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New loan scheme to help reach retrofitting targets
Sarah McIntosh
Government announces details of €500m scheme to facilitate homeowners retrofitting their homes, writes Sarah McIntosh.
New loan scheme to help reach retrofitting targets
Emerging consumer trends for dairy products
20 April 2024 Consumer
Emerging consumer trends for dairy products
One-hundred-and-seventy people attended the Bord Bia dairy markets seminar on Tuesday 16 April to gain insights on trade and consumer behaviours, writes Sarah McIntosh.
Legal: my son and his partner are living in my family home rent-free
17 April 2024 Consumer
Legal: my son and his partner are living in my family home rent-free
Aisling Meehan advises a reader who is having an issue with her son and his partner – they live rent-free in her original family house and she wants them to rent or buy.
Consumer: low-cost finance for retrofitting upgrades
Financial barriers are among the main reasons preventing consumers from retrofitting homes, we break down the different funding options available, writes Sarah McIntosh.
10 April 2024 Consumer
Legal: ‘how can I make Land Direct correct the boundaries?’
A reader is having an issue with their boundary map, but the first place to start may be having a conversation with your neighbour, advises Aisling Meehan.
3 April 2024 Consumer
Consumer: the cost of home energy upgrades
In week two of our retrofit series on SEAI grants available, we break down the different upgrade options and the associated costs, to help you keep the heat in, writes Sarah McIntosh.
3 April 2024 Consumer
Spending your VPRG grant
With up to €50,000 available through the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant, we list the works that qualify and how much you can get, writes Tommy Moyles.
3 April 2024 Consumer
Consumer: retrofitting your home to unlock better energy
With up to €38,000 available in grants for a retrofit, more people are looking to upgrade the efficiency of their home and reduce their carbon footprint, writes Sarah McIntosh.
27 March 2024 Consumer
Legal: ‘my neighbour won’t do anything about his defective sewerage tank’
What to do when a neighbour’s sewerage tank is impacting your health? Aisling Meehan has this advice.
20 March 2024 Consumer
Legal: ‘do my neighbours have a duty to clean out drains?’
A drain pipe running onto his neighbour’s land is causing one farmer much distress, writes Aisling Meehan.
6 March 2024 News
Finance: how to make wise decisions for your farm
Decisions on farms can sometimes be ad hoc and made in the spur of the moment, but it pays to be forward thinking in your financial planning, writes Jerry O’Neill.
21 February 2024 Motoring
To pod, or not to pod? That is the question
There are still roadblocks in the way of farmers looking to diversify into agritourism, but there is a lot of potential as well, writes Janine Kennedy.
21 February 2024 Consumer