Person: Maura Walsh

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

home and gardens

Alice’s salmon of knowledge

There’s a revealing story well told by the writer Alice Taylor about the day a neighbour gave a present of a poached salmon to her family.

farming

LEADER chief warns new plan will create more losers than winners

farming

ICA news: Cappamore guild members enjoy great break in Vienna

news

VIDEO: Birthplace of Dr Croke set to be restored as museum

comment-analysis

Cork council merger: Citizens to elect mayor directly

Funding to protect wildlife in the Duhallow region

We need to invest state money in preservation of Georgian houses

About a week ago, you wrote decrying the demise of our architectural heritage in the form of the continual deterioration of our Georgian country houses and buildings. 

Mon, 02 Feb, 2015

Join effort to combat poverty in rural Ireland

Rural Ireland is being decimated by emigration.

Thu, 16 Oct, 2014

Cappamore guild prepares to celebrate its ruby anniversary

Sr Carmel Moylan from the local convent got the wheels in motion in 1974 and today Cappamore ICA is celebrating its ruby anniversary.

Thu, 12 Jun, 2014

Leader groups to rally over control of community enterprise funding

Leader groups are planning to stage a mass rally at Leinster House in a bid to retain control over the distribution of local community enterprise funding.

Wed, 14 May, 2014

Leader executives ‘paid far less’ than similar public sector roles

Executives in Leader groups are paid far less than their cohorts in comparable public sector roles, said IRD Duhallow chief executive Maura Walsh.

Fri, 07 Jun, 2013

Ireland ‘risks losing €100m funding’

Ireland could lose €100m in community funding if the EU withholds a new bonus, according to the CEO of a rural development company.

Fri, 31 May, 2013

Suspended sentence for abuse images

A former health and safety officer found in possession of images featuring "graphic sexual abuse of very young children" has been given a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Fri, 03 Jul, 2009

Chinese man involved in visa scam jailed for two and a half years

A Chinese man who bribed a former Department of Justice employee to issue visa extensions to immigrant students in a "highly lucrative scam" has been jailed for two and a half years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Mon, 30 Mar, 2009

Former Department of Justice employee gets 18 months for part in scam

A former Department of Justice employee has been jailed for 18 months for his role in a scam where visa extensions were issued to immigrant students in return for bribes.

Mon, 16 Mar, 2009

Two to be sentenced in March for roles in visa scam

A former Department of Justice employee and a Chinese national will be sentenced in March for their role in a scam where visa extensions were issued to immigrant students in return for bribes.

Mon, 12 Jan, 2009

Sentence due on gardener caught with 10,000 pornographic images

A Fingal market gardener caught with more than 10,000 images of child pornography mainly showing "very young children in very graphic acts" after Austrian police alerted gardaí will be sentenced shortly.

Wed, 16 Jul, 2008

Action groups to recruit in September

THE selection process for local action groups to deliver rural development schemes on behalf of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs will begin in September, Minister Eamon Ó Cuív has confirmed.

Thu, 26 Jul, 2007

Man in false sexual-abuse claims is remanded

A south inner city man who falsely alleged he was buggered by a priest giving him prayer tuition for his First Holy Communion has been remanded in custody for sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Wed, 06 Jun, 2007

Revamped LEADER website launched

A REFURBISHED website, www.irishleadernetwork.org (ILN) has been launched by Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Eamon Ó Cuiv for the Irish LEADER network.

Sat, 07 Oct, 2006

O’Donnell named as LEADER chair

THE new incoming chairman of Comhar Leader na hEireann (CLE), the national network for the 36 Irish LEADER companies, is Tom O’Donnell.

Thu, 11 May, 2006

Roche leading the way in EU’s rural development

LEADER, the rural development programme, is one of the main avenues for European citizens to become involved in shaping their future.

Mon, 20 Jun, 2005

Co-ordinated approach to depopulation ‘vital’

A FRESH and co-ordinated response to the problem of rural depopulation appears all the more pressing given the picture painted by the preliminary results of the 2002 Census.

Thu, 26 Sep, 2002