Leitrim Community Forum at it’s recent meeting in Carrick on Shannon unanimously adopted the following Motion and decided to forward it to all the other Community Fora and to Oireachtas members from the affected areas-

 

“That in view of the widespread concern being expressed both at home and abroad that the process involved can pose a serious threat to public health,the environment and the geological structures of the areas where it takes place Leitrim Community Forum calls on the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to ensure that no hydraulic fracturing or any similar process be undertaken by parties to whom licences to explore for minerals have been granted unless and until a report is provided to the Minister on behalf of the leading geological experts in the state indicating that the fears so expressed in regard to each of these mattetrs are proven to be groundless”

Officers Elected 2011
Chair Philip Rooney
Vice Chair Mary McKiernan
Correspondence Secretary Michael Dolan
Recording Secretary Michael Keaveney
Treasurer Patricia Flanaghan
PRO Padraig Griffin

The huge increase in the number of burglaries in some parts of the county was a topic of discussion at last night’s meeting of the Community Forum in Carrick on Shannon.  The issues raised included the growing trend where people now have to make their homes into fortresses through the introduction of sophisticated and expensive alarm systems and the danger that lives will be lost if vicims were unfortunate enough to confront vicious thugs who are involved in this activity.

This matter was first raised at the request of Ballinamore Area Community Council at the July meeting of the Forum and it was decided that it would be an urgent topic for discussion at the next meeting of the County Joint Policing Committee on which the Forum has three representatives.Last night it was reported that no meeting of the Committee had been held since then or for some time previously.  A Meeting is now being requested by the Forum.

With the upcoming budget bound to deliver additional cutbacks it was stated that security should not suffer and that people would be willing to pay a little extra taxation in return for security in their homes and on their streets. The number of Gardai cannot be reduced further in the light of this crime increase and it was pointed out that there was a danger of existing gardai being moved into bigger population areas leaving wide areas of the country underpoliced.  It is important to stress those points and their consequences to Oireachtas members prior to the upcoming budget.

 

LEITRIM COUNTY COUNCIL PREPARES FOR WINTER

The fact that there have been two severe winters in succession does not, of course, mean that there will be a third and there is no present indication that winter 2011/12 will be anything as severe as the past two. However, Leitrim County Council is ready for the worst if it presents itself and the Forum meeting was told that a new comprehensive updated Winter Service Maintenance Plan for 2011/12 is ready and a draft copy was provided to members.

 

The Council proposes to hold an Information Night for Community Leaders on this plan in the Bush Hotel on Tuesday November 15th at 8.00 p.m. and community leaders are invited.  A number of Directors of Services and other Council personnel whose are responsible for implementation will be present and will answer questions.

 

Remember-     TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15th    8 00 p.m.  BUSH HOTEL

 

 

 

The Leitrim AAI Primary Schools Cross Country Championships and Walks were held in the Leitrim Gaels Ground  this morning. The following are the results-

