Bit O’ Red looking forward to final game of the season
Sligo Rovers’ final game of the season sees them host a Wexford Youths side with one eye on the promotion-relegation play-off tomorrow evening. Rovers know that three points will secure a fifth place finish, while second-from-bottom Wexford already know they will have to face either Drogheda United or Cobh Ramblers…
Harps’ team news ahead of last game of the season
Despite the relief of not ending up in the relegation play-offs after Monday night’s defeat for Wexford Youths in Cork, the Finn Harps team has been preparing as normal for the visit of Bohemians to Ballybofey for the final match of the Premier Division season. This Friday night’s match, which…
North west teachers hope to be back in classroom after mid-term
ASTI member teachers in the north west hope to be back in the classroom for good following today’s industrial dispute action. 22 schools in the north west are closed today due to the ongoing ASTI dispute with the department of education over equal pay for new teachers. The ASTI has…
Harkin: Ireland could lose out if common tax base agreed
Ireland could lose out if proposals for an EU-wide common consolidated corporate tax base come into force. That’s the warning from the Independent North West MEP Marian Harkin. This week in the European Parliament, the EU’s Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici outlined new proposals for a common consolidated corporate tax base…
Minister says more needs to be done to encourage women into key roles
Around six hundred people are attending the Women and Agriculture conference in Sligo today. It’s the first time the event has been held in the north west and it has been organised by the Irish Farmer’s Journal. The Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed was the first guest speaker today speaking…
Councillor says north west can’t attract mental health staff
A Fianna Fail councillor in Sligo says the region is finding it difficult to secure qualified consultant psychiatrists. Ballymote councillor Keith Henry says more attractive benefits in the private health sector and other parts of the world mean mental health service users in the north west are suffering. The 2006…
Government expected to withdraw fracking amendment
It’s now expected that a Dail Bill by Sligo/Leitrim Fine Gael TD Tony McLoughlin aimed at banning fracking in Ireland will now pass through all its stages sooner than was thought. The government had proposed an amendment to the Bill, which would have delayed it getting to its next stage,…