Boston firm in North West ahead of US trade mission

Representatives of a business consulting firm in Boston have been in the North West for the past week. The representatives from Benchmark Strategies have been...

McLoughlin welcomes €340,000 for St Angela’s College in Sligo

A third-level college in Sligo is to receive funding of more than €340,000. The money is to help cater for increasing student numbers at St...

Sligo/Leitrim TD condemns ticket-touting as ‘a rip-off’

A Sligo/Leitrim TD has hit out at ticket touting. Sinn Fein Deputy Martin Kenny has branded it 'unfair' particularly for teenagers who have been waiting...

29 on trolleys in the North West

Twenty-nine people are on hospital trolleys today in the North West as they wait for bed. Sixteen are in Letterkenny University Hospital and 13 in...

Taoiseach non-commital on jobs move from Sligo to Dublin

The Taoiseach was non committal in answering a Sligo/Leitrim TDs question about the decision to move more than 30 jobs from Sligo to Dublin. 32...

Varadkar commits to upgrading entire N4 Dublin to Sligo

Fine Gael leadership contender, Leo Varadkar, has committed himself to upgrading the entire N4 Sligo-Dublin road if elected Taoiseach. Minister Varadkar says there is now...

Large numbers leave Donegal and Leitrim to commute to work

More than five and a half thousand people leave County Dongal every day to go to work. In Leitrim, more than 4,200 go outside the...

Publicly-funding third level tops agenda for Sligo students meeting government Minister

Students at IT Sligo are calling on the Higher Education Minister to introduce publicly-funded third level education in Ireland. Minister Mary Mitchell O'Connor will meet...

Sligo firm’s technology being used successfully to crackdown on fake drugs

The owners of a new and expanding business in Sligo say the crackdown on counterfeit drugs nationwide has helped them expand their business. SL Controls,...

Brexit reaction: Fears of ‘hardest’ of Brexits following May’s speech

Minister Leo Varadkar admits that the North West will be worst affected by Brexit. Speaking on Ocean FM today, the Fine Gael Minister says it's...