Gardaí arrest man in connection to death threats aimed towards Leitrim TD
Gardaí have arrested a man in connection to death threats sent to a Leitrim TD. The man in his mid 40’s was arrested this afternoon and is currently being detained in Thurles Garda Station, Co. Tipperary. On Bank Holiday Monday last, Emergency Services were called to the scene of a…
Gardaí appeal for information on car fire outside Leitrim TD’s home
Gardaí are appealing for anyone with information in relation to a car being set on fire outside of a Leitrim TD’s home this week. Gardai are in the early stages of an investigation and have yet not determined any motive for the crime at this time. Emergency services attended the…
Gardaí investigating cause of car fire at home of local Sinn Fein TD
Leitrim Gardaí have launched an investigation into the cause of a car fire at the home of Sligo/Leitrim Sinn Fein TD, Martin Kenny. At around 2.30am this morning, the alarm was raised at the home of Deputy Kenny in Aughavas, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim where a car on the property was…
Local TD calls on government to re-instate mobility allowance
A local TD is calling on the Government to put funding in place for the mobility allowance to be re-instated. The mobility allowance which was available to people with disability or suffering from a illness was withdrawn and closed by the Government in 2013. There have been many attempts to…
Following CAB investigation into extortion in Dublin, local TD wonders where else this might be happening
The Criminal Assets Bureau’s recent extortion investigation in Dublin is leading many to wonder; where else in the country might this be happening. That’s the view of Sinn Fein Spokesperson on Justice and Equality, Sligo Leitrim TD, Martin Kenny. Criminals received more than €550,000 in ‘protection money’ over two years…
Local TD decribes charges against John Downey as ‘trumped up’
A local TD has described the charges levied against John Downey as ‘trumped up.’ The comments come from Sinn Fein Spokesperson on Justice and Equality, Martin kenny, following the extradition of Mr. Downey to Northern Ireland at the weekend after handing himself into Gardaí. The Donegal man is accused of…
Keeny urges Coveney to establish justice for Loughinisland victims
Calls have been made on the Tanáiste Simon Coveney to use his influence with the British government to establish the truth about alleged collusion between the UVF the RUC and the British intelligence agencies in the murder of six men in a bar in Loughinisland in 1994 Sinn Féin’s…