Annual poll offers insights into rural Irish communities

ICMSA@70: Irish Examiner and ICMSA polls of recent years show shifts in attitudes to farming and social issues

Unveiling the first in a series of opinion polls: Irish Examiner Farming Editor, Stephen Cadogan with John Comer, former President of the ICMSA at the 2013 National Ploughing Championships at Ratheniska, Stradbally, Co Laois. Picture: Dan Linehan

ICMSA, and the dairy farmers it represents, have done much to throw open the gates of farms to the general public, and to reveal farmer attitudes, by participating since 2013 in the annual Irish Examiner-ICMSA Farming Opinion Poll.

Not all representative organisations are so open-minded.