Fracking: Minister won’t make any decision until after EPA report
The Minister for Communications and Natural Resources says he will await the publication of a report from the Environmental Protection Agency before considering any new legislation on fracking. Minister Denis Naughten says the report from…
Donegal trial hears accused suffers from paranoid schizophrenia
wo forensic psychiatrists have told the trial of a Donegal man accused of murdering his parents that he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. Julian Cuddihy has pleaded NOT guilty by reason of insanity to the murder…
Carthy raises issue of tax avoidance in EU parliament
A North West MEP is hitting out at the government on the issue of tax avoidance. Speaking during a debate on the topic in the European Parliament in Strasbourg this week, Sinn Féin MEP Matt…
Six north west Gardai graduate from Templemore
144 new gardai are graduated from Templemore Garda college this afternoon. The men and women from two classes include five Sligo graduates most of whom will be posted in Letterkenny in county Donegal. While another…
DUP MEP says farmers in the north face an uncertain future if UK remains
Farmers in Northern Ireland will face an uncertain future if the UK remains in the EU. That’s according to the Democratic Unionist Party MEP Diane Dodds who is in favour of a Brexit. The Northern…
Sligo Councillor calls for resolution to housing waiting times
A Sligo Councillor is calling for the housing crisis in the north west to be dealt with. This week new figures show that work on the planned 49 units for social housing in Sligo has…
Students ‘relieved’ first exam over
Students are relieved the first of the Leaving and Junior Cert exams has come to an end. Just under 3,500 pupils in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal are sitting the Leaving Certificate over the next two…
