Aengus Cox

Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Correspondent

The report says the increase was driven by a combination of improved farm output prices, some easing in input costs, and additional CAP payments.

Average farm income up 87% to just under €36,000

There was a substantial recovery in family farm incomes across all types of farming last year, according to a new report from Teagasc.

Business • 23 Jun

The report said asking prices nationally are now 40% higher than at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020

House asking prices rose by average of 12% in last year

Asking prices for houses have risen by an average of 12.3% to €357,851 in the past year, according to the latest Daft.ie House Price Report.

Ireland • 22 hrs

Figures suggest more people are shying away from traditional sunspots like Greece

Decline in holidaymakers going to hotter destinations

Travel agents say there has been a noticeable trend of holidaymakers looking to avoid rising temperatures and extreme weather in continental Europe during the summer months.

Europe • 16 Jun

The curlew is one of the most endangered bird species in Ireland and has seen 98% of its population lost since the 1980s

Warning over risk to endangered birds' nests from dogs

Conservationists are warning of an increase in recent weeks of the nesting sites of endangered breeding waders, such as the curlew, being destroyed by dogs.

Environment • 15 Jun

Counterfeiters frequently print fake labels to place on empty bottles (Pic: Alliance Against Counterfeit Spirits)

€90m in counterfeit food, drink seized in EU last year

Over €90 million in counterfeit food and drink products were seized across the European Union last year, according to the EU's Intellectual Property Office.

Europe • 11 Jun

The Health Insurance Authority said the average cost of a plan in 2025 is now €1,929

Significant drop in people buying health insurance - HIA

There has been a significant drop-off in the number of people buying health insurance, according to new figures from the Health Insurance Authority.

Ireland • 11 Jun

The FSAI have said the number of closures in May was 'disappointing'

Food business in car workshop among May FSAI closures

An unregistered business operating in a shed building, where the other half of the shed was a car workshop, was among the reasons for the Food Safety Authority of Ireland's (FSAI) latest enforcement action.

Business • 10 Jun

The CSO figures show that last year data centres accounted for over a fifth of all metered electricity consumed in Ireland

Data centre electricity usage increased by 10% -CSO

The amount of electricity used by data centres increased by 10% between 2023 and 2024, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office

Business • 10 Jun

The 180,000 tracker mortgage customers in Ireland will see an immediate benefit, with their loans tracking the main ECB lending rate

What do falling interest rates mean for bank customers?

As widely expected, this week, the European Central Bank (ECB) cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, bringing the main deposit rate down to 2%.

Analysis and Comment • 08 Jun

Private pension contributions rose by 13.6% last year

The number of people contributing to a private pension rose by 13.6% last year to more than 258,000, when compared with 2023

Business • 06 Jun