Irish Rural Link Says Further Investment Needed Despite Population Boost In Midlands

CSO figures revealed an increase in the region between 2011 and 2016.

Irish Rural Link says we shouldn't get a false sense of security from the latest population figures in the midlands.

A new CSO report shows numbers living in rural areas in the region rose between 2011 and 2016.

But chief executive of the Moate-based group, Séamus Boland, feels the same barriers - regarding employment opportunities, access to services, and transport links - persist.

He says without commercial investment into the midlands, we can only expect further rural decline:

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