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Farmer views on inspections: ‘it’s like shooting fish in a barrel’
James Hanly
Some 885 farmers participated in the latest Irish Farmers Journal reader survey and share their experiences of farm inspections.
10 December 2024 News
Four farmers named on latest tax defaulters' list
Failure to lodge income tax returns and the under-declaration of capital acquisitions tax were the reasons farmers ended up on Revenue's tax defaulters list.
4 December 2024 Northern Ireland
MLAs oppose Muir on farm penalty changes
The decision by Minister Muir to try to lift the cap on penalties, follows on from a campaign by environmental groups in the wake of blue-green algae in Lough Neagh.
IFA raises scheme issues with appeals office
IFA's deputy leader Alice Doyle called for urgency in the establishment of the independent appeals review panel.
26 November 2024 News
Potential carbon emissions fines from 2030
A high emissions figure is attributed to agriculture and implies a challenging target for reduction.
30 October 2024 Viewpoints
Farming News: urea ban, nitrates penalties and meal feeding trends
This week, Declan O'Brien, Anne O'Donoghue and Noel Bardon join Rachel Donovan on the podcast.
25 October 2024 News
Over 1,500 farmers to face nitrates penalties
The letters issued to farmers who had been compliant with stocking rate limits over recent years.
23 October 2024 News
Farmers urged to report people with metal detectors on land
It is illegal to dig, excavate or use a metal detector at a protected national monument site in Ireland without a licence from the Minister for Housing.
11 October 2024 News
Rural homes could be searched for turf under new law
Laois-Offaly TD Carol Nolan has said that this proposed "turf terrorists" law should never see the light of day.
2 October 2024 News
Total farm penalties rise again in NI
Rules related to nitrates has overtaken cattle ID as the most common cause of farm penalties in Northern Ireland. Peter McCann reports.
28 August 2024 Northern Ireland
Farmers win almost half of appeals against Department
Some 624 Department of Agriculture scheme decisions were challenged by farmers in 2023.
17 July 2024 News