Church Lane Footpath required to prevent accidents
Calls have been made on Leitrim County Council to provide a footpath on Church Lane in Manorhamilton. The Calls were made by local election candidate Fine Gael’s Frank Dolan at this week’s meeting of Manorhamilton Municipal District. Councillor Dolan was making the calls after two accidents have occurred on…
Construction of new Fire Station in Manorhamilton won’t begin for 12 to 18 months
A Leitrim Councillor has hit out at the slow progress being made in the construction of a new fire station for Manorhamilton. In 2017 an announcement was made to confirm that a new fire station would be constructed in the town. The project was further moved on with the acquisition…
Leitrim County Council have selected their new Cathaoirligh
Leitrim County Council have selected their new Cathaoirligh. Fianna Fail Cllr Sean McGowan has been selected as the new Chairman of Leitrim Co Council with Fine Gael Cllr. Frank Dolan to be the new Vice-Chair. Cllr. McGowan has been selected to be Chairman twice previously, in 1995 and 2004. Speaking…
Call for rural directorate to be set up in Leitrim
There are calls for a Rural Directorate to be set up in Leitrim. The calls come from Fine Gael Councillor Frank Dolan who says he put forward the motion at this week’s meeting of the County Council after he saw it being done in County Clare. Councillor Dolan says the…
New pilot hedge-cutting scheme for Leitrim
A new pilot roadside hedgecutting scheme is being introduced in County Leitrim. Under the scheme, landowers and farmers will get a grant of €50 per kilometre to cut hedges along roads, with priority being given to routes used by vehicles such as school buses. Applications for the scheme open today.…
Council wants help in finding out who owns overgrown hedges
Leitrim County Council wants help in finding out the names of landowners who should cut overgrown hedges along roads in the county. Every year around this time, the issue of overgrown roadside hedges arises — but in some cases, the problem is in establishing who actually owns the hedges. The…
Leitrim Fine Gael Councillors unanimously back Leo Varadkar in leadership race.
The Fine Gael members of Leitrim County Council have unanimously decided to back Leo Varadkar in his bid to become the new leader of the party. In a statement, the four Councillors including North Leitrim’s Sean McDermott and Frank Dolan confirmed that they would be backing Varadkar for the position.…