Regions cannot be left behind in drive for growth

In last year’s general election much was made of the disparities in regional economic activity, writes Jim Power.

Many argued that the recovery story was a story for the Greater Dublin Area and bore little relationship to what was going on in the rest of the county. I remember less than three years ago, being verbally savaged at a conference in Cavan when I suggested that Ireland was starting to experience an economic recovery.

My attacker argued that the story I was telling was a Dublin-centric story and did not reflect what was going on in the rural parts of the country. He was correct, but on the other hand what did he expect?