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.…
Large numbers leave Donegal and Leitrim to commute to work
More than five and a half thousand people leave County Dongal every day to go to work. In Leitrim, more than 4,200 go outside the county to do their jobs. But Sligo bucks the trend: more people travel INTO the county than leave to get to their place of employment.…
Minister Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran in Leitrim today
The Minister with responsibility for flood relief and the Office of Public Works will be in Leitrim today. Among the places Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran will visit this afternoon is Kiltyclogher, where there have been calls for funding to be provided to ensure the home of 1916 signatory Sean MacDiarmada remains…
A number of changes to diocese priests in the region
The Bishop of Kilmore, Leo O Reilly, has announced a number of changes among priests in the diocese, which covers parts of counties Leitrim and Sligo and most of County Cavan. Fr Tom Mannion, curate in Glencar, Co Leitrim, and chaplain to Our Lady’s Hospital in Manorhamilton, is to be…
‘Kids go Free’ Local Link promotion continues until Sunday, August 27th
The ‘Kids go Free’ promotion on Local Link bus services is to continue until Sunday 27th August. All young people up to the age of 19 in the North West can travel free of charge on any of the over 1,000 Local Link services provided around the country until Sunday…
Leitrim sets example in promoting Irish language
Leitrim is ‘punching above its weight’ when it comes to protecting the Irish language. One of only two Gaelscoileanna in the county is now celebrating its 10th birthday. The Gaelscoil in Manorhamilton was set up by a Dublin man Rossa O’Snodaigh who settled in Manorhamilton about ten years ago and…
Census shows more families in Sligo, Leitrim; fewer in Donegal
The number of families in County Donegal has fallen while it has increased in Sligo and Leitrim. And the number of people divorced has risen in all three counties, the biggest increase being in Donegal. The figures, just released, are from an analysis of households and families, details of which…