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.

Parties roll out the promises in battle for rural votes

The main opposition party joined the Government in zoning in on the vital electoral heartland after a weekend in which Labour’s annual conference heard repeated plans to rejuvenate the struggling regions and hours before Rural Affairs Minister Ann Phelan unexpectedly announced a new group to oversee reforms.

In a pre-arranged launch yesterday morning, Fianna Fáil’s environment spokesperson Barry Cowen published a “revamped” version of his party’s plan to address the “crisis in Irish towns”.

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