Rural Life
Aoife Fadian and Jessica O’Connor from Co. Sligo have made plans to take their sustainable sheep wool project 'large scale', after the BTYSTE
Agri-Business
Concrete cost inflation, and the cost from the Defective Concrete Product Levy, are pushing costings under TAMS "into fantasy land".
MEP Flanagan has called for amendments tabled to a report on defective concrete blocks to be 'withdrawn with immediate effect'
Irish homeowners impacted by defective mica concrete have been "given a lot of hope" by the European Parliament Petitions Committee.
A suckler and sheep farmer from Co. Offaly is reminding other farmers to ensure their cattle slats in their sheds are structurally sound...
Some of the terminology from the new concrete levy can be difficult to understand, but Revenue explain exactly who is responsible
Buildings
The ICF has said it is ready to work 'constructively' with the Minister for Finance on the 5% concrete levy, which was implemented today
Revenue has confirmed that if the new concrete levy is not paid on the due date there will be interest applied on a daily basis on the levy.
A rural TD has called on the government to abandon plans for a concrete levy claiming that it would have a negative impact on the agriculture
There has been a significant drop in the number of planning permissions granted for farm buildings in 2023.
The Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has today confirmed that the controversial concrete levy unveiled in Budget 2023 is to be halved.
The ICSA "cannot fathom what the government is thinking" in proposing a 10% levy on concrete products including readymix.
The delivery of concrete for "essential minor works on farms", such as silage pit slabs, is permitted, Minister Creed has confirmed.
The farm environment is very demanding on concrete, with exposure to silage effluent, slurry and mechanical abrasion all taking their toll.
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A new hybrid cattle slat, which is 50% rubber and 50% concrete, has been launched in Ireland by Wright Quarry Products from Co. Monaghan.
There's a wide range of choice available when it comes to selecting concrete for use on your farm, according to Roadstone.
A new concrete handling initiative aims to give farmers peace of mind that work being carried out on their property is to a quality standard.
Farmcrete is the latest range of concrete from Roadstone, the company who specialise in construction products.
