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# rural - Yesterday’s News
9 spontaneous day trips around Dublin to take this weekend
These are not your usual tourist traps – these are hidden gems for Dubliners in the know.
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# rural - Monday 19 September, 2016
Vast majority of IDA jobs in Dublin and Cork as rural counties fall behind
Newly-released figures show the vast amount of IDA-supported jobs are created in Dublin.
# rural - Thursday 15 September, 2016
Mungret: The small Irish town that went through revolutionary change
A talk on the parish will take place tomorrow night on Culture Night.
# rural - Sunday 8 May, 2016
I tried to do my normal job using broadband in rural Ireland. Here's how it went
In short: it was painful.
'We're a first-world country with third or fourth-world infrastructure'
With the National Broadband Plan being delayed until 2022, the need for high-speed internet in places like Donegal only grows
# rural - Monday 25 April, 2016
Couple discovered dead in Limerick house took their own lives
One of the couple was Julia Holmes, who was married to two other men when she tried to marry Thomas Ruttle.
# rural - Thursday 24 September, 2015
This rural village is about to get some of the fastest broadband in the country
This comes as part of a joint venture between the ESB and Vodafone.
# rural - Friday 19 June, 2015
‘Serious injury’ avoided after pipe bomb is found in Leitrim
It was found in a woodland area this morning.
# rural - Sunday 24 May, 2015
Over €220 million will be spent on rural programmes by 2020 – how much is your county getting?
The money, which will come through the Leader funding programme, will be spread around the country, with each county getting at least €5 million.
# rural - Sunday 3 May, 2015
This non-profit wants to start up 100 projects across the country in 100 days
ChangeX aims to help communities start up their own projects to help improve their lives.
# rural - Thursday 9 April, 2015
Don’t get enough sleep? Try getting rich
It seems wealth has its privileges.
# rural - Saturday 28 February, 2015
You can rent this entire village for €700 a day
You get the deputy mayorship, as well.
# rural - Friday 23 January, 2015
A community is taking to the streets today to stop its local bank from closing
Ulster Bank announced last year that it would close 14 of its branches in the Republic.
# rural - Wednesday 21 January, 2015
Minister: ‘Seriously, we haven’t forgotten about rural Ireland’
Ann Phelan is travelling to Brussels today to meet with Phil Hogan.
# rural - Tuesday 13 January, 2015
Are rail lines with low passenger numbers facing closure unless numbers rise?
A recent report found that €291 million is spent running the rail network each year.
# rural - Friday 3 October, 2014
A Garda whistleblower is backing MEP’s legal battle with Phil Hogan
Garda whistleblower John Wilson has said he will fund raise for Nessa Childer’s legal costs in the case that Phil Hogan proceeds with threatened action.
# rural - Wednesday 24 September, 2014
Minister Coveney announces new service for bereaved farm families
So far this year 20 people have died in farming accidents.
# rural - Monday 1 September, 2014
One third of Irish population forced to go without basic necessities
A report this morning also warns that we will need to serious investment in healthcare facilities as the number of over 85s in Ireland will double by 2025.
# rural - Friday 8 August, 2014
Fear rural customers left “high and dry” as €223m National Broadband Scheme ends
The scheme is government sponsored and aims to bring broadband to areas where it wasn’t available before.
# rural - Tuesday 22 July, 2014
Bus Éireann faces criticism over new online payment system
Concerns are mounting about rural users facing difficulties with the service.
# rural - Wednesday 18 June, 2014
Opinion: How can we revitalise rural towns? Simple – take some of the risk out of doing business
The key to taking advantage of the bounce-back is to remove some of the fixed costs involved in starting up a business (or keeping one going).
# rural - Thursday 5 June, 2014
Kilkenny, Loughrea and Ardee up next to become fibre towns
The initiative will see €2.5 million invested in developing broadband infrastructure in both towns and city.
Have a private well? A third are contaminated with E. coli from human waste
Ireland has the highest incidence of VTEC in Europe – a particularly nasty strain of E. coli.
# rural - Tuesday 20 May, 2014
Live in a rural area? You could be getting nicer bus shelters soon
A new round of public transport funding has been announced, and includes improvements to cycle paths.
