Rural Life

AI is taking weather forecasting to the next level – but should we trust the tech giants?
How farming has been a ‘lifeline’ for this Roscommon native after a double tragedy
Raise the roof: West Sligo rallies to save historic Beltra Hall
The opera singer and her pet sheep: ‘I’m up on stage in my ballgown one night, and the next down on the farm with Ruairí in my wellies’

Clarkson’s Farm, review: Precision-tooled TV as Jeremy goes in to bat for publicans, farmers… and abattoir owners
‘Colm’s gift was life’ – How organ donation has helped this Wexford farm family deal with the death of their son
‘It’s great to meet the customers, you get brilliant feedback’ – Westmeath food producers on the benefits of Bord Bia Bloom Festival
Thousands of farm families face ‘ticking Fair Deal time bomb’
Cliffs of Moher CPOs are a ‘threat to farmers all over the country’
Drastic cuts help Bóthar cut losses by €100,854 as charity deals with fallout of scandal
Eamon O’Connell: Abscess, wart, vaccine reaction or TB? What to do if you see a lump on your cattle
New climate plan will limit objections to wind and solar
‘Our secret? It’s the invisible cabins’ – how a family farm installed Ireland’s first mirror houses
Farmers race to get land de-zoned ahead of May tax deadline

Rural Life

AI is taking weather forecasting to the next level – but should we trust the tech giants?

How farming has been a ‘lifeline’ for this Roscommon native after a double tragedy

Raise the roof: West Sligo rallies to save historic Beltra Hall

The opera singer and her pet sheep: ‘I’m up on stage in my ballgown one night, and the next down on the farm with Ruairí in my wellies’

Clarkson’s Farm, review: Precision-tooled TV as Jeremy goes in to bat for publicans, farmers… and abattoir owners

‘Colm’s gift was life’ – How organ donation has helped this Wexford farm family deal with the death of their son

‘It’s great to meet the customers, you get brilliant feedback’ – Westmeath food producers on the benefits of Bord Bia Bloom Festival

Thousands of farm families face ‘ticking Fair Deal time bomb’

Cliffs of Moher CPOs are a ‘threat to farmers all over the country’

Drastic cuts help Bóthar cut losses by €100,854 as charity deals with fallout of scandal

Eamon O’Connell: Abscess, wart, vaccine reaction or TB? What to do if you see a lump on your cattle

New climate plan will limit objections to wind and solar

‘Our secret? It’s the invisible cabins’ – how a family farm installed Ireland’s first mirror houses

Farmers race to get land de-zoned ahead of May tax deadline

Concern over east Cork solar farm plans heighten as meeting hears area is ‘ground zero’ for the tech

How this Meath auctioneer turned childhood mart visits into selling farms worth millions

How social media and a love of lambing brought this globe-trotting Englishwoman to a hill farm in Sligo

How to make your own yoghurt – it’s a lot easier than you might think

Cork students tackle calving chaos with €50 equipment organiser

How this family sold their 9ac in Galway and now run a 1,000ac suckler farm in France

Eamon O’Connell: Never assume you know what’s wrong with a sick animal – misdiagnosis can be very costly

Eamon O’Connell: How to keep your cool if you’re feeling the heat on the farm

Work-life balance a key factor as Rural Ireland hit by shortage of large-animal vets

Udder shock for farmer after cow gives birth to triplets in middle of night defying one in 100,000 odds

Millions visit, but who pays? The funding crisis behind the Cliffs of Moher Trail

Meet the award-winning Limerick farmer bringing the goat sector to the ‘national stage’

Dacia Duster review: A major upgrade that makes a very capable second farm car

US farmers turn to Airbnb, corn mazes to outlast agricultural downturn

15 local deer management units to be set up

How Donegal Mart Manager Eimear McGuinness overcame a cancer risk and hasn’t looked back since

Elderly farmer left without heat for 14 days after Storm Éowyn is rushed to hospital with hypothermia

Thousands still without electricity as Storm Éowyn clean up continues

This Mayo woman spent €21,000 restoring a 100-year old granary on her farm, it helped save two donkeys from Storm Éowyn

Why this Roscommon farmer is committed to preserving the Curlew

Clare farmers band together to fend off trespassing hare-hunting gangs

Snow starts to thaw in Kerry, but caution advised as some areas remain treacherous

Paul Williams: 20 years on from Padraig Nally – is Rural Ireland still being plagued by crime?

