Jacqueline Hogge

jhogge@farmersjournal.ie

Wexford homeowners feel the chill with coldest properties

Research conducted by a Cork plumbing company has found homeowners in Wexford have the coldest homes, by analysing data on Building Energy Ratings (BER), compiled by the Central Statistics Office

NEWS 24 December 2025

Wexford homeowners feel the chill with coldest properties

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Keeping the magic alive: our team’s festive traditions

Keeping the magic alive: our team’s festive traditions

FEATURES 23 December 2025

Families all over rural Ireland lighting up the skies to raise cheer and funds

Families all over rural Ireland lighting up the skies to raise cheer and funds

FEATURES 10 December 2025

Carepack initiative delivers festive cheer to nursing homes nationwide

Carepack initiative delivers festive cheer to nursing homes nationwide

Carepack initiative delivers festive cheer to nursing homes nationwide

FEATURES 10 December 2025

Domestic violence victims urged to seek local support

Domestic violence victims urged to seek local support

Domestic violence victims urged to seek local support

FEATURES 3 December 2025

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Giving communities a voice in rural future plan

Giving communities a voice in rural future plan

With the final public consultation of Our Rural Future underway, Minister Dara Calleary tells Irish Country Living of the challenges and successes being fought and won in communities nationwide.

FEATURES 29 October 2025

Rural crime prevention priority for new policing authority

Rural crime prevention priority for new policing authority

From farm thefts to drug intimidation, policing rural Ireland will be the sole issue raised when the Garda Commissioner and the Policing Community and Safety Authority meet in Wexford next week.

FEATURES 29 October 2025

‘Wheels on Meals’ would solve rural social isolation

‘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 29 October 2025

Carrie Crowley: breathing new life into bricks and mortar

Carrie Crowley: breathing new life into bricks and mortar

Acclaimed actress Carrie Crowley talks about the people and stories that breathe life into a new TG4 renovation series featuring historic buildings.

FEATURES 29 October 2025

Farmers of small holdings risk no pension provision

Farmers of small holdings risk no pension provision

The lack of understanding around current pension provision in the farming community is leaving many farmers of smaller holdings more vulnerable to poverty in their older years.

FEATURES 29 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 29 October 2025

Beyond the back garden of rural Ireland

Beyond the back garden of rural Ireland

Architectural technologist Joe Fallon has been transforming house design over the past 30 years. His new book offers practical advice and inspiration.

FEATURES 29 October 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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