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.

‘Blooming’ great win for Agri Aware’s garden

Rural Life

‘Blooming’ great win for Agri Aware’s garden

Agri Aware’s Bloom garden has been presented with a silver gilt award by Gary Graham, Bord Bia’s Festival Director of...
Farm accident event is ‘an opportunity to stand in solidarity’

Rural Life

Farm accident event is ‘an opportunity to stand in solidarity’

The annual remembrance service for victims of farm accidents is an opportunity for the farming community to stand in solidarity...
Farming couple’s ice cream business yields ‘just desserts’

Rural Life

Farming couple’s ice cream business yields ‘just desserts’

Falling milk prices and rising land prices prompted Laois dairy farmers Aubrey and Rebecca Stanley to diversify into ice cream...
Is there a scheme that offers landowners protection from claims?

Rural Life

Is there a scheme that offers landowners protection from claims?

A National Indemnity Scheme, currently being considered, would protect landowners from being overly exposed to claims made by hill walkers...
Fair Deal Scheme clarification delay frustrates farm families

Rural Life

Fair Deal Scheme clarification delay frustrates farm families

A Fair Deal Scheme clarification delay is causing frustration to mount among farm families, said independent TD Mattie McGrath. The...
Ballymaloe ‘big shed’ set for hoedown

Other

Ballymaloe ‘big shed’ set for hoedown

Ballymaloe Grainstore is providing a taste of summer living with the inaugural Malt and Music Festival which will take place...
Mentoring programme could help reduce farm accidents

Rural Life

Mentoring programme could help reduce farm accidents

A mentoring programme on farm safety, similar to that piloted in the past by Irish Rural Link, should be funded...
President brands fire culprits ‘shameful’

Rural Life

President brands fire culprits ‘shameful’

President Michael D. Higgins, on Thursday last, May 25, hit out at those causing economic and environmental damage in rural...
Donegal Mart manager calls for removal of ‘roadblocks’ on live exports

Agri-Business

Donegal Mart manager calls for removal of ‘roadblocks’ on live exports

The manager of Donegal Livestock Mart has called on the government to get more involved in lifting what she describes...
Stressed farmers urged to tackle tasks one at a time

Rural Life

Stressed farmers urged to tackle tasks one at a time

Stressed farmers should break down big tasks into manageable jobs, according to a leaflet on farm and rural stress published in...
Calling all ‘write-on’ female farmers

Rural Life

Calling all ‘write-on’ female farmers

The Female Farmer Project is continuing with its efforts to find new ways to elevate the voices of women farmers...
Old flax mill sowed the seeds of new farm enterprise

Rural Life

Old flax mill sowed the seeds of new farm enterprise

Growing up on a farm that had a flax mill which had been passed down several generations sowed the seed...
Women’s groups meet in Munster and south-east

Rural Life

Women’s groups meet in Munster and south-east

Meitheal na mBan, Rural Women Munster, is in the process of getting up and running. It will hold a meeting...
130ac Kilkenny farm takes top B&B award

Other

130ac Kilkenny farm takes top B&B award

The best B&B in Ireland was named this week as the Joyce family’s Springview Farmhouse in Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny. The...
Illegal dumping ‘wasting’ farmer’s time and money

Rural Life

Illegal dumping ‘wasting’ farmer’s time and money

Rathangan farmer Billy Gray revealed how illegal dumping was costing him time and money, on the RTE TV programme ‘Prime...
Women in farming groups a growing phenomenon

Rural Life

Women in farming groups a growing phenomenon

Women in agriculture groups are a growing phenomenon, with North-West Women in Farming the latest to join the fold. It...
How to cope with farming burnout

Rural Life

How to cope with farming burnout

With more farmers experiencing burnout, writer and dairy farmer Lorna Sixsmith – herself a victim – found that taking a...
UK university to showcase robotic-grown spring barley

Tillage

UK university to showcase robotic-grown spring barley

Move over robotic milking – the focus is now on growing and harvesting cereal crops remotely. Members of Harper Adams...
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