Leitrim County Council

Leitrim County Council: Ballinamore, Carrick-on-Shannon, Manorhamilton local electoral areas LEAs

Local Elections: Leitrim County Council results

Fianna Fáil held its six seats and is now largest party on council, with Independents and Sinn Féin benefitting from Fine Gael losses

Sun Jun 09 2024 - 17:36

‘As a woman and an elder, I have a lot of experience’: Meet Ireland’s older local election candidates

Local election candidates: Age no obstacle to cohort of elder candidates contesting the local elections, with first-time candidates ranging in vintage from 18 years to 89

Thu Jun 06 2024 - 11:23

Leitrim council issues proceedings over plan to house asylum seekers in hotel

Hotel owner has brought separate but related case over council’s decision to invalidate its building compliance certificate

Mon Feb 12 2024 - 19:22

Drumshanbo: ‘The gin took off beyond our wildest dreams’

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

Sat Jan 06 2024 - 06:00

Carrick-on-Shannon has been calling for a new school for 10 years

‘Our school is against every health and safety regulation under the sun’, says principal of Scoil Mhuire school community in Co Leitrim

Wed Sept 06 2023 - 05:00

Refugee accommodation in Leitrim shut down over fire safety concerns

Department cancels contract after inspections raise concerns over accommodation for Ukrainian refugees

Wed Jul 26 2023 - 06:01

Delays fixing faulty septic tanks threaten human health and water courses, EPA says

Number of inspections in Clare, Waterford and Offaly ‘well below requirements’

Tue Jun 27 2023 - 23:55

Former MBNA offices in Carrick-on-Shannon reopen as €9m office complex

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

Wed Jun 07 2023 - 01:00

From Manorhamilton with love: A dynamic Border town in full regeneration mode

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

Sat Apr 08 2023 - 05:00

Flipping emigration: Leitrim leaders in US to encourage people to move to the county

Members of a mission to New York say there are plenty of work opportunities in the county - but more houses are needed

Thu Apr 06 2023 - 20:44

Court extends order preventing illegal occupation at council-run Traveller Group Housing scheme

Council says people had no right to be there and bay they were occupying posed a health and safety risk

Fri Jul 08 2022 - 20:31

Stories of the sweathouse: A beehive-shaped bolthole for battling maladies

There are at least 292 sweathouses on the island, 104 of them in Co Leitrim

Sun Aug 15 2021 - 16:36

Painting of famous 1916 Rising photograph to hang in the Seanad

Artist Sinead Guckian reverses the Pearse surrender photograph to reveal the woman

Sun Mar 07 2021 - 17:44

‘Extensive damage’ caused by mudslides in Leitrim

Thousands of tonnes of bog slipped down Shass mountain near Drumkeeran village

Wed Jul 01 2020 - 00:53

Shannon floods: Locals divided on how to tackle crisis

Residents of Carrick-in-Shannon want action so they can 'get on with our lives'

Mon Feb 24 2020 - 20:43

Clerics defend Fr Oliver O’Reilly after Quinn complains to Vatican

Priestly brotherhood backs Fr O’Reilly in sermon row after assault on Kevin Lunney

Sun Nov 17 2019 - 21:23

Fracking ban in Republic ‘null and void’ if there is drilling in Fermanagh

Exploration company Tamboran claims Fermanagh’s natural gas resources could be worth £20bn over 25 years

Fri Jul 05 2019 - 00:48

Leitrim Echoes of the Great War: Book 40 years in the writing due for launch

Retired teacher Padraig Griffin researched Leitrim natives killed in first World War

Sun Jun 30 2019 - 20:47

June date pencilled in for cancelled Irish University Championships

Wet and windy conditions led to the cancellation of Lough Rinn Regatta for the second year in a row

Thu Apr 18 2019 - 20:46

Isme hits out at Brexit-proof clause in State procurement contract

Group angered by what it sees as effort to pass on risk of no deal to small business

Wed Apr 10 2019 - 19:41

‘People in Rooskey are not racist’: Locals dismayed at asylum centre fire

Minister ‘deeply concerned’ over fire at disused hotel earmarked for asylum seekers

Fri Jan 11 2019 - 20:56

Teenager quoted €18,693.90 to insure a 14-year-old car

Quote described as ‘outrageous’ and a tax on rural Ireland

Fri Dec 14 2018 - 18:34

Flagship award for Kerry Central Regional Water Supply Scheme

Excellence Awards highlight the outstanding and diverse achievements of engineers

