#ruralireland — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/ie/716190/ Weather whiplash leaves us with no illusions about the reality of climate change – The Irish Times #Budget #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeAdvisoryCouncil #DarraghOBrien #DiarmaidFerriter #Éire #Environment #ExtremeWeather #FuelProtests #IE #Ireland #MichealMartin #RuralIreland #Science #SimonHarris

https://www.europesays.com/ie/714896/ Aerial house photos used to be in all rural homes, but my search for one was no easy task – The Irish Times #Éire #EmerMclysaght #Entertainment #ForYou #IE #Ireland #property #RuralIreland

https://www.europesays.com/ie/626794/ Donal Ryan: ‘I am a big ball of anxiety. I believe in myself as a writer, but nothing else’ – The Irish Times #DonalRyan #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #magazine #RuralIreland #UniversityOfLimerickUl

https://www.europesays.com/ie/596760/ Kelly Earley: There are dog whistles behind conversations about ‘raw’ milk – The Journal #Business #column #dublin #Éire #Identity #IE #Ireland #IrishLife #KellyEarley #LGBTQ #LIFEINIRELAND #Opinion #racism #RawMilk #RuralIreland #voices

https://www.europesays.com/ie/572353/ Planning laws: Rural Ireland needs young families to stay there, otherwise it won’t survive #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #column #Community #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #gaa #GenerationsLivingTogether #Headlines #IE #Ireland #IrishCommunities #IrishFamilies #IrishPlanning #IrishVillagesAndTowns #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #Opinion #PlanningLaws #RuralIreland #TopStories #TopStories #voices

https://www.europesays.com/ie/568218/ ‘Our lives have changed unimaginably’: The people who quit city life for rural Ireland – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #clare #ClimateChange #Covid19 #derry #dublin #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #ForYou #galway #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #magazine #MainNews #MainNews #mayo #nature #News #rathfarnham #RuralIreland #shankill #StormEowyn #Sustainability #TopStories #TopStories #WildAtlanticWay

When shops & pubs start closing down in rural Ireland, that’s the end warns Carlow Kilkenny TD John McGuinness https://www.byteseu.com/2123843/ #carlow #Ireland #JohnMcguinness #kilkenny #PatCrotty #PUB #RuralIreland #VFI #VintnerFederationOfIreland

A very worthwhile and educational day spent in the beautiful Blackstairs Mountains.

It was great to learn more about the work being done to support biodiversity, and enhance some of Ireland's most valuable landscapes.

#ACRES #Biodiversity #IrishFarming #NatureRestoration #ruralireland

https://www.europesays.com/ie/518205/ Brave new world of remote working in rural areas yet to materialise – The Irish Times #AnGardaSiochana #BankOfIreland #Business #CharteredInstituteOfPersonnelAndDevelopment #DepartmentOfSocialProtection #Disability #Éire #forsa #GreaterDublinArea #HybridWorking #IE #Ireland #NationalEconomicAndSocialCouncil #PeterBurke #RemoteWorking #RuralIreland #TrinityCollegeDublinTcd #work #WorkplaceRelationsCommission

https://www.europesays.com/ie/517980/ 'No evidence' of a rural-urban divide on climate change, new study finds – The Journal #Business #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Éire #esri #Farmers #Farming #IE #InItTogether #Ireland #RuralAreas #RuralIreland #survey #TheMorningLead #UrbanAreas

https://www.europesays.com/ie/500190/ How one couple brought an Irish country house back from the brink – The Irish Times #Business #cork #CountryHomes #Éire #IE #Interiors #Ireland #property #RuralIreland

A Leg-up at Dawstown

The man in the blue jacket has both hands on the jockey’s left boot, mid heave, and number 37 is halfway between earth and saddle. It’s neither one place nor the other. I love the awkward physics of a leg-up. It looks ungainly until you remember it’s the only sensible way to...

https://inphotos.org/2026/05/09/a-leg-up-at-dawstown/

#Cork #Dawstown #equine #HorseRacing #horses #Ireland #jockey #Photo #Photography #PointToPoint #RaceDay #RuralIreland #StreetPhotography

