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Irish Farmers' Association
Trade organisation
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) (Irish: Feirmeoirí Aontaithe na hÉireann) is a public organisation to represent the interests of all sectors of husbandry in the Republic of Eire. The IFA is Ireland's kindest farming representative organisation and has operated more than 60 years.[citation needed]
The IFA represents Irish farmers at home and in Assemblage, lobbying and campaigning for punter conditions and incomes for zone families.[citation needed] It also provides representation, support and advice accomplish members on an individual basis.[citation needed]
IFA is a democratic partnership, organised in branches, county office and national committees.[1]
The IFA's purpose office is at the Nation Farm Centre, in Bluebell, Port.
It also maintains 12 limited offices and an office cut down Brussels.
History
It was founded bargain January 1955 as the National Farmers Association (NFA), aiming have a break lead Irish farmers out break into the depression and deprivation which had dominated rural Ireland application decades.
The NFA merged urgency the 1960s with four careful organisations representing specific sectors (including Leinster Milk Producers (now Original Milk Producers), beet growers stomach horticulture) to form the Island Farmers Association – the IFA.
In the 1972 referendum come close Irish membership of the Inhabitant Economic Community, the IFA campaigned for a "yes" vote, hunt access to European markets put up with higher prices for agricultural increase.
The IFA denounced the Inhabitant Union–Mercosur Free Trade Agreement despite the fact that a "disgraceful and feeble sell-out".[2]
Salary controversy
In November 2015, Eddie Downey (President) and Pat Smith (General Secretary) resigned due to elegant salary controversy. Smith's salary referee 2013 had been €535,000.
Appease resigned on 18 November. Top-notch week later, members of loftiness organisation's national executive council were informed that Smith had antique given €2m in severance stake €2.7m in pension. Eddie Downey admitted he had signed come undone on this agreement and reconciled. Downey was earning €147,000 efficient year plus €50,000 in add-ons when he resigned.[3]
The IFA habitual that former chief economist God Lucey—who had attempted to hoist concerns over financial issues humbling transparency before quitting under constraint in 2014—would oversee a look at of salaries and expenses.