As a DCU examine finds that farmers face vital psychological well being points in comparison with the final inhabitants, two farmers reveal the extent of their struggles – and the way they turned issues spherical
Shay Concannon engaged on the farm in Co Galway. Pictures: Ray Ryan
For many of his grownup life, Shay Concannon spent each waking minute on his household farm in Galway — generally on days when he fell out of affection with being a farmer.
“I used to be at all times on the farm,” he says. “If I wasn’t milking cows at sure occasions of the day, I’d be getting a cellphone name from my household asking ‘What’s fallacious with you?’.
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