Rural Life
County title puts gruelling cancer treatment in the shade
A Kilkenny woman who won a county junior title last week – just five months after finishing cancer treatment –...
Rural Life
A Kilkenny woman who won a county junior title last week – just five months after finishing cancer treatment –...
Rural Life
New ‘Fit Farmers’ sessions will roll out in Roscommon at Dysart community centre on Tuesday, November 2 from 7:00p.m-9:00p.m. An...
Rural Life
A conversation with a master athlete on what keeps him motivated as he enters his 89th year, is one of...
Other
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in Ireland, with over 13,000 cases diagnosed annually. This figure is...
Rural Life
The online fitness programme ‘Fit Farmers’, recently concluded with significant health gains and notable improvements in fitness, strength and stamina...
Rural Life
A Co. Cork farmer with Parkinson’s disease is upbeat about living with the fastest-growing neurological disease worldwide, despite having to...
Rural Life
An Irish First Aid supplier is calling on farming groups and rural communities to avail of free online demonstrations on...
Rural Life
Vegans, vegetarians and pescatarians (people who eat fish but no other meat) may be at higher risk of bone fractures,...
Rural Life
“It’s not necessarily easy for women in rural Ireland to access the menopause services they need. Many are working full time....
Rural Life
Farmers as an occupational group have been identified with having high levels of preventable ill health, according to Teagasc. The...
Rural Life
As frontline heroes of food production, it has never been more important that farmers mind their health, according to the...
Environment
The proposed construction of the Poolboy Waste Transfer Station on the outskirts of Ballinasloe has brought the community out in...
Environment
There are numerous medical and scientific studies that show that living within 5km of a waste facility is of extreme...
Environment
It is becoming very clear that there are serious health implications around wind farms created by infrasound and there is...
Dairy
Moderate consumption of dairy produce – particularly whole-fat dairy – could reduce risk of heart disease, according to new research....
Dairy
A programme offering free heart health checks for farmers in the Glanbia catchment area was launched by Glanbia earlier today...
Rural Life
Glanbia Ireland is offering a complimentary heart health check to all of its members, suppliers and customers. The project is...
Dairy
Breeding has commenced on numerous dairy farms throughout the country. Initially, many farmers are opting to breed with AI before...