Sligo artists take to the road to talk about loneliness in rural Ireland
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A unique survey got underway in Sligo this week where a box van will be travelling the county with a determined trio asking rural communities about their experience with loneliness.
Noel Feeney, who runs Abhainn Studio in Enniscrone, is one of the three people who will be conducting the survey.
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