SOME 257 post office have closed in the last ten years, with rural areas hit the hardest, new data has revealed. Sinn Fein’s ...

We need to ensure that an appropriate spatial scale is used in future to inform policies, particularly those directed at peripheral and rural areas. The question of whether rural Ireland is dying ...

Bantry GP Paul O’Sullivan says practices are 'hamstrung' by the fact they cannot get enough GPs to work in rural areas ...

Ireland's economic planning must extend far beyond Dublin into all its communities, writes Conor Skehan 'Not only do we need proactive plans for development in rural areas - we also need to stop ...

"In 2016, the average age of the population living in rural areas was 2.4 years older than the population in urban areas, compared to a difference of 1.9 years in 2011." ...

Padraig Cribben, Chief Executive of the Vintners Federation of Ireland, says the new study will help ascertain the socio-economic benefits pubs provide in rural areas of Ireland.

However, Ireland remains a remarkably non-urban society, with 42% living rurally, compared with an EU average of 27%. Large numbers of Irish people still favour raising families in rural areas.

We asked Irish experts for their views on an EPA report, which shows support for climate action is consistent in both urban and rural areas.

After the Irish fought for and won their independence from the British in 1921, ... But in the rural areas where iconic rolling hills have been replaced by rows and rows of conifers, ...

It is one of 11 organisations across Northern Ireland that deliver a dial-a-lift service ... “When are we going to see sufficient equity in rural areas to meet the needs of those people who ...