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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

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

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

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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?

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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?

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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 18 December 2024

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 18 December 2024

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 18 December 2024

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 18 December 2024

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 18 December 2024

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 18 December 2024

Desperate Farmhusband: It looks like Christmas has thrown up all over the house

Desperate Farmhusband: It looks like Christmas has thrown up all over the house

There's never a dull moment on our Desperate Farmhusband's farm - especially on those extra-frosty mornings.

FEATURES 18 December 2024

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ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments

ESB Networks has released its updated farm safety booklet, a practical guide designed to help farmers, contractors and rural communities stay safe while working around electricity.

ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments

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