Rural Life
Teagasc to host seminar on farmer mental health
Teagasc will host a seminar addressing farmer mental health and well-being next week as part of their BeSafe Project. The...
Rural Life
Teagasc will host a seminar addressing farmer mental health and well-being next week as part of their BeSafe Project. The...
Rural Life
By Gordon Deegan A prominent government TD has helped put the brakes on plans for a €6.5 million ‘therapeutic farm’...
Veterinary
New research published by the Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI) has shed some light on the mental health and well-being...
Rural Life
Retired farmer, Pat Crehan, has gone from his couch to the Camino after taking part in the Fit Farmers’ programme....
Rural Life
A young Skibbereen farmer who helped on the family farm while he was in New Zealand, through the use of...
Rural Life
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is to set up a working group for farmer isolation and suicide...
Rural Life
Milk tankers are set to play a key role in supporting a new rural mental health campaign by Samaritans and...
N.Ireland
The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) has today (Tuesday, February 22) launched ‘farminmind.co.uk’, an interactive website with the...
Rural Life
Co. Leitrim-based Macra na Feirme club – Carrigallen Macra – is set to host a charity fundraising event this Sunday,...
Agri Politics
A number of mental health-centred projects and initiatives are underway to support members of the farming community in times of...
Rural Life
Social Democrats TD and party spokesperson on agriculture Holly Cairns has said that it is “essential” that there are “more...
Rural Life
Midlands-North-West MEP Maria Walsh has called for further supports to address the mental health needs of farmers “in order to...
Rural Life
The second annual ‘Ag Mental Health Week’ is set to begin on Sunday, October 10, and will run until Saturday,...
Rural Life
A conversation with a master athlete on what keeps him motivated as he enters his 89th year, is one of...
Rural Life
Ask; persuade; refer – three words that can make a difference if you think that someone you know may be...
Rural Life
While it is “unsurprising to see an increase in people reporting isolation and loneliness, it is totally a failure of...
Rural Life
One farmer has called for what he describes as “an inheritance nightmare” across many Irish farms over the years to...
Rural Life
Loneliness and isolation were the main reasons Irish people contacted the Samaritans in 2020, according to the charity’s annual report...