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Adulting in rural Ireland: ‘I feel like a failure still living at home’

In week two of our series, we talk to young people living in the family home has become an increasingly familiar part of life, we ask them how it’s shaping their lives.

FEATURES 18 March 2026

Adulting in rural Ireland: ‘I feel like a failure still living at home’

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New farmer wellbeing programme from Kerry Dairy Ireland

New farmer wellbeing programme from Kerry Dairy Ireland

NEWS 13 March 2026

Open call for farm safety projects

Open call for farm safety projects

NEWS 4 March 2026

Struggling for a good night’s sleep

Struggling for a good night’s sleep

Struggling for a good night’s sleep

FARMER WRITES 4 February 2026

Dear Miriam: my angry wife’s constant bad form is destroying our marriage

Dear Miriam: my angry wife’s constant bad form is destroying our marriage

Dear Miriam: my angry wife’s constant bad form is destroying our marriage

ASK MIRIAM 21 January 2026

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Finding peace after trauma: 'how horses helped me heal

Finding peace after trauma: 'how horses helped me heal"

As Ireland continues to confront gender-based violence, Irish Field columnist Dr Helen Sharp shares her personal experience of abuse and credits Women’s Aid as a vital catalyst in her recovery.

FEATURES 8 December 2025

Farmer’s Yards – a remedy to combat social isolation

Farmer’s Yards – a remedy to combat social isolation

A social initiative for older farmers developed by researchers in Galway remains unavailable around the country, despite a successful pilot project that has been adopted by the US ag sector.

FEATURES 8 December 2025

Merging suckler breeding with social farming in Co Clare

Merging suckler breeding with social farming in Co Clare

This week Nevan McKiernan spoke to Michael Callinan, who integrates his social farming initiative with a top-class suckler herd in Co Clare.

BREEDING & HEALTH 8 December 2025

Remembering what I learned in 2025

Remembering what I learned in 2025

A lot of issues repeat themselves many years later, writes Derek Robinson.

NEWS 8 December 2025

Pedalling with purpose as Louth man takes on Mizen to Malin

Pedalling with purpose as Louth man takes on Mizen to Malin

For Louth man John Carroll, cycling the length of Ireland became more than a challenge, as he used the journey to raise funds for causes that matter to him.

L2 8 December 2025

'We are there to listen over Christmas period' - Make the Moove

'We are there to listen over Christmas period' - Make the Moove

Past president of Macra Elaine Hoolihan is one of the volunteers manning the Make the Moove helpline over the Christmas period.

L2 8 December 2025

HSA farm health and wellbeing inspection campaign taking place this week

HSA farm health and wellbeing inspection campaign taking place this week

The HSA said health and wellbeing are critical factors in reducing serious injuries and fatalities on farms.

NEWS 8 December 2025

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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