3rd/4th CLASS GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

1  Sarah Doyle./ St Manachan’s

2 Alanah McGuinness/St Manachan’s

3 Caroline Dobson/ St Manachan’s

4 Elaoise Clancy/ Drumlease

5 Lilly Byrne/Ballinamore GBS

6 Carrie McDaid/Drumlease

7 Kate Gilheany/ Fenagh

8 Oniosa Mimna/Drumlea

9Rachel McPartland/Drumlease

10 Teresa McDonagh/ St Manachan’s

11 Caoimhe McDermott/Fenagh

12 Aoibhin McGoldrick/Ballinamore GNS

13 Elle Quinn/Drumlea

14 Sinead McNabola/St Manachan’s

15 Abby Sweeney/Ballinamore GNS

16 Kirste McGuinness/St Manachan’s

17 Kelly Gallagher/Drumlease

18 Sarah Rowley/Fenagh

19 Ella McGuinness/ St Manachan’s

20Laura Casey/St Manachan’s

21 Leah Smith/Fenagh

22 Laoise Moran/Ballinamore GNS

23 Eabha Gill/Fenagh

24 Geraldine Reynolds/St Manachan’s

25 Saoirse O Neill/Fenagh

26 Megan O Rourke/Fenagh

27 April Doyle/ St Manachan’s

28 Chloe Harkin/St Manachan’s

29 Rachel Stenson/St Manachan’s

30 Maeve McHugh/Killenummery

31 Megan Lavin/Drumlea

32 Jennifer Andrews/Fenagh

33 Roisin Kelly/Killenummery

34 Emma Honeyman/Fenagh

35 Ena Gill/Fenagh

36 Saoirse Redican/Fenagh

37 Niamh McIntyre/Fenagh

38 Nicola Conefrey/Fenagh

39 Aoibhin Greenan/Fenagh

TEAMS     1   St Manachan’s, Mohill  16

2 Drumlease  36,  3  Ballinamore Girls 54,  4  Fenagh  73,

3rd/4th Class Boys

1  James Honeyman/Fenagh

2 Cormac White/ St Manachan’s

3 Fergal McLoughlin/Fenagh

4 Eoin McLoughlin/Fenagh

5 Aongus McCrann/St Manachan’s

6 Shane McGourty/St Manachan’s

7 Conor Macklin/St Manachan’s

8 Patrick McKenna/St Manachan’s

9 Daniel McLoughlin/Fenagh

10 Diarmuid Giblin/Drumlease

11  James Wrynne/Fenagh

12 Conor Quinn/St Manachan’s

13 Cailum Canning/Fenagh

14 Paul Sutherland/ Drumlea

15 Conor Edwards/Drumlea

16 Odhran Heslin/St Manachan’s

17 Sean Prior/ Drumlea

18 Andrew McKiernan/St Manachan’s

19 Conor Mulligan/St Manachan’s

20 Emmet Quinn/Drumlease

21 Conan Gill/Fenagh

22  James Ellis/Fenagh

23 Conor Downes/Killenummery

24 Cormac Redican/Fenagh

25 Oisin McGovern/Fenagh

26 Calum Andrews/Fenagh

27 Rory Grassi/Drumlea

28 Frank Lewis/Drumlea

29 John Heslin/St Manachan’s

30 Diarmuid McGovern/Fenagh

31 Eoin Gaffey/St Manachan’s

32 Brian McDonagh/St Manachan’s

33 Ryan Smith/Fenagh

34 Ciaran Devaney/Killemummery

35 Andrew Kelly/Fenagh

36 Eddie Coyle/Fenagh

37  Shay Broadhead/Fenagh

38 Andrew Kearns/St Manachan’s

39 Fin Cassells/St Manachan’s

40 Sean Kelly/Fenagh

41 Tadhg Brangan/Fenagh

42 Gerard McCrann/St Manachan’s

43 Liam Conefrey/Fenagh

TEAMS

1  St Caillin’s, Fenagh 17

2 St Manachan’s, Mohill 20

3 St Mary’s, Drumlea 73

 

5th/6th Class Girls

1 Sibeal Reynolds/ Fenagh

2 Brid McGovern/Ballinamore GNS

3 Dervla Rooney/ Gael Scoil Cluainin

4 Niamh Beirne/ St Manachan’s

5 Niamh Dwyer/Fenagh

6 Niamh Donegan/Drumlea

7 Maeve Hamill/Ballinamore GNS

8 Caoimhe Gaffney/Drumlea

9 Mary B McDonagh/St Manachan’s

10 Evelyn Reynolds/St Manachan’s

11 Tara Doyle/St Manachan’s

12   Carrie Brennan/Drumlease

13 Michelle McCabe/Drumlea

14 Helen McDonagh/St Manachan’s

15 Catherine Breaghey/Drumlease

16 Ciara McGoldrick/Ballinamore GNS

17 Alanah Smith/Ballinamore GNS

18 Caithlin Jones/Drumlease

19 Emer McCabe/Drumlea

20 Elaoise Martin/ Ballinamore GNS

21 Shaunie Doyle/St Manachan’s

22 Eponine  Hanlon/Killenummery

23 Chloe Kelly/Killenummery

24 Shauna Lavin/Drumlea

25 Mary Stokes/St Manachan’s

26 Sinead Edwards/Drumlea

27 Mary B McDonagh St Manachan’s

TEAMS

1  St Manachan’s 34

2 Ballinamore GNS  42

3 St Mary’s, Drumlea  46

 

