American presidential candidate to be invited back to his Leitrim family homestead
Leitrim County Council is to extend an invitation to the US democratic candidate in the presidential election, Beto O’Rourke to visit his family homestead which can be traced back to Glencar. The invitation will be offered to the US politician following a motion which was tabled at this Week’s Manorhamilton…
Information-harvesting software widespread on council websites
New research shows Donegal and Leitrim County Council’s websites had a considerable number of so called ‘trackers’ installed which help companies compile detailed profiles of users. Research shows the donegalcoco.ie website had 85 different types of tracking technologies operational, second only to Kerry County Council which had 91. According to…
Councillor wants to know when new North Leitrim council office will open in Manorhamilton
Calls have been made on the chief executive of Leitrim County Council to provide information on when the new council offices will be opened in Manorhamilton and to confirm what services will be operating from the new facility. Fianna Fail councillor and local election candidate Justin Warnock has been calling…
Leitrim Co Co to re-open local roads improvement scheme
Leitrim County Council is to re-open the local roads improvement scheme. The council currently have 38 approved submissions to avail of the scheme with an additional 138 due to be approved in the near future. Drumkeerin councillor and local election candidate Padraig Fallon recently called on the council to re-open…
Leitrim Councillor wants Mac Diarmada signs erected
A Leitrim Councillor has called on Leitrim County Council to erect signage which includes the message “Welcome to County Leitrim the homestead of Sean Mac Diarmada”. The Signs which would be located at various entry points to the county has been requested by Manorhamilton Councillor Felim Gurn. The independent Councillor…
Leitrim County Council to impose rates charge on vacant commercial buildings
Leitrim County Council have reduced the rates write off on vacant commercial buildings from 100% to 75%. The decision was taken at yesterday’s annual budget meeting of Leitrim County Council which took place in Carrick-on-Shannon. With Leitrim having a vacancy level of 15.6% the CEO of Leitrim County Council, Lar…
Leitrim cuts its housing list by 14%
Leitrim County Council has reduced its housing waiting list by 14% over the last year. The Council has the fewest people on its list with the number of people waiting for social housing now down to 323. This week, as part of the ‘Housing Focus’ campaign being run by all…