Farming survey: Rural/ urban divide growing, say 70% of rural dwellers

Almost 70% of those living in the countryside believe the divide between urban and rural Ireland is wider than ever.

Opinion poll findings show that 31% of rural dwellers strongly agree with the idea of a widening urban/ rural gulf, while another 38% slightly agree. In contrast, 13% disagree, including 2% who strongly disagree.

In last year’s poll a smaller percentage, 61%, agreed that the rural/urban divide was widening, but that included 35% who strongly agreed with that view.