A Leg-up at Dawstown

https://inphotos.org/2026/05/09/a-leg-up-at-dawstown/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/450438/ FactFind: Was Leo Varadkar right about urban areas ‘paying the bills’ in Ireland? – The Journal #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #cork #Donegal #dublin #economics #Éire #FactCheck #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #leitrim #LeoVaradkar #MainNews #MainNews #News #RuralIreland #tax #TopStories #TopStories #UrbanAreas #WealthTransfers

https://www.europesays.com/ie/449681/ Fitzmaurice says he’d have more ‘respect’ for Varadkar had he ‘stuck his ground’ #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FineGael #Headlines #IE #IndependentIreland #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LeoVaradkar #MainNews #MainNews #MichaelFitzmaurice #News #PathToPower #RuralIreland #TopStories #TopStories #UrbanIreland

https://www.europesays.com/ie/448414/ Varadkar says he ‘over-stated’ comments on rural Ireland and issues apology – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FineGael #FuelProtests #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LeoVaradkar #MainNews #MainNews #News #RuralIreland #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/443326/ Do you agree with Leo Varadkar's comments on rural Ireland? – The Journal #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #DailyPoll #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FuelProtests #Headlines #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LeoVaradkar #MainNews #MainNews #News #PathToPower #Poll #RuralIreland #TopStories #TopStories #YourSay

Northern Lights Over North Cork

You don’t expect to stand in a field north of Blarney and watch the northern lights, but here we are. Last night the aurora put on a show visible well into southern Ireland. Bands of pink and magenta hung across thesky, bleeding into that unmistakable...

https://inphotos.org/2026/03/21/northern-lights-over-north-cork/

#astrophotography #aurora #AuroraBorealis #Blarney #Cork #GeomagneticStorm #Ireland #NightSky #NorthernLights #Photo #Photography #RuralIreland #stars

Northern Lights Over North Cork

You don’t expect to stand in a field north of Blarney and watch the northern lights, but here we are. Last night the aurora put on a show visible well into southern Ireland. Bands of pink and magenta hung across the sky, bleeding into that unmistakable green glow along the horizon. To the naked eye nothing could be seen, but the camera pulled out colours that made the whole scene look otherworldly.

A passing car lit up the bare trees on the ridge at just the right moment, backlighting them with a warm glow that played off the green aurora behind. It was one of those happy accidents you couldn’t plan if you tried. Even the electricity poles added something, a reminder that this was a country road in Cork, not the Arctic Circle. These events have become more frequent as we near solar maximum, so keep an eye on the Kp index and have a dark-sky spot in mind, because the next one might be even better.

https://www.europesays.com/ie/386209/ Strong cultural forces cloud the debate on one-off rural homes, but the critics have a point #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #BullHeaded #Éire #Environment #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #housing #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #OneOffHousing #PlanningPermission #RuralIreland #TopStories #TopStories

The Cat Who Rules the Hedgerow

A friend’s cat wandering out of a hedgerow on to the gate of a field on a lovely July evening many years ago....

https://inphotos.org/2026/01/03/the-cat-who-rules-the-hedgerow/

#Animals #AutumnFoliage #cat #Cork #feline #GoldenHour #Ireland #NaturePhotography #PetPortrait #Photo #Photography #RuralIreland #TabbyCat

The Cat Who Rules the Hedgerow

A friend’s cat wandering out of a hedgerow on to the gate of a field on a lovely July evening many years ago.

Bridge Jumping Season

When the rare Irish sun decides to grace Graiguenamanagh with its presence, the locals know exactly what to do: head straight for the old stone bridge over the River Barrow.

At least it was in the summer of 2013. I doubt they’re doing it today, in the middle of December.

#bridgeJumping #candidPhotography #childhood #Graiguenamanagh #Ireland #IrishSummer #Kilkenny #Photo #Photography #riverSwimming #ruralIreland #StreetPhotography #summer #swimming

Dingle’s Gentle Sentinel

Many years ago while travelling on the Dingle Peninsula we came across a donkey in a field in Muiríoch. I posted a photo of him in 2007 and again in 2008 but I happened to come across this photo of him and did a little work on the photo.

