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Curious tales of giddy cows and unmannerly wellingtons

Country Living with Francis Farragher THERE are many serious sides to farming but the business does have its light...

How to tell if you have turned into a mobile phone zombie

Country Living with Francis Farragher It’s bad enough reading somewhere that mobile phones are turning children an...

Savouring the sweet sorrow as season of light departs

Country Living with Francis Farragher “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the matur...

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We all need money to live but let’s just leave it at that

Country Living with Francis Farragher I remember a pleasant Wednesday morning on the 17th day of August,1977, walking into a building site on St...

Maybe a time to stop flogging the same old dead fuel horse

Country Living with Francis Farragher Will it become a reality over the coming winter month – the price of petrol and diesel shooting up or abov...

The strange world of tractor dates, Tinder and awesome Tipp farmers

Country Living with Francis Farragher Are those two an item?” is one of those curious rural expressions inquiring as to the romantic status of t...

Maybe a time to let women fill those gaping clergy gaps

Country Living with Francis Farragher We all see it happening on our own doorsteps, and last week as I glanced through this newspaper, and saw a...

The holiday letdown – blame it all on those affluent Romans

Country Living with Francis Farragher It mightn’t feel like holiday season as the rains return almost every second day with unrelenting persiste...

It’s always ‘the other lad’ who has that handy work number

Country Living with Francis Farragher It probably slips into the ‘bad habit’ category but with the passing of time a ‘weakness’ seems to have se...


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Curious tales of giddy cows and unmannerly wellingtons
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