5th/6th Class Boys

1 Riordan O Rourke/ Fenagh

2 Oisin McLoughlin/Fenagh

3 Evan Harkin/St Manachan’s

4 Sean Harkin/St Manachan’s

5 Jordan Reynolds/St Manachan’s

6 Conor Dwyer/Fenagh

7 Ciaran Kenny/ St Mary’s, Carrigallen

8 Stephen Kelly/Drumlease

9 James McNabola/ St Manachan’s

10 Peter Prior/Drumlea

11 Peter O Neill/St Manachan’s

12 Stephen Meissner/Drumlea

13 Dylan Maguire/Srumlea

14 Aaron Smith/Fenagh

15 Jamie McCaffrey/St Manachan’s

16 Jordan McGuinness/St Manachan’s

17 Tony McDonagh/St Manachan’s

18 Cialan Kearney/Drumlease

19 Hughie Maguire/Drumlea

20 Brian McGarry/Drumlease

21 Darren McCrann/St Manachan’s

22 Mark McGee/Drumlease

23 Brian Doyle/ St Manachan’s

24 Gary Kelly/Killenummery

25  Paul O Reilly/Killenummery

TEAMS

1  St Manachan’s 21

2  St Caillin’s, Fenagh  23

3 St Mary’s, Drumlea  54

4  Drumlease  68

 

