Leitrim County Council's application for funding under the Office of Public Works' Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme has been approved.

Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Mr. Kieran O'Donnell, T.D, has announced that the Office of Public Works (OPW) has approved funding of €59,558 for proposed works in Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim. The scheme includes maintaining vegetation along sections of the Owenbeg River, as well as branch trimming, tree cutting and the removal of dead wood debris along the Glenfarne River.

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It will also include the repair of a trailing wall and channel, where the river merges at the rear of the Pre-School and Bee Park Resource Centre as well as the installation of flap valves on outfalls from street drainage gullies at this location.