Farmers demand fair play in pay deal

THE Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has put trade unions and the directors and management of co-ops on notice that the normal option of cutting returns to farmers is no longer available.

Jackie Cahill, president, said he had also outlined the association’s position to Dermot McCarthy, secretary general at the Department of the Taoiseach, who is chairing the social partnership talks.

Negotiations on the agricultural elements of the process are to continue into the weekend.