Cahill re-elected as ICMSA chief after voting goes to the wire
Mr Cahill yesterday retained the office he has held for the past four years, but only by the narrow margin of 54 votes to 45. After weeks of intense lobbying, Cahill saw off a strong challenge from Pat O’Rourke, the Longford man who was his immediate predecessor as president.
All 99 members of the National Council attended yesterday’s election at Limerick’s Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel. The election was contested on geographical grounds, as had been widely speculated in the farming press in recent weeks.
