Job creating agency LEDO gets the chop
LISBURN’S own job creating agency LEDO was given the chop in August 1986.
The shock announcement came at a time when unemployment in the borough was an all time record level. Two factions from within the organisation were at loggerheads about the decision to bring the organisation to an end.
CHairman, Rodney Dowling, a local businessman, placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of Borough council representatives.