Youth
Amii McKeever on 23 Jun 2021
Fly the flag, Pride matters, love wins
LGBTI+ terminology can feel like a minefield when you have no previous knowledge. This pride month celebrate belonging by showing support for your LGBTQ+ community, writes Amii McKeever.
Anne O'Donoghue on 07 May 2021
Cruinniú nÓg to take place on 12 June
The free day of activity will have a programme of events around the country for children and teenagers.
Anne O'Donoghue on 23 Apr 2021
Youth film festival taking place online
First Cut! Youth Film Festival will take place virtually until 9 May, with a free programme of events.
Anne O'Donoghue on 06 Feb 2021
My Country Living: meet the 16-year-old investigating hemp in Ireland
From west Cork, Cian Walsh recently won the Teagasc award at the BT Young Scientist. He has big ideas on how to keep Irish farming environmentally and financially viable.
Anne O'Donoghue on 03 Feb 2021
My Country Living: investigating hemp in Ireland
From west Cork, Cian Walsh recently won the Teagasc Award at the BT Young Scientist. He has big ideas on how to keep Irish farming environmentally and financially viable.
Anne O'Donoghue on 06 Sep 2020
My Country Living: ‘Without volunteers we’d be nothing’
Pullough, Co Offaly, was like many villages in that it had no shop, but when Martin Buckley and a group of locals took matters into their own hands, great things happened
Anne O'Donoghue on 02 Sep 2020
My Country Living: ‘Without volunteers we’d be nothing’
Pullough, Co Offaly, was like many villages in that it had no shop, but when Martin Buckley and a group of locals took matters into their own hands, great things happened
Katherine O'Leary on 19 Aug 2020
Katherine’s Country: finding love in spite of restrictions
Young people love to travel before settling down to a working life. COVID-19 has wrecked and changed the experience for them; both here and in foreign places, writes Katherine O’Leary
Damien O'Reilly on 08 Jul 2020
Damien’s Diary: you don't get a ’do-over’ on your formative years
Teenagers have been silent sufferers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and will be negatively affected by this for years to come, writes Damien O'Reilly.
Damien O'Reilly on 07 Jul 2020
You don't get a ’do-over’ on your formative years
Teenagers have been silent sufferers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and will be negatively affected by this for years to come, writes Damien O'Reilly.
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan on 26 Feb 2020
Lent for the à la carte Catholic
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan asks what lent means to Irish people as the reach of the Catholic Church continues to shrink.
Contributor on 25 Nov 2019
Shaping our future from the Dáil: a teenager’s drive for change
Indira Kelly is fourteen years old and from Co Galway. She tells Irish Country Living what it was like to take part in the Children’s Dáil last week.
on 06 Nov 2019
Living Life: this week's Top 5
Gillian Richardson has the Top 5 events for you to attend in the coming week.
Margaret Hawkins on 23 Oct 2019
Helping young people to share their story
Margaret Hawkins talks to Dr Joanne Nelson, clinical director of Galway’s Child and Adolescent Sexual Assault Treatment Service (CASATS) about a pilot project called Barnahus Onehouse Galway
on 24 Oct 2018
Backchat: Lidl pumpkin patch
Support Jigsaw Ireland at this year's Lidl Pumpkin Patch event in county Kildare, writes Irene Bermingham.
on 17 Feb 2016
Macra members demonstrate varied talents
Donoughmore club wins the national final of the Macra/FBD Capers competition.
on 10 Feb 2016
Top national Macra leaders named
Winners of the National Leadership Awards were recognised for their hard work and commitment at an event in Dublin last week.
on 27 Jan 2016
Macra FBD Capers All-Ireland final
Six Macra clubs are through to the final which takes place on Saturday 6 February.
on 27 Jan 2016
Glanmire Macra hosts woodcutting charity event
This year, the event took place on the O’Callaghan farm in Scatbarry, Watergrasshill, Co Cork.
on 02 Dec 2015
Macra na Feirme social night at the dogs
Macra held a night at the dogs on 28 November in six venues across Ireland.