Local Publican begs government for clarity on reopening
Publicans believe its “inevitable” that people living in the North West and border counties will travel to the North when the pubs reopen there. From April 30th, pubs in Northern Ireland are allowed to…
SIPTU rejects moves to privatise community job activations services.
Concerns have been raised over the Government plans to privatise the Community job activations services. SIPTU yesterday contacted the Minister of State with responsibility for Social Inclusion in the Department of Social Protection, Joe O’Brien…
Deputy Chief Medical Officer happy with falling covid numbers
Ireland’s current Covid-19 numbers are ‘better than anything we could have hoped for a few weeks ago’, according to the National Public Health Emergency Team. New cases of the virus have steadily dropped with 309…
Gardaí in Sligo investagating serious assualt
Gardaí in Sligo are continuing to investigate a serious assault which took place in Sligo Town last night. It’s understood that investigations are continuing this morning after Gardai attended an incident yesterday evening in…
Four new centres for water activities to be built in the region
Four new modern centres for beach and lake goers are to be built in the region. Each centre will provide facilities such as secure storage, hot showers and changing and toilet facilities. Under a €19m…
Significant growth in wind farm sector predicted
A new report by KPMG for Wind Energy Ireland suggests there could be significant growth in the sector. 22% of rates income for Leitrim County Council now comes from wind farms; this figure is 8.6%…
Bank of Ireland urged to sell former buildings to community groups
A Leitrim councillor is calling on Bank of Ireland to work with community based groups when it comes to future uses of soon to close branches across the north west. Bank of Ireland earlier…