April 7, 2021 8:31 am The election of chairperson of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Dairy Committee and the role of vice-chair of the National Livestock Committee is underway in the latest IFA committees election. The IFA has said that ballot papers have been issued to each member of the two committees in this latest IFA committees election. The deadline for returning the completed postal ballot is Friday, April 16. Each committee will hold a meeting on Friday week (April 16), at which the results will be announced. IFA committees election IFA national treasurer, Martin Stapleton, said that despite the restrictions imposed as a result of Covid-19, the IFA National Council decided to press ahead with elections as they were due.