Rural Life
The government has today launched the 2025 Town and Village Renewal Scheme, providing funding to support the revitalisation of rural Ireland.
The number of people attaining a Green Cert qualification has taken a "post pandemic dip", according to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín.
Addressing regional imbalance and reversing rural decline will be the focus of two public meetings being hosted by MEP Chris MacManus
"Disruptive policy" is what is needed to combat rural depopulation, an organic Kerry farmer will tell an EU event later this month.
The government has been 'shamefully silent' about the 'whittling away of rural services', according to the Rural Independent Group.
In 2019, one in 12 (8.4%) of rural households said they had great difficulty in accessing a shop that sells groceries, while a further 19.7% said they had some difficulty.
It is integral for the future of rural Ireland that employment opportunities are created, in order to keep young people in communities.
Asdee is a small, rural village in Co. Kerry - small enough that "if you were to blink, you'd miss it on your way to Ballybunion".
A nationwide consultation is to be conducted among members of Macra na Feirme to see what issues young people in rural Ireland are facing.
A group of opposition TDs have united in protest over the Government’s soon-to-be-published National Planning Framework – Ireland 2040.
Rural Ireland is not looking for a handout from the government to try and combat rural decline, according to rural TD Michael Fitzmaurice.
