Rural issues need action not words
Fianna Fáil's failure to adequately address the crisis facing rural communities over the last six years has now resulted in parishes all over the country being faced with the harsh reality of depopulation. This terminal decline of rural areas is happening at a time when the country's population is growing at a steady rate and approaching four million.
Young people are being forced off the land to build a home for themselves in cities and towns whose infrastructure and services are at breaking point.
