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Leitrim delegation to grill Forestry Minister over storm damage in meeting today

Mar 25, 2025 07:19
By Eoghan Murphy
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Leitrim delegation to grill Forestry Minister over storm damage in meeting today

Over 9,000 homes and businesses lost power in the county, due to January's weather event.

Leitrim politicians and council officials are meeting the Forestry Minister this morning to discuss the fallout from Storm Eowyn.

Over 9,000 homes and businesses lost power in the county, due to January's weather event.

It was three weeks before power was restored to all, and the main cause was trees falling on power lines.

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Drumshanbo councillor Brendan Barry, from Sinn Fein, is one of those meeting Minister Michael Healy-Rae in Dublin today:

 

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