The farmers' leader in the eye of the Mercosur storm
IFA president Joe Healy is still lobbying hard to limit the damage of the Mercosur deal, but he is adamant that Irish farmers are better off in the European Union than out of it. He’s also weighing up a move into party politics
CV: Joe Healy
Role: president of the IFA
Age:50
Lives: near Athenry, Co Galway
Family: married with three daughters
Joe Healy, the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) president, is every inch the modern lobbyist. Phone constantly ringing, minders to make sure he eats, a busy enough schedule to almost forget that he is meeting the Belgian ambassador to Ireland the next morning, then waiting for the cab to take him to Farmleigh House for ...
