Commonage committee to begin work as appointments completed

All members of the new Commonage Implementation Committee have now been appointed, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney announced yesterday.

He said the committee, which will hold its first meeting shortly, is chaired by Joe Healy, a livestock farmer from Galway, as well as a former president of Macra and former chairman of Athenry Mart.

Mr Healy will be assisted by two senior department officials with specific experience in this field and two technical experts, one from the Department of Arts, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht and one from Teagasc.