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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Other Stories »Text Size:Thursday, October 9, 2008IFA seeks tax breaks for farm windmill installationsPadraig Walshe: seeking tax relief on 6,000 installationsSEÁN Mac CONNELL, Agriculture CorrespondentA PROPOSAL to Government to give farmers a tax break to establish 6,000 windmills over the next three years has been made by the Irish Farmers' Association.IFA president Padraig...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
... farmers to the head office of the country's largest agri-company to vent their anger.IFA president Pádraig Walshe said the belated price offer made to growers of €123 per tonne for green (undried) barley and €127 per tonne for green wheat threatened the future of tillage farming in Ireland."Once again, Glanbia has put up a price when the market is at its lowest and leaves growers...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
... and the best indicator of confidence in the industry.President of the Irish Farmers' Association Pádraig Walshe used the occasion to criticise Minister for Agriculture Brendan Smith, who will attend the championships today, for failing to make the case to Brussels to extend the end-of-year deadline for the Farm Waste Management Scheme.He said that for various reasons, 10,000 farmers...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
... stance on the Lisbon Treaty referendum.At its annual general meeting last January, IFA president Pádraig Walshe told EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel that it would recommend a Yes vote in the referendum, an endorsement she described as "a huge gift".By mid-April, against the background of the possibility of a negative WTO deal on agriculture, the IFA leadership had...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... job loss impact of the slowdown in the other sectors of the construction industry.IFA president Padraig Walshe said 20,000 farmers had yet to finish work under the scheme which pays grants of between 40-60 per cent."We are not looking for changes either, just an extension of the time limit to finish off, because there are at least 8,000 farmers who have been approved but have not...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
... lost €70 million and the remaining crop worth €120 million was at risk. Later today, IFA president Padraig Walshe will undertake a tour of the worst-hit areas in the southeast and midlands. He will begin in Wexford tomorrow morning and visit counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly to see the impact the weather conditions have had. He will meet the leading co-ops and grain merchants to...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Top Story »Fears grow for 200 jobs at Cappoquin ChickensProtesters at a rally outside the Cappoquin Chickens plant in Co Waterford yesterday. IFA president Padraig Walshe criticised supermarket chains for using discounted imported chicken as an enticement to shoppers.Photograph: ProvisionBARRY ROCHE in Cappoquin, Co WaterfordSUPERMARKETS AND other commercial purchasers of poultry were...
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
... to ignore the claims of barley growers for a price similar to last year, with the body’s chairman Padraig Walshe claiming failure to intervene could lead to further action.But the IFA refused to comment on what form that would take.The body said until the mid-nineties Guinness was involved in face-to-face negotiations with growers and up to two years ago the company had a role through...
