Rural Life
Rural carers hit by lack of respect and inadequate respite services
A lack of respect from many medical professionals; inadequate appropriate public transport; stress; and unavailability of flexible and responsive respite...
Rural Life
A lack of respect from many medical professionals; inadequate appropriate public transport; stress; and unavailability of flexible and responsive respite...
Rural Life
A new report documents the pressures and significant difficulties experienced by family carers living in rural areas and in particular...
Forestry
A group of Co. Leitrim farmers took to the streets last Friday, November 23, for a protest against the continued...
Rural Life
A Co. Leitrim group, which represents many farmers, has lodged an appeal to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
Other
The sale of a two-storey house on a 1ac plot at Leckan, Aughawillan, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, comes with the option...
Forestry
Farmers in Co. Leitrim have expressed worry over the level of afforestation in recent years, particularly by non-farmers and foreign...
Rural Life
“It was an idyllic place in which to grow up – the happiest of places.” Patricia Harrington fizzes with enthusiasm...
Agri-Business
The uncertainty surrounding Brexit has impacted on Leitrim land sales with less UK buyers in evidence at present, according to...
Forestry
Forestry was one of the main contentious issues discussed at last night’s consultation meeting on the future of the Common...
Forestry
Proposals in the upcoming Forestry Programme review could help to respond to issues raised by farmers in Co. Leitrim last...
Forestry
An action plan has been called for by farmers from counties Leitrim and west Cavan at the forestry conference hosted...
Forestry
Government policy on forestry is “decimating the social fabric” of Co. Leitrim and requires an “immediate and effective response”. This...
Rural Life
A play, now showing at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, tells the story of a Leitrim farmer described as “the only Irishman...
Agri-Business
The backing of Connacht Regional candidate John O’Beirne by Leitrim IFA was in the best interests of Leitrim, according to...