Man arrested as gardai seize drugs worth about €106,000 in Collooney, Co Sligo
Gardai have seized drugs worth about €106,000 in Collooney, Co Sligo. A man has been arrested The discovery was made after gardaí attached to Sligo Garda station searched a residential property in Collooney, last night (Tuesday 24th August) at about 9p.m. Cannabis herb, cannabis resin, cannabis jellies and cocaine were…
Building of Drumcliffe Primary Care Centre to be completed by end of this year
It’s expected a new primary care centre in Drumcliffe in north Sligo may be ready to open by the middle of next year. It follows a response from the HSE to Sligo Independent Councillor Marie Casserly that the centre, which is currently being built, is to be completed at the…
Minister Harris to visit Sligo today
The Minister for Further and Higher Education is due in Sligo this morning. Simon Harris, who also has responsibility for research, innovation and science, will visit St Angela’s College in Clogherevagh and IT Sligo. In the afternoon, he will visit Sligo College of Further Education and the Mayo/Sligo/Leitrim…
Rescue operations carried out in Sligo & Donegal
The Sligo Bay Lifeboat responded to a request from the Coast Guard yesterday evening to provide assistance to a swimmer who got into difficulty at Deadmans Point, close to Rosses Point. Another swimmer that attempted to provide assistance was also taken aboard the lifeboat and bought back to the…
NPHET to discuss the further easing of Covid-19 restrictions
NPHET will consider government plans to ease remaining Covid-19 restrictions amid rising infection rates when it meets later. It comes as a roadmap to move away from restrictions is set to be published at the end of the month. The Cabinet sub-committee on covid will meet on…
September Sessions in Bundoran
The famed Sea Sessions festival may not be going ahead this year in Bundoran in County Donegal– but September Sessions certainly is. It consists of five gigs — each limited to 200 people per night — in the grounds of the Great Northern Hotel Bundoran between September 14th and 19th.…
The CAP not fitting for beef and suckler farmers
The IFA Livestock Committee has strongly criticised the proposals put forward for suckler and beef farmers in the Department of Agriculture’s CAP consultation document. Brendan Golden said members are very disappointed at the lack of ambition to provide meaningful support to the sector, and at the underhanded attempts to limit…