News - Leitrim

Social Farming offers people who are socially, physically, mentally or intellectually disadvantaged the opportunity to spend time on a family farm in a healthy, supportive and inclusive environment.

The Leitrim native said that Mannok did not participate in the documentary because it didn't have anything to add to Sean Quinn's story.

According to the regional breakdown, Roscommon had the second lowest rate of one-year re-offences nationwide, at 12%.

Roscommon Gardaí issued the most points last year at 7,294.

John Mulvihill from the Capital Projects Office at Leitrim council says they've already been carrying out works close to the villages to allow water flow more freely in the local rivers.

Non-residential buildings refer to locations not specifically designed to house people such as former office or retail units.

Councillor Paddy O' Rourke from Carrigallen says the controversy surrounding the crib shows a lack of understanding of animals and what distresses them.

In 2022, the Department allocated a national fund of 25 million euro to be made available to local authorities across the country for the remediation of 2,273. Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon received funding for just 104 of these homes out of the national total

The latest figures issued by the Minister for Social Protection show an overall decrease in claimants in the Shannonside region between December 2021 and October of this year.

The issue was raised at a Ballinamore M.D. meeting this week.

A record number of people are now seeking accommodation in Ireland at 11,397.

Anyone with suspicions of those calling to their houses is advised to lock the door and ring their local Garda station for advice.

192 boys and 182 girls were born in the region in the first half of 2022 according to the Central Statistics Office.

The funding was announced earlier today.