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Economy

OnDoutside

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7. Yeah that was from a crackpot member of Parliament from Kilgarvan, a rural village where his family

Reply to Warpy (Reply #6)

Mon Aug 21, 2017, 02:08 PM

Aug 2017

just happen to own a pub !!! That was never going to happen. Danny Healy-Rae would be like one of those Alabama/Mississippi Republican congressmen.

That's his brother in the background with the flat cap, Michael Healy Rae, also a member of Parliament (I know, I know....)

Rural isolation is a problem though, and the hope, now that the economy is doing better, is that there will be more money provided to work on community initiatives.

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True, there's a fair bit of it in Ireland too. Rural isolation coupled OnDoutside Aug 2017 #1

Well there ya go...problem solved! angstlessk Aug 2017 #2

That has been a continuous fight. Interestingly, I was listening to OnDoutside Aug 2017 #3

Sounds like a good program...if it pays more than slave wages angstlessk Aug 2017 #4

That's also happening in India Warpy Aug 2017 #6

Yeah that was from a crackpot member of Parliament from Kilgarvan, a rural village where his family OnDoutside Aug 2017 #7

They'd fit right in if they were plunked down in West Virginia or Kentucky Warpy Aug 2017 #8

She had a hard life whirlygigspin Aug 2017 #5