STOP THE PRESS: New NRN Web Site

You may have been wondering why the Rural Development Support Unit (RDSU) has been quite of late. The reason, we have been busy launching a new web site dedicated to the National Rural Network (NRN). The new web site was launched on the 1st of June and is packed full of information regarding the Irish [...]

June 30th, 2009 by John 

Irish Rural Link evaluates the 2009 National Broadband Scheme

On Tuesday the 10th of February 2009, Irish Rural Link (IRL), the national organisation campaigning for sustainable rural communities,  published its comprehensive analysis of the National Broadband Scheme (NBS) concluding that while welcome in principle the Scheme can only be considered a first step towards the provision of efficient, future proofed, equitably priced broadband to [...]

February 19th, 2009 by John 

Ethics of Modern Development in Agricultural Technologies

On the 21st of January, 2009, the European Group on Ethics (EGE) met with Mariann Fischer Boel, the Commissioner responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development to present the main recommendations of the Group’s opinion on the ethical implications of modern developments in agriculture technologies.
Following a request from President Barroso, the EGE adopted in December an [...]

February 10th, 2009 by John 

RDSU web site launched

RDSU web site launched

Welcome to the Rural Development Support Unit (RDSU) web site. We encourage you to subscribe to email updates on the site by entering your email in the “Stay Informed” box on the right (you can easily unsubscribe at any time). Subscribers will receive an email every time a new news item is added to the [...]

February 5th, 2009 by John