Rural Life
€340,000 announced for Meals on Wheels services under CLÁR
Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys has today (Friday, November 20) announced details of €340,000 in funding to...
Rural Affairs
Agri Politics
Continued pub closures 'to affect rural towns and villages in a big way'
The government has missed an opportunity to inject some common sense into the pub crisis, according to Aontú leader Peadar...
Agri Politics
'Shock and alarm' among rural TDs after cabinet unveiling
Concern has been raised for “the future of rural Ireland” by independent TD Carol Nolan following the appointment of the...
Rural Life
Kilmeen Cross: 'An accident waiting to happen'
A small rural community in Co. Galway has rallied the troupes and launched a serious campaign to have road safety...
Rural Life
Farm transfer options to be discussed at Galway meeting
The issue of farm transfer and succession will be up for discussion at an information evening in Athenry, Co. Galway,...
Rural Life
€10m available in 2016 to support the revitalisation of rural towns and villages
Some €10m will be made available to Local Authorities in 2016 to support the regeneration of rural towns and villages across...
Agri-Business
'Rural Affairs Department won't know its full remit or have staff for another 8 weeks'
The new Department of Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and Gaeltacht will not know its full remit, will not fully...
Agri-Business
How Heather Humphreys' plan for rural Ireland will affect you
The new Department of Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and Gaeltacht has vowed to oversee the revitalisation of rural Ireland...
N.Ireland
Over 50% of gay people in rural areas 'feel compelled to move to urban areas'
More than half of gay people who have always lived in rural areas of feel more compelled to move to a...
Rural Life
Public meeting on rural crime to take place this week
A public meeting is to be held in order to tackle rural crime and burglars at the Anner Hotel in...
Rural Life
Burglaries are more likely in the east of the country
If you live in the east of the country you’re more likely to be burgled, according to figures from the...
Rural Life
'Anywhere outside the Pale seems to be an easy target for burglars'
Rural Ireland seems to be an easy target for burglars, according to Robert O’Shea, an agri-contractor from Littleton, Co. Tipperary....
N.Ireland
O’Neill allocates £1m for North's rural communities
Some £1m has been allocated to rural communities in Northern Ireland to help tackle rural poverty and social isolation, the...
Agri-Business
85% of the population to have high-speed broadband by 2018
Some 85% of the population is to have high-speed broadband access in 2018 with 100% connected by 2020, the Minister for Communications...
Rural Life
Up to 100 rural bus routes to be axed - southeast & west among worst hit
Bus Eireann is to cut almost 100 rural bus routes, with Clonroche, Bunclody and Kildavin some of the main rural towns...
Rural Life
‘Poverty in rural Ireland increasing – communities being left behind’
Over 350,000 people in rural Ireland are at risk of poverty, according to Social Justice Ireland. The independent think tank...