Appeal lodged against decision to refuse planning permission for cinema
An appeal has been lodged with An Board Pleanala after a planning application for a cinema in Sligo has been turned down. Sligo County Council refused the planning application for the 9 screen cinema in Cleveragh Retail Park late last year. The planning application for a 9 screen, 637 seat…
Crash on the N15 near Drumcliffe
Gardai are attending the scene of a two car collision on the N15 close to Drumcliffe this evening. The collision happened close to Urlar at the creamy just after 4pm this afternoon. It’s understood nobody was seriously injured in the crash. Emergency services are attending the scene of the collision.…
Concern over beef payments if there’s a no-deal Brexit
Sinn Féin’s Agriculture spokesman Martin Kenny TD, has called on Minister Michael Creed to clarify how the targeted payments he has pledged to seek for beef farmers in the case of a no-deal Brexit would be allocated. The Minister for Agriculture has indicated the payments would come from the Common…
The Friday Panel, Marian Harkin, Bishop Kevin Doran, Thomas Walsh
On The Friday Panel this week, MEP Marian Harkin, Bishop of Elphin Kevin Doran, and FG election candidate, Thomas Walsh. The panel tackle the issues of the nurses’ strike, the National Children’s Hospital cost controversy, Brexit and Theresa May, and the need for regeneration of the West
Calls for local contact details to be issued for Irish Water
A Sligo councillor is calling on Irish Water to provide local names and phone numbers for people to contact when their water supplies are affected or turned off. Fianna Fail Councillor Tom MacSharry acknowledges Irish Water does provide contact numbers . . . but he wants the numbers to be…
Arts House with Harry Keaney, Sunday February 3rd, 2019
In this programme, we’ll hear the latest about what’s happening with the Sligo Gospel Choir. We have an exclusive preview of this year’s Rory Gallagher International Festival that will take place in Ballyshannon from May 30th to June 2nd. But first to an exhibition of paintings currently taking place at…
Gurteen Post Office to close at the end of the month
An Post says the decision to close the Gurteen Post Office is not one it wanted to make, but it was necessary for the sustainability of other post offices in the area. The post office in the South Sligo village will now close its doors on February 28th. Local people…