Love Leitrim welcomes anti-fracking Bill
Love Leitrim campaigners are welcoming the passing to committee stage of an anti-fracking bill put forward in the Dail yesterday. The bill put forward by Sligo Leitrim Fine Gael TD Tony McLoughlin calls for the…
More than a dozen water schemes throughout region need work
Repair works, monitoring or upgrading is required on more than a dozen public water supply schemes serving more than 70,000 people throughout counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. Most of these are in County Donegal. Nationally,…
Works on Sligo roads to prevent flooding
Minor works to prevent drastic flooding on roads in Sligo this winter are continuing. The R284 Ballygawley to Carraroe road will be closed from Tuesday until Thursday of next week. The Council is working to…
Leitrim, Cavan to be highlighted at jobs, business event in Croke Park
Leitrim and Cavan footballers might rarely make it to Croke Park. But that’s the place to be for people and businesses from those counties on Thursday, November 3rd, when the Invest4Success expo takes place in…
Eight minors waiting 15 months for Psychiatric treatment in Donegal
There are a number of under 18’s waiting up to 15 months for psychiatric treatment in county Donegal. The figures, which were provided to Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty following a parliamentary question, show there…
Taoiseach’s wife critical of media at home and abroad in Sligo speech
The wife of Taoiseach Enda Kenny says that ‘great citizens make great countries’ and not politicians. Speaking at the Women and Agriculture conference in Sligo yesterday, Fionnoula O’Kelly said that nevertheless it’s her belief in…
Sligo/Leitrim TD’s fracking bill passes first stage in Dail Eireann
The Minister for Communications, Clime Action and the Environment says there is no agenda on the part of the government to pursue Fracking. Denis Naughten made the comments after a bill to ban fracking in…
