Former Kerry footballer Pat Spillane says ‘almost 40% of the population live in rural Ireland, but its future never tops the political agenda’.

Kieran was joined by Seamus Boland, CEO of Irish Rural Link, Grainne O’Keeffe, CEO of Ludgate and Hannah Quinn Mulligan, journalist, farmer, and Chair of Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group to discuss...

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