Councillor calls for local suicide prevention groups to be treated fairly in funding allocations
A Leitrim councillor is calling for local groups working to prevent suicide to be given equal treatment as national organisations when it comes to funding. Many local groups are made up of volunteers working in their local areas. And some of them receive little, if any, government funding. Sinn Fein…
‘Reimburse tidy towns groups for painting council property’, urges councillor
A Leitrim county councillor has called on the local authority to reimburse tidy towns groups for the costs of painting and upkeep of local authority owned housing . Drumkeerin Councillor Padraig Fallon made the call at this week’s Manorhamilton Municipal District meeting of Leitrim County Council. Councillor Fallon says that…
A Leitrim Councillor says prescription charges are a tax and should be abolished
A Leitrim Councillor says prescription charges are a tax and people should not be fooled into thinking they are anything else. At present, anyone with a medical card has to pay €2.50 for a prescription with a maximum of €25 per month allocated per person or family. It’s reduced to…
Call for review of Remote Area School Transport Grant
A Leitrim councillor is calling on the Department of Education to conduct a review of the Remote Area Grant. The grant provides families in rural areas with financial support for school transport. Councillor Padraig Fallon says the financial costs of bringing children to school is crippling families in remote areas…
Calls for a housing outreach office in north Leitrim
A Leitrim councillor says there is a need for a council office or outreach service in the north of the county to deal with queries on housing. Sinn Fein Councillor Padraig Fallon called for the service at a meeting of the Manorhamilton Municipal District of the council. The meeting heard…
Leitrim Councillor is shocked at amount of drugs cultivated and taken in county
A Leitrim Councillor says he’s shocked at the level of drugs being cultivated and taken in the county. Sinn Fein Councillor Padraig Fallon was responding to confirmation by a Garda Superintendent at a recent Joint Policing Committee meeting that most of the people recently involved in cultivating or selling illegal…