Dairy Committee
Martin McElearney
Chair IFA Dairy Committee
086 3522646Martin is the chair of the IFA dairy committee and is a dairy farmer from Ballybay in Co Monaghan.
Aine O’Connell
Aine O’Connell has a PhD in Dairy Science from the University of Wisconsin. Her research was focused on bulk tank milk quality. Since then she has worked in farm advisory and policy. A native of Tipperary, she now farms with her husband in Claremorris, Co. Mayo.
About the Dairy Committee
- The National Dairy Committee represents Ireland’s 17,000 creamery milk producers
- Its members are elected by IFA’s 29 county executives
- Its most important issues include milk prices, economic sustainability of dairy farmers, retention of the Nitrates derogation and CAP reform.
Dairy Committee
| GROUP | NAME | MOBILE |
| CHAIR | Martin McElearney | 086 3522646 |
| VICE-CHAIR | Eamon Mooney | 086 3134965 |
| CARLOW | Jamie Kealy | 087 9230619 |
| CAVAN | Raymond Brady | 086 8136293 |
| CLARE | Ciaran O’Connell | 087 2555609 |
| CORK (W) | John Beechinor | 087 2969242 |
| CORK (C) | John Kingston | 086 8514585 |
| CORK (N) | Noel Hurley | 086 8393109 |
| DONEGAL | Ian Witherow | 087 9322869 |
| DUBLIN | Jim Scully | 087 9938144 |
| GALWAY | Tony Colleran | 087 674 8559 |
| KERRY | Owen O’Sullivan | 087 4185857 |
| KILDARE | Stephen Byrne | 087 2445486 |
| KILKENNY | Eamon Mooney | 086 3134965 |
| LAOIS | Thomas Meade | 086 8860185 |
| LEITRIM | Shane McHugh | 086 0583922 |
| LIMERICK | John Hannon | 086 8042222 |
| LONGFORD | Padraig O’Farrell | 085 7558592 |
| LOUTH | TJ Meegan | 087 8183062 |
| MAYO | Padraig Joyce | 087 2898725 |
| MEATH | Denis Fagan | 087 2308125 |
| MONAGHAN | Bernard Treanor | 087 9627766 |
| OFFALY | Fearghal Sullivan | 087 2490117 |
| ROSCOMMON | Miriam Gunn | 087 1434969 |
| SLIGO | Glenn Patterson | 083 8332259 |
| TIPP NTH | Michael Kennedy | 086 2724246 |
| TIPP STH | Darragh Scott | 086 2427387 |
| WATERFORD | Laura O’Brien Forbes | 087 2150266 |
| WESTMEATH | Mairead Fallon | 087 7866784 |
| WEXFORD | M.J. Scallan | 086 2230141 |
| WICKLOW | Jack Keenan | 086 1539268 |
| LIQUID MILK CHAIR | Henry Dunne | 087 6716547 |
| Co-opted | Conor O’Leary | 086 2541401 |
| Macra Rep | Liam Hanrahan | 087 6526749 |