Help is at hand if pressure mounts

Stephen Cadogan on how IFA’s Farm Family section helps those threatened by the non-stop pace of agricultural change.

THE hidden face of Ireland’s farming difficulties haunts Lumena Walsh. Changes, mostly for the worse, are taking their toll on farming families.

Many feel mired in problems and can’t see a way out, but women like Lumena and others in the IFA’s Farm Family section are doing their best to enlighten dark days for beleaguered farm families.