IFA overhaul needed to avoid an exodus of its membership over salaries

The fallout from the recent revelations on pay arrangements within the IFA will not be limited to the resignation of Pat Smith as general secretary from the IFA.
IFA overhaul needed to avoid an exodus of its membership over salaries

Already there are widespread calls from individuals and IFA members on the ground for a transformation of the organisation’s transparency.

From the individual farmers perspective, the organisation seems little more than a bloated self-serving organisation populated by a cohort of like-minded individuals suffering from groupthink who were willing to let pay arrangements of senior staff go unchecked.

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