Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor launches new online course in IT Sligo
A new part-time online course aimed at educating students in the self driving car industry is launching today in IT Sligo. It’s the first of it’s kind in Europe and the Masters of Engineering in…
HSE says efforts to fill six vacant CAMHS posts in Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan is ‘being progressed’
The HSE says the number of vacant posts in its Child Adolescent and Mental Service in the Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan region is 6. The HSE was responding to claims about the number of vacancies and the…
Sligo company aiming to fight doorstep fraud
A Sligo-based company is working on new technology that would clamp down on what’s known as doorstep fraud. Most people are familiar with visits from bogus callers and fake tradespeople but doorstep fraud encompasses much…
Minister for Housing in Donegal today to turn sod on two construction sites and open four social housing schemes
A government minister has described today as significant in relation to investment in housing in Donegal. Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy was in the county to turn the sod on two housing construction schemes and well…
Sligo Gardaí investigating incidents of arson, theft from cars
Sligo Gardaí are investigating a number of incidents of arson around Sligo Town. Two vehicles were set on fire early Thursday morning; one parked at the Cathedral Car Park and the other at Connaughton Road…
Fire breaks out in hotel earmarked for asylum accommodation
Emergency services were called to the scene of a fire at the Shannon West Hotel on the Leitrim side of Roosky yesterday evening. The building was earmarked to accommodate upto 80 asylum seekers. It happened…
Woman dies and daughter injured in Donegal crash
Gardaí are investigating after a crash in which a woman died and her six year old daughter was injured in Co. Donegal. The woman in her thirties was hit by a car while walking along…