Irish Farmers' Association

Irish Farmers' Association
IFA
Full name Irish Farmers' Association
Native name Feirmeoirí Aontaithe na hÉireann
Founded 1955
Members 85,000
Country Republic of Ireland
Key people Padraig Walshe, President (2006-2010)
John Bryan, President (2010-)
Pat Smith General Secretary (2009-)
Kevin Kinsella Livestock Director (1984-)
Office location Irish Farm Centre, Bluebell, Dublin 12, Ireland
Website www.ifa.ie

The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) is a national organisation to represent the interests of all sectors of farming in the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in January 1955 as the National Farmers Association (NFA), aiming to lead Irish farmers out of the depression and deprivation which had dominated rural Ireland for decades.

The NFA merged in the 1960s with four smaller organisations representing specific sectors (including Leinster Milk Producers (now Fresh Milk Producers), beet growers and horticulture) to form the Irish Farmers Association – the IFA.

In the 1972 referendum on Irish membership of the European Economic Community, the IFA campaigned for a "yes" vote, seeking access to European markets and higher prices for agricultural produce.

The IFA's head office is at the Irish Farm Centre, in Bluebell, Dublin. It also maintains 12 regional offices and an office in Brussels.

It is considered one of the most powerful lobby groups in Irish politics.[citation needed]

List of presidents

Year Name Origin
1955-? Juan Greene County Kildare
1961-1966 Rickard Deasy County Tipperary
1967-? T.J. Maher County Tipperary
Paddy Lane County Clare
1980-1984 Donal Cashman County Cork
1984-1988 Joe Rea County Tipperary
1988-1990 Tom Clinton County Meath
1990-1994 Alan Gillis County Kildare
1994-1998 John Donnelly County Galway
1998-2002 Tom Parlon County Offaly
2002-2006 John Dillon County Limerick
2006-2010 Padraig Walshe[1] County Laois
2010- John Bryan[2] County Kilkenny

References

  1. ^ "Walshe elected as IFA president". RTÉ News. 20 December 2005. http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/1220/ifa.html. Retrieved 21 December 2009. 
  2. ^ "Bryan elected IFA president". RTÉ News. 21 December 2009. http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/1221/ifa.html. Retrieved 21 December 2009. 

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