Lot of vacant Leitrim houses built during boom, says councillor
A Leitrim councillor says a lot of the vacant houses in the county were built during the boom. The latest CSO figures show Leitrim has the largest percentage of vacant houses in the country. Over 3,590 houses, which is almost 20%, have been left vacant in County leitrim, with 1,590…
CSO: Most people moving home are renting rather than buying
Most of the people in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim who changed home in the year before the 2016 Census were moving into rented accommodation. And in all three counties, only a relatively small number were buying a new home with a mortgatge or loan. In Donegal, only 363 of the…
Leitrim councillor: ‘Rural areas where a house may never again be built’
A Leitrim councillor is claiming that there are now parts of the rural North West of Ireland in which a house may never again be built. Independent Councillor Enda Stenson is blaming rules and regulations, and how they are being implemented by authorites here in Ireland. At a meeting of…
Rents rising in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal
Rent prices have risen across the North West region by an average of more than 11% over the last the last number of years, according to a report by daft.ie. In Sligo, rents have risen by 12% since this time last year, Leitrim 9.2% and in Donegal rents have risen…
Almost €3m for vacant houses in Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim
Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim are to get almost €3m to return about 290 vacant local authority homes in the three counties to use. It’s part of announcement by Minister Simon Coveney to provide more than €24m nationally for investment in 1,400 vacant local authority social houses. It’s part of an…
Gorse fires continue to affect the region
Gorse fires continue to affect the region this morning. Fire Services from Sligo, Tubbercurry and Ballina are attending a fire in Easkey this morning where a ‘controlled burn’ is underway to stop the spread of the fire. A fire in the Geevagh/Ballyfarnon area was attended by Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Longford…
Councillor calls for One-Stop shop to help Irish citizens returning home
A Leitrim councillor is highlighting the difficulties returning emigrants to this country endure when they try to restart lives, jobs and businesses here. Fianna Fail’s Mary Bohan says we should be doing everything to make it more attractive for returning emigrants but instead they encounter a variety of obstacles and…