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Is rural Ireland dying?

“The heart of rural Ireland has stopped beating and without a whimper of protest”… Those ar...

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18.30 7 Jan 2025


Is rural Ireland dying?


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18.30 7 Jan 2025


“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.


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