No room for Luddites - we need Ludgate-type platforms for rural Ireland

Luddites were 19th century English textile workers who feared technology would end their trade. The term is used to describe people who resist change.

Those Luddites were proved right eventually as not just technology but free trade wiped out their skills in England and transported it to lower- cost manufacturing bases worldwide.

The Luddite badge flashed into my mind when recently looking at the Ludgate Hub in Skibbereen, a place designed to hook new businesses into the world wide web.