Sectors

Beef Sector

ICSA beef chairman: Mr. Seán Scully, Stradbally, Laois  (087) 9498618  

Sean Scully

Seán farms near Stradbally, Co Laois. As well as being Laois Co Chairman, he is married to Margaret, and they have three children, Lisa, Emma and John. Seán is farming a medium enterprise, weanling to beef and finishing about 100 cattle a year. Seán also grows malt and barley.

“I would like to achieve a better standard of living for those in the drystock sector, so that farmers with a medium or larger enterprise would not have to subsidise their income by working off the farm. I feel that the beef sector and sheep sector has been undersold for the last 15 – 20 years. As a western European island, geographically we have a lot sell about ourselves and it is vital that we attract more youth back into agriculture within the next 5 years or Ireland will face a battle to retain agricultural numbers in the rural communities.”

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Rural Development Sector  

ICSA rural development chairman: Mr. Gabriel Gilmartin, Ballintrillick, Co. Sligo (087) 9600799

 

Mr. Gabriel Gilmartin

Gabriel farms in Sligo and Roscommon, and mainly has sheep, but also keeps cattle. He lives with his wife Anne Marie and their children in Ballintrillick, Co Sligo. Gabriel has held many positions in ICSA, and is currently Rural Development chairman and Sligo county chairman.

  

  

  

  

  

 

  

 

 

Suckler Sector 

ICSA suckler chairman:Mr.Brendan McLaughlin,Newtowncunningham,Co.Donegal (087) 9252816

Brendan Mc Laughlin

Brendan McLaughlin serves as both National Suckler chairman as well as Donegal county chairman, where he farms cattle, sheep and sucklers on his award – winning coastal farm in Newtowncunningham. Brendan sits on the board of the IMO, and is adamant that farmers must get €1 more per kilo for sheep and cattle in 2008 than they did in 2007 in order to be viable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheep Sector 

ICSA sheep chairman: Mervyn Sunderland Redcross, Co Wicklow 087 2669626 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mervyn Sunderland

ICSA national sheep chairman, Mervyn Sunderland is from Redcross Co. Wicklow. He has over 30 years experience in farming and is well known and widely respected. He was appointed first to the National Sheep Strategy Committee in 2005 and currently sits on the National Sheep Strategy Implemtation Committee.