Rural Life
Minister Humphreys has announced details of €340,000 in funding to support 45 projects in rural communities under the 2020 CLÁR programme.
Agri Politics
The government has missed an opportunity to inject some common sense into the pub crisis, according to Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín.
Concern has been raised for "the future of rural Ireland" by Carol Nolan following the appointment of the new government and cabinet.
Residents in Co. Galway have launched a campaign to address road safety issues as they fear an accident will claim another life.
The issue of farm transfer and succession will be up for discussion at an information evening in Athenry, Co. Galway tonight (November 1).
Some €10m will be made available to Local Authorities in 2016 to support the regeneration of rural towns and villages across Ireland.
Agri-Business
"The new Department of Rural Affairs will not know its full remit, will not fully function nor will it have its staff for another eight weeks."
A new Government has vowed to oversee the revitalisation of rural Ireland while ensuring all Government policies are rural-proofed.
N.Ireland
More than 50% of gay people who have always lived in rural areas of Northern Ireland feel more compelled to move to a more urban area, report finds.
A public meeting is to be held in order to tackle rural crime and burglars at the Anner Hotel in Thurles on October 8, 2015.
If you live in the east of the country you're more likely to be burgled, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
Rural Ireland, anywhere outside of the Pale, seems to be an easy target for burglars, according to Robert O'Shea, an agri-contractor from Littleton, Co. Tipperary.
Some £1m has been allocated to rural communities in Northern Ireland to help tackle rural poverty and social isolation, the North's Agriculture Minister Michelle O'Neill has said.
Some 85% of the population is to have high-speed broadband access in 2018 with 100% connected by 2020, the Minister for Communications Alex White has said.
Bus Eireann is to cut almost 100 rural bus routes, with Clonroche, Bunclody and Kildavin some of the main rural towns to be hit.
Over 350,000 people in rural Ireland are at risk of poverty, according to Social Justice Ireland.
