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CO-OP IRELAND DIRECTORY 2015 HEADLINE CO-OP IRELAND DIRECTORY 2015 WWW.ICOS.IE 1 ICOS Directory 2015.indd 1 22/10/2014 13:32 • 23 Offices Nationwide FARM TAX SPECIALISTS Founded by Farmers to work for Farmers WHAT WE DO:- 23 OFFICES NATIONWIDE:- • Tax planning - including farm transfers Athenry 091-844087 Mallow 022-21474 • Annual income tax planning Balla 094-9365547 Monaghan 047-84292 • Limited company planning & set-up Cahir 052 7441719 Nenagh 067-32355 • College grant applications Carlow 059-9132046 Portlaoise 057-8622716 • Financial accounts Cavan 049-4331277 Roscommon 0906-626599 • On-site book-keeping services Cork 021-4381096 Tralee 066-7122904 • Loan applications & bank negotiations Dublin 01-4551036 Trim 046-9431909 • Pre-year end tax projection & advice Raphoe 074-9145431 Templemore 0504-56885 • Management accounts & profit monitor Dungarvan 058-41074 Tullamore 057-9341384 • Revenue audit support Enniscorthy 053-9233792 Wicklow 0404-69446 • Specialist back-up services Kilkenny 056-7761048 Collooney - Sligo 071-9167848 Limerick 061-337833 Free Consultation Contact - 1800 334422 www.ifac.ie ICOS Directory 2015.indd 2 22/10/2014 13:32 IFAC A4.indd 1 08/08/2014 09:48 CO-OP IRELAND DIRECTORY 2015 • CONTENTS 3 Introduction 14 ICOS Services 4 Foreword 15 Plunkett Institute 6 ICOS Staff 16 Setting up a Co-op 7 About ICOS 17 ICOS Directory 8 ICOS Skillnet 31 Sales held by Co-ops 9 Board of ICOS 33 Northern Ireland Co-ops 23 Offices 11 Contribution of Co-ops to Ireland 34 Relevent Organisations Nationwide 12 Focus on 2016 38 Members of COGECA FARM TAX SPECIALISTS 42 Irish MEPs Founded by Farmers to work for Farmers WHAT WE DO:- 23 OFFICES NATIONWIDE:- • Tax planning - including farm transfers Athenry 091-844087 Mallow 022-21474 • Annual income tax planning Balla 094-9365547 Monaghan 047-84292 INTRODUCTION • Limited company planning & set-up Cahir 052 7441719 Nenagh 067-32355 • College grant applications Carlow 059-9132046 Portlaoise 057-8622716 The ICOS Co-op Ireland Directory 2015 as this edition marks the fi rst inclusion • Financial accounts Cavan 049-4331277 Roscommon 0906-626599 illustrates the diversity of co-operative of the Plunkett Institute. The Institute will • On-site book-keeping services Cork 021-4381096 Tralee 066-7122904 types that are associated with ICOS. provide a structure for the identifi cation • Loan applications & bank negotiations Dublin 01-4551036 Trim 046-9431909 It also will continue to highlight the and promotion of best practice in co- signifi cance of dairy and livestock marts operative governance in Ireland. The • Pre-year end tax projection & advice Raphoe 074-9145431 Templemore 0504-56885 within the co-operative family. Institute focuses on the volunteer Dungarvan 058-41074 Tullamore 057-9341384 • Management accounts & profit monitor members of ICOS-supported boards • Revenue audit support Enniscorthy 053-9233792 Wicklow 0404-69446 This edition of the directory witnesses and the board secretaries and training • Specialist back-up services Kilkenny 056-7761048 Collooney - Sligo ongoing change in the numbers of dairy and support for those members will be 071-9167848 Limerick 061-337833 and livestock marts. delivered through the Institute. Dairy quotas will be abolished this year The 2015 Directory should be of and livestock marts are being pushed considerable assistance to executives by volatile meat prices and evolving and exciting challenges for co-operative and board members in providing them Free Consultation Contact - 1800 334422 technologies to examine their own members and management in respect with up to date contact information on all business model. Additionally, dairy of fi nancing, technology, governance and ICOS associated co-operatives. processing co-operatives have been leadership. www.ifac.ie investing to expand their operations to Bertie O’Leary cope with increased supply of milk. These ICOS’s commitment to assisting our President developments will bring with them new member co-ops is further strengthened WWW.ICOS.IE 3 ICOS Directory 2015.indd 3 22/10/2014 13:32 IFAC A4.indd 1 08/08/2014 09:48 CO-OP IRELAND DIRECTORY 2015 FOREWORD As Minister for Agriculture, Food and challenging, competitive environment out the strategic vision for the future. the Marine it gives me great pleasure spanning across multiple sections of the I believe that the Irish dairy sector can once again to be associated with the Irish economy. continually adapt and respond to the ICOS Co-op Ireland Directory. This prevailing market situation. Furthermore, publication remains an essential source ICOS of course has a particular affi nity, I am certain that the co-operative of information on Ireland’s agri-food and importance and relevance to the Irish movement has the fl exibility and capacity rural development sectors. dairy industry. The dairy sector remains, for innovation to continue to change and by a number of measures, the country’s adapt to