New rural lobby group set to field candidates in election

A NEW alliance unhappy that the Government is ignoring the views of rural Ireland is looking to stand candidates at next summer’s election.

The Rural Ireland Alliance was established in West Cork earlier this month following the Government’s decision to ban drift-net fishing for salmon.

One of its five founders, John Nolan, is a former chair of the Fianna Fáil cumann in Castletownbere.