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Kathleen and Jimmy Fox, in their pub in Tooman, Co. Leitrim

Leitrim family's centuries-old pub tradition reaches new milestone

The new service will allow customers to send prepaid parcels through 2,600 postboxes nationwide

An Post announces major change to thousands of postboxes

Pictured from left to right are Joe Lynch, Leitrim Lidl Family Carer of the Year 2026; Arthur Lynch, Joe’s son; Cllr Ann Higgins, Mayor of the Sligo Borough Municipal District; and Alvina Devaney, Support Manager, Family Carers Ireland.

'Remarkable' Leitrim man honoured as Lidl family carer of the year

John Sweetman, Dr Barry Fitzgerald, Paul Williams.

GALLERY: Leitrim hosts murder, mystery and the almost Perfect Crime

Revealed: The Store that sold Leitrim’s million-euro lottery ticket

Bex Barlow and Mikey Hancock, with their rescue dog Kobe.

Rescue dog from Leitrim inspires new business for Sligo couple

Irish Water

Leitrim on 'priority' repairs list for wastewater following EPA report

Young creativity takes centre stage as RTÉ This Is Art! 2026 launches at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). Pictured young artists, Uishe Bambury, age 12, from Leixlip, Kildare (RTÉ This is Art! 2024 Winner) and Art enthusiast, Joanna Ujadughele, age 10, from Carlow Town.

Young artists invited to enter RTÉ competition with €10,000 prize fund

Plunging temperatures can have a destructive effect on car batteries

Irish drivers warned of hidden damage as temperatures plunge to -1

Future of farming in Leitrim faces a generational challenge

GALLERY: Leitrim Youth Council meets in Carrick-on-Shannon

RTE's new three-part documentary dives deep into Ireland's biggest drug busts

RTE's new documentary dives deep into Ireland's biggest drug busts

Halloween 2026 Met Eireann weather forecast

Good news as Met Éireann Halloween weather forecast comes in

Members of Pakistani Golfers Ireland with staff and pupils at Scoil Mhuire Naofa, Carrigallen.

Pakistani Golfers Ireland raise €10,000 for Leitrim primary school

Home heating Oil

Leitrim Cllr calls for cuts to carbon tax and VAT on home heating oil

Five chilling tales of ghosts, curses and dark histories

Cork band Pebbledash

Rising Cork band Pebbledash set for Halloween gig at The Dock
One of Ireland's most exciting emerging bands, Pebbledash, will take to the stage at The Dock in Carrick-on-Shannon on Friday, October 30
Marie Conboy

Sisters Ella, Niamh and Alma shared the heartfelt message on GoFundMe

Sisters injured in horror M9 crash share heartfelt message

A status orange weather warning has been issued for Leitrim

Leitrim issued Orange weather warning as storm to bring 'severe' winds

Private Muireann Cullen prepares for her first overseas mission, continuing her grandfather’s UNIFIL legacy.

WATCH: Leitrim soldier follows grandad's footsteps to Lebanon

Irish troops on parade outside

Changing triple lock without referendum a ‘profound betrayal’, claims Sinn Féin

Irish troops on parade outside

Changing triple lock without referendum a ‘profound betrayal’, claims Sinn Féin

Lieutenant Colonel Cormac Brady

Final group of Unifil peacekeepers prepare for deployment

External view of a Paddy Power shop

Paddy Power owner to axe 1,400 jobs after UK tax hikes

The venom of the false widow is more potent than that of native spiders

Irish households warned over venomous spider as temperatures plunge

Leitrim named in the top 10 of Ireland's most outdoorsy counties

Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan

Twenty-four Romanian men removed from Ireland on charter flight – O’Callaghan

Oireachtas staff strike

McDonald accuses Government of ‘playing chicken’ with public sector workers
The Sinn Fein leader said she hoped talks over pay would be handled constructively.
Jonathan McCambridge, Press Association

Garda Graduation

Garda numbers hit all-time high as force reaches historic peak of 14,800

A child using a smartphone

Third of primary school children have no time restrictions online, charity says

Leitrim artist elected to Irish body after 50 years of artistic work

Floral tributes outside the scene of the house fire

Man and woman arrested in connection with Waterford house fire

Dr Sara Burke

Committee hears calls for right to healthcare

A man seen from behind walking inside data centre

Data centre energy use questioned amid AI summit

Public sector strike action in Leitrim

Oireachtas staff staging a strike outside Leinster House

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers staging 24-hour strike

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Berlin Film Festival award-winner coming to Ballinamore this weekend

Blurred figures of doctors and nurses walking in a hospital corridor

Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers to stage 24-hour strike

Five Leitrim schools awarded €20,000 under Creative Schools programme

The toy swap event will take place at the Landmark Hotel on October 18th

Leitrim to host Ireland's biggest free toy swap event

Emergency services at the scene of an overnight fire in the Birchwood estate in Waterford City

Man, woman and two children die in Waterford house fire

Trinity Island set to rock Leitrim Inn with free live music session

Carrigallen publican Cathal Farrelly fears a €15m Government support package may do little to help struggling rural pubs.

‘€20 a keg won't do feck all’

Rossinver Fishery in north Leitrim, which received €4,500 through the Catchment Support Fund in 2026. Community groups across the county are now being invited to apply for the 2027 fund, which supports organisations working to protect and improve water quality in local rivers, lakes and waterways. Applications close on November 16.

Leitrim community groups invited to apply for water quality funding

Fórsa general secretary Kevin Callinan (centre) speaking at the union's headquarters in Dublin

Public sector strike to go ahead after bid for talks rejected

Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers

Minister asks public sector unions to attend mediation ahead of strike

Gibney, who was arrested on foot of an Irish extradition warrant in Florida least year, had lived in the US for years

George Gibney sentenced to 16 years and eight months

Robert Pether return

Engineer Robert Pether returns to Ireland following detention in Iraq

Minister of Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee

Engineer Robert Pether to return to Ireland following detention in Iraq

Not too late to avoid strike action, insists Lawless

Kara Owen at The Shed Distillery alongside owner Pat Rigney

British Ambassador calls for closer cross-border ties on Leitrim trip

The annual switch from summer time to winter time is fast approaching

Clocks going back in Ireland 2026: Exact date confirmed

Evelyn Conlon discusses novel at Leitrim festival

Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O’Donovan

RTE ‘slow’ to implement changes – media minister

Leitrim financial advisor reacts to new government investment scheme

Tomàs Murphy at his home

Budget does not go far enough in helping disabled, says advocate

Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty

Budget a test that Government has ‘failed’ – Doherty

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