SBP editorial: We need a vision for Ireland that extends beyond the greater Dublin area

The city of Los Angeles may, on the face of it, offer few immediate lessons for Ireland and even less relevance to Eir’s decision last week to withdraw from the rural broadband scheme.

Los Angeles, the biggest city in California with a population in the city of nearly four million and more than 13 million people living in its wider metropolitan area, is an economic powerhouse and a global centre for entertainment, technology, ...