Thu Nov 15 2018 - 00:00

Seán Gallagher says voters will not engage until closer to polling day

Businessman shrugs off poll findings: ‘I am living proof unprecedented things happen’

Fri Oct 12 2018 - 12:15

Joan Freeman receives presidential nomination from Cork City Council

Businessman Gavin Duffy gets backing for Áras bid from councillors in Meath

Mon Sept 03 2018 - 22:23

Councillors ‘alarmed’ at Carrick-on-Shannon shop closures

Leithrim council should conduct exit interviews with traders who shut, officials told

Mon Sept 03 2018 - 19:25

Seán Gallagher: ‘‘Tweetgate’ still pains me greatly’

Would-be presidential candidate says 2011 RTÉ incident caused him to doubt himself

Mon Sept 03 2018 - 14:35

Lidl to rebuild Fortunestown Lane supermarket

Company ‘blown away’ by support in locality after store looted and destroyed during snow

Wed Mar 14 2018 - 16:10

Miriam Lord’s Week: High-Vis Varadkar drives FG rebranding

Taoiseach turns himself into shovel-ready project as he makes big announcements

Sat Oct 28 2017 - 05:30

Full list of local property tax rate increases and decreases for 2018

The tax automatically returns to the base rate each year of 0.18% of the house price

Fri Sept 29 2017 - 14:47

Fears that social welfare policy making young adults homeless

Jobseeker’s Allowance for under-26s much lower than standard payment of €193 a week

Mon Sept 11 2017 - 01:00

Lidl appeals Carrick-on-Shannon decision to An Bord Pleanála

German supermarket hopes to relocate to site that is closer to rivals Tesco and Aldi

Tue Aug 22 2017 - 16:50

Lidl faces opposition to Carrick-on-Shannon supermarket

Local campaigners say the proposed development would be a ‘garish carbuncle’

Tue Jun 20 2017 - 19:06

Sean Mulryan joins Knock Airport board

Property developer joins council chiefs as new director

Wed May 31 2017 - 16:52

Dublin and Donegal only counties to put sites on register to stop the hoarding of land

More than €27m of sites owned by Dublin City Council

Mon May 29 2017 - 01:00

Bord Pleanála refuses permission for Lidl store in Leitrim

Board overrules council in blocking Carrick-on-Shannon development

Thu Dec 29 2016 - 18:43

Angling Notes: Leitrim council awards €100,000 to develop lake angling

Grant will assist in building centre of excellence to attract domestic and overseas anglers

Mon Dec 12 2016 - 11:37

‘Brokeback Mountain’ author Annie Proulx at Iron Mountain

Writer praises Dermot Healy at literature festival but has a pop at John Steinbeck

Mon Oct 10 2016 - 01:00

Council sick leave rates highest in Leitrim, Louth and Dublin

Absenteeism in every local authority exceeds that of private sector, new figures show

Fri Aug 05 2016 - 01:00

Seven councils built no social housing from 2013 to 2015

Department of Housing: Projects under way will see hundreds of homes built in 2016

Thu Aug 04 2016 - 20:07

A walk for the weekend: Eagle’s Rock, Co Leitrim

This glacial formation is an awe-inspiring centrepiece for a tough but rewarding walk

Wed Aug 03 2016 - 12:00

Leitrim conference aims to encourage inward investment

County uses business showcase to display its strength in food, tourism and creative sector

Sun May 08 2016 - 21:00

Councils to receive €85million for road repairs following storms

A total of €106 million to be distributed this year with further council funding in May

Fri Feb 19 2016 - 12:08

Estimated cost from damage following flooding set to reach €100m

Local authorities claim the cost of infrastructural damage and the clean-up is “significantly higher” than the €60 million predicted

Wed Jan 20 2016 - 01:00

Storm Frank’s heavy rains to increase flood risk

Met Éireann forecasts above average rainfall as River Shannon begins to rise once again

Mon Dec 28 2015 - 01:00

Fracking is bad news story for book inspired by Leitrim Observer

Gleanings is the result of Monica Corish’s creative residency at her local newspaper, but she wants to make headlines about the threat fracking poses to the environment

Wed Dec 02 2015 - 12:54