Speculation mounts as to who will chair ICMSA as Cahill moves to IDB

TIPPERARY dairy and beef farmer Jackie Cahill has already chaired his first meeting of the National Dairy Council, having been formally elected chairman earlier this week.

The council’s new vice-chairman is Stephen Shorten from Courtleigh, Newcestown, Co Cork. Outgoing chairman Dominic Cronin remains on the board, as does its sitting chief executive, Zoe Kavanagh.

Meanwhile, these are busy times for Jackie Cahill. With his term as chairman of the Irish Creamery and Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) not due to expire until December, he will carry out both executive functions for the next few months, along with tending to the dairy and beef herds on his farm near Thurles.