Leitrim council Cathaoirleach says there can be no amnesties for Bloody Sunday perpetrators
The Cathaoirleach of Leitrim County Council says there can be no amnesties for those involved in the Bloody Sunday killings in Derry fifty years ago. Fianna Fail Councillor Paddy O Rourke was speaking after attending the 50th anniversary commemoration of the atrocity in Derry yesterday. In 2010 a public inquiry…
McConalogue ‘remembers forgotten farmers’, says Leitrim councillor
The Minister for Agriculture and Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue has announced a number of measures to help so-called ‘forgotten farmers’ in the west and north west. The measures provide a €5,000 payment to the farmers, as well as allowing those farmers get 60% grant aid under the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation…
Leitrim council cathaoirleach says rates increase necessary for matching funding
Ratepayers in County Leitrim can expect to pay on average €60 euro extra next year after the county council agreed on a 3% rise.. Councillors were told more than €25m would be required to match-fund projects worth a total of €345m as part of a strategic capital investment programme as…
Former Councillor Francie Gilmartin remembered fondly by colleagues
Tributes are being paid this morning to the former Leitrim Fianna Fáil Councillor Francie Gilmartin who passed away yesterday following an illness. The popular Councillor served 15 years on the local authority in Leitrim, losing his seat in 2014. It followed the redrawing of the local electoral area, which saw…
Claim that increase in number of animals taken to knackeries is due to fodder crisis
A Leitrim representative says there’s been a 30% increase in the number of animals being taken to knackeries in the region. Fianna Fail Councillor Paddy O’Rourke claims this high figure is directly related to the fodder crisis. He’s accused the Department of Agriculture of not listening to the issues that…
Leitrim councillor challenges Donegal farm leader over fodder comments
A Leitrim farmer has hit out at the head of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association in Donegal and challenged him to a debate on the realities of the fodder crisis. Chairperson of the ICSA in Donegal, Malcolm Thompson said before Christmas that farmers need to stop ‘running crying’…
Lack of LIS road funding a concern throughout North West
Leitrim County Council is to seek a meeting with the Department of Transport over the lack of money for a number of years now for the improvement of roads leading to people’s homes. In Leitrim, no work has been done under the so-called Local Improvement Scheme for the past seven…