Sheep Committee

Tomas Bourke
Tomas Bourke is the Irish Farmers’ Association Livestock and Animal Health Executive. He sits on the copa-cogeca Animal Health and Welfare working party in Brussels. He is also a member of the AHI Implementation groups for both BVD and johnes disease.
About the Sheep Committee
At National and European level the National Sheep Committee effectively lobbies on behalf of all sheep farmers on the issues of critical importance to members such as incomes, lamb prices and premium support.
The priority issues for the National Sheep Committee are as follows:
- Strong lamb prices
- Adequate ewe premium payments
- A fairer system of EU sheep policy
- Increased headage payments
- A positive hill sheep policy involving REPS/NHA
- Strong opposition to lamb imports under WTO
Sheep Committee
ROLE & COUNTY | NAME | MOBILE |
CHAIR | Kevin Comiskey | 087-7960914 |
CARLOW | Marion Dalton | 087-6750012 |
CAVAN | Bernard Lynch | 086-8190283 |
CLARE | Tom Holmes | 087-8505028 |
CORK (W) | James Daly | 086-3988952 |
CORK (N) | Edmond Roche | 087-2709426 |
CORK (C) | Frank O’Driscoll | 087-2680356 |
DONEGAL | Adrian Gallagher | 087-6760116 |
DUBLIN | Richard Ryan | 087-2745345 |
GALWAY | David Harney | 087-6402996 |
KERRY | Francis Foley | 087-6711212 |
KILDARE | Denis Halpin | 087-2988557 |
KILKENNY | Leeson Neale | 086-8181128 |
LAOIS | Peter Luttrell | 086-2480934 |
LEITRIM | Mark Gallagher | 086-3030175 |
LIMERICK | Edward P. Moriarty | 086-1925479 |
LONGFORD | Luke Casey | 086-8571295 |
LOUTH | Ciaran Sheelan | 087-6665183 |
MAYO | Martin Shaughnessy Jnr | 087-7949969 |
MEATH | Ronan Delany | 086-8201739 |
MONAGHAN | Marcus Stewart | 086-0717396 |
OFFALY | Marita Phelan | 087-6663564 |
ROSCOMMON | Michael Glennon | 086-8597414 |
SLIGO | Rose McDonnell | 087-7914375 |
TIPPERARY (NTH) | JP Ryan | 087-2870412 |
TIPPERARY (STH) | John Crosse | 086-6065666 |
WATERFORD | Frank Cunningham | 087-4329159 |
WESTMEATH | Jack Mills | 085-7706399 |
WEXFORD | Patrick Murray | 087-8281643 |
WICKLOW | Selena Mackenzie | 086-3210988 |
CO OPTED | Sean Dennehy | 087-8103406 |