Ó Sé sees a future for rural tourism and small country shops

DESPITE current negative trends, there could be a future for rural tourism and small country shops, according to football legend and Fáilte Ireland director Páidí Ó Sé.

He recalled how he was brought up in a small shop in Ventry, in the West Kerry gaeltacht, at a time when such shops did a thriving business in the 1960s.

“After that, there was a drop-off as shoppers started going to supermarkets in Dingle,” he said.