Archive for 2009

The National Rural Development Conference 2009 – Croke Park

Posted on 22 Dec 2009 | 2 Comments
National Rural Network

Building Alliances in Agriculture & Rural Development Proceedings from the National Rural Network annual conference entitled “Building Alliances in Agriculture and Rural Development” are now [...]

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Teagasc Announces Establishment of Rural Innovation Service

Posted on 02 Dec 2009 | 0 Comments
National Rural Network

Teagasc has announced the establishment of a rural innovation service aimed at assisting farmers to diversify within and outside of agriculture.

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Economic Turmoil Impacts Heavily on Rural Sector

Posted on 02 Dec 2009 | 2 Comments
National Rural Network

The economic turmoil at home and internationally has impacted heavily on the farming and rural sectors, according to the former Secretary General of the Department [...]

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Dukes Proposes Cross-Industry Approach to New Agri Strategy

Posted on 02 Dec 2009 | 0 Comments
National Rural Network

The development of a co-ordinated strategy for the agri-food and rural development sectors has been proposed by economist and former Minister, Alan Dukes.

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National Rural Network Conference LIVE on the internet

Posted on 27 Nov 2009 | 2 Comments
National Rural Network

Obviously we would love to see you at the National Rural Network annual conference this coming Tuesday, 1st of December, but just in case you can’t [...]

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LEADER transnational cooperation projects (November 09)

Posted on 27 Nov 2009 | 0 Comments
National Rural Network

The latest list of LEADER Transnational cooperation projects. The attached document contains all cooperation project to date with new projects (those added within the last [...]

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CAP simplification: Commission to take on further simplification projects

Posted on 21 Nov 2009 | 0 Comments
National Rural Network

Today, the European Commission’s Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development issued a report with the reactions to the 39 simplification suggestions which Member States [...]

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NRN Conference: Building Alliances in Agriculture and Rural Development

Posted on 19 Nov 2009 | 2 Comments
National Rural Network

The annual National Rural Network conference, which is taking place in just over one weeks time on Tuesday the 1st of December in Croke Park [...]

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Innovative Workshop for Rural Entrepreneurs

Posted on 16 Nov 2009 | 0 Comments
National Rural Network

‘Making your Rural Business a Success’ is the theme of an upcoming Teagasc workshop designed to meet the needs of individuals thinking about, or in [...]

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Ireland’s rural areas offer the key to resisting future economic shocks

Posted on 16 Nov 2009 | 0 Comments
National Rural Network

While Ireland’s rural areas have suffered disproportionately from the current recession, rural assets and people hold many of the keys to Ireland’s economic recovery and [...]

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