Leitrim Councillors call for a review of slaughter numbers
Following a meeting of councillors from the Manorhamilton Municipal District yesterday the decision has been taken for the Council to contact the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed in relation to what procedures his department have in place for monitoring meat factories as regards the numbers of Sheep from Northern Ireland…
Employers urged to take on more people with disabilities
Employers are being urged to hire more people with disabilities. Latest figures show they’re still only half as likely to be in a job than those without a disability. The Government has launched a consultation period with events planned across the country to help people with disabilities secure and retain…
Bundoran station needed to serve North Leitrim area says Councillor
A Leitrim councillor is calling on Donegal County Council to ensure the fire stations in Bundoran and Ballyshannon are not amalgamated. Fianna Fail’s Justin Warnock raised the motion at a meeting of Manorhamilton Municipal District yesterday for Leitrim council to contact Donegal and ensure the service remains for Kinlough and…
Proposal for new national park in north Leitrim to go to Minister
A proposal to have a portion of North Leitrim designated as a national park is to go to the office of the Minister of State for Regional Economic Development. Fianna Fail Councillor Justin Warnock says he is disappointed more progress has not been made on the idea by Leitrim County…
Councillor says North Leitrim is being forgotten
North Leitrim is being completely forgotten according to a local councillor. Fianna Fail’s Justin Warnock says there is no plan for the development and creation of jobs in Manorhamilton and other towns & villages in the north of the county. Currently there are around 1000 jobs in Manorhamilton according to…
Only five full time jobs created in north Leitrim last year
The Manorhamilton municipal district is not catching up since the closure of McCormack’s garage saw the loss of 20 jobs earlier this year. A question by councillor Justin Warnock at this week’s meeting of the municipal district saw the equivalent of seven jobs were created in the area in 2015,…
Cathaoirleach calls to designate North Leitrim a National Park
The new Cathaoirleach of Manorhamilton Municipal District is calling for the whole of north Leitrim to be designated a National Park. Fianna Fail Councillor Justin Warnock was elected Cathaoirleach at the AGM of the district yesterday afternoon. He says jobs and what he calls the ‘mass exodus’ of people from…