SIPTU to meet with B Braun Hospicare Management
Meetings will take place next week between SIPTU and B Braun Hospicare Ltd concerning the threatened plant closure in Collooney. SIPTU representatives will meet with the management of the company a week from…
Drug use is destroying the social fabric of Ireland
A major drugs pandemic that is destroying families and communities is currently impacting on every town and village in the north west. A meeting of the Joint Policing Committee in Leitrim on Monday next…
Kilcar boy gets bravery award for helping father
The National Ambulance Service has today recognised the bravery of a ten-year-old Donegal who raised the alarm when his father fell off a cliff last November. Owen Cunningham, from Kilcar, raised the alarm after his…
Upgrade to water treatment plant in Lettermacaward
Irish Water has announced it has signed the construction contract to upgrade Lettermacaward Water Treatment Plant in County Donegal. Irish Water is investing €12 million in the work. EPS has signed the contract and will…
Taoiseach, minister promises every help to B Braun workers losing their jobs
Taoiseach Micheal Martin says the government will do everything it can to help workers losing their jobs at the B Braun hospicare facility in Collooney in County Sligo to obtain new jobs and to also…
Campaign underway to improve neurology services in north west
A campaign is underway to improve neurology services in the north west. It includes calls for four more nurse specialists in neurology in Sligo, where there are only three at present. The Neurological Alliance of…
Running a traditional style Leaving cert in 2022 is unfair on students
A former Leitrim Teacher and Vice- Principal is strongly criticising the decision taken by the Minister for Education to return to the traditional format of the Leaving cert in 2022. Minister for Education Norma…
