Wexford guy obviously has had bad experiences with landlords and those greedy b @st(*)s looking for his money every.single.month.. His arguments on this and other threads are very similiar to those put forward on a daily basis by Frank Gallagher in Shameless. He should come over here to France and join the communist party...they are gagging for new members.
At the end of the day he is distracting from the very important OP.
I have evicted 3 tenants in the past.
For anti-social behaviour. They were tormenting the tenant next door...not the landlord. I was still getting my rent and they kept the place well.
I followed the guidelines on the prtb website to good effect.
I don't know if the fact it is agricultural land makes any difference.
I imagine its easier to evict them from the land than the house.
There is a support group called
http://www.ipoa.ie/ Irish property owners association. I keep meaning to join up. Maybe if you join up, you can get accurate advice. Because the key thing is following the protocol. You'd get it alot cheaper from the prtb or this crowd than a solicitor.
I would right a letter straight away though advising them that they are putting their tenancy at risk by failing to pay their rent and that you are keen to discuss with them how to avoid this happening in the future and how to tackle the arrears.
Good luck. I would be in deep do-do if this happened to me.