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Achill Island Sea Salt awarded PDO status

Grace Hanna

Have you heard the big news? Achill Island Sea Salt has just been awarded the prestigious protected designation of origin (PDO) status.

Achill Island Sea Salt awarded PDO status

Food

Welcome to the Irish Country Living Christmas Food Magazine

Life

Meet The Maker: Ceramic artist Cora Cummins

Comment

From 'Mart and Market' and live streaming livestock marts to a gingerbread farm

Life

Agri Careers: supporting women in dairy farming

VIDEOS

FEATURES

Maria Moynihan

Meet The Maker: Ceramic artist Cora Cummins

In this week’s Meet The Maker, Maria Moynihan talks to Waterford based ceramic artist, Cora Cummins

Sarah McIntosh

Agri Careers: supporting women in dairy farming

Putting a strategy in place is important for women to achieve their goals, on and off farm, writes Sarah McIntosh.

Margaret Hawkins

Getting vocal about shopping local

The 8th of December is traditionally known as the day farmers do their Christmas shopping. What are local towns doing to attract people to shop local, asks Margaret Hawkins.

Contributor

Find out what caught the eye of Irish Country Living team this week

Honeysuckle Berries, border collie pup on patrol and the last dates to get your post and parcels overseas.

COLUMNS

Ciara Leahy

From 'Mart and Market' and live streaming livestock marts to a gingerbread farm

At the Michael Dillon Memorial lecture, Mairéad McGuinness spoke about the legacy of 'cowjack' but there are similarities to her own career in agricultural journalism, writes Ciara Leahy.

Katherine O'Leary

Katherine's Country: Dairy day – a great day

“There is profit to be made, there has to be otherwise, we are out of business” writes Katherine O’Leary. An interesting Dairy Day inspired farmers with lively discussion and debate.

Ciara Leahy

Reaching out and connecting at Christmas

How are you? A simple question, but one that you might be afraid to ask, because what do you say next if the answer is: "I'm struggling to cope," writes Ciara Leahy.

Katherine O'Leary

Katherine's Country: Ricky gets croup

While her grandson Ricky is sick with croup, Katherine O'Leary takes the opportunity to teach him how to take tablets like a grown-up and the little boy succeeds.

LIFESTYLE

Grace Hanna

Achill Island Sea Salt awarded PDO status

Have you heard the big news? Achill Island Sea Salt has just been awarded the prestigious protected designation of origin (PDO) status.

Denis Hurley

Sport: club in a league of their own?

‘Contract’ for provincial championships appears to demand huge commitment from players for the year ahead, writes Denis Hurley.

Contributor

Backchat: family fun around a board game

Make special memories that will last long after the Christmas tree comes down by bringing back the humble board game, writes Margaret Leahy.

Helen Sharp

Irish Horse: to acquire wisdom, one must observe

Helen Sharp heads to Co Tipperary and considers the value of observation.

SPONSORED

ACA organic online meetings open to all farmers 29 November & 6 December

Open online meetings will be held for farmers and their families to engage in meaningful discussions about the various procedures and best practices associated with organic farming enterprises.

SPONSORED

GAIN Pre-Calver Gold success on Laois farm

Dairy farmers Richard and Ian Galbraith discuss the success of supplementing GAIN Pre-Calver Gold to their 110-cow herd in Co Laois.

SPONSORED

Harnessing the Soil Microbiome for Sustainable Agriculture in the 'Human' Era

Science Week is a national celebration of science, with hundreds of in-person and hybrid events taking place nationwide. Running from 12-19 November

SPONSORED

New quad bike regulations - are you ready?

Quad bikes are designed to cope with a wide variety of terrain types and so are a fantastic aid for farm work - by Ciaran Roche, FBD risk manager.

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