Most places will either touch or break through the 30C barrier to start the weekend, with a fresh yellow high temperature ...

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

Urban areas, too, have experience population loss, demonstrating it is not just a rural issue. But there are also many rural areas, especially surrounding the cities, which are gaining population.

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

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.

Brian Kerr owns a barber shop in the Clonoe Village Business Park. He said: "It's all the customers who come into the shop this past while have been talking about, the fact that the phone signal has ...

People in rural areas of Northern Ireland are happier and live longer on average than those living in towns and cities, new government statistics show.

Ireland's population is ageing, with a sharp rise in the number of people aged 65 and older, new Census data reveals.

Perhaps in rural Ireland, there is a greater appreciation that people are the lifeblood of community and commercial life, irrespective of their origins ...

It is one of 11 organisations across Northern Ireland that deliver a dial-a-lift service through Rural Community Transport Partnerships.

Iona Drones hopes to be up and running in Ireland by late 2025, according to founder and CEO Etienne Louvet. Getting parcels delivered in rural areas can be a bit of a chore for both businesses ...

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.