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Agribusiness
Everything you need to know about the Arrabawn-Tipperary merger
Lorcan Roche Kelly
Details of proposal given to Arrabawn shareholders at information meeting in Nenagh on Thursday night.
16 October 2024 l2
Legal: can the State claw back my late dad's pension?
Many older people don’t realise that there may be a repayment of their pension to the State after they die, writes Aishling Meehan.
2 October 2024 Letters
Letter re Arrabawn/Tipperary proposed merger
"Everyone knows that the writing is on the wall, despite us all wishing it wasn’t." - Thomas Burke, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Co Galway.
Total farm debt remains stable in NI
The figures cover bank loans and overdrafts only, so the likes of asset finance and merchant credit is not included.
25 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Farmers seek €32m in loans from Credit Union
The latest review of the Credit Union’s farmer lending initiative shows that in the first half of 2024 the value of farm loan applications rose by 33%, when compared with the same period in 2023.
18 September 2024 News
What to do with the Apple billions
Especially if carried forward into next year, the loosening of monetary policy by the ECB is itself a reflationary boost.
18 September 2024 Viewpoints
Tarrabawn would not be a merger of equals
The proposed merger of Tipp co-op and Arrabawn makes sense, given a long enough view.
11 September 2024 News
Regular saving always pays
For farmers, the uneven nature of income can make saving more challenging, writes Lorcan Roche Kelly.
4 September 2024 Pensions & Savings
Colm McCarthy: no need to risk another boom-bust cycle
In the period leading up to the banking bust of late 2008, the flattering budget numbers proved to be an illusion.
4 September 2024 Viewpoints
Dairy industry consolidation kicks off in Co Tipperary
Talks currently underway between Tipp co-op and Arrabawn could lead to a merger.
4 September 2024 News
‘No real competition’ for farm loans – Credit Union
AIB, Bank of Ireland, PTSB and the credit unions made presentations at a meeting for farmers who want to transfer merchant/co-op and contractor debt into structured bank credit.
30 August 2024 News
Bank profits soar - but global markets wobble
All the numbers point to a buoyant Irish economy, but it is exposed to events beyond our control.
7 August 2024 News