region of IFA. Gorman, who is from Spink and is a...

Two candidates are in the running for the position of IFA South Leinster Chairman - and a Laois man is among them. Francie Gorman from...

It's been one of the toughest harvests in years for tillage farmers and IFA President Tim Cullinan says he wants an immediate assessment from the...

Declan Hanrahan, a suckler and beef farmer from Borris-in-Ossory, has been elected vice-chairman of the IFA livestock committee. Hanrahan is the current livestock representative for...

Laois IFA will have a voice on the county's Joint Policing Committee (JPC) for the first time following the appointment of Brendan Birney from...

IFA Grain Committee Chairman Mark Browne has called on feed mills to use Irish grains. According to Mr Browne, some feed merchants are now producing...

Local tillage farmers are worried that their contracts for malting barley could be cut by up to 40% this year because of a significant...

There was a change at the top table at the Laois IFA AGM in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel on Monday night as Francie Gorman's...

"I'm sickened at the minute - because between extreme veganist campaigns and talk about the environment, we farmers are being treated like criminals." That was...

In the spring of 2002 Mary Harney courted farm leader Tom Parlon and won him over. She wiped the eye of Parlon’s other suitor, Michael...

Can the momentum in favour of the Greens reach the midlands and get behind their Laois-Offaly candidate, Senator Pippa Hackett? It’s a big ask in...

Approximately 2,000 Laois farmers across 20 different branches are entitled to vote as the IFA presidential election gets underway today. IFA members vote for a...

Three candidates have been nominated to run for IFA President. They are Munster Regional Chairman John Coughlan from Cork, National Treasurer Tim Cullinan from...

Opening the Smart Farming Spring seminar in Portlaoise today (Tues), IFA President Joe Healy challenged the Government to come forward with a comprehensive climate...

Laois IFA are holding a Crisis Beef and Livestock Meeting in the Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise on Monday April 15 at 8.30pm. The focus of the...

IFA are calling for a deal for a sustainable price for malting barley for farmers. IFA chairman Mark Browne is concerned about the future...

A well-known Laois farmer has hit out at what he deems unfair elements of farm payments - and said that the work put in...

The farming community is well known for its ability to help each other out in difficult times. Traditionally this was evident with neighbours offering support...

Laois County Council's Extreme Weather Local Coordination committee  is “preparing for the worst” in anticipation of the ‘beast from the east’ and extreme weather...

The head of the IFA, who is from Stradbally, says that no Brexit deal would be 'catastrophic' for Laois farmers. Damian McDonald made the comments...

The Pike of Rushall farmer Tom Phelan has been elected the new chairman  of the IFA National Dairy Committee. He runs his own dairy farm...

Over 100 farmers and members of the Irish Farmers Association attended a protest in Portlaoise today over the low retail price of milk. Joe Healy,...

The surviving Laois members of a national farming protest in 1966 were honoured at a Laois County Council reception on Thursday night. Then operating under the...

For as long as Tom Mulhall can remember he has been involved in community groups and committees, going to meetings, trying to get things...

Over 120 local farmers attended the Laois IFA AGM on Monday night in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel. IFA President Joe Healy was guest speaker -...