Tillage
Recent days have seen the issue of excise duty generated upon the distilling of malt into Irish whiskey highlighted.
The government may be securing up to €100,000 in excise duty and VAT for every acre of malting barley that is dedicated to whiskey production.
Rural Life
Fuels for Ireland (FFI), the representative body for fuel retailers has urgently called on the new...
The Rural Independent Group leader has called on the government to reverse the recent increase in fuel excise as "motorists are under siege".
Farmers will be liable for the "appropriate excise duty" if they bring agricultural diesel in from the north that is not in a tractor tank.
A widowed and retired shop assistant, who denied being a farmer, is facing an excise bill of €74,727 relating to unmarked diesel.
Agri-Business
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has ruled out pausing planned hikes in the cost of fuel prior to the next budget, according to TD Carol Nolan.
The increase in excise duty on petrol, diesel and green diesel has added to "financial challenges" facing rural communities according to TD.
The government has confirmed that excise duty on petrol, diesel and marked gas oil (green diesel) will increase from midnight tonight.
The planned rise in excise duty on Friday for all fuel types must be suspended indefinitely, according to the IFA farm business chair
Almost 2,000 pubs in Ireland have closed since 2005, with rural areas 'significantly impacted', according to a new report from DIGI
Farmers are "paying the price" over disagreement in government over whether to extend reductions in fuel excise duty, one TD has said.
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has today (Tuesday, November 22)...
