• 9.00am: Registration.
  • 9.30am: Official opening by Mairead Lavery, Irish Country Living editor.
  • 9.35am: Michael Creed TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, will discuss everything from the impact of Brexit to farm safety and the role of women on the farm.
  • 10am: Official welcome by Carolyn O’Hara, FBD regional manager.
  • 10.10am: Official welcome by Sherry FitzGerald.
  • 10.30am: Welcome from Justin McCarthy, Irish Farmers Journal editor.
  • 10.40am: Breege O’Donoghue, Primark executive director talks about life on a hard-working farm in Clare to becoming Primark executive director.
  • 11.10am: Tea break.
  • 11.30am: Aisling Meehan, solicitor, Irish Farmers Journal talks about succession planning.
  • 12pm: On the couch in conversation Matt Dempsey, former editor of the Irish Farmers Journal, our guests talk about the highs and lows of running a successful agricultural business:
  • • Anna Marie McHugh, National Ploughing Association.
  • • Mary Sadlier, Coole Swan.
  • • Margaret Farrelly, Clonarn Clover.
  • • Margaret Hoctor (Burke), Kilmullen Farm.
  • 12.50pm: Surprise act.
  • 1.15pm: Lunch.
  • 2.45pm: Get your taste buds at the ready for a delicious and informative food demonstration with Neven Maguire of MacNean House.
  • 3.30pm: Paula Mee and Kate O’Brien talk about their book, The Middle Years. This will be a frank but entertaining discussion on the menopause.
  • 3.55pm: Dr Rhona Mahony, Master of National Maternity Hospital Holles Street, speaks about female services in this country and the need for investment in maternity hospitals, as well as what goes on behind the scenes.
  • 4.20pm: On the couch in conversation with Katherine O’Leary, Irish Country Living columnist, our readers tell their stories about living with diabetes, surviving cancer and the importance of getting your blood pressure checked.
  • • Ann Kehoe.
  • • Maura Canning.
  • • Geraldine O’Donnell.
  • 5pm: Joan Freeman, CEO of Pieta House, talks about starting Pieta House, the massive success of Darkness into Light and the supports available to people with mental health issues.
  • 5.20pm: Fionnuala Kenny discusses what it’s like being the Taoiseach’s wife. How did it feel moving from a powerful job in Leinster House to rural Mayo? And what toll does election time really have on a family?

    • 6pm: Conference close.