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Q & A: available reroofing grants and planning exemptions for farm buildings

With huge interest from farmers for both items, Martin Merrick looks at some of the main enquiries coming in from farmers

BUILDINGS 7 January 2026

Q & A: available reroofing grants and planning exemptions for farm buildings

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Rolls Royce handling setup for Mayo drystock farmer

Rolls Royce handling setup for Mayo drystock farmer

FARM BUILDINGS 24 December 2025

How much better off are farmers with the new TAMS reference costs?

How much better off are farmers with the new TAMS reference costs?

BUILDINGS 22 October 2025

Farmer Writes: waterfall in a feed passage

Farmer Writes: waterfall in a feed passage

Farmer Writes: waterfall in a feed passage

FARMER WRITES 10 September 2025

Editorial: top spec investment for Kilkenny farm

Editorial: top spec investment for Kilkenny farm

Editorial: top spec investment for Kilkenny farm

VIEWPOINTS 6 August 2025

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Browne seeks planning for sheds

Browne seeks planning for sheds

Cork dairy farmer Tom Browne is to develop a solar farm with Danish multinational Ørsted. Separately, he is seeking planning retention for some farm buildings.

NEWS 21 January 2025

TAMS: what’s available for slurry storage and slats

TAMS: what’s available for slurry storage and slats

Martin Merrick outlines what’s available to farmers in the line of grant rates and investment ceilings for both slurry stores and new slats.

FARM BUILDINGS 21 January 2025

All not fair in love, war and slat rubber

All not fair in love, war and slat rubber

With the high price of building materials at the moment, inputs in to buildings are being carefully scrutinised, though not all slat rubber will yield the same benefits.

FARM BUILDINGS 21 January 2025

Reinvesting in suckler facilities as prices remain strong

Reinvesting in suckler facilities as prices remain strong

Suckler farmers are achieving prices that they never have before, so it might be an apt time to reinvest back in to the business with additional facilities.

MANAGEMENT 21 January 2025

Major fall in new farm buildings

Major fall in new farm buildings

The area of buildings for agriculture that were granted planning permission has fallen for the third year in a row and is now at 53% of area granted in 2021.

NEWS 21 January 2025

Storm damage kills Clare stock bull

Storm damage kills Clare stock bull

The roller doors of the shed buckled and the roof was gone off another shed on Roger Fahy's farm in Clare.

NEWS 21 January 2025

Slurry agitation and management warning issued

Slurry agitation and management warning issued

The warning for contractors and their farmer clients comes as the 2025 spreading season begins and the FCI has issued a seven-point summary guide to ensure safety during slurry agitation.

NEWS 21 January 2025

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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

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