Rural Life
Green Cert numbers take 'post-pandemic dip' - Tóibín
The number of people attaining a Green Cert qualification has taken a “post-pandemic dip”, according to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín....
Rural Decline
Rural Life
MEP to host meetings on regional imbalance and rural decline
Addressing regional imbalance and reversing rural decline will be the focus of two public meetings being hosted by Sinn Féin...
Rural Life
Tackling rural depopulation requires 'disruptive policy'
“Disruptive policy” is what is needed to combat rural depopulation, an organic Kerry farmer will tell an EU event later...
Rural Life
Government 'shamefully silent' about the 'whittling away of rural services'
The country’s town centres, “from Cashel to Dunmanway”, will be “further hollowed” as fewer people travel to towns with no...
Rural Life
28% of rural households say they have difficulty accessing a shop
In 2019, one in 12 (8.4%) of rural households said they had great difficulty in accessing a shop that sells...
Rural Life
Rural decline: 'Why not allow young people to stay in their own communities?'
It is integral for the future of rural Ireland that employment opportunities are created, in order to keep young people...
Rural Life
Rural decline: Village with 'no youth' creates own development plan
Asdee is a small, rural village in Co. Kerry – small enough that “if you were to blink, you’d miss...
Rural Life
What are the key issues of life in rural Ireland?
A nationwide consultation is to be conducted among members of the young farmers’ and rural youth organisation Macra na Feirme...
Rural Life
Opposition TDs demand changes to 'Ireland 2040' draft plan
A group of prominent opposition TDs have united in protest over the Government’s soon-to-be-published National Planning Framework – Ireland 2040....
Rural Life
Rural Ireland is 'not looking for a handout; it deserves fair play'
Rural Ireland is not looking for a handout from the government to try and combat rural decline, but it deserves...
