Social Media Ideas for Rural Ireland

Rural housing development still at outline planning stage

Rural housing development still at outline planning stage

‘We rented houses at first but then said: Let’s just buy a caravan’

Ireland’s coastline: Achill is a hot spot for mobile home and caravan holidaymakers, but the growth of wild campers has raised problems

The last of Ireland’s independent grocers: ‘You could call it a key part of my social life’

Shane Rodgers, who runs a grocery in Castlebar, says diversification has been the key to survival

‘True Ireland’ – National Geographic hails Irish hideaway ‘even some locals don’t know’

Co Tipperary valley ‘is a place meant for slower, nature-centric journeys’

Around the Districts: Ballymote and Carraroe

Rural Cork community shows minister how far public funds are going to improve local life

Acute GP shortages in commuter belts and rural areas

There are acute shortages of GPs in commuter belt and rural areas, according to the Irish College of General Practitioners, with Monaghan meeting just half the national target of G...

WATCH: A gorgeous - and insightful - look at Ireland in the late 1960s

What was Ireland like in the 1960s? The short documentary "Pobal," now available to stream via the IFI Archive Player, offers a glimpse.

Elevated dining on the island of Ireland - The heart of Irish cuisine

Ireland’s culinary identity is rooted in ingredients shaped by heritage, landscapes and generations of quiet expertise.

Just how valuable is commonage in Ireland?

By Mairtín Ó Catháin I said I didn’t think that the National Ploughing Championship would be held there next year. “Well there is plenty of space there anyhow,” commented the frien...

‘The shutters are horrible’: Life in a Border town overwhelmed by dereliction

Ballybofey and Stranorlar in Co Donegal have the second highest commercial vacancy rate in the country

Bansha Agricultural and Industrial Show to showcase rural heritage and community spirit

'Ballymahon on the map' - locals on Center Parcs impact

Midlands Correspondent Sinéad Hussey has been speaking to some of the traders who say "Center Parcs has put Ballymahon on the map" and the town "is thriving".

The night I bought a 17th century granary in the West of Ireland

IrishCentral Contributor Caroline Langley on her impulse buy that led to years of restoration in the West of Ireland.

WATCH: 1989 RTÉ report highlights blight of emigration on Mayo town

"Educated for emigration" - An Irish current affairs show in 1989 gives a bleak snapshot of how the 1980s recession affected Ballinrobe, Co Mayo.

Revived Rural Voices series offers farmers direct access to key research

A seminar series exploring rural and regional development is being revived to give farming communities a “direct line to recognised research”. Run by University of Galway and Atlan...

Relief for homeowners in rural Monaghan village as Uisce Éireann lifts boil water notice

Mountrath: A market town in Co Laois

IrishCentral Contributor Julie Bennett traces the history of market days in Mountrath, Co Laois.

County Mayo's beaches, bogs and heritage trails make for an unforgettable trip

From wild Atlantic beaches to storied market towns, County Mayo offers travelers a journey through the roots of the former president and the rugged beauty of Ireland's west coast.

‘The Main Street was a very different place’: Ireland’s growing dereliction clear to see in Bray

Many locals are dissatisfied that Co Wicklow’s largest town is looking down-at-heel and shabby

Family run Leitrim pub and restaurant which has been 30 years in business goes on the market

Fáilte go Fánaid, an ceantar Gaeltachta i nDún na nGall atá ar 'imeall an domhain'

Tá iarrachtaí ar bun beocht a chur ar ais i gceantar Fhánada ón phaindéim ar aghaidh.

County Mayo's beaches, bogs and heritage trails make for an unforgettable trip

From wild Atlantic beaches to storied market towns, Mayo offers travelers a journey through the roots of the former president and the rugged beauty of Ireland's west coast.

Around the Districts: Cloonacool, Dromahair and Enniscrone-Kilglass