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Department response to County Derry speeding issues 'not good enough'

Sinn Féin Councillor Kathleen McGurk has shared her frustration at what she has described as 'further failures' from DfI Roads Service to address speeding issues in Feeny. She was speaking after receiving notification that the department do not ...

02 Feb 2022 at 14:34

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Longford councillor calls for support for rural business

The State's responsibility to supporting the lifeblood of local communities was highlighted in a notice of motion discussed at the March meeting of Longford County Council. Cllr Garry Murtagh tabled a motion calling on members of the Longford ...

21 Mar 2023 at 07:33

Kate Forbes: There could be way forward on controversial fishing ban

Kate Forbes insisted her position on highly protected marine areas (HPMAs) has not changed since she pledged to scrap it in the SNP leadership election – but said there could be a way forward if Scottish government works with coastal ...

02 May 2023 at 08:53

King opens rural skills centre in grounds of Dumfries House

The King has arrived for a visit to officially open a farming and rural skills centre on the estate of a stately home he helped save. The MacRobert Farming and Rural Skills Centre, on the Dumfries House estate in East Ayrshire, will ...

16 Sept 2023 at 10:40

Scotland

UK Government imposing ‘significant damage’ on rural Scotland, warns Yousaf

Humza Yousaf has accused the UK Government of inflicting “significant damage” on rural Scotland. The SNP leader is set to visit a lambing farm in Stornoway, in the Western Isles, to highlight calls for a rural visa pilot scheme to ...

05 Apr 2024 at 00:01

Planning

Rural Clare school gets green light for new classroom

The Department of Education has granted permission for an extension which will see a new classroom being constructed at Doonaha National School. Clare Fianna Fáil TD Timmy Dooley has praised the school's principal and board of ...

29 Dec 2024 at 17:33

Sarwar puts focus on islanders ‘treated as afterthought’ by current governments

Scotland’s island communities are “treated as an afterthought” by both the Scottish and UK governments, Anas Sarwar has said. The Scottish Labour leader claimed islanders have suffered as a result of the “incompetent and ...

08 Jun 2024 at 00:01

Pictures & Videos

Check out the French couple and the Kilkenny pub they call home

TAP ARROW (>) ABOVE FOR NEXT PICTAP ARROW (>) ABOVE FOR NEXT PIC Vincent Laudescher and Natalie Tournadre were seeking a better quality of life when they decided to move from France to Ireland last year. After ...

01 Jul 2024 at 20:33

Scotland

Scottish Government to invest £14m in sustainable farming

The Scottish Government is set to invest more than £14 million in sustainable farming as a new funding round opens this month. Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon announced the next round of the ...

20 Jan 2023 at 09:33

Scotland

New AI tool could speed up skin cancer diagnoses in remote parts of world

A researcher at a Scottish university has developed AI tools that could give people in remote areas of the world access to fast and potentially life-saving skin cancer diagnoses. Tess Watt, the ...

21 Jul 2025 at 00:01

Home

Tipperary councillor lobbies for government grants scheme for traffic calming measures

A Fine Gael councillor is campaigning for a dedicated fund to be set up by the Department of Rural & Community Development to for financing traffic calming measures in rural villages. Cloneen ...

06 Jun 2024 at 22:33

Home

High-speed internet coming to 1,400 Leitrim homes, farms, and businesses

1,351 Leitrim premises in the Rooskey deployment area are under construction to have high-speed fibre network, due to be connected by spring next year. The announcement was made on November ...

22 Nov 2024 at 11:33

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