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May 6, 2021 12:14 pm Teagasc has released a booklet detailing the progress and developments in its Heavy Soils Programme over the last 10 years. The programme was set up in 2011 to develop a network of dairy farms on poorly drained soils to act as a “test bed” for strategies and management practices. The aim was to improve the efficiency and performance of farms dominated by such soils, which account for 30% of grasslands nationally. The booklet is titled ‘Lessons Learned – Key Findings of the Teagasc Heavy Soils Programme’. It was released today (Thursday, May 6). The key focus are...

The legacy of Patrick Tuohy To the editor: My first memory of Patrick Tuohy takes me to the McKay Street parking garage in Pittsfield in the spring of 2019. We were on our way to do a home visit with a mom and her young infant. Having worked with babies and caregivers for decades as a pediatrician and infant mental health specialist, I felt totally at ease in the world of parent-infant relationships. But the opioid crisis and the depths to which it decimated communities already vulnerable from poverty and intergenerational trauma was more of an abstraction. Pat, a family recovery support spec...