Caroline Allen

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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.

Allen Wylie tractor run ready to roll with vintage models

Rural Life

Allen Wylie tractor run ready to roll with vintage models

The Allen Wylie memorial vintage tractor run in remembrance of a well known farmer and agricultural contractor who was always...
Farmer involved in three-in-a-row kidney transplant experience

Rural Life

Farmer involved in three-in-a-row kidney transplant experience

An extraordinary series of events unfolded for a family spread across north and east Cork and Mayo in 2023, culminating...
Roscommon students impress with backing bar for a cattle crush

Agri-Business

Roscommon students impress with backing bar for a cattle crush

Two transition year students in Roscommon Community College have impressed with a backing bar for a cattle crush. Gavin Moran...
National Archives exhibition highlights sugar beet industry

Rural Life

National Archives exhibition highlights sugar beet industry

The development of the country’s sugar beet industry is recalled in a new exhibition presented by the National Archives, chronicling...
Burren is the ‘perfect case study’ for evolution of Irish ag – geologist

Environment

Burren is the ‘perfect case study’ for evolution of Irish ag – geologist

Some of the earliest farming activity in Ireland can be traced back to the Burren in Co. Clare. The region...
TY students create equipment for safer dehorning practice

Agri-Business

TY students create equipment for safer dehorning practice

Four transition year students at Kinsale Community School have established a business that has created a farm equipment holder, making...
Historic stained glass window unveiled at Johnstown Castle

Rural Life

Historic stained glass window unveiled at Johnstown Castle

A historically significant stained glass window, dating back to World War I has been unveiled at Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, following...
Kerry writer-in-residence highlights value of Local Link

Rural Life

Kerry writer-in-residence highlights value of Local Link

The recently appointed writer-in-residence for Co. Kerry has found the Local Link bus service to be just the ticket for...
Family of little Caolán give back to cancer charities

Rural Life

Family of little Caolán give back to cancer charities

A Co. Monaghan farm family, grateful for the recovery of their two-and-a-half year-old son, Caolán from cancer, are fundraising to...
Tipperary author launches book inspired by ‘Black Beauty’

Rural Life

Tipperary author launches book inspired by ‘Black Beauty’

Author and film-maker, Elaine Heney who lives on a dry stock farm in Co. Tipperary, recently launched her latest book,...
Little Hill Animal Rescue wins Movement for Good award

Pig/Poultry

Little Hill Animal Rescue wins Movement for Good award

Kildare-based Little Hill Animal Rescue & Sanctuary has emerged as a winner in the first special draw of the 2024...
New tractor museum offers exciting exhibits in Clare

Rural Life

New tractor museum offers exciting exhibits in Clare

A Ferguson-Brown with iron wheels from 1936 and a crab-steer are among the exhibits at the tractor museum dedicated to...
Milestone marked in re-emergence of craft of coopering

Tillage

Milestone marked in re-emergence of craft of coopering

The first Irish-made casks in over 60 years in Ireland were recently coopered and made at Dair Nua Cooperage in...
Pedigree heifer prize up for grabs as Ballylinan GAA hosts Oskars

Rural Life

Pedigree heifer prize up for grabs as Ballylinan GAA hosts Oskars

A two-year-old pedigree-registered Charolais heifer or €1,500 will be the top prize in a raffle at Ballylinan GAA Oskars and...
Wexford Macra’s 75th anniversary a sell out celebration

Rural Life

Wexford Macra’s 75th anniversary a sell out celebration

Wexford Macra’s recent 75th anniversary dinner in the Ashdown Park Hotel, Gorey, Co. Wexford March 16, was a sell out...
Potential for introduction of legislation that will ban imported bees

Rural Life

Potential for introduction of legislation that will ban imported bees

It’s important that the 12-month research contract that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) entered into with...
Immigrant farmers’ letters featured in new project

Rural Life

Immigrant farmers’ letters featured in new project

Farmers are among those who feature in Imirce, a new digital repository that provides access to thousands of Irish-American emigrant...
‘Social prescribing’ aims to tackle loneliness head-on

Rural Life

‘Social prescribing’ aims to tackle loneliness head-on

A new service in Tuam, Athenry, and Loughrea, being rolled out by Galway Rural Development and the HSE, labelled ‘social...