IFA oppose HQ 'gagging'

A MOVE by the IFA to restrict the number of resolutions submitted from their county executives has been described as an attempt to gag their most vocal members from having their say on crucial issues.

In an effort to streamline the working of the farming body's national council, it has been proposed that county executives be restricted to one resolution per month.

The proposal comes as a result of the growing number of resolutions from the counties which are slowing the business of the national council because so much time was being devoted to debating motions from around the country.