The report shows that Ireland’s 27 community cafés employ 50 staff and are supported by nearly 400 volunteers across ten counties. They combine a café, shop, and meeting place under one roof, ...

Carlow's Rural Social Scheme was lauded recently after the scheme was selected as a model of best practice. Following the selection the scheme was visited by Denis Leamy from Pobail who saw how ...

THE wealth of expertise that already exists within the farming community will be utilised for the benefit of the entire community of Duhallow through the new Rural Social Scheme, Minister Eamon Ó ...

Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Regina Doherty has announced details of where 250 new places on the Rural Social Scheme are to be allocated.

Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar has announced details of where 500 extra places on the Rural Social Scheme are to be allocated and has also promised extra places again next year.

That department provides an estimated €500,000 annually to operate the scheme nationally, while an additional €240,000 is provided for two localised schemes in Cork and Kerry.

A new Government scheme will make it easier to work in rural areas across the country. The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, has announced €75million for 24 ...

DAERA Minister Andrew Muir has welcomed the award of £5.28million in grants to over 2,500 rural community organisations and ...

A LABOUR Party call on the Government to preserve the rural transport scheme despite the recommendations of the McCarthy report has been backed by farm and rural organisations. Labour’s ...