There’s a chance this donkey is still alive. Hopefully he’s well cared for and enjoying his elder years.

#2006 #agriculturalLife #anMhuirioch #animalPortrait #blackAndWhite #blackAndWhitePhotography2 #countryside #dinglePeninsula #documentaryPhotography #donkey #ireland #irishAnimals #irishLandscape #kerry #lake #livestock #mountains #photo #portraitPhotography #ruralIreland #ruralLife #wildlife

A Storm Brewing

Cows waiting to be milked in a field near the Coachford Greenway. It’s a lovely walk along the River Lee, opposite Farran Woods.

I had an umbrella, and it was a good thing too, as it started raining about ten minutes later.

#agriculturalLandscape #CoachfordGreenway #Cork #CountyCork #cows #dairyCows #dramaticSky #farming #fencePosts #greenFields #greenwayTrail #Ireland #IrishCountryside #pastoralLandscape #Photo #Photography #RiverLee #ruralIreland #solitaryTree #stormClouds

Cape Clear’s Car Graveyard

What happens to old cars is one of the harsh realities of island life that doesn’t make it into the tourist brochures.

Getting a dead vehicle off Cape Clear isn’t as simple as calling a scrap dealer as everything has to go by ferry, which makes the economics of removal pretty grim for islanders already dealing with the higher costs of island living. It’s a stark reminder that even in Ireland’s most picturesque corners, people have to deal with the mundane realities of modern life, including what to do with that blue van that’s given up the ghost and will never make another trip to the mainland.

Cape Clear Island, located about 13 kilometres off the coast of West Cork, has a permanent population of around 120 people and faces unique challenges with waste disposal due to its remote location. All waste, including scrap vehicles, must be transported by ferry to the mainland, making disposal expensive and logistically complex. The island’s small size (just 6.5 square kilometers) means that space for storing unusable vehicles is extremely limited, leading to accumulations like the one shown in this photograph. Irish islands have lobbied for government assistance with waste disposal costs, as the expense of transporting bulky items like cars can be prohibitive for island communities with limited resources.

#abandonedCars #automotiveGraveyard #CapeClear #CapeClearIsland #cars #Cork #CountyCork #environmentalChallenges #Ireland #IrishIslands #islandInfrastructure #islandLife #islandLogistics #OileanChléire #Photo #Photography #remoteCommunities #ruralIreland #scrapyard #vehicleDisposal #wasteManagement

A Home Surrendered to Time

An old abandoned house on the Sheep’s Head Peninsula in Co. Cork. This isn’t the first time I’ve photographed it. In 2017 it looked much the same, but not quite as overgrown.

#2025 #atmosphericPhotography #Cork #derelictBuilding #Ireland #IrishCountryside #overgrownGarden #peninsulaLandscape #Photo #Photography #purpleFlowers #ruralDecay #ruralIreland #SheepSHead #SonyA7RV #sunsetPhotography #traditionalIrishArchitecture #westCork #wildflowers

Great to see the first wild bus shelter to hatch in West Cork since phase one to re-introduce rural bus routes began.

With the re-establishment of breeding bus routes, as well as bringing biodiversity and ecosystem benefits, restoring this flagship species can deliver potential economic benefits, the project is proving popular with local residents and visitors discovering new communities along the way.

#WildBusStop #RuralIreland #Nest #WestCork #PublicTransport

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Lovely day, shame I'm about to be up to my hips in cow shite soon enough.....the life of a farm worker is never done so they say #RuralIreland #IrishLife #Farming

The farm looks better during the summer, apologies in advance for the shabby state of the yard, funds have been a little too tight to do anything with it at the minute #RuralIreland #IrishFarming #Photography #Tipperary

I’m currently writing a design thesis on cottagecore and would love to hear any opinions or thoughts on it as a trend/aesthetic movement, particularly from people who have lived in rural areas ! #cottagecore #ruralireland #design #academia