How Paula Hynes is working to make farming life sustainable

"Paula is a co-founder of Ag Mental Health Week, which began in 2020 as a global awareness campaign for mental health in Agriculture and has also achieved a certification in suicide crisis response."

Paula Hynes, dairy farmer and mental-health advocate. Picture: Denis Minihane.

Paula Hynes is a real force for good within the agri-food industry.

Aside from her work on her family farm and as a rural mental health campaigner, she has been behind fundraising initiatives that have collectively raised in excess of €100,000 for various charities, including Aware and Breast Cancer Ireland, since 2017.