Agri-Business
Concrete cost inflation, and the cost from the Defective Concrete Product Levy, are pushing costings under TAMS "into fantasy land".
Rural Life
MEP Flanagan has called for amendments tabled to a report on defective concrete blocks to be 'withdrawn with immediate effect'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.
Buildings
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
The ICMSA has called for an exemption from the 10% concrete levy for farmers looking to carry out environmental improvement projects on farm.
The issue of defective mica blocks "may be far more widespread than feared", according to a new report by an expert group.
A TD is calling for the redress scheme for homeowners and farmers who have mica blocks in their homes and farm buildings.
Agriculture minister, Charlie McConalogue said the impact of mica on farm structures is "something he will look at" in the future
A mica march is currently underway in Dublin city to highlight the plight of rural and urban homeowners whose houses are impacted by mica
A web designer from Buncrana in Co. Donegal has created a 'mica map' with the aim of showing the...
"I had to take it down because I was afraid of it," said pig farmer, Jimmy Mooney, on reality of farming in the midst of the mica scandal
The Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) is backing the call for a mica redress...
