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Long-serving CEO of Cork Marts set to retire in 2025
James Hanly
O’Sullivan, who turns 62 in December, has worked at the Cork Marts for over 30 years and said he is proud of what they have accomplished together.
26 August 2024 News
Retirement scheme must allow young people to enter farming - IFA
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue announced that such a scheme would be considered while speaking at this month’s Tullamore Show.
21 August 2024 News
Retirement scheme must be fair – IFA
A farm retirement scheme should seek to encourage people in their mid-20s into farming, as this is the group most likely to plan on pushing farms onwards, the IFA said.
Taoiseach to seek ‘radical reform’ on inheritance
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said the soon-to-be established commission on generational renewal will examine the possibility of a farm retirement scheme.
14 August 2024 Schemes
Commission for renewal needs young farmers
The idea floated by Minister McConalogue in Tullamore for a commission to examine generation renewal is a good one. But it needs teeth and it needs youth.
14 August 2024 Dealer
Editorial: Commission on Generational Renewal must not become a talking shop
There have been many calls for an attractive farm retirement scheme that would see two generations collaborate without the older generation feeling redundant.
14 August 2024 Viewpoints
Cowen wants CAP to go back to its roots
New environmental schemes must be separate and distinct from CAP, Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Cowen has said.
12 August 2024 News
Huge onus on politicians to 'get nature law right'
Brendan O’Malley from the Connemara branch of INHFA said that the last designation process left farmers 'bereft'.
24 July 2024 News
No significant appetite in last CAP for retirement scheme - Minister
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue was told at the INHFA AGM that a farm retirement scheme is needed.
18 July 2024 News
Money Mentor: is joining a company pension scheme worth it?
In this week’s Money Mentor, Martin Glennon, Head of Financial Planning at Ifac, discusses the value to be gotten from joining a company pension scheme.
17 July 2024 Money Mentor
Farmers feel betrayed by Government's decision to scrap cow exit scheme
The Government's decision to scrap plans for a dairy cow cull scheme has been met with strong farmer views, with 56% of respondents disagreeing with the decision.
10 July 2024 News
Farmers call for retirement scheme’s return
A conference on succession in Limerick hears calls for the reintroduction of a farm retirement scheme, to boost farm transfers and generational change.
3 July 2024 Farmer Writes