New travel charge -another attack on rural Ireland
Those availing of Local Link services to attend HSE Day Services are facing a €4 daily charge. Sligo Sinn Fein Councillor, Thomas Healy, is calling for a review and says the most vulnerable in society are once again being targeted. Up until the 29th of October, the Local…
Irish Rural Link calls for special cabinet meeting to discuss broadband fiasco
A group campaigning for sustainable rural development is calling for a special cabinet meeting to be held to discuss the latest setback to the rollout of broadband. It comes after SSE reportedly pulled out of the Enet consortium, the only group still left bidding to deliver the government’s National Broadband…
Rural areas in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal among worst hit by lack of broadband
A group campaigning for sustainable rural development says jobs are being lost to areas in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal because of the ongoing failure to provide a high-speed broadband network. It comes after SSE reportedly pulled out of the Enet consortium – the only group still left bidding to deliver…
Irish Rural Link says new drink driving laws will impact rural people more seriously
Tougher drink driving sanctions will impact rural dwellers more seriously, according to Irish Rural Link. Under the proposals being debated this afternoon, a person caught with a reduced blood alcohol limit faces a driving ban for their first offence. There’s also a call to improve Meals on Wheels and Local…
Government’s new rural plan already under fire
The government’s announced a 60 million euro plan aimed at rejuvenating 600 towns and villages around Ireland. The Action Plan for Rural Development says it’ll support the creation of 135,000 jobs by 20-20, as well as oversee the rollout of high speed broadband. The plan has more than 270 actions…
Proposals to encourage house buyers return to rural Ireland welcomed
Irish Rural Link says it welcomes proposals to encourage house-buyers to return to rural towns and villages. Minister for Regional and Rural Affairs Heather Humphreys is to outline to Cabinet today a plan for grants to be offered to restore properties in small towns and villages. It’s part of the…
Regional development needed to protect rural Ireland
The head of Irish Rural Link says regional development is the only way to protect rural Ireland. CEO of the organisation Seamus Boland says Dublin is now in crisis and the government has to develop natural ‘regions’ such as a tourism region in the north west. He has made the…