'Great successes to celebrate - but we must acknowledge the challenges' for women in ag

"There are many young women eager to take on family farms, but the reality is that very traditional and patriarchal views surround inheritance."

Drystock farmer and Sligo chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association Kathleen Henry with her son, James, on her family farm, in Co Sligo. Picture: Karen Cox

There are “great successes” for women in agriculture to celebrate, however, there are still great challenges which remain for rural women in Ireland, Cork South-West TD and new leader of the Social Democrats Holly Cairns has said.

Ms Cairns told the Irish Examiner that many of the same issues that mark International Women’s Day apply to women in agriculture as well.