Caroline Allen

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News Journalist

Caroline Allen is from a farming background in Co. Laois. She studied journalism at the College of Commerce, Rathmines, and lives outside Portlaoise.

Family of little Caolán give back to cancer charities

Rural Life

Family of little Caolán give back to cancer charities

A Co. Monaghan farm family, grateful for the recovery of their two-and-a-half year-old son, Caolán from cancer, are fundraising to...
Tipperary author launches book inspired by ‘Black Beauty’

Rural Life

Tipperary author launches book inspired by ‘Black Beauty’

Author and film-maker, Elaine Heney who lives on a dry stock farm in Co. Tipperary, recently launched her latest book,...
Little Hill Animal Rescue wins Movement for Good award

Pig/Poultry

Little Hill Animal Rescue wins Movement for Good award

Kildare-based Little Hill Animal Rescue & Sanctuary has emerged as a winner in the first special draw of the 2024...
New tractor museum offers exciting exhibits in Clare

Rural Life

New tractor museum offers exciting exhibits in Clare

A Ferguson-Brown with iron wheels from 1936 and a crab-steer are among the exhibits at the tractor museum dedicated to...
Milestone marked in re-emergence of craft of coopering

Tillage

Milestone marked in re-emergence of craft of coopering

The first Irish-made casks in over 60 years in Ireland were recently coopered and made at Dair Nua Cooperage in...
Pedigree heifer prize up for grabs as Ballylinan GAA hosts Oskars

Rural Life

Pedigree heifer prize up for grabs as Ballylinan GAA hosts Oskars

A two-year-old pedigree-registered Charolais heifer or €1,500 will be the top prize in a raffle at Ballylinan GAA Oskars and...
Wexford Macra’s 75th anniversary a sell out celebration

Rural Life

Wexford Macra’s 75th anniversary a sell out celebration

Wexford Macra’s recent 75th anniversary dinner in the Ashdown Park Hotel, Gorey, Co. Wexford March 16, was a sell out...
Potential for introduction of legislation that will ban imported bees

Rural Life

Potential for introduction of legislation that will ban imported bees

It’s important that the 12-month research contract that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) entered into with...
Immigrant farmers’ letters featured in new project

Rural Life

Immigrant farmers’ letters featured in new project

Farmers are among those who feature in Imirce, a new digital repository that provides access to thousands of Irish-American emigrant...
‘Social prescribing’ aims to tackle loneliness head-on

Rural Life

‘Social prescribing’ aims to tackle loneliness head-on

A new service in Tuam, Athenry, and Loughrea, being rolled out by Galway Rural Development and the HSE, labelled ‘social...
Edco brings new audience to students’ farm innovation

Rural Life

Edco brings new audience to students’ farm innovation

An award-winning farm innovation devised by three Leitrim students will feature in a new junior cycle textbook ‘Time for Business’...
Longford students get a ‘handle’ on farm safety

Rural Life

Longford students get a ‘handle’ on farm safety

Three transition year students at Ballymahon Vocational School are tackling a common hazard in farmyards, as they represent Co. Longford...
Galway farmer brushes shoulders with horses and supermodels

Rural Life

Galway farmer brushes shoulders with horses and supermodels

It could be said that celebrity hairdresser and art director, James Brown, brings a star quality to farming – tending...
Meade Farm’s green mindset sees success at Green Awards

Agri-Business

Meade Farm’s green mindset sees success at Green Awards

Meath-based Meade Farm, which has been working to embed a green mindset in all its operations, scooped the ‘Green Food...
Kerry woman on the highs and lows of part-time contracting

Rural Life

Kerry woman on the highs and lows of part-time contracting

From the age of 11, Kylie Walsh from Duagh, Co. Kerry, started taking an interest in contracting, especially in tractors...
Fit Farmers programme yields impressive outcome

Rural Life

Fit Farmers programme yields impressive outcome

Long hours, physical labour and the pressure of managing a farm in an unpredictable environment takes a significant toll on...
Wexford Macra to celebrate 75 years in action with dinner dance

Rural Life

Wexford Macra to celebrate 75 years in action with dinner dance

Wexford Macra will hold a dinner dance in the Ashdown Park Hotel in Gorey on Saturday, March 16, to celebrate...
Agricultural course captures the hearts of Wexford school students

Rural Life

Agricultural course captures the hearts of Wexford school students

A short course that started in Colaiste Abbain, Adamstown, Co. Wexford as part of the junior cycle in 2019, is...
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