The Currency examines US-based construction magnate Maurice Regan’s landbank in the Premier County as he butts up against John Magnier’s Coolmore empire – along with their rivalry's perceived knock-on impact on land prices.
Purchases of agricultural land by companies and investors risk pricing farmers out and returning ownership to a restricted elite, prompting calls for the restoration of a regulatory body absent since the abolition of the Land Commission.
The agribusiness group is suing Richard Kennedy and a farming company owned by the former EY Entrepreneur of the Year winner’s two sons.
Farmers encouraged to plant trees in recent decades face income loss from a series of after-effects from storm Éowyn. The challenge is a test for newly appointed junior minister Michael Healy-Rae.
Roebuck Foods was in the business of milking cows, and meat and dairy trade and logistics. It is now on course to raise up to €10m to acquire a Galway start-up addressing livestock’s methane emissions.
All the main parties have voiced opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade deal but an updated agreement and text means Ireland will have to reassess the terms. Will it change sides?
Manifestos from Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and the Green Party raise their opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade deal. But in Brussels the machine is marching on to get the deal done next month.
In the second part of our trade deal series, The Currency looks at how the 2020 EU-Vietnam agreement still leaves hurdles for Irish food exporters, while the country could serve as a beachhead for business in south-east Asia.
In the first part of our series examining Irish businesses leveraging the EU’s most recent trade deals, farm machinery firms could benefit the most from Kiwi access.
On the day after its managing director resigned, Novellus appointed receivers to “one of the most impressive” farms in Co Louth. The landowner is now threatening court action.
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