Jacqueline Hogge

Journalist

jhogge@farmersjournal.ie

Jacqueline Hogge is rural affairs and investigative journalist with Irish Country Living

Niall McNamee: ‘betting companies need to do better in their duty of care’

A report by Jacqueline Hogge and Rosalind Skillen examines problem gambling, and the role the new Gambling Authority of Ireland and addiction treatment centres have to play in tackling the issue.

FEATURES 2 April 2025

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Opinion: still no answers on when rural Ireland will get a planning break

Opinion: still no answers on when rural Ireland will get a planning break

FEATURES 26 March 2025

Building a home: modular homes can help to ease rural housing crisis

Building a home: modular homes can help to ease rural housing crisis

FEATURES 26 March 2025

Brass tacks to know when building a rural home

Brass tacks to know when building a rural home

Brass tacks to know when building a rural home

FEATURES 19 March 2025

Frustration over delays and price inflation tainting VPRG support

Frustration over delays and price inflation tainting VPRG support

Frustration over delays and price inflation tainting VPRG support

FEATURES 12 March 2025

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Brass tacks to know when building a rural home

Brass tacks to know when building a rural home

From securing planning permission to ensuring you have all your ducks in a row for a mortgage application, these are the essentials when it comes to building a home in rural Ireland.

FEATURES 12 February 2025

Frustration over delays and price inflation tainting VPRG support

Frustration over delays and price inflation tainting VPRG support

As interest grows in grants offered for the renovation of older homes in rural Ireland, there is concern over alleged price inflation applied by approved providers, writes Jacqueline Hogge.

FEATURES 12 February 2025

Roads policy leaving farm families out in the cold

Roads policy leaving farm families out in the cold

With safety issues being cited as a reason for rural housing development being stifled, we talk to a farmer who was refused planning permission, writes Jacqueline Hogge.

FEATURES 12 February 2025

Progress being made on probate delays

Progress being made on probate delays

The Law Society and IPAV say work is progressing to reduce delays in dealing with probate, writes Jacqueline Hogge.

FEATURES 12 February 2025

Farmers’ bid to downsize family home rejected

Farmers’ bid to downsize family home rejected

The decision to sell their farmhouse to a local family has cost a Co Wicklow farming couple dearly as they have been denied permission to build a smaller home on their land by the local authority.

FEATURES 12 February 2025

Is pre-planning the key to helping ease frustrations?

Is pre-planning the key to helping ease frustrations?

In week three of our series, we look at the mixed feelings about the need for pre-planning meetings when trying to build a rural home which suggest greater transparency and consistency is important.

FEATURES 12 February 2025

Tag team: Ursula Kelly challenges the status quo

Tag team: Ursula Kelly challenges the status quo

Building a company that supplies over 2.5 million tags to Irish farmers has not been an easy task, but Cormac Tagging’s MD thrives on a challenge.

FEATURES 12 February 2025

Storm damage leaves Cong residents offline in road survey

Storm damage leaves Cong residents offline in road survey

Plans to build a relief road around Cong village anger residents who are unable to respond to a council survey on the project, as they remain without internet and phone connections after storm Éowyn

NEWS 12 February 2025

‘The planning process is a complete joke. The whole thing is a money spinner’

‘The planning process is a complete joke. The whole thing is a money spinner’

Environmental restrictions are often a stumbling block to those trying to build a one-off home, frustrating people who want to stay in their own locality, and contributing to a declining population.

FEATURES 12 February 2025

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Balancing a dairy and beef enterprise is all about sustainability, efficiency and profitability for Laois farmer Patrick Phelan.

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