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Looking forward to welcoming the George Russell Society to the Plunkett House today. #AE @ICOS1894

Minister @simoncoveney will open the @ICOS1894 and @UCC Sustainability Event

Edward Carr, @ICOS1894 president speaks of anger, confusion & uncertainty of recent months for dairy farmers. Now there is clarity from Commissioner @VSinkevicius - stabilise or improve water quality and Ireland will keep its #nitrates derogation.

Mark Jordan of @icosskillnet outlines the critical importance of #dairy industry €16bn and 85,000 jobs. Workforce skills are essential to keep Irish industry to the fore & new courses will be integral to this.@ICOS1894

The 2023 edition of #COGECA's Presidency Business Forum is currently underway on "Fostering the Future of Farming: The Importance of Cooperatives in Cultivating Our New Generation of Young Farmers” in 🇪🇸👇 #AgriCoopForum #YoungFarmers #JovenesCoops

Well done to @tirlan and @DairygoldCo_Op on this great collaboration! #coopsworkingtogether

Congratulations to the McNamara family and to all the finalists @NDC_ie @KerrygoldIRL

Spoke to the USA Dairy Club in Dublin today about EU policy as part of their week long visit to Ireland north and south. These 50 farmers in room own 1m dairy cows between them. 18,000 Irish dairy farmers own 1.5m cows between them. As they say in US, do the math!

⁦@TjflanaganTipp⁩ ICOS CEO taking part in the #finetuningirishdairy conference today with nitrates and animal welfare key discussion items @ICOS1894 ⁦@FarmersMonthly⁩

Ray Doyle addressed a conference hosted in the @Europarl_EN promoting high Animal Welfare in Transport standards. It was hosted by MEPs Billy Kelleher & Asger Christiansen, & organised by ICOS & the Danish Agriculture & Food Council. @DamienOhReilly ICOS EU Affairs moderated.

Outgoing ICOS President addresses the 128th AGM of ICOS, highlighting the dairy industry's achievements and capability to meet future challenges bit.ly/3qlrkia

Tirlán was delighted to have the opportunity to highlight the positive actions being taken by our farm families at the EPA Climate Conference yesterday. Thomas Ryan was there  to discuss our Living Proof sustainability strategy. #HereForGood #FarmFamilies

Human Capital investment is key to the success of skills and talent attraction and retention. #euyearofskills @SprojectField @ICOS1894 @COPACOGECA

In 1973 Ireland joined #theEU and ICOS opened its office in Brussels. We celebrated this milestone with @IFAmedia in Brussels and we were joined by friends and colleagues from across Europe @COPACOGECA #EuropeDay2023 #IrelandEU50 youtube.com/watch?v=5Vss42…

The ICOS board visited the EU Parliament in Brussels yesterday and met MEPs @BillyKelleherEU and @ColmMarkey as part of the ICOS/IFA Brussels office 50th anniversary celebrations.

Congratulations to all at @callancoopagri on the launch of their new store in Callan, Co. Kilkenny today. And very best wishes for the future. #coops

Minister @McConalogue announces two-week extension for the submission of dairy excretion rate band and Nitrates Derogation applications for 2023. 📍gov.ie/en/press-relea…

ICOS launches gender equality charter for member co-ops agriland.ie/farming-news/i… #agriland

On this International Women's Day, ICOS launches the National Gender Equality Charter bit.ly/3T0TPvM #InternationalWomensDay

ICOS launches gender equality charter for member co-ops, proud to have been a member of the Icos board for the creation of this modern new charter and looking forward to the positive impact it will have on Co-op boards in the future. agriland.ie/farming-news/i…