Kerry farmers help HSE deliver essential medical supplies and personnel through heavy snow

Safety urged as freezing conditions to last until Thursday

Roscommon family's appeal for their twins, after their ‘farming mad’ son loses his battle with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

‘My children have no interest in farming and I wouldn’t blame them’ – agriculture in danger amid reality of dwindling younger workforce

Behind the scenes of a vet's Christmas Eve: Calving, chaos, and cleaning up dog vomit

Without a physically and mentally fit farmer, the entire operation falters – why nothing is more important than your own health and wellbeing

Angus Woods: Leaning into the lambing pen, my back gave out...I’ve done one thing to help it that every farmer should do

Why farmers can no longer afford to look down on their labourers

Dieback is killing our ash trees – and it will start killing us unless we act fast

€30,000 heifers, the mart on TV in the pubs and packed hotels: Why the Carrick Winter Fair is a Mecca for beef farmers

Struggling with succession? Here’s some way to make your farm more attractive to the next generation

Fianna Fáil pledges to let sons and daughters of farmers build one-off homes on their own farmland

‘Once the farmers go, the food goes’: Industry experts reveal fears for future of sector in NI

Jim O’Brien: Jon Kenny chronicled the lives of Rural Ireland through the prism of hilarity

Gillian O’Sullivan: Ooof... how one disaster after another made this the most costly week of my life

Angus Woods: Why it’s worth thinking about outsourcing your farm admin

‘It’s never too late to learn’ – farmer on going back to college and getting a degree 37 years after his Leaving Cert

‘I never hunted for pleasure – I hunt for the table or I hunt to sell’

Landowners advised to protect derelict sites as new case shows they are no longer a sure bet for planning

Planning permission overturned for four ‘significant’ glamping pods in Kerry

‘I don’t live on a farm, and I didn’t think cleaning cow dung out of a shed would be fun, but it is. I recommend it to everyone’

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Farm dates, pre-nups and free labour – your guide to dating a farmer, sector by sector

Probe launched as it emerges peat extraction continued on Bord na Móna lands after firm ended production

How five family farms became the face of a premium Irish cream liqueur

Gort locals stepping up opposition to biogas plant at centre of ‘cow-dung’ case

‘He was never the same man. It shattered his peace of mind’ – 20 years after Padraig Nally shot dead trespasser at his home, ripples from case are still felt

What’s in a name: how family surnames still hold immense power in keeping ‘the land’ firmly in the hands of men

Tips for drying off: Think about selective dry cow therapy, get your free vet consultation and start saving money

Ageing and succession: ‘Us older farmers need to wake up and hand over to the younger people before it’s too late’

How this couple built a beach resort on a farm in landlocked Laois

‘I saw them in elephant poo and thought that’s exactly what we need’ – why this Laois farmer insists dung beetles are the key to soil health and parasite control

National Ploughing Championships 2024: everything to expect from Ireland’s fittest farmer to local food and fashion

Is it worth butchering your own lamb for the freezer?

We must find better ways to incentivise farmers to help nature

Angus Woods: Bad manners, big cars and atrocious reversing skills are making our roads a nightmare at harvest time

Auto advice: What safety precautions do I need to take when driving on rural roads

Jim O’Brien: Edna O’Brien fearlessly cleared a path to a better life for us in Ireland

This Working Life: ‘I love my work, I love my team – and I know we’ll never go out of business’

CAO 2024: ‘I used a PLC course to get into Ag Science in UCD the following year’

Study aims to highlight farm carer needs in West Cork

From 9-to-5 Dub to farm wife: ‘I realised early on that if I wanted to see my husband, I’d have to go out into the farm with him’

US farmers who say yes to solar power face neighbours' wrath