ICOS vows support for co-op sector

THE Irish Co-operative Organisation Society is committed to promoting the central function played by rural development in the Irish co-op sector.

Dan Joe O'Donovan, chairperson of the co-ops umbrella body's rural development committee, gave the assurance at a conference it held in Portlaoise.

"In the wider rural economy, knowledge, innovation, improved infrastructure coupled with enhanced technology and a developed organisational capacity by communities and groups is the way forward," he said.