GIRLS WALK

1  Sarah Doyle/Str Manachan’s

2 Sinead McNabola/St Manachan’s

3 Oniosa Mimna/ Drumlea

4 Rachel Stenson/St Manachan’s

5 Helen McDonagh/St Manachan’s

6 Megan Lavin/Drumlea

7 Geraldine Reynolds/St Manachan’s

8 Caoimhe Gaffney/Drumlea

9 Lorraine Foy/St Manachan’s

10 Carrie Brennan/Drumlease

11 Aoife McTiernan/Drumlease

12 Dervla Rooney/Gael Scoil Cluainin

13 Mary Stokes/St Manachan’s

14 Rachel McPartland/Drumlease

15 Shauna Doyle/St Manachan’s

16 Shauna Lavin/Drumlea

17 Niamh Donegan/Drumlea

18 Eponine  Hanlon/Killenummery

19 Stephanie Daly/Drumlea

20 Chloe Kelly/Killenummery

21 Emer McCabe/Drumlea

22 Michelle McCabe/Drumlea

23 Roisin Kelly/Kullenummery

24 Maeve McHugh/Killenummery

TEAMS

1  St Manachan’s  12

2 St Mary”s, Drumlea 33

3 Killenummery  83

BOYS WALK

1  James McNabola/St Manachan’s

2 Peter O Neill /St Manachan’s

3  Thomas McNabola/St Manachan’s

4 James McCaffrey/St Manachan’s

5 Sean Harkin/St Manachan’s

6 Tony McDonagh.St Manachan’s

7 Jordan Reynolds/St Manachan’s

8 Ciaran Kenny/St Mary’s, Carrigallen

9 Dylan Maguire/Drumlea

10 Conor Mulligan/St Manachan’s

11 Paul Sutherland/Drumlea

12 Odhran Heslin/St Manachan’s

13 Brian Doyle/St Manachan’s

14 Sean Kelly/Fenagh

15 Cialan Kiernan/Drumlease

16 Eoin McLoughlin/Fenagh

17 Emmet Quinn/Drumlease

18 Peter Prior/Drumlease

19 Mark McGee/Drumlease

20 Ciaran Devaney/Killenummery

21 Fergal McLoughlin/Fenagh

22 Evan Harkin/St Manachan’s

23 Daragh McCrann/St Manachan’s

24 Oisin McGovern/Fenagh

25 Conor Edwards/Drumlea

26 Jordan McGuinness/St Manachan’s

27 Conor Devaney/Killenummery

28 Gerard McCrann/St Manachan’s

29 Gary Kelly/Killenummery

30 Paul O Reilly/Killenummery

31 Rory Grassie/Drumlea

32 Frank Lewis/Drumlea

33 Stephen Meissner/Drumlea

TEAMS

1  St Manachan’s 10

2 St Mary’s, Drumlea 55

3 St Caillin’s, Fenagh  75

4 Killenummery  106

 

NAME CORRECTIONS TO griffinpdg@eircom.net as quickly as possible. These results will then be amended as appropriate.

 

 

 

 

 

Leitrim Community Forum sends best wishes to Meadhbh McGivern for a speedy and complete recovery following her successful liver transplant operation at King’s College Hospital, London, yesterday.



South Leitrim Community Health Forum was set up following a community
needs assessment, carried out by the HSE and Leitrim Development
Company, working in partnership. The Community Health Forum aims to
address and influence health inequalities in service delivery, and
develop health promoting initiatives and opportunities in the South
Leitrim area, through community participation on the South Leitrim
Community Health Forum, South Leitrim Primary Care Team and other
appropriate forums. The current members of the community health forum
are Des McHugh (chair) ,Ita Flynn, Helen Faughan, Betty
McDermott ,Breege Grimes ,Sylvia Dolan, Michael McGovern (primary care
team rep), Mary McKiernan (primary care team rep), Sean Reynolds
(primary care team rep).

The South Leitrim Primary Care Team (PCT) consists of health and
social care professionals based in and around Ballinamore, Carrigallen
and Mohill. The PCT was first established in 2007 as part of the HSE’s
Primary Care Strategy : the PCT promotes better joint working between
GPs and HSE staff, ensuring the delivery of services are as close as
possible to the person’s own home.

The Primary Care Team consists of GPs in Ballinamore, Carrigallen and
Mohill, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, a Home
Support Co-ordinator, a Social Worker, a Community Dietitian, a
Clinical Psychologist, a Community Mental Health Nurse and also
support from other Health Professionals such as Speech & Language
Therapy, Disability Services and Child and Family Services.  The South
Leitrim Primary Care Team also has three representatives from the
local communities as members of the team, who are also members of the
community health forum (see above).

This diagram is taken from Whitehead & Dahlgren (1991) Policies and
strategies to promote social equity in health. It describes the
factors that influence the health of people and shows that health is
about wellness in a broad sense, including social factors such as
housing, employment and relationships, as well as the absence of
illness.

Submitted By Michael Mc Govern

 

 

The Chairman of Leitrim Community Forum Mr Gerry McGee officially launched the new updated Forum Website in the presence of Forum members and representatives of  affiliated groups in the North West Mobile Cinema at the Mayflower Complex in Drumshanbo on Tuesday evening August 16th.

 

In the course of his address Mr McGee said “….it is my pleasant duty to welcome you all here tonight to the launch of out Leitrim Community Forum Website. The purpose of our new website is to give a wider platform for the activities of the Forum and also to represent all strata of society within the County of Leitrim.

 

As and from tomorrow the website will be fully operational and we appeal to all our Forum members and to the representatives of the networks within our county to subscribe to the website, for example to  publicise local events such as Festivals, Agricultural Shows, Charity events and hundreds of other items too numerous to mention.

The Website can only be kept alive and of interest by being continuously updated by YOUR input of suitable material. For those of you who were not at out training session in Mohill Enterprise Centre we have here with us tonight our website developer. He will give you a rundown of the site features and will explain how we can best use it as a community resource.

After this session you are welcome to some light refreshments in the Mayflower next door after which we will show the film GASLAND. This film deals with the controversial operation known as “Fracking”. We arranged for the showing of this film purely from an educational point of view as to happenings in the gas exploration business in the USA. County Leitrim Community Forum takes no stand whatsoever in this matter”.