Local residents unhappy with delays to repair works in Ballinaglera
Concerns are being raised in Ballinaglera when repair works on local roads and infrastructure damaged by flooding last August will commence. Funding to the value of 155,000 has been earmarked by the OPW for repair works to take place in the Leitrim village. It’s understood that procurement works…
Leitrim Councillor claims An Post are not interested in replacing rural post boxes
Missing Post Boxes in parts of north Leitrim have still not been replaced despite being reported stolen or missing more than three years ago. A number of ‘old style’ post boxes were removed from a number of locations across the county and in other neighbouring counties. At least…
Major extension approved for Drumshanbo Vocational School
A major extension has been approved for a County Leitrim secondary school. Education Minister Norma Foley has given the go-ahead for 11 extra rooms, including new classrooms, for Drumshanbo Vocational School, making it one of the biggest campuses in Leitrim. Chairman of the school board of management, Cllr…
Housing shortage will prevent Leitrim increasing its population
The lack of affordable housing in Leitrim will be one of the biggest challenges to the Local authority’s ambition of growing the population of the County. That’s according to Drumshanbo Councillor Enda McGloin. The Fine Gael Councillor says it has become clear that the supply of affordable housing for first-time…
Council Executive need to lead to response to Ballinaglera Planning concerns
A number of motions have been tabled for next Tuesday’s meeting of Leitrim County Council in relation to a recent letter from the Ballinaglera GAA Club regarding the difficulties faced by locals looking to build households on their own landholdings. In total five motions on the subject will be…
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 this year announced that they are shutting a number of branches in the counties of…
McGloin urges Communities to develop walkways
Funding has been announced for the development of cycle and walkways across Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. Local authorities can apply for a share of the €50m national allocation for the likes of developing new routes, widening and repairing of existing ones and providing bicycle parking among others. Drumshanbo Councillor,…