Farming survey: Splashing the cash as the rural recovery takes hold

Farmers are back spending as the recovery finally starts to percolate into rural areas.

Findings from the Irish Examiner/ICMSA opinion poll show one sixth of respondents bought a new car in the past 12 months, while one in seven splashed out on a family holiday.

While confidence is growing, the extent to which people feel more comfortable spending money on larger items is still affected by the years of the economic crash.