Leitrim back to winning ways against rivals
Dessie Dolan’s side now focus on National League

Leitrim………….0-12
Sligo……………. 0-7

By Seamus Morris
sport@leitrimpost.com
Leitrim senior footballers claimed their second win of the Connacht FBD League when they had five points to spare over Sligo in Pairc Sean MacDiarmada on Sunday last.
Dessie Dolan’s side bounced back from their one point defeat to Galway [...]

By Rodney Farry
rodney@leitrimpost.com
The public has a vital role to play in ensuring the survival of Leitrim’s rural post offices according to Councillor Aodh Flynn.
Figures released last week by the St Vincent de Paul society revealed that 41% of the county’s contractor-operated offices closed between the years 2002-2005, the highest percentage in Ireland.
Speaking to the Leitrim [...]

By Rodney Farry
rodney@leitrimpost.com
Hopes that Connacht Gold would reverse it decision to close its Bornacoola store were finally dashed last Tuesday evening.
Following its monthly meeting in Tubbercurry, County Sligo, the Connacht Gold board confirmed that its decision to close the landmark store after over 110 years of business will not be overturned.
A delegation from the locality [...]

By Rodney Farry
rodney@leitrimpost.com
There were three Leitrim winners at the Local Authority Members Association (LAMA) Awards which were held in the City West Hotel, Dublin on Saturday night.
Carrick-on-Shannon’s, Breffni Community Development Ltd, scooped the Best Estate Management Award, while the Ballinamore based firm, W.P Toolan Solicitors was awarded the Best Eco Friendly Business Award.
Leitrim’s other award [...]

By Rodney Farry
rodney@leitrimpost.com

Confusion reigns over when Leitrim County Council’s new office in the Backlands development in Manorhamilton will open.

For a number of months, rumours have circulated around the town regarding the status of the office and the lack of activity at the development.

While the council have consistently denied that there are any problems, the news [...]

This year’s annual GOAL Mile held in Bornacoola GAA grounds on New
Year’s Day raised a staggering €18,232-87 – the highest per capita in
the country.
Organised by Bornacoola native Noel Mahon the annual event, now in
it’s fourth year, attracts support from all over the county and
beyond.  Speaking after receiving the cheque, Karen O’Shea, daughter
of Goal’s founder John, [...]

By Denis O’Brien
denis.obrien@leitrimpost.com
The Minister of Education has hit out at the Ballinamore Parents Association for plaguing her department and asking for daily updates on the new school.
Speaking at the opening of the revamped Aughrim national school last Thursday morning in Hillside, Minister Hanafin said she had personally met with the parents from the school and [...]

by Denis O’Brien

 Parishioners of a South Leitrim church have been devastated by the news that this weekend will herald the last Sunday Mass in their community. One parishioner warned he will not attend mass elsewhere as a point of protest. The congration of St. Stephen’s Church in Rossan, had their worst fears realised at mass [...]

By Denis O’Brien
Denis.obrien@leitrimpost.com
A study into drug use across in Leitrim, Donegal, and Sligo shows that the numbers who have been referred for treatment for alcohol and drug addiction is on the rise, with opiate including heroin use increasing.  
While alcohol continues to be the leading drug, accounting for 855 treatment referrals for the three counties in [...]

A local art student has scooped top prize in an all-Ireland art competition, and landed a placement at one of Europe’s most respected galleries.
Mary McCaffrey (nee Mulligan), originally from Dromod, was judged the  unanimous winner of the inaugural Commercial Finance Ireland’s ‘Art of Nurture’ competition.
In addition to a personal financial reward of €4,500, and a matched [...]