Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis: 30k jobs promised as quangos to be barred from cities

All new Government quangos will be barred from cities and ordered to set up in rural Ireland under Fianna Fáil measures to create 30,000 jobs outside the capital.

Agriculture spokesman Éamon Ó Cuív committed to push through the policy, alongside the return of decentralisation and special tax breaks for rural towns, if voters put his party into government next year.

Speaking at a wide-ranging debate at the Fianna Fáil ard fheis, on the issues affecting struggling rural communities, Mr Ó Cuív said rural Ireland has been ignored and this is damaging the wider economy.