Zoned Land
Farmers gain ground in push to avoid paying zoned land tax
New tax is aimed at releasing 25,000 acres for housing, but many owners have no interest in selling land which they have been farming for generations
David Flynn has been growing cauliflowers, herbs and potatoes for decades but he’s now being treated as a land speculator.
The vegetable farmer in Rush in north county Dublin has had 1.6 acres of land designated for the new residential zoned land tax.
The government has brought in the new land tax – the first of its kind in Irish history – to release up to 25,000 acres of zoned housing land which is lying ...
