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Rural female entrepreneurs sought for ACORNS initiative

August 27, 2018

The latest cycle of the female entrepreneurship development initiative “Accelerating the Creation Of Rural Nascent Start-ups” (ACORNS) has been launched by Minister for…

CAP funding brought broadband to rural Sweden

June 10, 2018

CAP / Schemes

Broadband has been supplied to the rural area of north-west Sweden by voluntary groups. The project was partly funded by money from the…

Could CAP monies be used to advance the agri-tech revolution on Irish farms?

September 8, 2017

Agri-Business

Small and medium-sized farmers can not be left behind in an agri-tech revolution, warned the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil…

€50m investment in job creation part of Goverment’s Rural Action Plan

January 23, 2017

Rural Life

Some €50m is to be invested in collaborative approaches for job creation in rural Ireland, the Government announced today in it’s Action Plan for…

Poll: Will the Governments €10m funding revitalise rural Ireland?

August 15, 2016

Rural Life

Last week it was announced that the Government is to allocate €10m to regenerate rural Ireland, with the Minister for Arts, Heritage and…

Slower broadband and lack of job opportunities frustrate rural dwellers

June 28, 2016

Rural Life

Aspects of life that frustrate rural dwellers are slower broadband (63%) and a lack of job opportunities (45%), according to research by Macra na…

11% of households in the west don’t have internet access – CSO

December 17, 2015

Rural Life

It is estimated that 11% of households in the west of Ireland do not have internet access, figures from the Central Statistics (CSO)…

Farming in peripheral areas conference set for Donegal

November 3, 2015

Rural Life

The IFA’s Bert Stewart and ICSA’s Malcolm Thompson are two of the speakers that will be speaking at the upcoming Farming in Peripheral Areas…

Northern Ireland’s Rural Development Plan approved by Commission

August 27, 2015

Agri Politics

Northern Ireland’s £623m Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014-2020 has been approved by the European Commission. This Rural Development Plan approval paves the way…

IFA President calls for charter for rural Ireland

August 6, 2015

Rural Life

IFA President Eddie Downey has called on the Government to introduce a charter for rural Ireland to drive economic recovery across the country. Downey…

O’Neill allocates £1m for North’s rural communities

August 1, 2015

N.Ireland

Some £1m has been allocated to rural communities in Northern Ireland to help tackle rural poverty and social isolation, the North’s Agriculture Minister…

85% of the population to have high-speed broadband by 2018

July 16, 2015

Agri-Business

Some 85% of the population is to have high-speed broadband access in 2018 with 100% connected by 2020, the Minister for Communications Alex White has…

Service provider wanted for €130,000 rural programme for women

June 24, 2015

Agri-Business

A fund of €130,000 has been made available to help fund the development and training of a business programme aimed at women in…

Eircom to connect 300,000 rural premises with high speed broadband

June 4, 2015

Rural Life

Some 300,000 rural homes and businesses across Ireland are to be connected with high speed fibre broadband, Eircom has announced. The 300,000 homes are…

Northern Ireland to see £1m spent on rural broadband

June 3, 2015

N.Ireland

All rural broadband dwellers should have access to good broadband, the North’s Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has said. The Minister announced that she…

Cuts to Rural Development Programme a blow to rural Ireland – MEP

May 29, 2015

Rural Life

Cuts to the Rural Development Programme will be a blow to rural Ireland, according to Independent MEP Marian Harkin. Speaking following the announcement by…

Ireland’s RDP gets the green light in Europe

May 26, 2015

Agri Politics

Ireland’s Rural Development Programme (RDP) until 2020 has been formally approved by the European Commission. Minister Coveney today welcomed the final stage in the…

90,000km of cable to bring high-speed broadband to rural Ireland

May 13, 2015

Rural Life

Some 90,000km of fibre optic cable is to bring high-speed broadband to rural Ireland under Eircom’s proposed solution to the upcoming National Broadband…

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