IFA's Smith wants severance payment to go to charity

Former secretary general of the IFA has asked his €1 million lump sum to be given to charity

Pat Smith, former secretary general of the IFA. Pic: Rolling News

The former secretary general of the Irish Farmers' Association Pat Smith, who resigned over revelations about his salary, has said he would like his €1 million severance payment lump sum to be given to charity.

The IFA’s former president Eddie Downey and Smith agreed a severance payment, worth €2 million in total with a lump sum of €1 million and a yearly payment of €100,000 for the next ten years. This has been ...