The manager of a community development organisation says rural living needs to be re-examined in the wake of Storm Éowyn.
Eimear Ní Mhurchú is the manager of Forbairt na Dromoda Teo in Dromid.
She says the findings of a Government-appointed expert group which reviewed the National Planning Framework, didn't take into account the social aspect of rural life.
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This group had said one-off rural housing was problematic.
Eimear Ní Mhurchú says people have a basic right to have a home and they should be able to live wherever they like.
She says dismissing rural areas is offensive:
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