THE report into the banking inquiry and the salary of the former general secretary of the IFA do not seem to be inextricably linked, writes Alison O’Connor.

Plenty of analogies present themselves when discussing the current mess at the IFA, but maybe an appropriate one is the farmer returning home from a Sunday drive and being confronted with the sight of his cattle trampling all over the silage pit, writes Noel Baker.

Unions and representative bodies have been called upon to disclose the salaries of senior staff.