Trustees confirm closure of St. Mary’s College in Ballisodare is deferred
The trustees of St Mary’s College in Ballisodare, Co Sligo, have deferred the proposed closure of the school. In a message sent today to the school, the Catholic Education Irish Schools Trust said it has made the decision following the support of the Department of Education and Skills as it…
Parents rally to save border area secondary school from closure
Parents are rallying in an attempt to save the closure of a border area secondary school. St. Mary’s High School in Brollagh, Co. Fermanagh, is facing potential closure for the 4th time. The school first faced closure in 2008. The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools issued a statement in April…
Donegal TD says there’s still no real accountability for the tracker mortgage scandal
A Donegal TD says there’s still no real accountability for the tracker mortgage scandal. That’s despite the Central Bank having fined Permanent TSB €21m. The Central Bank said the lender’s failure to put its customers first resulted in “distressing and in some instances devastating consequences” for some of its tracker…
Widow of murdered Sligo man seeks justice
Tom Ward Junior was murdered outside his parents’ home at Cranmore, Sligo, back in 2007. No one has yet been charged with the crime. This week, a Supreme Court judgement has given home to the Ward family that the Garda investigation can now make progress. Tom Ward’s widow, Cliona, has…
Leitrim abortion campaign group says there are problems with provision of services
A Leitrim abortion campaign group is outlining what it says are problems with the provision of services a year after the referendum was passed. Leitrim Abortion Rights Campaign claims the three-day waiting period is unnecessary and that there are problems with definitions of terms such as ‘serious risk to health’.…
Supreme Court rules PAC actions as ‘unlawful’ in it’s treatment of former Rehab Group chief executive
A Sligo/Leitrim TD who’s a member of the Dail Public Accounts Committee says three Supreme Court ruling in the Angela Kerins case will focus attention on how Oireachtas committees do their work. The Supreme Court found the Committee acted unlawfully in its treatment of the former Rehab Group chief executive.…
Knock Airport is celebrating it’s 33rd anniversary
Ireland West Airport at Knock is celebrating its 33rd anniversary. The airport opened on 25th October 1985 with three Aer Lingus charter flights to Rome. But the official opening was performed on 30 May 1986 by the then Taoiseach, the late Charles Haughey. In it’s first year of operation, it…