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Legal query: Green Cert tax breaks and grant benefits explained

In this week's legal query, Aisling Meehan looks at whether it is worth a 38-year-old only-child who is due to inherit a farm in doing the Green Cert.

MONEY MENTOR 1 October 2025

Legal query: Green Cert tax breaks and grant benefits explained

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Desperate Farmhusband: Education is important, but a bachelors isn't everything

Desperate Farmhusband: Education is important, but a bachelors isn't everything

FEATURES 18 June 2025

Desperate Farmhusband: ‘the tweeting birds all sound lovely – but why so early?'

Desperate Farmhusband: ‘the tweeting birds all sound lovely – but why so early?'

FEATURES 14 May 2025

Desperate Farmhusband: is it just me or are we all feeling a bit more cheerful?

Desperate Farmhusband: is it just me or are we all feeling a bit more cheerful?

Desperate Farmhusband: is it just me or are we all feeling a bit more cheerful?

FEATURES 16 April 2025

Desperate Farmhusband: could they make a bolus for your spouse?

Desperate Farmhusband: could they make a bolus for your spouse?

Desperate Farmhusband: could they make a bolus for your spouse?

FEATURES 12 February 2025

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What to consider when building on the farm

What to consider when building on the farm

The legal and practical aspects to consider when building or renovating, writes Aisling Meehan.

CONSUMER 1 January 1970

What should I know as a farmer near retirement?

What should I know as a farmer near retirement?

A look at the changes to the state pension and your tax returns, writes Marty Murphy.

MONEY MENTOR 1 January 1970

Social farming provides benefits beyond the farm gate

Social farming provides benefits beyond the farm gate

Stephen and Heidi Morrison are bringing nature back to their family farm in Co Kildare, for the benefit of the community and the environment, writes Rosalind Skillen.

FEATURES 1 January 1970

Bootcamp is a perfect fit for family farm

Bootcamp is a perfect fit for family farm

Getting into shape in the countryside has proved to be a winning concept for Tommie Costello’s Cuckoo Hill Bootcamp in Roscommon, writes Deirdre Verney.

FEATURES 1 January 1970

Desperate Farmhusband: ‘it’s hard to feel productive at this time of year'

Desperate Farmhusband: ‘it’s hard to feel productive at this time of year'

No cows to milk mean later wake-up calls for our Desperate Farmhusband. Does he have too much time of his hands?

FEATURES 1 January 1970

Desperate Farmwife: is technology making my kids zombies or is it just me?

Desperate Farmwife: is technology making my kids zombies or is it just me?

It feels like our kids were born with an innate understanding of how technology works.

FEATURES 1 January 1970

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe