CSO figures show people in the local region have the lowest disposable income in the country.
A Sligo Leitrim TD has expressed disappointment at the latest CSO figures that show the Northern and Western region has the lowest disposable income per person in the country. According to those figures released by the CSO, people in the Northern and Western region’s annual average disposable income was behind…
Leitrim Councillor calls for review into vacant and derelict property refurbishment grant
A Leitrim Councillor has called for a specific review into how successful the vacant and derelict property refurbishment grant has been when it comes to the renovation of properties that are situated in town centres over above commercial premises in towns and villages. A recent central Statistics Office (CSO) report…
Vacant properties need to be addressed says Leitrim’s new Cathaoirleach
New Leitrim Cathaoirleach calls for a new scheme to deal with vacant properties across the county Cllr Ita Reynolds Flynn outlined her desire to address the large number of vacant properties in Co Leitrim as one of her primary goals for the year head. Preliminary results from the Census show…
Donegal has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country
Donegal still has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country at over 18%. That’s according to the final report out today on the Census 2016 figures which focuses on employment trends. Brendan Murphy of the CSO says that the unemployment rates in Sligo and Leitrim at 14% are…
In north west, most of those commuting to work travel in cars
More than 70% of workers in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal use their cars to get to work. And just over one per cent of commuters in the three counties use public transport. That’s according to the 2016 Census figures which showed the car is still the most popular choice for…
Large numbers leave Donegal and Leitrim to commute to work
More than five and a half thousand people leave County Dongal every day to go to work. In Leitrim, more than 4,200 go outside the county to do their jobs. But Sligo bucks the trend: more people travel INTO the county than leave to get to their place of employment.…
40 homeless people in north west, according to CSO
There are 40 homeless people in the north west, according to the latest Census figures. The number is made up of 31 males and 9 females. The figures are for the number of persons who were either sleeping rough or in accommodation for the homeless on Census night, which was…