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Archeology and agriculture at Rathcroghan
Amii McKeever
A visit to the burial site of Queen Medb - and much more - at Rathcroghan illustrates attempts for Irish archaeology and farming to thrive together.
24 May 2023 Amii
Editorial: Policy vying for a better world without a sting in the tail
In fairy tales, a happy ending is expected but a positive outcome is often not the case in the real world. Beware the law of unintended consequences writes Amii McKeever
17 May 2023 Features
Tracing the path of the Great Hunger in Strokestown
Far more than a Famine Museum. There is a story in every corner of the Strokestown house, the grounds and the gardens, many sad, many tragic but beautifully and respectfully told.
Editorial: our historic and tragic past is unfortunately someone else’s present
Our history may be consigned to the past but the famine and the indentured lives of the Irish people are still within living memory. We should not lose sight of that.
17 May 2023 Features
Big 5 safari in South Africa
A farm turned safari game reserve created when a drought-ridden landscape had to find a new focus. Amii McKeever travelled to Inverdoorn Reserve in South Africa’s Tankwa Karoo
10 May 2023 Features
Editorial: the prioritisation great trade-off
Between hard-wired perceptions, societal expectations and the pure limitations of time, Amii McKeever believes it reasonable to suggest that neither sex can truly have it all.
10 May 2023 Amii
Teacher and dairy farmer Ellen Vaughan is the Teagasc/FBD Student of the Year
In a first for the competition, which took place in the Castleknock Hotel on 9 May, all three category winners were female.
9 May 2023 News
Better data needed on sudden farm deaths
Farming remains the most dangerous occupation in Ireland, delegates were told at the Embrace Farm encircle conference.
7 May 2023 News
CEJA President: Young farmers need access to credit to invest to create revenue
Italian farmer, chef, entrepreneur and CEJA president Diana Lenzi spoke to Amii McKeever about giving back to the farming community that supported her journey in agriculture.
3 May 2023 Features
Editorial: Further education and research need to have an impact
Gathering data on death can seem cold. People are not statistics. But without data, policies to reverse the trajectory of farm accidents will not happen.
3 May 2023 Amii
‘Bras are engineering. Support has to come from somewhere’
There is no such thing as “standard” breasts, so there is no standard bra. Susan Moylett, lingerie specialist, explains the importance of getting fitted for a bra , writes Amii McKeever
26 April 2023 Fashion
Editorial: Wrexham and the modern cult of personality
We get our information now from our phones, and this will only grow more. With that the importance of recognising what is real and what is PR rises, writes Amii McKeever.
26 April 2023 Amii