Friday, November 3, 2017

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Leitrim

Leitrim JPC chair believes Carrick locals have worked together to make town safer

The Chairperson of the Joint Policing Committee in Leitrim says things have improved with the night time economy in Carrick on Shannon despite comments...
Taxi

Leitrim taxi driver unhappy with plans to allow publicans drive customers home

A Leitrim taxi driver believes the government is unfairly targetting his industry with a new idea to tackle drink driving in rural areas. Minister for...

Almost half of deaths in Leitrim in 2015 due to circulatory disease

Almost half of all deaths in Leitrim in 2015 were due to heart disease or heart attacks according to information from the CSO. According to...
Crash

REVEALED: Nine ambulances delayed by an hour getting to serious local emergencies

New figures show it took an ambulance more than an hour to respond to a life-threatening emergency in Leitrim five times in the first...
Childcare

Local childcare workers earn average of less than €12 per hour

The average hourly wage of childcare workers in the Shannonside region has been revealed to be less than €12 euro. The figures are contained in...

Leitrim organic farmer calls for more focus on glyphosate alternatives

A Leitrim farmer is calling for more focus to be made on alternatives to pesticides containing glyphosate. John Brennan from the Leitrim Organic Farmers Co-op...
Born

Over 1700 children born in Shannonside region in 2015

Over 1700 children were born in the Shannonside region in 2015 according to the CSO. Their annual vital statics report has been published this morning,...

Leitrim lotto players advised to check tickets

Lotto Euromillions players in Leitrim are being advised to check their numbers after a winning ticket was sold at the Londis shop in Attyfinlay,...

The road between Mountallen and Keadue is closed due to a vehicle fire

Motorists are been advised that the road between Mountallen and Keadue is closed due to a vehicle fire and smoke is blocking the road. Anyone...

6.7% of all trees planted in Ireland last year were in Leitrim

Leitrim County Council has revealed that 6.7 per cent of all forestry planted in Ireland last year was in the county. Following a query from...

Daly Brothers Back In Roscommon Panel

A number of high-profile Roscommon footballers have been invited back to pre-season training having missed last year’s campaign. The Irish Times reports that quoting Roscommon manager...

Irish Athletes Need to Get Tougher

Patsy McGonagle has admitted he is concerned about the future of Irish athletics as his 25-year management of the Irish team comes to an...

Mullinalaghta Advance In Leinster Championship

Mullinalaghta 1-14 Eire Og 1-7 Mullinalaghta scored a seven point victory over Carlow side Eire Og to secure progress to the quarter-final of the AIB Leinster senior...

Jimmy Moore

Jimmy Moore 11 Cappagh, Mohill, Co Leitrim and formerly of Leeds, England. Tuesday October 31st suddenly at Sligo University Hospital. Deeply regretted and sadly missed by Nikki,...

Christina Glancy (Nee Fannon)

Christina Glancy (Nee Fannon) Chapel Street, Elphin, Co Roscommon and late of Emlagh, Castlerea. Thursday November 2nd peacefully. Beloved wife of the late Bertie and mother of...

Noel Farrell

Noel Farrell. Brickeens, Kenagh, Co. Longford. Wednesday, November, 1st suddenly at his home. Reposing at his home in Brickeens, tomorrow (Fri) from twelve noon until two o’clock...

PODCAST: Are today’s kids lazier than their parents’ generation?

A survey shows that only 33 per cent of today's parents require their children to do chores in the home. In contrast, 83 per cent...

LISTEN: Friday’s panel discussion

The Prime Time investigation into the standard of rental properties and the political crisis in the North were among the topics of Friday's panel...

PODCAST: X Factor star Mary Byrne interview

X Factor Mary Byrne joined Joe Finnegan in our Monaghan studios for an in-depth interview on Thursday's programme. Discussion her music career, her weight-loss and...