Caroline Allen

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Caroline Allen is from a farming background in Co. Laois. She studied journalism at the College of Commerce, Rathmines, and lives outside Portlaoise.

Edco brings new audience to students’ farm innovation
Edco brings new audience to students’ farm innovation

An award-winning farm innovation devised by three Leitrim students will feature in a new junior cycle textbook ‘Time for Business’...

Longford students get a ‘handle’ on farm safety
Longford students get a ‘handle’ on farm safety

Three transition year students at Ballymahon Vocational School are tackling a common hazard in farmyards, as they represent Co. Longford...

Galway farmer brushes shoulders with horses and supermodels
Galway farmer brushes shoulders with horses and supermodels

It could be said that celebrity hairdresser and art director, James Brown, brings a star quality to farming – tending...

Meade Farm’s green mindset sees success at Green Awards
Meade Farm’s green mindset sees success at Green Awards

Meath-based Meade Farm, which has been working to embed a green mindset in all its operations, scooped the ‘Green Food...

Kerry woman on the highs and lows of part-time contracting
Kerry woman on the highs and lows of part-time contracting

From the age of 11, Kylie Walsh from Duagh, Co. Kerry, started taking an interest in contracting, especially in tractors...

Fit Farmers programme yields impressive outcome
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...

Wexford Macra to celebrate 75 years in action with dinner dance
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...

Agricultural course captures the hearts of Wexford school students
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...

Rural Laois GAA club gears up for tractor run
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...

Forestry charity supported by Sligo shopping centre in acquiring land
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...

Galway man left paralysed from farm accident learns to swim
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...

MADRA asks farmers to cease unplanned pregnancies in working dogs
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...

Hairy Henry care farm helps retired farmers to reconnect with animals
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...

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

West Cork families provide farming workshops to school kids
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...

Mount Congreve School of Horticulture hosts open day
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...

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

New GIY market garden at Curraghmore Estate
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...