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Is rural Ireland dying?

Is rural Ireland dying?

The Hard Shoulder · Newstalk

January 7, 202523m 55s

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Show Notes

“The heart of rural Ireland has stopped beating and without a whimper of protest”… Those are the sentiments of Consultant Historian, Dr. Liam A. Heffron, who wrote recently in the Western People about his experience of rural decline in Ireland.

So it begs the question: is rural Ireland in trouble?

Dr. Liam A. Heffron joins Kieran to discuss. Also joining later is David Brady, former Mayo GAA footballer and Pauline O’Reilly, Green Party Senator.