Niall Madigan is the head of communications with the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), Ireland’s largest farm representative organisation with over 72,000 members. He has worked closely with seven IFApPresidents in advising on communications strategies for campaigns at national and European level.  He joined the Guild of Agricultural Journalists in 2005 when he took up his role with IFA. Niall served as secretary to the Guild from 2012-2017. From a farming background in Co. Limerick, he worked as a broadcast journalist and current affairs presenter with Radio Kerry from 1997 to 2005. He is a BA graduate from UCD where he studied politics and economics.