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Land sales point to a sea change in western counties
Caitríona Morrissey
Caitríona Morrissey looks at the CSO data for land sales in the west of Ireland, and finds a worrying trend.
1 January 2025 Property
Residential Co Mayo farm with good potential listed for sale
A short distance from Castlebar, the land is all in one block and has good road frontage. There is also an old farmhouse requiring renovation on site.
29 December 2024 l2
Huge potential in 177ac Roscommon farm available for lease
A significant 177ac non-residential farm in Co Roscommon has just come on the market and it will give farmers in the area something to consider over the Christmas period.
Delvin farms in demand at auction
A pair of residential farms in Delvin, Co Westmeath, exceeded expectations when they sold at auction recently.
23 December 2024 Property
Is buying land a good investment?
Aidan Brennan takes a look at some of the topics that are coming up at the Positive Farmers Conference in Cork in January.
18 December 2024 Management
Experts offer solutions to inheritance tax row
Measures have been suggested to the UK government to minimise the impact that inheritance tax changes will have on family farms.
27 November 2024 Northern Ireland
Land prices up by 3.5% this year
Ending of the nitrates derogation could result in some dairy farmers selling up their farms says estate agent group.
27 November 2024 News
Land sold for €9,000/ac on average in 2023 - CSO
Arable land sold at a much higher price than grassland last year, the CSO found.
31 October 2024 News
Can a new tax regime reset the Irish land market?
The tax system is the one lever available to Government which could potentially stymie the growth in farmland purchases by investors and the super wealthy, writes Declan McEvoy.
30 October 2024 News
Continued strong demand for land from farmers
Susan Maher, agricultural development manager (southeast and midlands) at Bank of Ireland and recently appointed president of the ASA, discusses the key trends the bank is seeing in the agri sector.
24 October 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Laws of the land market: how Ireland compares to Europe
Caitríona Morrissey and Declan O'Brien examine the control of land sales in Europe, including some states that dictate minimum and maximum prices, and who can buy.
23 October 2024 News
Clampdown sought on super-rich buying land
The farm bodies claimed that agricultural reliefs were being used by the country’s wealthiest land owners to avoid paying inheritance taxes.
16 October 2024 News