Farmers call for pre-nups to be legally recognised

A new generation of farmers are insisting on pre-nuptial agreements before swapping their marriage vows to ensure their inheritance isn’t carved up in a divorce.

RTÉ’s farming programme, Ear to the Ground, has revealed that the rise in divorce in rural Ireland has sparked the new trend among landowners.

While pre-nuptial agreements have always been thought to be reserved for the rich and famous, they are now becoming a prerequisite to marriage even for those who are not fabulously wealthy.