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.

Lack of maintenance of quads a cause for concern – retired garda

Rural Life

Lack of maintenance of quads a cause for concern – retired garda

The lack of care and maintenance of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) which include quads is a huge, but under-appreciated issue, according...
Open days to showcase social farming across the country

Rural Life

Open days to showcase social farming across the country

Social Farming Awareness Week will run from October 2-6, showcasing a range of social farms’ activities around the country. There...
Community rallies around bereaved family with tractor run

Rural Life

Community rallies around bereaved family with tractor run

A tractor run in aid of a family bereaved by suicide will take place from Whitegate GAA grounds in east...
Doctors join CRITICAL response team in Waterford

Rural Life

Doctors join CRITICAL response team in Waterford

CRITICAL, the emergency medical response charity, has established a new team in Co. Waterford and now has two doctors volunteering...
Rural Carlow’s language and history celebrated in ‘Cycles’

Rural Life

Rural Carlow’s language and history celebrated in ‘Cycles’

(The ‘Cycles’ event was cancelled due to weather conditions – update as of Saturday evening, September 23) Cycling enthusiasts and...
Farmers display interest in restoring family furniture at Ploughing

Rural Life

Farmers display interest in restoring family furniture at Ploughing

Many farmers displayed a keen interest in restoring their family furniture at this year’s National Ploughing Championships, according to a...
Community comes together for Granard cattle dealer

Rural Life

Community comes together for Granard cattle dealer

The people of Longford and further afield are working to raise funds for a 57-year-old husband, father and grandfather from...
105ac of Cavan land with plentiful road frontage for auction

Property

105ac of Cavan land with plentiful road frontage for auction

After five generations, a house, various buildings, and 105ac of Cavan land will go under the hammer at an auction...
Traditional Harvest Day returns to Bunratty tomorrow

Rural Life

Traditional Harvest Day returns to Bunratty tomorrow

Ireland’s agricultural heritage and the fair days of the 19th century will be brought to life when the traditional harvest day...
Cork’s Mountkeeffe House with 122ac farm for sale

Property

Cork’s Mountkeeffe House with 122ac farm for sale

Mountkeeffe House, Newmarket, Co. Cork, is new to market and is hailed by selling agent Timothy O’Connell as “a top-class...
Expanding Glenamaddy Show with ploughing demos and poultry classes

Rural Life

Expanding Glenamaddy Show with ploughing demos and poultry classes

After a highly successful show last year, the ever expanding Glenamaddy District Ploughing and Agricultural Show will take place at...
Laois couple’s Ranch Cabins give insight into farming life

Rural Life

Laois couple’s Ranch Cabins give insight into farming life

A Laois-based dairy farming couple is behind the Ranch Cabin enterprise which offers cabin accommodation with views of the Slieve...
Relentless Shannon flooding leaves farmers in ‘bad way’

Rural Life

Relentless Shannon flooding leaves farmers in ‘bad way’

There are a couple of thousand farmers along the River Shannon and many of them are in a bad way,...
Front-gate daffodil sales lead to full Irish flower farm

Agri-Business

Front-gate daffodil sales lead to full Irish flower farm

20 years ago, farmer and broadcaster Darragh McCullough started selling €2 bunches of daffodils in buckets outside his front gate...
50ac for sale in The Curragh for €10,000/ac

Property

50ac for sale in The Curragh for €10,000/ac

A block of circa 53ac at The Curragh in south Co. Kildare will go for auction on Friday, September 29,...
Cladóir/Claddagh sheep revival project now in its 3rd year

Rural Life

Cladóir/Claddagh sheep revival project now in its 3rd year

A project to revive the Cladóir/Claddagh sheep breed is now in its third year and is still in the discovery...
Offaly land with old windmill tower and road frontage for auction

Property

Offaly land with old windmill tower and road frontage for auction

A block of circa 48ac in Ballystrig on the edge of Rhode, Co. Offaly, that includes an old windmill tower,...
Ahiohill Vintage Harvest Day geared up for the crowds

Machinery

Ahiohill Vintage Harvest Day geared up for the crowds

The seventh Ahiohill Vintage Harvest Day will take place in Lisnacuanna, Co. Cork on Sunday, September 3, with gates opening...