If town and village life is so much more sensible and attractive, why do so few people choose to live over the shop?

The Irish Government is implementing a plan to re-energize rural areas by turning pubs into workspaces and community hubs. Over the years small villages and towns in Ireland have suffered from ...

Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that he went too far and overstated his case in comments he made about rural Ireland last week.

Journalist Ger Leddin has just returned to Ireland after living for seven years in Spain and has rekindled his grá for the Irish rural pub and appreciates the vital part it plays in the community. I ...

More than 2,200 pubs have closed since 2005, with the rate of closure increasing in recent years to an average of 128 per annum ...

This restored 19th century farmhouse, which lies on the edge of the county town of Wexford in the South East of Ireland, is owned by bestselling author Eoin Colfer. Mr. Colfer created the hugely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Owner Joseph 'Josie' McLoughlin is seeking a successor to run his family-owned pub - Heineken On Achill Island, off Ireland's ...

With the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic and what can be achieved through remote working, the Our Rural Future plan aims to incentivize more people to stay in or move to non-urban areas. The plan ...