Tipperary dairy and beef farmer appointed to board of Teagasc
Based in Renaghmore, Grange, Barna, Thurles, Co Tipperary, Mr Cooke is a member of the national council of ICMSA and is a former chairman of the ICMSA’s dairy and rural development committees.
He is chairman and founding member of the Irish Wind Farmers’ Cooperative Society, known as Meitheal na Gaoithe, and is also chairman of Barrow Nore Suir Rural Development Ltd. He is also active in community organisations and in the renewable energy sector.