Coillte officials appear before Manorhamilton MD meeting
Coillte has agreed to address a number of concerns that were raised by Leitrim Council officials over their operation practices in the North Leitrim area. Members of the forestry attended yesterday’s monthly Meeting of Manorhamilton Municipal District of Leitrim Councillors. Local councillors requested the meeting as they wanted…
Over 270 waiting on CAMHS appointments across the north west
275 people in the Donegal, Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan and Cavan/Monaghan areas were on the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services waiting list up as far as last July. That’s according to details released under the Freedom of Information Act, The FOI details include figures for Community Health Organisation area Number 1,…
Nominations sought from the north west for Carer of the Year Awards
Family Carers Ireland are calling on friends, family members and health professionals to nominate family carers for the 2019 Carer of the Year Awards. The deadline for nominations is the 26th of September. There are two categories of awards, Carer of the Year, and four Young Carer of the Year…
Sligo TD criticises FG’s plans for new health service regions
A Sligo Leitrim TD says Fine Gael’s plan to restructure the country’s health and social care system into six separate regions has been done with no consultation with patients and health care professionals. Counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal will to be grouped along with Roscommon, Mayo and Galway to form…
Agri Week with Therese Madden
On this week’s show: Sinn Féin’s Agriculture Spokesman Martin Kenny is calling on the Agriculture Minister to clarify how the targeted payments for beef farmers, in the case of a no-deal Brexit, would be allocated. Midlands and North West MEP Matt Carty says the reason farmers are selling their land…