Farm Buildings

Planning exemptions for sheds and slurry stores

Farmers will now be able to build increased sizes of sheds and slurry stores without full planning permission as Minister for Planning and Local Government signs new regulations allowing such.

NEWS 17 December 2025

Planning exemptions for sheds and slurry stores

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TAMS Tranche 8 approvals reach 77%

TAMS Tranche 8 approvals reach 77%

BUILDINGS 17 December 2025

Sympathetic restoration keeps Meath courtyard intact

Sympathetic restoration keeps Meath courtyard intact

BUILDINGS 10 December 2025

JFC whole milk automatic feeding working well for Meath farmer

JFC whole milk automatic feeding working well for Meath farmer

JFC whole milk automatic feeding working well for Meath farmer

BUILDINGS 26 November 2025

Flags fly high on new four-bay suckler shed

Flags fly high on new four-bay suckler shed

Flags fly high on new four-bay suckler shed

BUILDINGS 12 November 2025

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Updates added to DAFM specs for mobile sheep handling and pig housing

Updates added to DAFM specs for mobile sheep handling and pig housing

Martin Merrick outlines some changes to the Department specifications that may affect those looking at purchasing under TAMS.

BUILDINGS 17 September 2025

How much better off are farmers with the new TAMS reference costs?

How much better off are farmers with the new TAMS reference costs?

Martin Merrick does the sums on what exactly a farmer can expect back from a grant spec development, and how much better off they are now with new reference costs.

BUILDINGS 17 September 2025

Top-class finish to Kilkenny cubicle shed

Top-class finish to Kilkenny cubicle shed

Tom Phelan and his family have recently seen their 84-cubicle space shed completed to an exceptionally high standard.

BUILDINGS 17 September 2025

Simple fixes for farm safety this winter housing period with TAMS

Simple fixes for farm safety this winter housing period with TAMS

With a 60% grant aid available for items under the TAMS Farm Safety Scheme, Martin Merrick looks at some of the key items farmers can invest in within their yard to improve farm safety.

BUILDINGS 17 September 2025

New 24-unit parlour slashes milking time by 60% for this Co Tipperary farmer

New 24-unit parlour slashes milking time by 60% for this Co Tipperary farmer

John Moloney has invested heavily in milking infrastructure on his 260-cow dairy farm and is seeing the major benefits, with reduced milking times.

BUILDINGS 17 September 2025

Dairy farms producing more slurry than current minimum storage figures - Teagasc

Dairy farms producing more slurry than current minimum storage figures - Teagasc

Teagasc’s slurry and soiled water storage survey has reached its conclusion, with significant variances in the two years though little variance at peak collection times.

BUILDINGS 17 September 2025

Galway handling unit offers safety and labour efficiency

Galway handling unit offers safety and labour efficiency

The impressive handling unit has already delivered big benefits for the 24-cow suckler herd run by John Flynn and his family.

BUILDINGS 17 September 2025

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FJDynamics expands into Irish market with auto-steering systems

Precision agriculture market leader FJDynamics has joined forces with local farming firms Fossland Services (Ireland) and Stuart Dubois AgriSystems (Northern Ireland).

FJDynamics expands into Irish market with auto-steering systems

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