Decommissioning scheme ‘waving white flag of surrender’
A Donegal TD has issued a further warning that the Marine Ministers €60m decommissioning scheme is effectively waving a white flag of surrender. The plans, which include to cut the Irish whitefish fleet by over 30%, have been met with concern by Irish Fish Producers who say that it…
Situation at Sligo University Hospital ‘an emergency’
A Sligo Leitrim TD has described the situation at Sligo University Hospital as an emergency. It’s after figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show that the hospital was one of the most overcrowded facility nationwide in the month of August. A total of 720 patients waited…
Almost 70 people waiting for a bed at two main North West hospitals
There were almost 70 people waiting for a bed at the two main North West hospitals this morning. 39 people were waiting at Sligo University Hospital while a further 29 were waiting at Letterkenny. Sligo University Hospital is the third most overcrowded today. Nationally, there were 442…
Sligo Councillor angered by decision to abandon promised review of testimony from by mother and baby home survivors
A Sligo Councillor says the decision taken to abandon a promised independent review of testimony given by mother and baby home survivors as ‘scandalous and a disgrace’. Sligo Strandhill Councillor Gino O Boyle was reacting to the news that the Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman will not appoint an international…
Local TD says elected representatives must practice what preach in relation to registrations of properties
A Sligo Leitrim TD is calling on all TD’s and elected representatives to ensure that they comply with the requirements surrounding the registrations of properties with the Residential Tenancies Board. Deputy Martin Kenny made the comments as questions are being asked about Stephen Donnelly’s role as a landlord and…