Region gearing up for busy Easter travel weekend
This weekend is set to be one of the busiest travel times of the year as people take to the roads, rail and air to get to their destinations. Gardai throughout the North West will…
Bus workers now studying what Labour Court recommendations mean for them
With the Bus Eireann strike now over, company workers throughout the North West are now studying what the Labour Court recommendations will mean for them. In the coming weeks, they will be balloted on the…
Calls for firemen be allowed work after normal retirement age
With people now living longer, they should be encouraged to keep working for longer. That’s according to a Sligo/Leitrim TD who has called in the Dail for firemen to be retained past the age of…
Friday currency exchange rates
On the currency markets today, the euro is trading today at 85 pence Sterling and one dollar and six cents.
Sligo-born nun gets historic appointment at UN in New York
A Sligo-born nun has become the first woman to be appointed to a top position at an international, non-government organisation based at the United Nations in New York that fights poverty. Sister Jean Quinn, of…
Local education official appointed to board of GMIT
A former chief executive of Donegal Education and Training Board and of Sligo VEC has been appointed to the board of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology by the Minister for Education and Skills. He’s Shaun Purcell,…
McLoughlin wants more money for CCTV in towns and villages
A Sligo/Leitrim TD has called for increased funding and a speedy rollout of the CCTV scheme for rural towns and villages to fight crime. Fine Gael Deputy Tony McLoughlin told the Dail yesterday that he…