Caroline Allen

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.

Rural Life

Fit Farmers programme yields impressive outcome

Long hours, physical labour and the pressure of managing a farm in an unpredictable environment takes a significant toll on...

March 16, 2024

Rural Life

Wexford Macra to celebrate 75 years in action with dinner dance

Wexford Macra will hold a dinner dance in the Ashdown Park Hotel in Gorey on Saturday, March 16, to celebrate...

March 10, 2024

Rural Life

Agricultural course captures the hearts of Wexford school students

A short course that started in Colaiste Abbain, Adamstown, Co. Wexford as part of the junior cycle in 2019, is...

March 9, 2024

Rural Life

Rural Laois GAA club gears up for tractor run

Rosenallis GAA Club in Co. Laois is preparing to hold a truck and tractor run on Saturday, March 16 at...

March 9, 2024

biodiversity

Forestry charity supported by Sligo shopping centre in acquiring land

Hometree, a charity that establishes and conserves permanent native woodland while promoting land regeneration and biodiversity, has been supported in...

March 3, 2024

Rural Life

Galway man left paralysed from farm accident learns to swim

A Co. Galway man who was paralysed from the chest down following a farm accident will be helped to sea...

March 2, 2024

Rural Life

MADRA asks farmers to cease unplanned pregnancies in working dogs

Animal rescue organisation, MADRA (Mutts Anonymous Dog Rescue and Adoption) has made an impassioned plea to farmers to bring a...

March 2, 2024

Rural Life

Hairy Henry care farm helps retired farmers to reconnect with animals

Retired farmers in a number of nursing units in community hospitals in West Cork have enjoyed the opportunity to reconnect...

February 25, 2024

Rural Life

Rural households have ‘deeper income inadequacy’ – Irish Rural Link CEO

The CEO of Irish Rural Link, Seamus Boland, told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development...

February 25, 2024

Rural Life

West Cork families provide farming workshops to school kids

Four West Cork dairy farming households recently devised a pilot programme that brought schools and local farms together in a...

February 24, 2024

Horticulture

Mount Congreve School of Horticulture hosts open day

Those interested in pursuing a career in horticulture will want to attend the Mount Congreve School of Horticulture open day...

February 18, 2024

Rural Life

‘Social Farming’ is a ‘win-win’ for rural communities

‘Social Farming’ is proving to be the ultimate ‘win-win’ for rural communities, with multiple benefits – not just for participants...

February 17, 2024

Horticulture

New GIY market garden at Curraghmore Estate

Grow it Yourself (GIY), has signed a lease with Curraghmore Estate in Portlaw, Co. Waterford to create a GIY market...

February 17, 2024

Environment

€600k peatlands restoration project launched in Wicklow

The organisers of Transport Research Arena (TRA2024) have launched a €600,000 peatlands restoration undertaking in Co. Wicklow, as preparations continue...

February 11, 2024