30th Anniversary of the LEADER Programme
Taking a look back at the LEADER programme, including the various ways the NRN has engaged with it.
The Sign Post Webinar Series
In association with our industry partners, we are pointing the way to a low emissions agriculture through informative webinars.
These one-hour webinars will focus on key topics to provide and equip agri-professionals with a better understanding of current research to meet the needs of clients.
Join us on Friday, February 3rd from 09:30-10:30am
Guest Speaker(s): Paul Johnston Adjunct Professor of Environmental Engineering Trinity College Dublin & Karin Dubsky, Coastal Ecologist, Coastwatch.
Topic: Valuing Wetlands under Ramsar / Questions & Answers
Latest NRN News
Minister Humphreys Announces Successful Applicants Under Stage 1 of the LEADER Programme
The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, today announced the details of the 46 applicant groups who were successful under Stage 1 of the 2023-2027 LEADER programme. As part of Stage 1 of the selection process, eligible groups were asked to...
Love Your Wellies Competition
The Love Your Wellies Competition is back and it’s bigger and better than last year! Last year we had hundreds of entries from all over the country telling us their story about their peat landscape. This year we want even more entries and we will be offering more...
Rural Project Learning Opportunity
The Horizon 2020, RURALIZATION Project via TU Delft University, are offering the RURALIZATION MOOC: Creating New Opportunities in Rural Areas. Anyone interested please link into the following... This is the enrolment...
EIP-AGRI: Ireland’s Operational Groups 2019 Booklet
The National Rural Network team at NUI Galway have designed and produced a booklet entitled ‘EIP-AGRI: Ireland’s Operational Groups 2019’ to highlight and promote the 23 Irish EIP-AGRI Operational Groups selected by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Latest NRN Blog Posts
Episode 7 the NRN’s EIP-AGRI Participating Farmer Vlog Series – Protecting Farmland Pollinators Project
The National Rural Network have recently released the 7th episode of our Video Blog (Vlog) series featuring farmers who are participating EIP-AGRI projects throughout Ireland. The latest Vlog features Anthony Mooney, a farmer who is involved in the Protecting Farmland...
The Munster Vales – An Innovative Approach to Rural Economic Development
‘A late summer trip in August 2021 to the Munster Vales was a welcome escape from the suburbs of Dublin after too many months of COVID-19 lockdown. It also gave me an opportunity to see first-hand how the Local Authorities of four adjacent counties have come...
RURALIZATION: The Opening of Rural Areas to Renew Rural Generations, Jobs and Farms
In this National Rural Network Farm Viability and Competitiveness guest blog, Dr Aisling Murtagh, RURALIZATION Postdoctoral Researcher in the Discipline of Geography’s Rural Studies Unit at NUI Galway and Dr Maura Farrell, Lecturer in the Discipline of Geography at...
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The National Rural Network (NRN)
The National Rural Network (NRN) is a component of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 (RDP) led by Irish Rural Link in partnership with The Wheel, NUI Galway and Philip Farrelly & Co.
The overall aim of the NRN is to build and sustain a membership-based network that maximises the beneficial outcomes of the Rural Development Programme.
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