More than 2,000 sign online petition for greenway
An online petition calling for the provision of a 125 kilometre greenway from Athenry to Collooney has collected over two thousand signatures. The petition was launched in March of this year by Western Rail Trail Campaign, who are campaigning for the stretch of disused railway between both towns to be…
Sligo councillors keep options open on Greenway plans
Sligo councillors have decided to keep their options open in the County Development Plan of developing a greenway on OR alongside the closed railway line between Collooney in County Sligo and Bellaghy on the Sligo/Mayo border. The council received submissions seeking a change in the wording of the existing plan,…
Section of old railway line opens as greenway in Dromahair
Today will be a special day in Dromahair, Co Leitrim. A section of the old railway at the village will be reopened as a greenway. Also, a loop along which people may walk, run or cycle will also be opened. Sean Conlan, of the Sligo Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway…
Greenway only realistic option for western railway
The group campaigning for a greenway to be developed along the Western Rail Corridor is claiming a government report shows a greenway is now the only realistic option for the closed railway route. The Western Rail Trail Campaign, which is pushing for a greenway from Athenry, Co Galway to Collooney,…
€20m greenway plans for south and west Donegal
There are plans to develop greenways and walkways throughout Donegal that would result in investment of almost 90 million euro in the county. Up to 20 million of that would be in greeway and walkway projects in south and west Donegal. It’s all part of the North West Greenway Develoment…