Agri-Business
A bill aiming to protect family farms from vulture funds and provide low-interest loans for farmers will be debated in the Dáil tonight.
A bill, which aims to protect the family farm from vulture funds, and boost low-interest credit for farmers has cleared the first hurdle
Rural Life
A former Garda who works to tackle food poverty in the midlands has been contacted by a number of children.
The IFA has called for the so-called 'vulture fund' involved in the planned online auction of a farm property to "engage constructively".
The farm in Co. Offaly that was at the centre of an IFA protest this morning has been pulled from auction, Agriland understands.
The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) is holding a protest today (Thursday, July 29) in opposition to...
A protest is to be held on the lands of a farm which is to be the subject of a "forced sale" by a...
Debt secured by farmland should be considered relevant debt under personal insolvency legislation, the IFA has stressed.
Agri Politics
Proposals on non-performing loans put the interests of banks and vulture funds before those of people, MEP Chris MacManus has claimed.
The fear of vulture funds is making people ill, according to independent TD Mattie McGrath, speaking to AgriLand today.
The response of the Tánaiste to concerns raised around forced farm sales is "insulting and borders on indifference", Carol Nolan has claimed.
Two ministers have been requested to "immediately investigate" claims in relation to the "forced sale" of a number of farms by vulture funds.
The omission of a chapter in a new law bill from a request for waiver of pre-legislative scrutiny was at the centre of a Dáil debate.
Last week, a Co. Roscommon farmer and his wife avoided bankruptcy and the loss of their farm after a landmark court ruling.
A security officer working for AIB was injured during a farmer-led protest at the bank's AGM at the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin, yesterday.
AIB has announced the sale of a non-performing loan portfolio worth €1 billion, which includes "limited agriculture exposure".
IFA's Farm Business Committee chairman Martin Stapleton says family farms need to be treated differently when it comes vulture funds.
Michael Fitzmaurice criticised the Taoiseach's remarks on vulture funds, after Varadkar said they were 'more effective' at writing down debt.
Minister Donohoe and the Central Bank have been called on to make mediation mandatory where a family has fallen into debt arrears.
ICSA has called on auctioneers across the country to stop selling properties in financial distress for vulture funds.
A protest was mounted by the ICSA at the Dublin offices of BidX1 earlier today in opposition to the forced sale of lands.
A protest against vulture funds in Dublin next week will continue as planned, the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) says.
Farmland in Co. Westmeath which had been up for auction online by a "vulture fund" has not been sold, according to the original owner.
