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Communities fear slow death of country life

HURLING and football clubs in neighbouring rural parishes are being forced to amalgamate in order to survive, it was claimed yesterday.

Fri, 20 Apr, 2007 - 01:00

Donal Hickey

The disclosure came as national planning policies came under attack.

A conference heard families were being forced to live in urban areas as the population in rural areas continued to declined.

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