Fianna Fáil, Local Election candidate for the Castleisland area, Fionnán Fitzgerald has issued a statement in which he called for an easing of the pressure on local businesses from rising commercial rates. A couple of weeks ago The Maine Valley Post highlighted the imposition of punitive rates being levied annually by Kerry County Council on…
This Wednesday night at 9:30pm TG4 will take a look at the blighting graph of rural decline on two areas on the western seaboard. That graph could be just as easily laid down over any part of the new rural Ireland of today. Its cold, harsh realities of closed shops, public houses and post offices…
Are you interested in what’s happening to rural Ireland in recent years and are you wondering why the obvious decline isn’t being halted ? Then, The Late Late Show will include a panel discussion on the very topic tonight. Panelists will include: Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice along with Mairead Lavery of the Irish Farmer’s Journal…
