Jacqueline Hogge

jhogge@farmersjournal.ie

Domestic violence victims urged to seek local support

Support agencies and the gardaí encourage victims of domestic violence to seek help over Christmas as the IFA prepares to launch an awareness and education campaign for the farming community.

FEATURES 3 December 2025

Domestic violence victims urged to seek local support

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Giving communities a voice in rural future plan

Giving communities a voice in rural future plan

FEATURES 26 November 2025

Rural crime prevention priority for new policing authority

Rural crime prevention priority for new policing authority

FEATURES 19 November 2025

‘Wheels on Meals’ would solve rural social isolation

‘Wheels on Meals’ would solve rural social isolation

‘Wheels on Meals’ would solve rural social isolation

FEATURES 12 November 2025

Carrie Crowley: breathing new life into bricks and mortar

Carrie Crowley: breathing new life into bricks and mortar

Carrie Crowley: breathing new life into bricks and mortar

FEATURES 12 November 2025

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Farmers of small holdings risk no pension provision

Farmers of small holdings risk no pension provision

The lack of understanding around current pension provision in the farming community is leaving many farmers of smaller holdings more vulnerable to poverty in their older years.

FEATURES 15 October 2025

Ban on over 70s driving school buses ‘under review’

Ban on over 70s driving school buses ‘under review’

Bus Éireann chief tells the Joint Oireachtas Committee on transport that the company is examining the possiblity of lifting the upper age restriction for bus drivers of eight-seater vehicles.

FEATURES 15 October 2025

Beyond the back garden of rural Ireland

Beyond the back garden of rural Ireland

Architectural technologist Joe Fallon has been transforming house design over the past 30 years. His new book offers practical advice and inspiration.

FEATURES 15 October 2025

Relationships will always be more precious than land

Relationships will always be more precious than land

Galway woman Mona O'Donoghue Concannon shares her story of supporting her husband through mental health difficulties and calls for women to talk about problems before letting them tear families apart.

NEWS 15 October 2025

Majority of farm families have no succession plan in place

Majority of farm families have no succession plan in place

Exclusive research by Irish Country Living shows 70% of farm families surveyed have no written agreed succession plan with 35% without a will and 43% of women lacking any pension provision.

FEATURES 15 October 2025

Katherine O’Leary: sharing the magic at Women & Agriculture

Katherine O’Leary: sharing the magic at Women & Agriculture

Irish Country Living’s columnist, Katherine O’Leary, on the strength and success of women in farming and how that comes together in an uplifting day at the Women & Agriculture conference.

FEATURES 15 October 2025

Presidential ambitions from a rural perspective

Presidential ambitions from a rural perspective

As canvassing continues, Irish Country Living speaks to Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys, the two candidates aiming to become Ireland’s 10th Uachtarán na hÉireann.

FEATURES 15 October 2025

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Udder Vital Bolus to support vitality and resilience

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