All the updated news related to rural urban divide

All the news related to rural urban divide updated in real time

Found 16

forrural urban divide

Order by:

Home

Senator calls on ESB to deliver rural broadband

Anton McNulty A MAYO Senator has called on the government to ‘reach out’ to the ESB and direct the semi-state company to lead the roll-out of high-speed broadband in rural areas. Sinn Féin Senator Rose Conway-Walsh made the comments following a ...

02 Jul 2019 at 12:18

Home

Fury over FG’s ‘almighty blunder’

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER Leo Varadkar and Michael Ring – Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and Minister of State for Tourism and Sport in 2011 – outside Michael Ring’s office in Westport last May. Pic: Conor McKeown Varadkar’s removal of ...

10 Apr 2018 at 12:40

Home

Closure of Ballycroy Post Office ‘a sad day’

Anton McNulty THE closure of Ballycroy Post Office on New Year’s Eve will result in an increased sense of isolation for many people in the parish, according to a local Senator. Over one hundred years of post office services ceased in ...

03 Jan 2019 at 11:13

Local News

Post-office network a missed opportunity

An Cailín Rua Anne-Marie Flynn A fortnight ago, on a day widely referenced as a ‘dark day for rural Ireland’, An Post announced the closure of over 150 rural offices, the majority along the Western seaboard. While it’s hard to argue ...

11 Sept 2018 at 13:27

Home

Ring of truth?

GIVING THE ELBOW Former minister Michael Ring greets Achill GAA stalwart Packie McGinty at the official opening of the new children’s playground in Achill Sound on Saturday. Pic: Michael McLaughlin Departing minister fears new ...

07 Jul 2020 at 09:00

Home

Varadkar decision cost Mayo 1,430 jobs – expert

Edwin McGreal The decision of the then Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar to remove the west and north west from the Core network of the Trans European Network - Transport (TEN-T) has potentially cost Mayo 1,430 jobs. That’s ...

15 May 2018 at 12:58

Home

‘We need broadband’

LIVE MIKE Minister Michael Ring spoke on the National Broadband Plan yesterday (Monday) in Castlebar when he officially opened the new Castlebar Community Radio studio. He is pictured with the Chairman of the radio station's ...

16 Oct 2018 at 11:16

Local News

Leo should be on Ten-T hooks

County View John Healy A year out from a general election, there could hardly be a more disastrous banana skin for Fine Gael than the revelations over the Ten-T European funding debacle. That the current Taoiseach, then ...

24 Apr 2018 at 13:44

Local News

The greenway that needs a red light

WIN WIN Young Dillon Doherty leads Enda Kenny and other dignitaries into Mulranny, when the final section of the 42km Great Western Greenway linking Westport to Achill was officially opened. Unlike the proposed Tuam ...

02 Oct 2018 at 12:40

Home

Ten-T: How the west was done

MAJOR PROJECT Pictured back in April of 2014, the then Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin signed a contract to construct the ...

15 May 2018 at 12:51

Home

Cromwell, the west and the future

ALL TALK? Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaking in Westport Town Hall in 2018 at a forum entitled Creating Stronger Rural Economies and Communities. However, Dr John Bradley argues that Government plans ...

07 Jul 2020 at 09:00

Local News

Sign of the times

SPEAKING HIS MIND Ballinrobe publican John O’Haire is pictured behind the counter in ‘John O’s’ last weekend. Pic: Michael McLaughlin Ballinrobe publican John O’Haire is frustrated by the lack of help ...

05 Mar 2019 at 16:34

Years
2025

Iconic Media is Ireland's largest independently owned regional newspaper and media group, with an unrivalled audience in print, online and mobile. We have 19 regional newspapers and 21 digital sites.

Iconic Digital Titles

Iconic Print Titles

Letterkenny Live

This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.