Series 2, Episode 5
RURAL RENAISSANCE – WILL REMOTE WORKING WORK?
Surveys show that most workers don’t want to return to the old normal. Online property searches show that many of us dream of an escape to the country. The Government is firmly backing remote working as a means to revive rural Ireland, will a better balance between rural and urban living be a positive legacy of the pandemic? We find out what making the move is really like – are the benefits, from quality of life to the cost of living, all that you might expect? And can anyone make the move or is it only possible for a small cohort of workers?
And Car sales: will we all be jumping back into our cars now lockdown has lifted?.. And if we are hoping to buy a new car will it be a hybrid or an electric model that we buy, and how we buy our cars has changed.. astonishingly many people are now buying their cars online..