Listowel, Bantry, Clifden, Kells: Ireland's small towns are 'in trouble'
The latest research from the CSO passed without much notice, but it showed our 'independent' small towns are in big trouble, writes Listowel native Conor Keane
Listowel, a market town of long standing with a magnificent main square overlooked by a centuries-old Norman castle. File picture: Dan Linehan
MANY of Ireland’s small towns are not doing well, not well at all. Curiously, it is the most ‘independent’ of these — those not in the economic orbit of a bigger metropolis — that are faring worst of all.
In general terms, the economic facts are bleak, the latest CSO returns indicate.
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