Farmer TB attitudes 'obvious for decades', says ICMSA

Deputy president of the ICMSA, Eamon Carroll, credited one of ESRI’s conclusions, which specifically identified that communications of the disease should focus on evidence-based narratives surrounding recommended measures while also avoiding long-winded or overly technical material

The ICMSA has said the ESRI research findings have been 'obvious for decades'. File picture

Following the publication of farming sentiments surrounding bovine Tuberculosis (bTB), the ICMSA has said its findings were obvious.

Deputy president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA), Eamon Carroll, has said the latest research from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has highlighted problems that “have been obvious for decades,” regarding the sentiments surrounding the bTB programme.