Remote rural areas
Good practice case study
IRD Duhallow, Duhallow, Ireland
IRD Duhallow is a community-based rural development company that promotes rural development in the Duhallow area. The company combines the efforts and resources of the state bodies, local authorities, local communities and individual entrepreneurs for the benefit of the local area. The main objective of IRD Duhallow is to establish and to support initiatives directed towards the generation of enterprise for the benefit and welfare of communities in Duhallow who may be deprived due to rural depopulation, immigration, lack of training, economic deprivation or poor infrastructure.
The activities of IRD Duhallow have demonstrated the importance of bottom-up approach and local organisations in economic development.
Case study
IRD Duhallow [pdf, en, 14kb]