# rural - Thursday 3 April, 2014
Varadkar ‘loves’ trains – and won’t be closing ‘dozens’ of rural lines
The Transport Minister said that reports that he is to close ‘dozens’ of rural lines are untrue – and that there aren’t even that many lines.
# rural - Wednesday 8 January, 2014
Outgoing IFA president says he has the skills for MEP job
John Bryan is expected to run for Fine Gael in the European elections this summer.
# rural - Thursday 21 November, 2013
80km speed limit on country roads to be scrapped
An average speed on motorways and a removal of signs at inappropriate locations are also suggested by the Speed Limits Working Group.
# rural - Thursday 7 November, 2013
Sharp increase in suicidal farmers calling helpline over financial troubles
Financial woes and the fodder shortage has left many farmers in an extremely difficult situation, says suicide prevention charity Console.
# rural - Sunday 28 April, 2013
“One moment off-balance and my leg was gone”
Farmers involved in agricultural accidents tell their stories to warn others of work hazards.
# rural - Monday 1 April, 2013
Calls for rural schools to be protected
The Green Party has called on the Education Minister to avoid implementing recommendations that may lead to the closure of rural schools.
# rural - Saturday 23 February, 2013
“No plans” to abolish Rural Transport Scheme
However, the scheme is to undergo a number of changes – although Minister Varadkar said that no decision has been taken on the issue.
# rural - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
Council sends letter to Minister calling for drink-driving limit to be relaxed
Kerry County Council has confirmed that it has sent a letter to Alan Shatter on foot of the controversial motion passed by the council last week.
# rural - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
Government dismisses Healy-Rae’s bid to relax drink-driving limit in rural areas
Responding to the Department of Transport’s dismissal of his idea, Kerry county councillor Danny Healy-Rae told TheJournal.ie: “We’ll see about that.”
# rural - Monday 21 January, 2013
Kerry councillors back plan to allow drink-driving ‘in moderation’
Councillor Danny Healy-Rae, who put forward the motion, told TheJournal.ie that it would help people who are isolated and can’t leave their homes to go to the pub anymore.
# rural - Monday 10 December, 2012
Rail timetable changes ‘will make rural lines unviable’
That is according to the Green Party, who says that the proposed Irish Rail timetable changes for 2013 are pushing some lines “toward collapse”.
# rural - Saturday 6 October, 2012
Two viable explosive devices discovered in Limerick
The Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were discovered on a rural road outside Limerick City late last night.
# rural - Monday 24 September, 2012
Coroner calls for greater advertising of suicide helplines in pubs
Six out of eight cases at the Killarney coroner’s court today dealt with suicide – the highest number ever.
# rural - Monday 17 September, 2012
Last weeks to register your septic tank for €5
If you don’t register your septic tank before or on 28 September, the price jumps from €5 to €50.
# rural - Tuesday 24 July, 2012
1.65 per cent of septic tanks registered within first four weeks
The number of registrations for mandatory inspections remains low, almost a month into the special €5 window.
# rural - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Registration for septic tank inspections begins
It will cost €5 to register a septic tank between now and 28 September, and €50 after that date, until 1 February 2013.
# rural - Sunday 27 May, 2012
From the archives: Photos of life in early 20th century Ireland
Can you identify the unknown locations of these images depicting daily life in Ireland in the early 1900s?
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Honesty poll: Have you littered in the past month?
CIGARETTES AND CHEWING gum are still the biggest litter problems in Ireland according to the 2015 National Litter Pollution Monitoring System Report.
It found that cigarette litter makes up 60% of litter in Ireland, with food related litter such as chewing gum coming in at around 12%.
Smokers and people who chew gum are being urged to clean up their act, but do you always pick up after yourself if you drop something or have you ever kept walking?
So today we’re asking, have you littered in the past month? (Be honest now!)
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Opinion: "I'm 22. She's 22. I'm in no position to care for a child. How the hell is this supposed to work?"
By Anonymous
We had nobody to help us. It’s a disgusting feeling, the feeling of exile.
Column: The US football players kneeling for the national anthem are doing something important
By Julien Mercille - @JulienMercille
There is a long history of athletes taking a stand for justice, writes Julien Mercille.
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