Rural Life
Aware to showcase positive mental health programme at ploughing
Aware will urge people to reach out for support and look after their mental health at the 2018 National Ploughing...
Rural Life
Aware will urge people to reach out for support and look after their mental health at the 2018 National Ploughing...
Rural Life
A forum on fodder and mental well-being – which will feature a panel of some of the top names in...
Rural Life
The fodder situation on many family farms in the country is extremely serious and requires detailed and urgent attention, according...
Rural Life
While we have learned to ‘talk the talk’ on mental health issues, we now need to ‘walk the walk’, according...
Rural Life
Two students from Glenamaddy Community School, Co. Galway, have struck a chord with farm families through their efforts to raise...
Agri Politics
The Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine’s dedicated animal welfare helpline has dealt with just one query relating to fodder...
N.Ireland
At least one farmer in the UK takes their own life every week, according to shocking figures which have come to...
Dairy
With calving season getting started – and the many sleepless nights that come with it – dairy farmers are being...
Rural Life
Are you mentally prepared for the stress and toils that come part-and-parcel with the spring calving season? If, like most,...
Rural Life
A PhD student at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, is undertaking a research study to examine...
Rural Life
Saturdays, summer holidays and family occasions all had one thing in common, while growing up at the McEntee household, in...
Rural Life
While many people are reluctant to reach out for help on mental health difficulties, sweeping them under the carpet will...
Rural Life
“To be very blunt about it, I had a gun loaded and put to the side of my head,” recalls...
National Ploughing Championships
A joint publication called ‘Coping with the Pressures of Farming’ was launched by Teagasc and Mental Health Ireland (MHI) at...
Rural Life
“Take action at the early stages” was the key tip from former sheep shearing champion, and mental health advocate, George Graham,...
Rural Life
Former world sheep shearing champion and mental health advocate George Graham will share the story of his struggle with mental...
Rural Life
Bureaucracy; financial strain; unpredictable weather; and unannounced Department of Agriculture inspections are among the issues that can cause anxiety among...
Rural Life
Farmers have been invited to attend a ‘mental health and well-being for rural communities’ event hosted by the The Institution of...