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THE IRISH FARMERS’ Association has elected Alice Doyle from Wexford as its new deputy president, which means a woman will hold the post for the first time in history.
Francie Gorman from Co Laois has been elected as the new President of the association.
Gorman secured 16,699 votes, beating runner up Martin Stapleton who secured 13,210 votes.
Alice Doyle was elected with 16,502 votes, which bested Pat Murphy who secured 12,968 votes.
Previously Doyle said she wanted to be the deputy president because she thought she could bring a skill set to the role “that nobody else does”.
“I come from a background where I have worked on the farm and off it, so I represent the whole farming background,” she told Agriland previously.
Doyle also said her past experience as a teacher would make her a good negotiator and communicator.
“I can bring balance as well, I’m not playing the female card, but I think a balance on the national council would be very good for the organisation.
“I’m very busy, but all women can multi-task and I’m very good at it… my beef farming skills, and my off farm skills will benefit me as well,” Doyle added.
She previously said she worked hard in the role of chair of the Farm Family Committee, and that it had well prepared her for the role of deputy president.
Doyle lives just outside of Gorey in Co Wexford, with her husband Tom on their beef and tillage farm.
In his campaign, Gorman said that the IFA needs to be “more proactive” in telling a positive story about the contribution that farmers’ make.
The turnout of the election was just under 30,000, which represented a significant boost compared to 2019.
For the first time, IFA members received their ballot in the post and had the option to vote in person at their branch, or return their ballot via post.
Gorman will succeed Tim Cullinan, and become the 17th President of the IFA in January.
In the regional elections, Conor O’Leary was elected Munster Regional Chair, while Paul O’Brien is the new South Leinster Chair, and Brendan Golden is the new Connacht Chair.
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Give me sunshine any day no matter how cold it is. It’s possible to miss lots of things about Ireland except the weather.
@offside again: So true… the difference it makes to your mood. Personally, I prefer to be too cold than too hot but I understand why others hate it. As my used to say ‘it’s fresh Donna’. Not sure but I think the low temperature gets rid of some germs too.
Was just thinking I hadn’t seen any sun in over a week. Glad it’s not only me that noticed
I go to work in the dark and go home when its dark,so its nothing new for me in winter,,,
Poor Dublin. God love them
@Ed H: From all of us, thank you
@Ed H: We know we live rent free in all the rest of the countries heads…..people in rural Ireland can’t finish a sentence without mentioning Dublin.
@John Paul: which countries are those Ed?
@Fionn Bohane: John Paul probably won’t understand that.
@Fionn Bohane: counties…..spell check.
@Ed H: Better than living in the “Shticks”, where it’s a 30 minute journey to the nearest town to do the shopping from the one store that has a monopoly and charges Dublin prices, seen it in many a rural area
@Ed H: hope it doesn’t affect all the cash we send your way
@Ed H: Your power been reconnected yet? Lol.
Hate to live in Dublin …. Jaysus the hours of wasted life in traffic alone heartbreak
@D: I have no problem putting up with traffic to have everything on my doorstep….pro’s and con’s to both but I’d take urban vs rural any day.
@J B: You can always stay out of it!….typical culchie up here working but wouldn’t have a good word to say about it or its people.
@J B: Good,pity you wouldn’t take the rest of them with you.typical culchie.
@D: I make it to the office in 20 minutes, can also work from home, lunchtime has a whole host of options if I fancied going out for it, the rhetoric of gridlock is in your head
@John Paul: your type are the worst thing about Dublin. West Brits with a chip on their shoulder.
@D: traffic doesn’t affect the woke dublin elites like myself who cycle to work it’s great
That’s most weeks in Leitrim but it’s news when it happens in Dublin.
@Tony: plus the west.
@brendan C5: The weather in Mayo is class.
Nothing a good carbon tax won’t fix, I’m sure.
Caller ” It’s a diiiiis..’grace Joe! They should do something about it.
Joe : “They?!?”
Caller “The government Joe!”
Why am I still living on this fkn island
@Le Merchelant: As someone who has worked mostly outside of Ireland for the past 15 years I ask myself the same EVERY SINGLE DAY – Why…….????
Got that right! Month of Mordor…. gloomy kip.
Been living under cloud in Dublin for last two weeks but we have a weekend break in Galway this weekend just as the sun moves to Dublin, it’s me, isn’t it, it’s me, I know it’s me.
Typical.
Kip will always be kip
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