More than 70 rural primary schools are under threat of closure if the current trend in rural depopulation continues, ...

If the slower pace and self-reliance that comes with island living is calling your name, Ireland may have the perfect opportunity for you. The country is looking for people willing to move and help ...

The Irish Government has announced 62 new walking trails in 17 counties as part of the expansion of its National Walks Scheme. Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys announced ...

ROSSPORT, Ireland -- Five farmers from these wind-swept coastal boglands have been locked up in a Dublin prison for nearly three months for blocking construction of a $1.1 billion natural gas pipeline ...

When John "J.J." Berdon joined Ireland's semi-state peat harvesting company in 1980, he thought he had a job for life. The 58-year-old lives just a few minutes' drive from his place of work as a truck ...

Default speed limits on rural local roads in Ireland will decrease from 80km/h to 60km/h on Friday, February 7. The meaning of the Rural Speed Limit sign (a white circle with five diagonal black lines ...

Analysis: People in rural Irish towns feel safer knowing that their GP lives locally and provides regular, preventive and emergency healthcare to those in need 'Place'; ‘my home place’; ‘the folks’ ...

Author John Connell on how the legacy of the great novelist is still vibrant and present twenty years after his death.

Owner Joseph 'Josie' McLoughlin is seeking a successor to run his family-owned pub - Heineken On Achill Island, off Ireland's rugged west coast, there's a pub called McLoughlin's Bar that's been in ...