5 new town buses now in operation in Sligo Town
5 new town buses are now servicing Sligo Town. Bus Eireann recently launched the new state of the art vehicles that will be travelling along the S1 and S2 routes in the town. 2018 proved…
Councillors want deadline for work on Mill Apartments building in Ballisodare
A meeting of Sligo County Council has been told there is a commitment from the current owners of a derelict apartment building in Ballisodare to carry out works there in the short term. However, councillors…
Kenny calls for more Gardai to help reduce overtime costs
A Sinn Fein Sligo/Leitrim TD, who’s just been appointed his party’s spokesman on Justice, says there’s a need for more Gardai to reduce the Garda overtime bill. The Gardaí’s overtime bill has reduced by…
Gilroy: Council will have to take responsibility for finding funds for public toilets at Drumcliffe
A north Sligo councillor says the county council will have to take responsibility for providing urgently-needed public toilets at Drumcliffe. The issue of the lack of public toilets at the site of the burial place…
Farmers from the north west to protest outside Dáil
Up to 300 farmers from the north west are expected to head to Dublin this morning for a protest outside the Dail at noon. The ‘Save Rural Ireland’ protest has been organised by the Beef…
Gardai seek assistance in locating missing Sligo Boy
Gardai are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of a missing Sligo Boy. 16 year old Kian Dwyer was last seen in Sligo Town on July 6th. It’s believed he made…
Sligo murder: Man found not guilty by reason of insanity
A 32-year-old Sligoman has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of the murder in February last year of another 20-year-old man. The Central Criminal Court heard that Richard McLaughlin was suffering from paranoid…