News
“Defend rural Ireland” and fight austerity with a No vote - Sinn Féin
Sinn Fein is campaigning for a “positive” no vote in the upcoming Stability Treaty. Party President Gerry Adams TD, Deputy Martin Ferris and Senator Trevor ÓClochartaigh joined local TD Michael Colreavy and Leitrim representatives in Leitrim and Roscommon last week.
5km walk in aid of Cancer Research
A 5k May walk, run or roll in aid of Cancer Research will take place this Sunday May 20 starting from Aughnasheelin Community Centre at 1pm.
Patrick to walk from Dublin to Leitrim
Patrick McKenna, from Clonsilla in North County Dublin is making the trek from his native town to Drumkeerin from May 29 to June 4 in aid of Barretstown House, a facility which rebuilds the lives of children affected by childhood cancer.
Fracking is “not without risk” - EPA report calls for more research and monitoring
THE EPA preliminary report into fracking, released last week has stated that the process is “not without risk” and recommends further research, monitoring, transparency and best practices to be established.
Manor student looking for support in Sligo Way Challenge
IT Sligo student Sean Watters from Manorhamilton is teaming up with Dromahair’s Brian McMorrow and Sligo GAA Captain Ross Donovan to organise a great charity challenge next month in aid of a Moldovian orphanage.
Sport
Connacht Final for TV3
TV3 will again televised this year’s Connacht Senior Football Final after they announced their schedule of GAA Championship games for the Summer.
Warwickshire sharpshooters down Leitrim
Leitrim and Warwickshire served up a competitve encounter in Pairc Sean Uí Eislin, Ballinamore last Saturday where the visiting team emerged victorious by seven points thanks in the main to their more accurate forwards and better balanced side.
€197,384 for development of Glencar Community Park
Phil Hogan, TD, Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, has announced sanction for Leitrim Development Company to approve funding of €197,384.15 to Glencar Community Park for the development of a playing pitch and associated works under the Basic Services for the Economy and Rural Population measure of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013.
Lough Key Tri-Club
Try-a-Tri: This is an event aimed at beginners to the sport of Triathlons and is a pool based swim of 10 lengths, followed by a 14km cycle and then a 4km run.
Leitrim GAA Coaching & Games Development
Under 8 & 10 Blitz: All clubs please note that if you intend organising blitz games other than those organised by Coiste na nOg, you now need to apply to the CCC for approval for same.
Lifestyle
Seamus Begley & Oisín MacDiarmada
Kerry box player Seamus Begley teams up with Sligo fiddler Oisin Mac Diarmada for what’s bound to be a highlight of the Glens Centre’s traditional calendar on Friday, May 18 at 8.30pm.
Get all you need at FR Cathcart
Whether you’re planning a small DIY project this Summer or a major remodel or extension of your home or garden, FR Cathcart, Enniskillen is your one stop shop for all your household, design and rennovation needs.
Dervish call off Israel tour
Internationally renowned traditional music group Dervish have pulled out of a tour of Israel citing and “avalanche of negativity” directed towards them from social media sites.
Katherine Lynch to record Folk Album
Well known Mohill comedian Katherine Lynch is moving away from her popular ‘Shelia Chic’ and other characters to record a folk and traditional album using poems she wrote with her late father Tom Lynch.
Corn Mill “confident” ahead of All Ireland Drama results
Carrigallen’s Corn Mill Theatre Drama group are “confident” ahead of Saturday night’s results of the All Ireland Drama Festival 2012.
Community
Epilepsy Information Night in Sligo
An information evening on Epilepsy will take place in Sligo on Thursday, May 24th.
An Taisce wants to take planning away from council
An Taisce wants to take the “complex” planning process away from Leitrim County Council and other local authorities and give the job over to a regional governance reining over a minimum of 200,000 population, according to their recent report ‘State of the National: Ireland’s Planning System 2000 – 2009.’
Showcase your community and win money
Leitrim County Council, through its Floral Pride Competition, is once again looking for schools, communities and businesses to enter a competition to showcase their area, whether that be your school grounds, your business premises surrounds or your village or town. Thankfully, this Winter has been much kinder to gardens and many plants and bulbs are in flower before their time so ideal weather to get started on your Floral Pride competition.
A decade of planning failure
Leitrim County Council’s planning department was graded as the the third worst in the country in a recent An Taisce report.
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Sunday 20 May 2012
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