MacSharry describes meeting with Minister on council’s finances as ‘inconclusive’
A Sligo Leitrim TD has described a meeting with a government Minister on the financial situation at Sligo County Council as ‘inconclusive’. Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry secured the meeting with the Minister for Local Government Simon Coveney to call on him to make the financial plan agreed with the…
Connacht name team to face Leinster
Ahead of tomorrow’s Guinness PRO12 round 7 clash with Leinster at the RDS, Pat Lam has made three personnel changes to his Connacht side that defeated Zebre in Europe five days ago. Tiernan O’Halloran, who missed out last week through injury, returns to the starting lineup and will take his…
Expressions of interest now open for Leitrim LEADER programme
Expressions of Interest for applicants to the Leitrim LEADER programme is now open. The Local Development Strategy of the programme was launched by Minister of State Michael Ring in Carrick on Shannon last night. €4.5 million of EU grant funding is now available for communities and small businesses in the…
Love Leitrim welcomes anti-fracking Bill
Love Leitrim campaigners are welcoming the passing to committee stage of an anti-fracking bill put forward in the Dail yesterday. The bill put forward by Sligo Leitrim Fine Gael TD Tony McLoughlin calls for the ‘prohibition of the exploration and extraction of petroleum from shale rock, tight sands and coal…
More than a dozen water schemes throughout region need work
Repair works, monitoring or upgrading is required on more than a dozen public water supply schemes serving more than 70,000 people throughout counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. Most of these are in County Donegal. Nationally, more than 100 drinking water supplies are in need of remedial works to avoid the…
Works on Sligo roads to prevent flooding
Minor works to prevent drastic flooding on roads in Sligo this winter are continuing. The R284 Ballygawley to Carraroe road will be closed from Tuesday until Thursday of next week. The Council is working to raise the road near the lake outside Ballygawley at the junction with Union Wood. Last…
Leitrim, Cavan to be highlighted at jobs, business event in Croke Park
Leitrim and Cavan footballers might rarely make it to Croke Park. But that’s the place to be for people and businesses from those counties on Thursday, November 3rd, when the Invest4Success expo takes place in GAA headquarters. Anyone looking for a job in Leitrim or Cavan, hoping to relocate, set…