Infrastructure

TAMS ranking: winners and losers

Martin Merrick looks at who is likely to win when it comes to ranking and selection, and who may lose out on grant aid.

INFRASTRUCTURE 24 December 2025

TAMS ranking: winners and losers

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Model Mullingar farm set for public auction guided at €1.9m

Model Mullingar farm set for public auction guided at €1.9m

FOR SALE 26 November 2025

Blackwater beauty with free-draining dairy farm

Blackwater beauty with free-draining dairy farm

FOR SALE 19 November 2025

Stunning 50ac Sligo farm – ‘a rare gem’ heading for auction

Stunning 50ac Sligo farm – ‘a rare gem’ heading for auction

Stunning 50ac Sligo farm – ‘a rare gem’ heading for auction

FOR SALE 20 August 2025

Highly engineered buildings for high yielders in Kilkenny

Highly engineered buildings for high yielders in Kilkenny

Highly engineered buildings for high yielders in Kilkenny

INFRASTRUCTURE 27 April 2025

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Spring a good time to look at design for labour-friendly calf sheds

Spring a good time to look at design for labour-friendly calf sheds

Aidan Brennan looks at some new design ideas for calf sheds incorporating automatic calf feeders.

INFRASTRUCTURE 19 March 2025

Strength and safety key focus for new suckler calving shed

Strength and safety key focus for new suckler calving shed

A newly erected calving shed has farmer safety to the forefront with a well-kitted-out barrier system.

INFRASTRUCTURE 19 March 2025

Seaside second block gets major infrastructure upgrade

Seaside second block gets major infrastructure upgrade

Chris Tuffy spent much of 2024 upgrading facilities on his second rented milking platform along the Sligo coast.

INFRASTRUCTURE 19 March 2025

Seeing double with two underpasses in Cork

Seeing double with two underpasses in Cork

The O’Sullivans recently completed work on not one but two underpasses on their West Cork dairy farm. Martin Merrick reports.

INFRASTRUCTURE 19 March 2025

Is it a wise time to invest in infrastructure?

Is it a wise time to invest in infrastructure?

Does it make sense now, with high commodity prices, to return that money back in to the business through developments of infrastructure? Martin Merrick attempts to answer such.

INFRASTRUCTURE 19 March 2025

Farm fencing – to go with or without TAMS aid

Farm fencing – to go with or without TAMS aid

Bovine electric fencing has a reference cost of €2.77/m while sheep fencing has a reference cost of €6.75/m on lowland ground and €8.81/m on mountain terrain.

INFRASTRUCTURE 19 March 2025

Brass tacks to know when building a rural home

Brass tacks to know when building a rural home

From securing planning permission to ensuring you have all your ducks in a row for a mortgage application, these are the essentials when it comes to building a home in rural Ireland.

FEATURES 19 March 2025

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Consistency and calf health key to Offaly farmer’s success

For Offaly dairy and sheep farmers, husband-and-wife team Ann Maire Butterfield and Stephen McQuade, AAA Golden Maverick has always been part of the story.

Consistency and calf health key to Offaly farmer’s success

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