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Issue 11, Spring 2012 Dowload here

  • The Drive-through Heney Gate
  • Finding the Next Food Entrepreneurs
  • Innovative Midlands Farmers
  • Natura 2000 Case Study
  • Grassroots Graveyard Project
  • Study on Cross Axis Measures
  • Joint Green Training Initative
  • Tracing Field Names in Meath
  • Village a Mecca for Crafts

 

 

Newsletter Issue 10Issue 10, Winter 2011 [Download]

  • New Student Enterprise in Tipperary
  • Global Audience for Run Connemara
  • National Rural Development Conference
  • Glenroe lives on
  • Focus Group on Rural Development Programme Post 2013
  • Inspiring Leitrim Homes
  • Offaly Business Development Programme
  • Sharing Ideas on Tourism
  • News Roundup

 

Issue 9, Autumn 2011 [Download]issue9-cover

  • Mountain Bike Trail A Big Success
  • NRN Project on Climate Change
  • Cavan Canoe Centre Takes Off
  • NRN Study on Farm Partnerships
  • Musicians Travel To Sweden
  • McCarthy Takes The Plunge
  • Truly Irish Pork Gains Market Share
  • Multi-Agency Business Expo
  • Selling Tourism in Roscommon
  • Foreign Students Boost Rural Income
  • Supporting Rural Youth Initiatives
  • News Roundup

 

Issue 8, Summer 2011 [Download]issue8-cover

  • Alan Jagoe Profile
  • Seed Savers Twenty Years On
  • Community Wind Farms
  • Farmers Markets Meet the Standard
  • Marketing the Barrow
  • Kilkenny Scoops Awards
  • Collaborative Project in Clare
  • Film-Making for the Active Retired
  • AEOS Farmer Plants Trees
  • Warmer Leitrim Homes
  • News Roundup

 

Issue 7, Spring 2011 [Download]issue6-cover

  • AEOS Farms Profiled
  • Green Business Network Launched
  • Developing Tourism in the Comeraghs
  • Support for Unique Meath Park
  • Harvesting Rainwater
  • Rural Development Conference Highlights
  • Report Urges Emphasis on Enterprise
  • News Roundup


Issue 6, Winter 2010/Spring 2011 [Download]issue6-cover

  • Rural Development Programme 2007-2013
  • Stimulating & Supporting Rural Enterprise
  • Dairy Restructuring
  • Artisan Food
  • Enterprise in the Community
  • Family Incomes and the Drystock Sector
  • Renewable Energy
  • Organic Farming
  • Rural Tourism
  • News Roundup

 

Issue 5, Autumn 2010 [Download]issue5-cover

  • Q&A with Pat Carey, Minister for Community, Equality & Gaeltacht Affairs
  • The Rural Economy
  • Clare Farm Heritage Tours
  • Castlemine Farm Goes Traditional
  • New Pig & Poultry Welfare Scheme
  • Q&A on Roll-out of National Broadband Scheme
  • Assistant Secretary appointed to Department of Community, Equality & Gaeltacht Affairs
  • CAP Post 2013 Conference
  • News Roundup

 

Issue 4, Summer 2010 [Download]issue4-cover

  • Poverty in Rural Areas is 50% Greater than Urban Areas
  • Opportunity to Promote Agriculture to Young Farmers
  • Ireland’s first country-wide Recreation Strategy
  • New Agri-Environment Options Scheme
  • BirdWatch Ireland comment on the Agri-Environment Options Scheme
  • Maintaining the vitality of Rural Finland
  • European Network for Rural Development
  • The value of Ecosystem Services – Benefits for Rural Ireland
  • News Roundup

 

Issue 3, Spring 2010 [Download]issue3-coverfull

  • New Investment Opportunities in Bioenergy
  • Organic Farming Scheme: A Viable Option
  • Munster Rugby Goes Wild for Local Smooth Operators
  • ‘The Hot Irishman’ A Steaming Success
  • Shining a Light on the Macroom’s Dramatic Unemployment Figures
  • News Roundup
  • National Rural Network Annual Conference


Issue 2, Winter 2009 [Download]issue2-coverfull

  • Social Farming
  • Social Farming in Italy
  • Alternative Farm Enterprises: Cheese making
  • Alternative Farm Enterprises: Ice Cream Production
  • Rural Development Policy is still delivering for Ireland and the EU
  • News Roundup
  • National Rural Network Annual Conference 2009


Issues 1, Summer 2009 [Download]issue1-coverfull

  • Introducing the National Rural Network
  • Rural Development Programme 2007-2013
  • Improving the Environment and the Countryside: Burren Case Study
  • Overview of REPS
  • Addressing Issues of Common Concern in the RDP
  • Building a Regional Brand: Glenbarrow Farms Case Study
  • LEADER in Ireland
  • News Roundup
  • The Rural Development Support Unit Team