Mental Health

Editorial: attitude to risk must change if progress is to be made on farm safety

If you don’t fill a tractor with diesel it will stop, and the human body is very similar.

VIEWPOINTS 22 July 2026

Editorial: attitude to risk must change if progress is to be made on farm safety

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Farming must offer attractive quality of life – MEP

Farming must offer attractive quality of life – MEP

In her report on generational renewal, MEP Maria Walsh called for an EU mental health action plan for agriculture to be developed, as well as stronger farm relief services.

NEWS 4 March 2026

€1.18m announced for farm safety, health and wellbeing

€1.18m announced for farm safety, health and wellbeing

Farmer health and wellbeing checks, livestock handling training and tractor driving safety awareness training for children 14 years of age and older are among some of the 46 projects selected.

NEWS 4 March 2026

The weather drives a farmers’ mood

The weather drives a farmers’ mood

Derek Robinson reckons he gets a hit of dopamine when the sun comes out

FARMER WRITES 4 March 2026

Letter regarding fuel price protests

Letter regarding fuel price protests

"These protesters aren’t just determined; they are desperate." – Sarah Byrne, Co Wexford.

LETTERS 4 March 2026

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

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 4 March 2026

New farmer wellbeing programme from Kerry Dairy Ireland

New farmer wellbeing programme from Kerry Dairy Ireland

KDI is the first Irish dairy processor to extend a full employee assistance programme to its milk suppliers and their families.

NEWS 4 March 2026

Open call for farm safety projects

Open call for farm safety projects

Last week, it was revealed at a meeting of the Oireachtas committee on agriculture that farm deaths in 2025 increased to almost double that of 2024.

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Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

Tom Barry, tillage farmer: ‘I farm in Killavullen, north Cork, and I’ve been farming here since 1995’.

Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

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