Pearse Doherty calls for increase in the minimum wage
Sinn Fein are calling for an increase to the minimum wage to 10-Euro-50 per hour to tackle income inequality. It comes after the party received figures from the Revenue Commissioner revealing 10-thousand of the highest…
French tourist taken to hospital after fall on Benbulben
A French tourist had to be rescued after she fell on Benbulben yesterday afternoon. The woman in her 60s, was among a party of four when she fell near the Lukes Bridge area. She was…
McSharry – ‘Government silence on Post Office closures deafening’
A Fianna Fail TD in the North West says the silence from government on the threat to post offices is ‘deafening’. An Post confirmed yesterday that it is to seek a new postmaster to run…
IT Sligo President says major projects need engineering graduates
The Head of IT Sligo says there’s huge demand for engineering graduates. Dr. Brendan McCormack says major infrastructural projects like the N4 Castlebaldwin Collooney are looking for skilled graduates in science and engineering all the…
Government need to do more to promote Co Leitrim as a tourist destination
A Sinn Fein TD says more needs to be done to promote tourism in Co Leitrim. For overseas visitors, the county was the second least visited in the country in 2017. Just over 40,000 visited…
Cliffoney Post Office in Co Sligo saved from closure
Cliffoney Post Office in Co Sligo has been saved from closure. It was due to close as it didn’t meet An Post population and distance criteria. If a post office is in a village with…
LISTEN – Ballinfull Post Office closes its doors for the final time
Ballinfull Post Office in Co Sligo has closed its doors for the final time. The shutters came down on the rural post office in North Sligo yesterday afternoon. It’s the first of twenty-one post offices…
