Relief all round in Budget designed to lift pressure

For farmers, Consanguinity (Stamp Duty) Relief extension brings huge relief

Carbon tax will add about 2 cent per litre for green diesel each year to 2030, and indirect extra costs for contractor services.

Two major assumptions underpinned Tuesday’s Budget 2021 -- no bi-lateral trade agreement between the UK and EU, and the continued presence of Covid-19 in 2021 with no widely available vaccine.

Minister Paschal Donohoe’s budget pronouncements were in the main a matter of relief.