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Lorcan Roche Kelly

Ireland

Business Editor at Irish Farmers Journal

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  • 3 days ago | farmersjournal.ie | Lorcan Roche Kelly

    Farmer Business Developments plc, the investment holding company with 4,400 mostly farmer shareholders reported strong results for 2024 which showed profit before tax increased to €36.36m, from €25.04m in 2023. The company’s hotels and resorts business recorded earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of €27.23m, a 13% improvement on the 2023 performance. Revenue in the hotels and resorts business was €67.3m in Ireland and €51.4m in Spain.

  • 3 days ago | farmersjournal.ie | Lorcan Roche Kelly

    The annual CAP beneficiaries publication released by the Department of Agriculture always makes interesting reading, and this year is no different. Digging into the data we can extract some industry trends as well as see who some of the biggest winners were.

  • 5 days ago | farmersjournal.ie | Lorcan Roche Kelly

    The latest analysis on the Irish grocery market from Kantar shows that annual grocery inflation continued to be relatively high at 4.96% in the 12 weeks to 18 May. While this is well below the levels seen in the wake of the pandemic, it is 2.4 percentage points above the level seen in the same period in 2024. Business development director at Kantar Emer Healy said: “Rising prices are influencing both sales performance and consumer behaviour.

  • 1 week ago | farmersjournal.ie | Lorcan Roche Kelly

    When it comes to easy ways to maximise long term returns from an investment in a tax efficient manner, there is no better way to do it than through a pension. Contributions to a plan are tax free, up to certain limits, and as they are a long-term savings they can build to provide a comfortable post-retirement income.

  • 1 week ago | farmersjournal.ie | Lorcan Roche Kelly

    Strong prices – particularly in the beef sector, in 2024 and predicted for 2025 – means that part-time farmers who traditionally had little or no income from their dry-stock operation will find themselves with a tax liability. Other than better farmgate prices, incomes are also being driven higher by the increase in agri schemes, including organic schemes, and a reduction in on-farm spending as many farmers in the sector have little need for fresh spending on farm infrastructure.

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