Sheep and suckler farmer elected

A FULL-TIME sheep and suckler farmer from Shillelagh in Co Wicklow is the new president of the 8,000-member Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association.

John Deegan was elected in a “photo-finish” at a meeting of the ICSA national executive committee in Portlaoise.

He topped the poll with 41 votes, followed by John Heney, Tipperary, with 31 votes and Martin Coughlan, Wateford, with 26 votes.