Episode One: Arts North West
This Week: (2 mins) Rossa O’Snodaigh, Musician (9 mins) Louise Kennedy, Writer (17 mins 35) Philip Delamere, Leitrim Arts Office Arts North West is a weekly, magazine arts show that covers everything creative in the region. Featuring the best of music, theatre, storytelling, with the best of talent from Sligo,…
Leitrim Council to meet over Zoom
History will be created on Tuesday next when an online information meeting of Leitrim Council will be held over zoom. The meeting will provide the elected councillors with an opportunity to pose any questions to Council staff however any issues that Council will need to rubber stamp will not…
Local Authorities on heightened state of storm alert
In advance of the arrival of Storm Brendan and the expected high tides, Donegal Town Pier was closed yesterday evening and will remain closed until 8 am on Tuesday morning due to a possible risk of flooding A reminder has been issued that cars will not be permitted to…
Leitrim CC to call on government to deal with waiting times for children’s outpatient appointments
Leitrim County Council is to call on the Minister for Health Simon Harris and the Minister for Children Katherine Zappone to provide the necessary resources to deal with the long waiting times for children needing outpatient appointments such as paediatric specialists, speech and language and in the Child and Adolescent…
Leitrim Councillor demands explanations on escalating trolley crisis
Calls are being made on the HSE by Leitrim County Council to establish what extra funding strategies and additional resources were put in place to solve the ongoing trolley crisis in the Country’s hospitals in 2019. The Council are to contact the HSE after Sinn Fein Councillor Brendan Barry…
Leitrim Council raise Property Tax
Leitrim County Council has agreed to increase the Local Property Tax by 15 % in 2020. The decision was taken by Councillors at a special meeting yesterday. The increase will mean that 60% of Leitrim’s home owners will pay an additional 26 cents a week, a further 35%…
Calls for Leitirm Co. Co. to declare climate change emergency
Leitrim County Council is being called on to follow the example of their counterparts in Wicklow and declare a biodiversity and climate-change emergency. The calls have been made by local election candidate and Green party member Blaithin Gallagher. The north Leitrim based election candidate claims “it’s not enough to have…