Beef Plan Movement event to take place in Sligo this week
Farmers in Sligo are being invited to attend a meeting on the Beef Plan movement this week. Members says the plan was created in the hope of saving and rejuvenating beef farming in Ireland. The group has already over 20,000 thousand members nationally and hopes to grow this figure to…
Concerns over cuts elderly and disability grants in Sligo
There are concerns over the cuts to the allocation in funding for elderly and disability grants in Sligo. Each year the local authority receives an allocation from central government which allows for small or minor repairs to carried out on the homes of the elderly or for people with disabilities.…
Drivers test positive for cocaine and cannabis at two Co Sligo Garda checkpoints
The Gardai in Sligo-Leitrim have confirmed that two drivers tested positive for cocaine and cannabis while stopped at two weekend checkpoints on the Bundoran Road in Sligo and in Coolaney. Ballymote Garda, Darren Corcoran, also appeals for information on a weekend assault in Sligo Town and a burglary at Aclare,…
AIB to cut mortgage rates
AIB is cutting its fixed rate mortgages by up to 0.45 per cent. Customers will also have the option to set their repayments for a decade under plans to introduce a 10 year fixed rate. The move has surprised the industry as experts had predicted an end to mortgage rate…
Mixed reaction to planned Garda uniform change to reflect multi-culturalism
Future recruits to the Gardai will be allowed to wear turbans and hijabs, in accordance with their religious beliefs, Garda management announced last week, during its new recruitment drive. A former local Garda Sergeant feels it’s a positive move, but not everyone is convinced
Children’s Ombudsman concerned over supports for children in north west
Not all children with disabilities in the north west who are in care have been identified according to the Ombudsman for Children. A year on from ‘Molly’s Case’, a report published by the Ombudsman for Children in 2018, it says the HSE and Tusla are still not in agreement on…
Delays in blood test results “putting peoples lives at risk”
It’s emerged that people in certain parts of the north west may to have to wait up to a month for the results of a blood test. It’s been claimed that Leitrim patients who are attending local GP’s in the County are being advised of the delays due to a…