This article is from page 38 of the 2007-11-20 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 38 JPG
THE Clare Executive of ICMSA held its North Area meeting last week at Fall’s Hotel in Ennistymon and elected Richard Deveraux as Chairman while Pat O’Donoghue of Kilshanny was elected Secretary. The meeting was addressed by one of the Association’s research officer, James O’ Mahony, on a wide range of farming issues such as the outlook for milk and beef prices, cross-com- pliance, REPS 4, Nitrates deroga- tions and the very abrupt termination of the Farm Improvement Scheme.
The election of Mr Deveraux and Mr O’Donoghue, together with the election last month of Thomas Shan- non of Lissycasey as Chairman of West Clare and Padraig Haugh of Moyasta as Secretary means _ that the Clare now only requires the East Clare area to convene and appoint its officers to fill all its positions.
The Chairman of Clare ICMSA, Martin McMahon, has said that Clare will send a large delegation to the national Annual General Meeting to be held at Limerick Racecourse on November 29.
“I’m confident we’ll be able to turn
out the usual Clare team,’ said the O’Callaghan’s Mills Farmer.
“We’re very excited about the line- up that’s been arranged for this year. Hugh Friel, the outgoing CEO of Kerry group, Tara Buckley, CEO of RGDATA and the Consumer Asso- ciation of Ireland will give presenta- tions on the question of Irish food and who get what?
‘That promises to be a very bracing debate. The afternoon will see John Moloney, CEO of Glanbia, Vincent Gilhawley of Town of Monaghan, Joe Flynn of Irish Dairy Board and Sieta van Keimpema of the Euro-
pean Milk Board give presentation on the theme of Increased Quotas – More work, Less income?
“This is a star-studded line-up of experts in the field of Irish food gen- erally and Irish dairying, in particu- lar. Any member who attends will have a much better idea of his or her business for the next 12 months after hearing these people then they would otherwise.
“The day will end with a full din- ner and a speech from Minister Coughlan. A great and productive day will be had by any member who attends.”