Irish Rail SIPTU and NBRU staff accept pay deal
Irish Rail staff with SIPTU and the NBRU have accepted a pay deal recommended by the Labour Court. It allows for a 7.5 percent pay hike for workers over 3 years. The Labour Court intervened…
Council examines implications of High Court case
Sligo County Council says it is examining the implications of a High Court decision for the maintenance of its local authority houses. It comes after the court decided to award €105,000 to a man who…
Sligo is seeing positive business growth this Christmas
Sligo is reporting positive business news this week with the opening of a number of new outlets. Today Regatta outdoor clothing store is opening in Quayside Shopping Centre. It is the company’s sixteenth Irish standalone…
It may be cold outside but a win in the Euromillions would warm things up
Ireland may be in the grip of a cold snap – but the temperatures could quickly rise if a lucky Irish player wins tonight’s EuroMillions jackpot worth €105 million. Of course there have been two…
Special Olympics Polar Plunge taking place in Rosses Point tomorrow
The Special Olympics Polar Plunge 2017 takes place in the Northwest this weekend. It’s taking place in Rosses Point in Sligo at 11am and Rathmullan in Donegal at 11:30am tomorrow. This Saturday’s event is a…
Taoiseach says Brexit deal guarantees no hard-border
Leo Varadkar says this isn’t the end of Brexit talks; but it is the end of the beginning. The Taoiseach says they’re happy enough progress has been made to move Brexit talks on to the…
More snow forecast for North West – latest road conditions here
Up to 8 centimetres of snow could fall today as forecasters warn of wintry weather. There’s an orange warning for the North and North West, which are expected to be worst hit. But there’s also…
