ATM facilities needed in Manorhamilton 24-7
A north Leitrim councillor is calling on Bank of Ireland, AIB and the local Credit union to ensure that an ATM machine is retained on the street in Manorhamilton. Sinn Fein Councillor Padraig Fallon has urged the local authority in Leitrim to engage with the financial providers after Bank of…
Regulator for Beef industry & Bog issues in North Leitrim – Agri Week
Agri Week February 25th 2021: 01.28 Gerard Pilkington the Vice Chairman of the national Beef Plan movement talks to John Lynch about the importance of creating a role for a beef regulator in Ireland. 16.21 Cllr Padraig Fallon talks about reports of peat earth and debris from the…
Councillor says poor broadband adding to people’s worries
A Leitrim Councillor is claiming inadequate broadband is adding to peoples worries during the latest lockdown in rural Ireland and such issues are disproportionately negatively impacting the north west. A recent survey by ComReg has also found that 60 percent found no change in their service, despite more people working…
Calls for dog theft to be treated as a more serious offence
A Leitrim councillor has called for changes to the legislation to make it a more serious offence when it comes to the theft of dogs. It’s understood that a cross-departmental ministerial team looking at measures aimed at cracking down on dog theft, which has increased over the past number of…
European Parliament to vote on proposed lead ammunition ban
The European Parliament is to vote on whether or not to oppose legislation on banning the use of lead ammunition. The bill proposes to ban the use of the ammunition in wetlands across the EU. Leitrim Sinn Fein Councillor and farmer, Padraig Fallon, says the cost of modifying guns isn’t…
Workers over 66 not entitled to Covid payments ‘ageist’
A local councillor believes that those over 66, and still working, not being entitled to a number of Covid-19 financial supports is ‘ageist’ and ‘discriminatory’. The comments come from Sinn Fein Leitrim Councillor, Padraig Fallon. He is calling on the government to restructure the likes of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment…
Councillor says children are waiting too long for assessments
Children from across the north west with disabilities are facing major waiting times to have an assessment of their needs completed. Nationally more than 4,600 applications are overdue with over three thousand at least three months behind. The ‘assessment of need’ allows children to be diagnosed with a disability, like…