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‘Wheels on Meals’ would solve rural social isolation

Plans to enhance the Meals on Wheels service by bringing people together to eat in community hubs, thus combating rural isolation – is being proposed by a social innovation project in Mayo.

FEATURES 12 November 2025

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Carrie Crowley: breathing new life into bricks and mortar

Carrie Crowley: breathing new life into bricks and mortar

FEATURES 12 November 2025

Gardening with Mary: keep blooming all winter long

Gardening with Mary: keep blooming all winter long

GARDENING 12 November 2025

Farmers of small holdings risk no pension provision

Farmers of small holdings risk no pension provision

Farmers of small holdings risk no pension provision

FEATURES 5 November 2025

Crafter Micheál is making a difference, one reindeer at a time

Crafter Micheál is making a difference, one reindeer at a time

Crafter Micheál is making a difference, one reindeer at a time

FEATURES 12 November 2025

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Shannon Copland's fine balancing act

Shannon Copland's fine balancing act

Supplying rare and unusual vegetables to top restaurants and walking tall on stilts comes naturally to this Westmeath grower.

FEATURES 22 October 2025

Gardening with Paul: Crimson and gold garden magic

Gardening with Paul: Crimson and gold garden magic

Trees with autumn hues of red and gold lift everyone’s spirit – so get planting for the future.

GARDENING 22 October 2025

Farm succession: ‘We locked horns, it was an emotional rollercoaster’

Farm succession: ‘We locked horns, it was an emotional rollercoaster’

Ursula Kelly on how her family fell out over what would happen the family business, Cormac Tagging.

FEATURES 22 October 2025

Ban on over 70s driving school buses ‘under review’

Ban on over 70s driving school buses ‘under review’

Bus Éireann chief tells the Joint Oireachtas Committee on transport that the company is examining the possiblity of lifting the upper age restriction for bus drivers of eight-seater vehicles.

FEATURES 22 October 2025

Margaret Leahy: what I learned about life, loss and grief

Margaret Leahy: what I learned about life, loss and grief

Grief isn’t linear, it doesn’t have a time limit and can hit you anytime. But loss can hurt a little less.

FEATURES 22 October 2025

Majority of farm families have no succession plan in place

Majority of farm families have no succession plan in place

Exclusive research by Irish Country Living shows 70% of farm families surveyed have no written agreed succession plan with 35% without a will and 43% of women lacking any pension provision.

FEATURES 22 October 2025

Katherine O’Leary: sharing the magic at Women & Agriculture

Katherine O’Leary: sharing the magic at Women & Agriculture

Irish Country Living’s columnist, Katherine O’Leary, on the strength and success of women in farming and how that comes together in an uplifting day at the Women & Agriculture conference.

FEATURES 22 October 2025

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PGI boosting value of all beef in Italy

Francesca Perfetto heads Bord Bia’s office in Milan, Italy, and tells the Irish Farmers Journal about promoting Irish food and drink in her country.

PGI boosting value of all beef in Italy

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