ICMSA members demand more power

ICMSA members want an equal say to their IFA colleagues in selecting their next leader.

Both organisations will announce new presidents on December 20. IFA members are voting in 946 branches, but the next head of ICMSA will be elected by 87 National Council members without any official mandate from farmers in the regions they represent on how to vote.

The call for change has come from ICMSA's traditional Co Limerick stronghold, where members have also called for re-structuring of their National Council.