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Kieran Coughlan

Kieran Coughlan is a dairy farmer and rural accountant specialising in farm tax advice. He is a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA), Fellow of ACCA, and an active member of the Irish Tax Institute Branch Network.

Farmers are glad that fuel excise levies have been delayed

The pause on increases in Vat and levies on fuel and power is a relief, but farmers will be studying fine details in Budget 2024 including capital gains tax relief and stamp duty

Listen | Wed, 11 Oct, 2023

We should continue leveraging the Ploughing to showcase what's good about Irish farming

It's fair to say that there is hardly a cohort of business and society that’s not represented in some fashion at the National Ploughing Championships

Tue, 26 Sep, 2023

Kieran Coughlan: What the Budget leaks so far mean for Ireland's farmers

It’ll take more than this year's Budget announcements to fix the additional constraints being heaped on farmers

Tue, 19 Sep, 2023

Kieran Coughlan: Time to examine the rates of interest you are paying

The edging up of deposit interest rates is good news, but of little comfort to borrowers whose costs have been steadily rising

Mon, 04 Sep, 2023

Farmers to begin navigating Fertiliser Register regulations

By providing farmers with online calculators, a better outcome will be obtained where farmers can self-regulate and make sure they stay within their fertiliser allowances

Mon, 28 Aug, 2023

Tractor miniature with coins on fertile soil land

Kieran Coughlan: Protecting your farm loans from soaring interest rates

By having a plan to tackle financial problems as best one can, and by being upfront with your lender, the prospects of a credit squeeze undermining the sustainability of your business are much reduced

Tue, 11 Apr, 2023

S Kieran Coughlan: The future direction for Irish farming toward 2030

Minister for Agriculture Charlie MacConologue speaking at the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate outlined the broad sphere in which agriculture is playing its part in meeting the 2030 climate targets.

Wed, 08 Mar, 2023

Kieran Coughlan: After a year of soaring costs where next for fertiliser prices?

Farmers are set to spend over €1bn on fertiliser this year. Irish farmers use about 1. 6m tons of imported fertiliser annually.

Wed, 08 Feb, 2023