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Leas Cathaoirleach Cllr Sean McGowan launching Fairtrade Fortnight this morning in Esquires.Fairtrade is an alternative approach to conventional trade. Its a partnership between some of the most disadvantaged farmers and workers in the developing world and all of us who buy their products. Fairtrade provides farmers with a better opportunity to improve their lives and […]
Very positive feedback, and contributions, from participants of the Graduate Placement Programme Event, tonight at the Hive. The Local Enterprise Offices (LEO’s) in Leitrim, Longford, Roscommon and Cavan worked in partnership, in 2017, to deliver a graduate placement programme which successfully placed 22 graduates with local businesses across the four counties. Through the programme, graduates […]
Tonight at The Hive, as part of a wide-ranging consultation programme, The Commission on the Future of Policing visited Carrick on Shannon. If you didnt get the chance to call in to meet the members of the Commission this evening, you can still have your say until the 31st January 2018. Log onto www.policereform.ie The Commission […]
Full house for the Leitrim International Community Group’s Book launch “Words from the Planet”. The book is a collection of writings by members of Leitrim International Community Group about their lives. The members were facilitated through workshops, under the guidance of writer Dolores Walshe, to produce this wonderful collection of stories. It is an intercultural […]
With the wonderful creative women today who have been participating in Connecting Cultures, at the Dock & The Leitrim Design House. Internationally known Artist Frances Crowe has been the guidance and tutor on the “Connecting Cultures” programme, which is being ran under the Creative Ireland initiative. This programme has brought together 20 women from nine […]
The AGM of our Youth Council for Leitrim. As part of their AGM Comhairle na nOg Liatroma is embracing the Garda campaign “Use your Brain not Fists” and their film project was introduced by Rosie Dolan, whose son Andrew had his life stolen from him and his family, through unprovoked violence on a night out […]
Halloween themed tea party, with staff and members of the Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) Leitrim, prior to the official launch of their annual fundraising campaign ‘Angels’. Angels is IWA’s national fundraising campaign and enables IWA to generate vital funds to continue to maintain the level of services provided to people with physical disabilities and their […]
Minister Jim Daly launching the “Connecting for Life, Sligo-Leitrim” strategy tonight. This is part of the national strategy to reduce the number of suicides. “Connecting for Life Sligo and Leitrim” sets out specific local actions to deliver the seven goals of the National Strategy and sets out a vision where fewer lives are lost through […]
Congratulations to all the participants & winners of Leitrim’s Environmental and Community Awards 2017. Special well done to Drumsna Development Aoociation for winning the “Clean & Greener” CK Municipal Award and to Ger Monaghan for the business category in the district. Eanna ni Lamhna, (who spent time judging round the county earlier in the summer) […]
Well done all the organisers (Lorraine & the team), the volunteers and of course all the participants in today’s “Drumsna Community Resource Centre 5K” -Drumsna Community Resource Centre is an important part of our community, with many services and classes, it also serves as a home to the many clubs & societies, as well as […]
