Over €3m for NW rural regeneration under the Towns and Villages Scheme
The North West counties have received a significant funding boost under the new Town and Village funding scheme. All three counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal got over a million euro with Donegal getting the…
TD claims facilities are so bad in Sligo Gardai can’t even access drinking water
The Department of Justice insists that efforts continue to try and secure a site for a new Garda Regional Headquarters in Sligo. It follows renewed calls in the Dail for the Justice Minister to give…
Over forty people waiting on trolleys in the NW
More than 500 people are on hospital trolleys across the country today according to nurses. The latest trolleywatch report from the INMO shows University Hospital Galway is the most overcrowded with 47 people waiting on…
New strategy to reduce suicide being launched in Sligo and Leitrim
A government minister is to launch a new strategy hoping to reduce suicide in counties Sligo and Leitrim. Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People Jim Daly will launch ‘Connecting for Life’ on…
Budget 2018: Donegal hotelier calls for government to retain VAT rate
A Donegal hotelier says hotels and guesthouses in the county are being particularly hit by Brexit. Paul Diver, chairman of the Donegal branch of the Irish Hotels Federation, says uncertainty about Brexit poses a real…
Maugherow event aims to give young farmers access to more support
Young farmers are urged to go along to a special event on a farm in Maugherow this weekend. It’s all part of an effort to rejuvenate the work of the Young Farmers Development Group of…
Superintendent says ‘active’ Garda presence in St. Joseph’s Terrace
The acting Chief Superintendent in Sligo says that all efforts will be made to support residents at St. Joseph’s Terrace in Sligo town and meet with them in a discreet manner if necessary. The issue…
