CE supervisors in Donegal suspend strike action
Community Employment Supervisors in Donegal have suspended five days of strike action. The action was due to get underway this afternoon outside Minister Joe McHugh’s Constituency Office in Letterkenny in a row over pension rights.…
ELECTION FOCUS: Sligo/Strandhill, 11 candidates seeking six seats
Eleven candidates are fighting for six seats in the Sligo/Strandhill electoral area. In the first of our special election focus reports, we look at an area that runs from close to Ballisodare, taking in the…
Protest in Sligo this (Mon) evening over Eurovision in Israel
A protest will take place in Sligo this evening in support of the call for an international boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel. Eurovision will take place from May 14th to 18th in…
Gardai recover stolen firearm
A legally-held firearm stolen during a burglary in the Ballisodare area of Sligo on Thursday of last week has been recovered by gardai. A number of other items taken during the burglaries are still missing…
Ce Supervisors commence strike action
Community Employment Supervisors in Donegal will take part in five days of strike action from today. (Monday) The action is being taken over what they say, is the Minister for Finance, Pascal Donohoe’s failure to…
Bree slams council for failing to collect rates on vacant properties
A Sligo county councillor is hitting out at the local authority over not collecting rates from the owners of vacant commercial properties or shops. Independent Councillor and election candidate Declan Bree points out that this…
PSNI in Co. Down searching for woman who may have travelled to Bundoran
The PSNI in Co. Down are searching for a woman who may have travelled to the Bundoran area. 47 year old Rosemary Blackwood from Killyleagh was last seen in the Downpatrick area around 11am on…