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Post-Covid 19 Dating – Has the dating landscape in Ireland changed forever?

Dating can be tricky enough at the best of times. Throw in a global pandemic and it’s a total mine-field. Online dating sites have seen an unprecedented amount of traffic in recent months but it seems that many Irish singletons have had more bad ...

18 Jun 2020 at 17:35

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Campaigners say that more research is needed before 5G is rolled out across the country

Organisers of a public information meeting on the rollout of 5G have stressed they are not against technology, but believe that any improvements in broadband and mobile coverage must be done so in a way that is proven to be safe to both the ...

30 Aug 2019 at 11:29

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The causes, signs and symptoms of dementia and what you can do to reduce your risk

World Alzheimer Month takes place this September and over the next four weeks, www.leitrimobserver.ie will be focusing on a different aspect of dementia. This week, we take a look at the causes, signs and symptoms of dementia and what you ...

19 Aug 2019 at 20:07

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Re-inventing the Ballroom of Romance in Glenfarne for 2021

“We have never been busier,” exclaims the manager of the Rainbow Ballroom of Romance in Glenfarne as he outlines the exciting plans, projects and direction the historic ballroom is taking. As with many businesses in Leitrim, especially ...

30 Dec 2020 at 12:58

Leitrim jewellery student to participate at major cultural exhibition in Italy

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Leitrim jewelry student to participate at major cultural exhibition in Italy

Noreen McGuire, originally from Mohill and a student at the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCoI) Centre of Excellence in Jewellery and Goldsmithing, has been selected to participate at major cultural exhibition Homo Faber ...

29 Aug 2018 at 13:45

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Ireland holds longest unbroken record of peacekeeping in the world

Ireland holds the longest unbroken record of UN peacekeeping service of any nation in the world and this remarkable achievement will be recognised when the Irish Red Cross bestows a very special honour on the Irish Defence ...

03 Oct 2018 at 16:07

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‘I thought I would never see old Carrick-on-Shannon again...’ - one Leitrim man's experience of WW1

The following account of life in the front line trenches was given by Private Thomas Oates, Cortober, Carrick-on-Shannon to the Leitrim Observer when he was home on sick leave during November 1914. Private Oates, a member ...

08 Aug 2019 at 13:23

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Former MP for the constituency of South Leitrim, Jasper Tully, and the perils of petroleum

Jasper Tully was born in 1859. His family founded and owned “The Roscommon Herald” newspaper in Boyle. Following the death of his father, Jasper, together with his mother took over the running of the paper. He was an ...

27 Nov 2020 at 20:00

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‘For those who returned there was no hero’s welcome’ - remembering those from Leitrim who served in the Great War

In early November 1914 the inhabitants of Carrick-on-Shannon and other towns in the county had their first, if somewhat harmless experience of World War 1. The booming of the great guns of the British fleet at ...

08 Aug 2019 at 13:19

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Happy events in Patton’s Hall, Dromahair fondly remembered

The recently announced news that landmark buildings on Dromahair's Main Street are to be demolished and a new library constructed has been greeted enthusiastically and widely by people with Dromahair ...

23 Oct 2020 at 15:11

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Remembering the events of 1798

In 1998, I published a booklet called Leitrim & Longford 1798. The launch was held in Creegan’s of Cloone. This is on the site where the Irish/French army rested on the eve of the Battle of ...

28 Dec 2018 at 12:23

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Brian O’Higgins tribute to Sean MacDiarmada in the GPO in 1916

Brian O’Higgins was born in 1882 in Cill Scire, Co Meath and moved to Dublin shortly after leaving school. He took part in the 1916 rising. In the 1918 Westminster election he was elected ...

02 Jan 2021 at 11:39

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