From working in Tesco to performing in front of millions, Mary Byrne's life was tranformed after The X Factor.

She tells Aisling Hussey about life after reality TV, her battle with depression, and regaining self-confidence. Mary is performing at our Women & Agriculture Conference, which takes place in Trim, Co Meath, on Wednesday 22 October. Karl Henry and Michael Harding are speaking at the event and they are also profiled in this week's edition.

With the Kinsale Gourmet festival taking place this weekend, we meet marine mad Martin Shanahan, who tells us about the event and his mission to get Irish eating fish.

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Mary Phelan finds out more about a new app called Herdwatch, which promises to reduce the amount of time spent on paperwork. She speaks to two women who say the app have saved them hours.

We also have a new crochet series, recipes by Neven Maguire and Derval O'Rourke, and advice on succession from Money Mentor Peter Young.

The new edition of Irish Country Living is online from 10pm today (Wednesday) and hits the shelves on Thursday with the Irish Farmers Journal.