Special Report (Rural Ireland): Willing, ready, and able to fight back

Developing and maintaining a vibrant rural economy is of major national importance, writes Ann Phelan

AS MINISTER with responsibility for rural economic development and social enterprise, I am committed to ensuring that rural Ireland can benefit from the economic recovery we are beginning to see .

, writAs somebody who comes from a rural area , I know only too well the contribution rural communities have made to the overall national economic development, as well as to the development of their own areas.