Leitrim

Recent changes to provision for Temporary Protection beneficiaries prompt plan to ‘rationalise’

For those who have settled, work and study in the town, leaving Lough Allen hotel has been a heavy blow

The weather resembled Leitrim in January. I wondered how I could have been so foolish to think this would all be fun

I took myself to the Camino a few weeks ago but I was focused on walking rather than pilgrimage

These places all come with compelling stories and will entertain the family without stressing the holiday fund

Talking to plants and small birds is entirely sensible in this part of the country

Owner has added a small orchard to her bucolic holding in Gorvagh

You do not need to go far to find somewhere special to get lost in a favourite book

Problems getting taxis in the west of Ireland are putting people off socialising, say business owners, while drivers decry recent rule introductions

Thirty years ago the closures of three big employers inflicted huge trauma on the Leitrim town. But now it is thriving again and, driven by a vibrant food and drink sector, plans are in place for even further growth

Tributes paid to student Cormac Frank Kinsella (21) killed in Galway crash on Monday, with man seriously injured in Leitrim collision

Community suspicion creates obstacle to wind turbine construction: ‘It is putting profit and market before community and the environment’

A short kind of flight

Taoiseach visits village to pledge support for businesses as locals thankful no lives were lost as tornado hit during storm

Strong winds and high tides cause flooding, property damage and power outages in western counties as second storm of the weekend sweeps across the country

Leitrim ‘tornado’ highlights a rare but not uncommon phenomenon

The Pink House in Co Leitrim is set over three levels with superb 360-degree views from top floor

In the News podcast: Authors of new book persuaded Tidey to break his silence

A harrowing account of the abduction of Don Tidey by the IRA 40 years ago effectively merges anecdote and the bigger picture

Highest concentration of Housing Assistance Payment homes in Dublin city

End of Leitrim car scheme puts focus on national issue of caring for rural elderly

For wheelchair and walker users, buggy pushers or anyone with impaired mobility, these places offer easy access to the great outdoors

With more than 1,700 events across Ireland, all free, there is plenty to keep you busy this Friday night

For the trout and other native fish that live in Lough Corrib the news that carp have made their way into the lake is potentially calamitous because of our warming waters

Climate camp, billed as a five-day ‘festival of resistance’, near Manorhamilton hears expert analysis on ‘who carries the burden’

Pathway up to O’Rourke’s Table reopens with plans to renew tradition of mountain-top ‘hooley’

Det Garda Deirdre Finn, a highly respected garda based in south Dublin, died in blaze in Co Leitrim

Restructuring the force

Leitrim County Council seeks to attract 700 jobs to Carrick Business Park after demise of call centre employing 1,200

Fermanagh vet says her practice has dealt with a number of cases in which dogs died after swimming in stagnant water in Lough Melvin on border of Leitrim and Fermanagh

Exhibitions around the country banish reclining, bashful, passive creatures to the past

US aerospace and defence industries driving Irish company's growth

Garda appeals for witnesses of single-vehicle crash which occurred on Friday morning

The truth is we can belong anywhere if we give it a chance

The protected structure, built in 1830, had presented challenges for accessibility and green goals

County Council has identified a potential buyer of listed building

Two schools are part of a project to aid understanding of a past in which their uniforms made them targets

Grá le Manor campaign aims to show visitors the artistic town is thriving even as it gets a much-needed facelift

Some Irish towns are so devastated by economic disasters that I get homesick on the road and yearn for the quiet pastoral beauty of Leitrim

Anthony Cull of Keshcarrigan, Co Leitrim was attacked by a bull on the family farm on February 2nd, 2019