Sligo hair salon wins top award in global competition
Rossano’s salon in Sligo received a runners-up award at the recent alternative hair show event in London. Salon manager Marese Sweeney was awarded runner up in the Ladies’ Cut & Colour category. Competing on a…
High-tech IT jobs fair in Dublin
Employers in the west of Ireland are now looking for IT specialists, engineers, software developers and data analysts. And the place to find out more about these jobs is at an event called TechWest 2016…
€80k investment in Tubbercurry Centre expected to help create jobs
The new Enterprise Centre in Tubbercurry is the centre of what’s hoped will become a major rural regeneration programme for the south Sligo town and its hinterland. Over €82,000 has now been invested in the…
Housing: Poor supply driving up rents
Rental prices are increasing in and around Sligo, driven to a large extent by a poor supply of properties sought by professional workers. According to Padraic Oates, of the Oates Breheny Group in Sligo, newly…
Randox Labs: Investment back into R&D key to success
Donegal Cathaoirleach Ciaran Brogan is to honour a successful company at a special reception next week. Randox Laboratories which is now a worldwide operation but still retains its roots with research and development sites in…
Increase in car sales at north west garages
There was an increase in car sales at garages in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim so far this year. Official figures released today by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that total new…
Five million local job creation projects
Five million euro is being spent on 48 projects to drive local and regional job creation including in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. The money will be available under the Local Enterprise Offices competitive fund and…