Person: Patricia O’Hara

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Efforts fail to convince people about going west

EFFORTS to make it more attractive to live and work in the west of Ireland are not convincing people in the east to move there, research has revealed.

Fri, 18 Jan, 2008

Call to extend maternity leave for premature births

IRELAND needs to improve its poor maternity leave rights for the mothers of 2,000 babies born prematurely every year.

Fri, 20 Jul, 2007

FÁS campaign to encourage US immigration to Ireland

FÁS is to launch a campaign in New York to highlight the opportunities of living and working in Ireland, it was announced today.

Wed, 27 Sep, 2006

Lack of broadband coverage keeps rural areas in digital darkness

MANY rural areas are being kept in digital darkness by being deprived of access to broadband telecommunications.

Fri, 12 May, 2006

Spotlight on rural uncertainty

THE challenges facing rural communities will be discussed by more than 250 of the country’s leading experts and activists in rural development at a conference in Croke Park, Dublin next Thursday and Friday.

Thu, 17 Nov, 2005