Rural areas must work if they want help

Ray Ryan meets the Minister for Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs

ONE of Éamon O Cuiv’s first public comments after being appointed Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs last June was that he was not promising boreens paved with gold.

But in an important and thought provoking address he also pledged that the Government would do everything in its power to support, bolster and encourage rural development.