Farming survey: Urban-rural divide may deepen further

Places that the boom never reached the first time around now feel they are being forgotten all over again, writes Elaine Loughlin.

Take a stroll along Dublin’s silicon docks, a mandatory take-away coffee cup in hand, and you could be in London or New York as Googlers, Yahooers, and Facebook staff mingle among the new glass office buildings.

But as technology pushes on, those living in the humps and hollows of rural Ireland feel even more isolated.