Cabinet to discuss Mica redress scheme this morning
A revised Mica redress scheme will be brought before Cabinet this morning. The scheme will cover 100% of the costs of rebuilding work up to a cap of €420,000. There will be a cap on the amount per square foot to ensure costs are not a blank cheque.…
Sligo pyrite group watching developments in Donegal
The PRO of the Sligo Pyrite Action Committee says he is disappointed at what is being proposed by the government for people in Donegal whose houses are affected by defective Mica blocks. Councillor Thomas Healy says his group is keeping a close watch on developments because whatever is eventually given…
Glencar/Manorhamilton’s Connacht LGFA final live this Sunday
Glencar/Manorhamilton’s Connacht LGFA senior club championship football final against holders Kilkerrin/Clonberne of Galway will be broadcast live on Ocean FM this Sunday, December 5th, at 1pm. Sligo footballers Katie Walsh and Darren Kelly will be on commentary duty at the final’s new venue of Swinford (changed from Kilcoyne Park in…
Sligo Rovers Niall Morahan signs for two more years
Sligo Rovers talented midfielder Niall Morahan has signed a new two-year contract extension with Sligo Rovers FC. The deal will keep the 21-year-old Leitrim native at the Showgrounds for the 2022 and 2023 season. Voted the club’s Player of the Season in 2020, Morahan has been a key first-team squad…
Nurses to stage lunchtime protest in Sligo tomorrow (Tuesday)
A lunchtime protest by nurses over staffing levels and working conditions is being planned for tomorrow outside Sligo University Hospital. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation points out this is not industrial action but a public protest to highlight the challenges experienced by members on a day-to-day basis. The protest…
Donegal Mica campaigners say reported scheme a ‘total farce’
A leading Donegal Mica campaigner says only a fraction of house owners would see the maximum of €420,000 proposed by the government for remedial works that are necessary because of defective building blocks.. There had been hopes that the Mica issue might be resolved before Christmas but Paddy Diver says…
Storm-damaged footbridge replaced in Carrick, Co. Donegal
A footbridge that had been washed away during the Storm Lorenzo floods of 2019 in Carrick in south-west Donegal has been replaced and reopened. The old bridge over the Glen River had been built more than 30 years ago by the Northwest Fishery Board for the Sliabh Liag Anglers’ Association.…