IFA calls for task force to help gardai tackle rural crime
Calls have been made for a dedicated Rural Crime Task Force to be established. IFA Deputy President Richard Kennedy earlier today addressed the Joint Oireachtas committee on Justice and Equality. With several serious incidents having…
Calls for presidential candidate to withdraw over remarks on Travellers
There have been widespread calls today for presidential candidate Peter Casey to withdraw from the election. Mr Casey’s controversial comments about what rights should be afforded to the travelling community has sparked a furious reaction.…
More than 60 people in north west hospitals waiting for trolleys
There are more than 60 patients waiting for hospital beds today across the North West. That’s according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. 35 Patients are waiting at Sligo University Hospital, while the number at Letterkenny…
Work needed on Kilbride cemetery, Drumkeerin
Work needs to be done on the ruins of an old church at Kilbride cemetery in Drumkeerin. Fianna Fail Councillor Mary Bohan says this old cemetery is a national monument. But the graves that are…
UPDATE: N16 Sligo/Manorhamilton at Diffreen now open again
UPDATE 4:05pm The N16 Sligo to Manorhamilton road at Diffreen has now reopened. **** UPDATE, 1:45 The N16 Sligo to Manorhamilton road at Diffreen will be blocked in both directions this afternoon from 2:15pm for…
No commitment on Tubbercurry garda station
The chief superintendent in Sligo/Leitrim says he’s keen to develop a new location for the Garda station in Tubbercurry. Aidan Glacken was responding to a query from south Sligo Independent Councillor Margaret Gormley at…
Concerns over postal services in Manorhamilton
There’s now concern over postal services in Manorhamilton in county Leitrim. Local Councillor, Felim Gurn raised the issue at a meeting of the Manorhamilton Municipal District this week. He says it has emerged that the…
