ABP can no longer collect funds from farmers on IFA’s behalf

The Irish Farmers’ Association has said the ABP meat processor group is no longer authorised to collect funds on behalf of IFA from the payments the company makes to farmers for livestock.

IFA president Joe Healy said: “ABP will not dictate how IFA represents farmers, or how farmers decide to support their association”.

He confirmed he wrote yesterday to Larry Goodman, instructing him to immediately suspend the collection of the levy for IFA.