Rural Co Leitrim cottage sells at ‘wild’ auction for €32k
A run down cottage in county Leitrim has sold to a UK buyer for the price of a family car. The cottage just outside Carrick-on-Shannon made international headlines as an ideal present this Christmas. The…
UPDATE: Security alert on the Fermanagh-Leitrim border ends
Photo courtesy of Rory O’Brien, Sligo Updated 6pm: A security alert between Garrison and Belcoo has ended. Police and the Gardai responded to a report that a suspect device had been left in the Garrison…
Pensioner whose wife was killed by drunk driver says Scanlon should rethink drink driving comments
A pensioner whose wife was killed by a drunk driver in Co Sligo has said that a local Fianna Fail TD should rethink comments he made on drink driving laws. Sligo Leitrim Deputy Eamon Scanlon said…
The Good & New Charity in Donegal releases statement explaining finances
A Co Donegal cancer charity has released a statement explaining why it received over 400,000 more than it spent in the last two years. Figures from the charity regulator revealed yesterday that the Good and…
Donegal nightclub granted licence to open at 12.01am on St Stephen’s morning
A Donegal nightclub is causing controversy with its decision to open on Christmas night. The Limelight nightclub in Glenties has been granted a special licence to open at 1 minute past midnight – technically on…
Enniscrone Farmer elected as Chair of the ICMSA’s Livestock committee
The ICMSA today announced that Pat McCormack will succeed John Comer as President of the Association. At a National Council in Limerick, Mr McCormack, a 40-year old dairy farmer from Tipperary who had served as…
Return to the good times? Families head to Lapland from Knock this Christmas
Ireland West Airport Knock had its first chartered flight to Lapland this month since the boomtimes in 2007. Management at the airport have confirmed that the flight with a hundred people on board set off…