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Have appropriate footwear for whatever the task at foot is. Invest in two pairs of supportive, laced boots for working. \ Philip Doyle
As you walk through your livestock out grazing, you watch them carefully, looking out for signs of lameness. But do you ever stop to think about your own feet? How are they feeling in their ninth hour of welly wearing today?
Ann Bermingham Chiropody is based in Tullamore, Co Offaly. With over 25 years of experience and a lifetime in the countryside, Ann knows too well the neglect and hardship bestowed upon farmers’ feet.
“Skin problems are one of the most common issues we deal with. Farmers often come into us with hard skin, fissures and cracked heels, which is mainly because they are outside in all types of weather; or because they have stayed in wet boots or socks all day,” she says.
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The Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 aims to attract more people to the Irish countryside. \ Donal O Leary
On Monday 29 March, the Government published
Our Rural Future, the blueprint for a post-COVID-19 recovery and development of rural Ireland over the next five years.
Something that has really come to the forefront of recent national conversation is the need for Government support in creating more and better jobs throughout rural regions. This in turn will allow individuals to have a greater range of employment opportunities while continuing to live and work in their native rural area.
Remote working – whether from home or co-working facilities – will provide greater opportunity for part time farming (for example), where the employee no longer has to commute a long distance to an urban workplace, giving them more free time in the morning and evening time.
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Galway Foroige clubs learning about farm safety at a past event at the Gort Co-Op Mart. \ David Walsh
This Wednesday 14 April at 7.30pm, Foróige, the national youth development organisation, is hosting an online career coaching clinic.
The focus of this event will be on the array of career opportunities available within Ireland’s agricultural and veterinary medicine industries.
Although the organisation is targeting the event towards teenagers aged 15 and above, adults who want to change their career path or who have an interest in either industry are welcome to register also.
As we all know, over the past year, many young people have missed out on secondary school work placements that they would traditionally have experienced in transition year or fifth year in secondary school.
Allen Dairy Services was established in 1992 by current owner Willie Allen.
As the exclusive authorised Dairymaster dealer for the Leinster region, the Allen Dairy team provides sales, service and technical support to the dairy farming industry.
Supplying and servicing for Dairymaster dairy equipment, the Kildare-based business covers dairy farm equipment needs in counties including Wicklow, Carlow, north Wexford, south Dublin, Kilkenny, Laois and Kildare.
Dairymaster automatic meal feeders allow meal to be fed down to 0.1kg/cow.
About the role
The main responsibilities for the installation and service technician include the fitting, servicing and repair of milking machines.
The chosen candidate will also be expected to fit, repair and maintain other farmyard equipment, such as hydraulic scrapers and feeders.
Clongowes Wood College
€20,290 per annum for seven-day male full board and school tuition fees.
Clongowes Wood College, Co Kildare, is home to 450 boys. Headmaster Christopher Lumb strongly advocates the place and purpose of boarding schools in modern Ireland.
“A modern boarding school like Clongowes is a very outward facing place. Parents come here regularly to watch and support their sons playing rugby. For us it is very much about how we embrace family life.
“This notion of ‘parents sending their children away to boarding school’ is completely inaccurate – and addressing that is one of the biggest challenges boarding schools face,” he says.