Farmers on their mental health as bleak restrictions bite

Lockdown isolation continues to bite in the farming community, with one man working alone on his farm saying the virus has shattered his normal life. His fears are supported by organisations working with the thousands of farmers who toil alone all day and now face silent evenings too.

This interview with cattle farmer Gerard Campbell , Teagasc and the National Rural Network ran in the Irish Mail on Sunday. (see below)