Rural Life
30 horses abandoned in Leitrim forest over 12-month period
Investigations are underway following evidence suggesting that 30 horses have been abandoned over the past 12 months in a forest...
Rural Life
Investigations are underway following evidence suggesting that 30 horses have been abandoned over the past 12 months in a forest...
Rural Life
The Carrigallen branch of Macra na Feirme is set to host a men’s health information evening on Thursday, November 7....
Forestry
The recent study into the impact of forestry in Co. Leitrim has been described as “flawed” and “nothing but a...
Forestry
A report into the impact of forestry in Co. Leitrim – released on Monday, September 2, by the Department of...
Forestry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine study on Forestry in Co. Leitrim has now been submitted and is...
Environment
A Leitrim farmer has indicated this week that carbon sequestration can be managed effectively by planting appropriate tree species to...
Rural Life
A Leitrim farmer has indicated this week that the only way to solve the difficulties with afforestation in his native...
Environment
A Leitrim county councillor has called on the Irish public to object to a fracking licence application that is being...
Environment
A local area representative in Co. Leitrim has pointed to the heightened concerns of people in the county after UK-based...
Forestry
Land use, agriculture and forestry together will contribute approximately 40% of the reductions in emissions being planned between now and...
Environment
Concerns over fracking and its impact on the environment and small communities across the country have been brought to the...
Rural Life
Carrigallen Macra na Feirme is hosting a Young Farmers’ talk tonight, Thursday, April 11, in the Kilbracken Arms, Carrigallen, Co....
Rural Life
Forestry services have been called out for not practising what they preach in Leitrim by the county’s Irish Farmers’ Association...
Forestry
Question marks have been raised regarding the terms of reference of the study into the effects of forestry in Co. Leitrim...
Environment
The Save Leitrim group, which as long pushed for research into the effects of forestry in the county, has expressed...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has published the terms of reference for a study into the effects...
Rural Life
“Trees are replacing people” in Co. Leitrim, with forestry now covering 20% of the county’s landmass, according to protesters that...
Rural Life
A lack of respect from many medical professionals; inadequate appropriate public transport; stress; and unavailability of flexible and responsive respite...