Plan holds promise for rural areas

AMID growing fears for the survival of large areas of rural Ireland, the Government’s decision to widen the CLÁR boundaries promises to breath new life into dwindling communities.

The review of this programme, designed to address rural areas of special disadvantage, will further highlight the insidious decline of the scattered population in outlying regions of the country.

The fight to reverse this blight has long been supported by Minister Eamon Ó Cuív who has responsibility for community, rural and Gaeltacht affairs.