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Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd.

Business group · Agriculture & food · HQ: Ireland · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd. appears in 19 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

19
declared meetings
with current MEPs
7
MEPs met
€50k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) is a co-operative umbrella organisation that serves and promotes commercial co-operative businesses and enterprise across multiple sections of the Irish economy. ICOS represents 130 co-operatives, which collectively have over 150,000 individual members, employ >12,000 people in Ireland (a further 24,000 abroad) and has combined turnover of €14 billion.”

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“Starting from agriculture co-op roots, and the vision of our founding President, Sir Horace Plunkett in 1894; ICOS today has evolved to serve the co-operative sector in seven core categories, namely: Multipurpose Dairy Co-ops Livestock Sector Co-ops Food, Fishing & Beverage Co-ops Store, Trade & Wholesale Co-ops Advisory and Education Related Co-ops Community Oriented, Culture & Leisure Co-ops Service Related Co-ops Our mission is: Generating leadership, competitiveness and value through stronger co-operation and world class service.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 19 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1368%
Renew Europe632%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (13 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2023
1
2024
4
2025
13
2026
1

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Maria Walsh
6 meetings · EPP
Nina Carberry
4 meetings · EPP
Seán Kelly
3 meetings · EPP
Billy Kelleher
2 meetings · Renew
Cynthia Ní Mhurchú
2 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Sep 2026Seán KellyCAP
9 Dec 2025Nina CarberryAgricultural Policy
2 Dec 2025Maria WalshAgricultural Policy
10 Nov 2025Maria WalshAgricultural Policy
30 Sep 2025Seán KellyAgriculture in Ireland and impacts of the CAP
2 Sep 2025Nina CarberryAgricultural policy
15 Jul 2025Cynthia Ní MhurchúMeeting with ICOS Delegation
15 Jul 2025Michael McNamaraCommAgri
15 Jul 2025Billy KelleherCAP, nitrates regulation and developments in farming
15 Jul 2025Nina CarberryAgricultural policy
25 Jun 2025Maria WalshAgricultural policy
24 Jun 2025Cynthia Ní MhurchúMeeting with Farming Organisations
24 Apr 2025Maria WalshAgricultural policy
19 Feb 2025Maria WalshCAP
15 Oct 2024Maria WalshAgriculture Policy

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