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Dear Miriam: my son is not pulling his weight at home with his young family
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This week an annoyed reader asks for advice on her son not pulling his weight in his new family.
5 February 2025 Features
'I’m not so sure our ancestors would be too impressed with this tradwife trend'
Our Desperate Farmwife isn't so sure our grannies and great-grannies would be impressed with some of these social media trends we see on TikTok.
5 February 2025 Gardening
Cornus brings a fiery display
Colourful shrubs like the vibrant cornus brighten up cold, grey days and bring some interest.
Tullamore the merrier as club doubles in size
Surviving and thriving are challenges for provincial rugby clubs, but the president of the Offaly set-up says the overall outlook is positive.
5 February 2025 Sport
How can we bring down our expenses?
Breaking down ways to manage rising bills and business costs.
5 February 2025 Money Mentor
Farmer Writes: calving under way for 2025
The cows are out day and night at the moment, making the most of the paddocks close to the yard.
5 February 2025 Farmer Writes
Jam-packed weekend of competitions for our Macra members
Macra gave its members plenty to distract from the January blues with the finals of a number of competitions.
5 February 2025 News
Farmers embracing fertiliser bag recycling
In 2023, a total of 20,000 half tonne sized bags of fertiliser plastics was collected at 235 jointly run nationwide bring-centres.
5 February 2025 Fertilizers
What is the reason for implementing a closed period for spreading manure?
In the third of his four-part series, Edward Burgess of Teagasc explains how different soils can leach more nitrogen to water and what farmers can do to slow it.
5 February 2025 Climate and environment
In pictures: IFA 70th annual general meeting
This week IFA continues its look back on the 70th AGM with a series of images.
5 February 2025 l2
February workload starts with TB test
After a quiet few weeks, the workload is on the rise, write Jessica Pollock.
5 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Storm Éowyn reminds us how vulnerable farmers are to extreme weather events
We must future-proof our farm houses and farm buildings to be able to withstand the force of storms, writes Katherine O'Leary.
29 January 2025 Katherine O'Leary