ICMSA Council must be under 70 years

Governing bodies of the country’s second largest farmer organisation are to be rejuvenated.

Rule changes endorsed at the ICMSA AGM reduce the average age of the National Council, and provide a more uniform regional structure in the central executive. There was strong approval for the changes by the membership at the AGM at Limerick.

For the first time, a retiring age of 70 has been introduced for the National Council (to which members are elected, based on the strength of membership in each county).