Organisation: Department of Agriculture

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Farmers’ debt pressures worsened by delay in schemes’ payments

THOUSANDS of farmers are still awaiting receipt of payment under the Single Farm Payment Scheme (SFP) and the Disadvantaged Area Scheme (DAS), despite the Department of Agriculture’s insistence the payments are rolling out on schedule.

Tue, 07 Dec, 2010

Families need these tax reliefs

THE current family farm business model cannot prosper without established tax reliefs and exemptions, worth about €167 million a year.

Thu, 02 Dec, 2010

Detective assigned to probe mystery poisoning of Kerry eagles

AN experienced detective has been appointed to investigate the illegal poisoning of protected eagles in Co Kerry, Gardaí confirmed yesterday.

Thu, 13 May, 2010