# rural - Friday 23 January, 2015
Ulster Bank announced last year that it would close 14 of its branches in the Republic.
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# rural - Wednesday 21 January, 2015
Ann Phelan is travelling to Brussels today to meet with Phil Hogan.
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# rural - Tuesday 13 January, 2015
A recent report found that €291 million is spent running the rail network each year.
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# rural - Friday 3 October, 2014
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.
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# rural - Wednesday 24 September, 2014
So far this year 20 people have died in farming accidents.
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# rural - Monday 1 September, 2014
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.
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# rural - Friday 8 August, 2014
The scheme is government sponsored and aims to bring broadband to areas where it wasn’t available before.
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# rural - Tuesday 22 July, 2014
Concerns are mounting about rural users facing difficulties with the service.
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# rural - Wednesday 18 June, 2014
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).
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# rural - Thursday 5 June, 2014
The initiative will see €2.5 million invested in developing broadband infrastructure in both towns and city.
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Ireland has the highest incidence of VTEC in Europe – a particularly nasty strain of E. coli.
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# rural - Tuesday 20 May, 2014
A new round of public transport funding has been announced, and includes improvements to cycle paths.
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# rural - Thursday 3 April, 2014
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.
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# rural - Wednesday 8 January, 2014
John Bryan is expected to run for Fine Gael in the European elections this summer.
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# rural - Thursday 21 November, 2013
An average speed on motorways and a removal of signs at inappropriate locations are also suggested by the Speed Limits Working Group.
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# rural - Thursday 7 November, 2013
Financial woes and the fodder shortage has left many farmers in an extremely difficult situation, says suicide prevention charity Console.
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# rural - Sunday 28 April, 2013
Farmers involved in agricultural accidents tell their stories to warn others of work hazards.
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# rural - Monday 1 April, 2013
The Green Party has called on the Education Minister to avoid implementing recommendations that may lead to the closure of rural schools.
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# rural - Saturday 23 February, 2013
However, the scheme is to undergo a number of changes – although Minister Varadkar said that no decision has been taken on the issue.
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# rural - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
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.
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# rural - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
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.”
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# rural - Monday 21 January, 2013
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.
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# rural - Monday 10 December, 2012
That is according to the Green Party, who says that the proposed Irish Rail timetable changes for 2013 are pushing some lines “toward collapse”.
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# rural - Saturday 6 October, 2012
The Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were discovered on a rural road outside Limerick City late last night.
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# rural - Monday 24 September, 2012
Six out of eight cases at the Killarney coroner’s court today dealt with suicide – the highest number ever.
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# rural - Monday 17 September, 2012
If you don’t register your septic tank before or on 28 September, the price jumps from €5 to €50.
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# rural - Tuesday 24 July, 2012
The number of registrations for mandatory inspections remains low, almost a month into the special €5 window.
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# rural - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
It will cost €5 to register a septic tank between now and 28 September, and €50 after that date, until 1 February 2013.
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# rural - Sunday 27 May, 2012
From The Daily Edge Ireland
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Can you identify the unknown locations of these images depicting daily life in Ireland in the early 1900s?
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# rural - Monday 16 April, 2012
An Taisce has rated planning systems in 34 city and county councils. Nine of them got an ‘F’ grade.
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# rural - Thursday 29 March, 2012
Altogether, there are 1.5 million single people living in Ireland.
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# rural - Monday 21 November, 2011
This and every Monday, let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
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# rural - Thursday 25 August, 2011
Lobby group explains why Government’s plan to spend €4m on cycle and walking paths outside Dublin is “a poor use of public money”…
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