RURAL IRELAND 2025 Foresight Perspectives - Coford

Rural Ireland 2025First published in 2005 by NUI Maynooth, University College Dublin and Teagasc.Arranged for publication by COFORD (National Council for Forest Research and Development).Funded by the Department of Agriculture and Food, COFORD, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Marine Institute.© Copyright: NIRSA NUI Maynooth, RERC Teagasc, UCD Dublin.All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by anymeans, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying recording or otherwise, without prior permission in writingfrom the authors.The views and opinions expressed in this publication belong to the authors alone.ISBN 1 902696 44 1Title: Rural Ireland 2025. Foresight Perspectives.Copies of the report can be obtained from:• The National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, NUI Maynooth• The Rural Economy Research Centre and the Environmental Research Centre, Teagasc• The Department of Agribusiness, Extension and Rural Development, UCD, Dublin• COFORD, Sandyford, DublinCopies of the report can also be downloaded from the websites of the above institutions.