Organisation: CEDRA

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

business

Small business column: IDA is one of the best job-generating organisations Ireland has had

This week Kehlan Kirwan asks whether we’ve become too reliant on it and whether its ‘silver bullet’ dependencies hide a lack of innovative thinking.

farming

Census 2016 shows increase in deserted villages in rural Ireland

Rural Ireland has again recorded a significant population decline according to the latest census figures.

farming

Stephen Cadogan: Restoring funding for farming and food sector key for Michael Creed

The election message from the countryside was heard loud and clear, and Rural Ireland was front and centre, when newly appointed Taoiseach Enda Kenny nominated the members of his government last week.

Rural Ireland needs a dedicated minister

farming

Technology vital for food and farming to compete

farming

Labour vows social supports for young farmers and artisans

Stephen Cadogan: Use this checklist to quiz the election canvassers on your doorstep

Where should Ireland be in ten years time, and how do we get there?

Thu, 18 Feb, 2016

Helping hand for rural female entrepreneurs

Applications are now being sought for a new programme offering early stage female entrepreneurs living in rural Ireland the knowledge, support and networking opportunities to advance their businesses.

Thu, 20 Aug, 2015

Special Report (Rural Ireland): Willing, ready, and able to fight back

Developing and maintaining a vibrant rural economy is of major national importance, writes Ann Phelan

Fri, 14 Aug, 2015

Special Report: Rural Ireland must define its own vision

VISIONS. The modern ones relating to rural Ireland started with Éamon de Valera, when in 1943 in a St Patrick’s day radio address he asserted in what is known as the ‘comely maidens speech’ (wildly missquoted).

Wed, 12 Aug, 2015

Special Report (Rural Ireland): ‘Don’t pigeonhole rural communities as a burden’

The former head of the Government commission on rural Ireland has pleaded for an end to the view of rural communities as a problem and burden on the rest of the country.

Mon, 10 Aug, 2015

Rural schemes get fund boost

Two pilot initiatives announced late last week aim to advance existing social farming operations and local markets for food and artisan produce in rural areas.

Mon, 13 Jul, 2015

Parties roll out the promises in battle for rural votes

The Fine Gael-Labour coalition and Fianna Fáil have begun an open war for rural votes in the next general election, after launching separate policy documents promising a series of long-delayed measures within hours of each other.

Tue, 03 Mar, 2015

Pat Spillane: ‘Last chance saloon near for rural Ireland’

Gaelic football legend Pat Spillane has hit out at the "painfully slow progress" in implementing rural job-creation ideas put forward by a group he chaired.

Thu, 20 Nov, 2014

Budget should preserve fabric of rural life, say Sinn Féin

Government policy must be rural proofed to ensure that the maximum number of people are kept on the land and to preserve the fabric of rural life.

Mon, 25 Aug, 2014

CEDRA: Central role for local authorities key in economic development of rural areas

No additional expenditure, and a central role for local authorities, are among the recommendations brought back by Pat Spillane to Environment Minister Phil Hogan and Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney, who appointed him in September 2012 to oversee the report of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (CEDRA).

Thu, 01 May, 2014

Report calls for integrated approach to rural economic development

Rural and urban groups have welcomed the CEDRA report’s calls for strategic responses to rural unemployment and closures of core public services.

Wed, 23 Apr, 2014

Political inaction will cost us the Earth

MARY Robinson would never cut it as Flash Gordon. While Flash had only 14 hours to save the universe, Mrs Robinson has given us all of 20 years to save the planet.

Sat, 19 Apr, 2014

Cash for a railway trail that ends nowhere

At the launch of the study by the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (Cedra), on Monday last, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny lauded the Great Western Greenway in Mayo for its contribution to the local economy and to the regeneration of the area.

Fri, 18 Apr, 2014

Rural areas ‘need development zones’ to recover

Special economic development zones need to be set up to pump jobs into country areas, a top level report has insisted.

Tue, 15 Apr, 2014

Tax collectors and CEDRA ensuring rural death

I refer to Fergus Finlay’s recent column in your newspaper (Opinion, Feb 4).

Mon, 10 Feb, 2014

Villages and towns outside of the Pale will die without urgent action

DO you know Ballydehob? It’s a beautiful village, way down in the south west of our country.

Tue, 04 Feb, 2014

The Shape I'm In: Pat Spillane's still on the ball

GAELIC football legend Pat Spillane is not about to let the turf grow under his feet since taking early retirement from teaching in October, 2011.

Sun, 05 May, 2013

Unemployment rates in Kerry rise 160% in 5 years

The number of unemployed people in Kerry jumped by a massive 160% in five years, mainly due to collapses in the construction and retail sectors.

Wed, 20 Feb, 2013

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