Catholic Church urge NPHET to increase numbers allowed in Churches
The National Public Health Emergency team are being asked consider increasing the cap of 50 people at religious services. Many larger churches claim they have the capacity to ensure that social distancing is enforced…
North West Projects benefit in Rural Regeneration and Development Funding
The Minister for Rural and Community Development Michael Ring TD has allocated almost €885,000 to three projects in Sligo, Leitrim and South Donegal today under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund for 2020. In…
Latest INMO trolley watch figures shown an increase in the North West
There are six patients today waiting on a hospital bed in the North West. The latest figures from the INMO claim there are five people waiting on trolleys at Sligo university Hospital, while there…
Traffic disruption in Sligo town
There is traffic disruption in Sligo town following a car accident in the Pilkington Terrace area on Chapel Hill. The road will be closed for the next hour. Motorists are advised to avoid the area…
Local TD calls for common sense approach to re-opening churches
The Government has asked the National Public Health Emergency team to consider increasing the cap of 50 people at religious services. Sligo Leitrim TD Frank Feighan has made the calls calling for more common sense…
Leitrim Councillor has not changed stance on programme for government
With just over twenty four hours to go until the counting of votes on the programme of government from party members of Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Greens, a local Fianna Fail Councillor has…
Tributes paid to Detective Garda Colm Horkan in the Dáil
The Dáil has been paying tribute to Detective Garda Colm Horkan. He was killed last week when he was shot a number of times while responding to an incident in Castlerea in Co Roscommon.…