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1916 Garden of Remembrance Opening in Drumsna

June 6, 2016/in /by
Thank you all for yesterday’s 1916 Garden of Remembrance Opening in Drumsna. You did the volunteers proud!
-These are some of the 2016 volunteers this morning ( we deferred the tidy up till today

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Re-dedication of Lower Main Street, Manorhamilton to Sráid Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada

May 26, 2016/in /by
The Members of Leitrim County Council at a meeting on 11th January, 2016 passed a resolution proposing that a Plebiscite be taken to change the street name of Lower Main Street, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim to Sráid Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada. The Plebisicte was conducted on Thursday 21st April, 2016 and the proposal was carried. The formal re-dedication ceremonly and the unveiling of the new street name signage took place today, Sunday 29th May, as part of the 2016 Commerative Events in Manorhamilton. The new street signage was unveiled by the grand-niece of Sean McDiarmada.
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Inservice training for Local Authority members

May 10, 2016/in /by
Got to meet with some very interesting &passionate people who help deliver, sustain and promote our cultural services at a national&local level, today. Delighted to choosen as one of the presenters for this 2016 module 2 of Inservice training, for Local Authority members, by our National Association AILG.

 

 

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Leitrim County Council’s 1916 -2016 committee flag raising ceremony

April 24, 2016/in /by
Proud to be part of Leitrim County Council’s 1916 -2016 committee. Today we held a special flag raising ceremony. Guests included members from Sean Mac Diarmada’s & Thomas Clarke’s families, current and past elected representatives along with, current and past members of the Defence Forces. Leitrim students shared their poetic talents and the MC for the morning was Journalist, broadcaster and writer Carol Coleman, who delivered a thought provoking reflection. And  before the flag was raised and the wonderful Kiltubrid pipe band played the National Anthem, Drumsna’s Caoimhne Mooney won the hearts of all once again with her rendition of “Grace”.
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Fairtrade Breakfast Event

February 29, 2016/in /by

Attending the Fairtrade Breakfast event in Esquires, Carrick on Shannon this morning. These fairtade breakfast events are taking place in Fairtrade venues nationwide to celebrate 20 Years of Fairtrade in Ireland.

As part of Fairtrade week in Leitrim, this Thursday, Fairtrade producer Maria Genao, a representative from the Banelino Cooperative in the Dominician Republic, will join us in Carrick on Shannon to highlight the importance of Fairtrade awareness and promotion.
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Irish language

February 17, 2016/in /by
Today we met with representatives of a number of Irish language organisations from Leitrim,to hear their concerns over the serious lack of support for our language and the above-average cutbacks suffered by Irish language organisations over the past few years.

 

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Invited to attend Comhairle na nOg Liatroma today in the Council Chamber.

February 2, 2016/in /by

Comhairle na nOg Liatroma are the junior councillors of County Leitrim and their council is made up of young people from all over Leitrim aged 12 to 18 years old. Today they invited all Cllrs to a see a presentation on findings from their survey on “Youth Perceptions on Homelessness in Ireland”. Very informative research.

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Local Link Bus Service

February 1, 2016/in /by

Launch tonight of the new 6 day week Local Link Bus Service, linking Ballinamore with the daily train services in Dromod and Carrick on Shannon and daily scheduled Bus Service between Ballinamore and Mohill and Carrick-on-Shannon.
The launch of the routes by Ballinamore Area Community Council is a very welcome new rural transport service avail free to those in receipt of free travel and at a minor cost to other. Log onto https://locallink.ie or phone 071-9650436 for timetables and further info

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Leitrim Tourism Strategy

December 21, 2015/in /by

The Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Paschal Donohoe, officially launched the Leitrim Tourism Strategy this evening. I took the opportunity to also introduce him to the “Doon of Drumsna” and the historical Anthony Trollope Trail in Drumsna.

-The Doon of Drumsna-
Sometime between 338BC and 44BC, during the Iron Age, massive ramparts of an east-west running earthwork were constructed. For more detaild log onto http://drumsna.com/?page_id=26

-The Anthony Trollope Trail- Opened by President of Ireland Mary McAleese in 2008, For more info log onto http://drumsna.com/?page_id=22

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Launch of Breffni’s “16 Days of Action Against Violence Against Women”

November 25, 2015/in /by

Breffni Resource Centre launched their display today marking “16 Days of Action Against Violence Against Women”.
This annual campaign shows solidarity with women affected by domestic violence and sends a clear message that crimes against women and children are not acceptable.
Breffni are using a visual display at the centre, with a new fact being displayed each day in order to build awareness and the launch kicked off with their annual Balloon Release.

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