Sligo will be named regional capital of the northwest in the national planning framework next month.
This follows complaints that the draft plan — Ireland 2040 — failed to plan for any significant population growth north of a line between Dublin and Galway.
Councils, chambers of commerce and regional lobby groups protested at Sligo’s omission when Ireland 2040 was published in September.
With a population of just 20,000, Sligo will become a “designated centre for growth”, and the Chief Executive of Sligo Chamber of Commerce, Aidan Doyle says will increase employment going into the future:
