BREAKING: Contentious proposal for Carrick-on-Shannon's Main Street will not be proceeding Reporter: 15 Mar 2021 The concept building proposed for Carrick-on-Shannon's Main Street across from St Mary's Church, will no longer be proceeding '); '); The development of an 'Avoca Type' Destination Centre on Carrick-on-Shannon's Main Street will not be going ahead. The development, which included the proposal to demolish buildings across from St Mary's Church, has been a source of contention over the last year, with the Geraghty family, who own one of the properties, leading a petition against the concept proposal. Leitrim County Council issued a statement to www.leitrimobserver.ie noting that, on Friday, March 12 the Council was informed that "its proposal for an innovative town centre experience, an ‘Avoca Type’ Destination Centre in the centre of Carrick-on Shannon was unsuccessful under Call 2 of the Government's Urban Regeneration Development Fund".