Rural Life
The INHFA has called for a cost-benefit analysis to be carried out on the greenways programme, claiming it is "running out of steam".
A farmer has lost out to the Revenue Commissioners concerning a disputed Capital Gains Tax (CGT) bill for €44,185.
Upcoming motorway and greenway projects have sparked concerns for farmers in north Co. Cork, according to the Irish Farmers' Association.
The ICMSA has said that it can "practically guarantee" legal challenges to apparent political proposals to use CPOs on farmland.
Agri-Business
Priority legislation due for publication this summer includes a provision on strengthening the IDA’s powers to use CPOs to take land.
A clarification on the treatment of CPOs that widens the criteria to include the holding of land has been hailed as “good news for farmers”.
