12 additional paramedic posts allocated for the north west
An additional 12 paramedic posts have been allocated to the north west region. It’s understood six of the posts will be based in Sligo and six to Donegal. As a result, additional Emergency Ambulance day time hours will be operating out of the Sligo ambulance Base. The posts in Donegal…
HSE confirm new community nursing unit at the Sheil Hospital expected in two years
The HSE has confirmed that a new community nursing unit at The Sheil Hospital in Ballyshannon is expected to be completed in two years time. The tender for the new South Donegal community nursing unit at The Sheil Hospital was issued to contractors last week. In response to a parliamentary…
Unknown film footage of WB Yeats reinterment available to the public
Unknown film footage of the reinterment of Nobel Prize winning poet William Butler Yeats at Drumcliffe in north Sligo in 1948 is now available for the public to see. The colour piece of film shows the funeral and burial of Yeats, as well as the crowds of people who were…
Competition aimed at new and early start businesses seeks applicants from the North West
A competition aimed at early and new businesses is seeking applicants from Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. InterTradeIreland’s Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition is offering a total of €280,000 to help businesses help get going, €100,000 of which goes to the winner. The event has been run each year since it’s inception…
Former marine biologist and EU candidate to meet locals affected by Lough Talt water notice
A former marine biologist is to meet with locals affected by the Lough Talt water supply. A boil water notice has been in place since January after Crytposporidium was discovered once again in the supply. Galway based Independent EU Candidate, Diarmuid Mulcahy, is meeting with concerned locals on Thursday next…
MEP brands government’s approach to rural broadband plan as ‘chaotic and farcical’
A Midlands North West MEP is branding the government’s approach to the roll-out of rural broadband as chaotic and farcical. The Government is looking at other options as the estimated costs have soared to as much as €3bn over 25 years. A decision on the future of the scheme had…
Down with this sort of thing – Fury at influx of traders’ vehicles into Bundoran
It’s been claimed that an influx of motorhomes, carvans and vehicles which descended upon Bundoran last weekend gave rise to two ‘illegal halting sites’. Local election candidates, Diarmuid Doherty and Mick McMahon, have condemned the incidents of illegal parking on behalf of the traders who came to the town, and…