Sligo colleges receive funding to support mental health among students
Over 700,000 euros worth of funding has been allocated to IT Sligo and St Angela’s College. Nationally €17.2m has been announced in student supports, with €5m being allocated to support students mental health and wellbeing.…
Brexit a factor in agri haulage and labour shortage
A Sinn Féin MLA is claiming that the current labour shortages in agri-food and haulage are a direct result of the Brexit delivered by the Tories and the DUP. The Fermanagh & South Tyrone MLA,…
McHugh: Banks were bailed out so why not Mica victims?
A Donegal TD says the owners of crumbling mica homes deserve a bailout as urgent as the banks got during the financial crash. The government’s set to outline an updated defective building block scheme in…
Belcoo chicken farm fire ‘one of worst incidents to have happened in the area’
A local councillor has described a fire that killed about 16,000 chickens on a farm near Belcoo, Co Fermanagh as ‘one of the worst incidents of its kind’ that he could remember happening in the area.…
High numbers again waiting for beds in NW hospitals
The two main hospitals in the north west are again among those with the highest number of patients waiting for beds. There are 47 waiting on trolleys for beds in Letterkenny University Hospital. Thirty-one patients…
Doherty says Ireland is ‘hungry’ for political change
The latest political poll shows the people of Ireland are “hungry” for political change. That’s according to Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson and Donegal TD, Pearse Doherty. The latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion poll shows that…
GDPR Concerns expressed over planning section of council website.
A Sligo Councillor has raised concerns that the planning section of the County Council website could be used for means other than those for which it was intended. The website planning section holds blueprints…