meet the constantly changing The co-operative movement has largest indigenous industry and dairy needs and demands of its members. played a pivotally important role in the exports in 2013 were valued at over €3bn. development of the agri-business and Despite its reputation and signifi cant The ICOS Co-op Ireland Directory is rural-based industry in Ireland, having global footprint, the dairy sector in a very useful resource for anyone historical roots going back over a Ireland retains signifi cant future growth working in, or with an interest in, the century-and-a-quarter. The technological potential. The abolition of milk quotas agri-food sector or rural development. advancements since then are of course with effect from April 1, 2015, marks an It contains a wealth of information unimaginable to farmers and processors historic milestone in the development on a broad range of organisations of old, but Horace Plunkett’s slogan of of Irish agriculture when the Irish dairy including their key personnel. It also ‘Better farming, better business, better sector starts to fully realise its potential. provides information and contact living’ holds equally true today as it did In recent years, the industry has details for Government departments, when the co-operative movement was achieved great success in highlighting its European Union institutions, and other founded. excellent reputation with the pursuant organisations that are of importance to success in export markets. As we gear readers. I would strongly recommend Plunkett’s great legacy was that he had up for increased production and exports it as a vital resource for anyone with an a long-term vision for rural Ireland which in pursuit of the targets of Food Harvest interest in the agri-food sector. I would went beyond short-term gain. As a 2020, we can see very clearly that what like to acknowledge the contribution representative umbrella organisation for the co-operative movement is putting in of all involved with this publication and the co-operative movement in Ireland, place aligns seamlessly with that vision. I would like to wish them, and all its ICOS is focused on driving the evolution readers, a very successful year. I look of the Irish co-operative sector through Looking to the future, forecasts for forward, as I do each year, to working the promotion of best practice, change growth in global population and wealth closely with ICOS in the exciting period and helping to enhance the sustainability are expected to stimulate strong demand ahead. of member co-ops. In recent years it has for food generally, including dairy successfully broadened its perspectives products. Those positive medium-term Simon Coveney T.D. and scope, and provides a wide range of forecasts are what the Food Harvest Minister for Agriculture, Food and the services to businesses in an increasingly 2020 report seeks to exploit in setting Marine 4 WWW.ICOS.IE ICOS Directory 2015.indd 4 22/10/2014 13:32 Dairygold_A4.indd 1 02/01/2013 11:40:45 ICOS Directory 2015.indd 5 22/10/2014 13:32 Dairygold_A4.indd 1 02/01/2013 11:40:45 CO-OP IRELAND DIRECTORY 2015 ICOS STAFF Bertie O’ Leary Seamus O’Donohoe Sean Myers TJ Flanagan PRESIDENT ICOS CEO REGIONAL OFFICER (CORK) DAIRY POLICY Phone: + 353 (1) 6764783 Phone: +353 (21) 4840566 EXECUTIVE Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: +353 (1) 6764783 Email: t.fl [email protected] Ray Doyle Conor Mulvihill Siobhan Mehigan Billy Goodburn LIVESTOCK & ENVIRONMENTAL EUROPEAN AFFAIRS CO-OPERATIVE CO-OPERATIVE SERVICES EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Phone: + 353 (1) 6131319 Phone: +32 22310685 Phone: +353 (1) 6131310 Phone: +353 (1) 6131349 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Breeda Flood Yvonne Murphy Ciara Pelly Brian O’Dowd ICOS SKILLNET PROJECT CO-OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT PENSIONS CO-ORDINATOR SUPPORT SERVICES SUPPORT SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR Phone: +353 (1) 6131348 Phone: +353 (1) 6131316 Phone: +353 (1) 6131347 Phone: +353 (1) 6131341 Email: breeda.fl [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Gerry Armstrong Sinead Farrell Tom Millane PENSIONS ACCOUNTS IRISH FOUNDATION FOR ADMINISTRATOR EXECUTIVE CO-OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT Phone: +353 (1) 6131338 Phone: +353 (1) 6131340 Phone: +353 (1) 6131337 6 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] WWW.ICOS.IE ICOS Directory 2015.indd 6 22/10/2014 13:33 CO-OP IRELAND DIRECTORY 2015 ICOS CONTACT DETAILS Dublin Offi ce Cork Offi ce Brussels Offi ce The Plunkett House, Sheraton Court, Rue de Treves 61, 84 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 Glasheen Road, Cork 1040 Brussels, Belgium T: +353 1 6764783 T: +353 21 4840566 T: +32 2 2310685 F: +353 1 6624502 F: +353 21 4967824 F: +32 2 2310698 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] E: [email protected] practice, change and helping to enhance the sustainability of its member co-ops.