Prenuptial agreements on the agenda

IFA’S determination to get legal status in Ireland for pre-nuptial agreements confirms the transformation of farming from a way of life to a hard-nosed business.

And the lack of public reaction to their latest plea to Minister for Justice Alan Shatter to change the law indicates that the country’s dire financial situation may have relegated romance to the back burner, when assets and livelihoods are the main subject matter.

IFA president John Bryan will find it easier to get broad public backing now for his call that the Government give legal status to pre-nuptial agreements, as part of its family law reform programme.