Martin needs to step down says MacSharry, as he backs Jim O’Callaghan for leadership
Fianna Fail TD Marc MacSharry says Micheál Martin should stand down as party leader when his term of Taoiseach ends, and has indicated his support for Jim O’Callaghan as the leader. His made his comments…
I understand people’s anxiety – Minister Donohoe looks to better times ahead with vaccinations
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has been reacting to today’s national poll which shows that 55% of the population believe the Government is not going a good job in dealing with the Covid pandemic. He’s also…
Graffiti on walls of Collooney cemetery removed
Work is underway today to remove graffiti which has sprayed on the walls outside the cemetery in Collooney. It’s one of a number of such graffiti incidents in the general area in the past week,…
Concern at subsidence at Drumkeeran graveyard
There’s been calls for immediate remedial works to be carried out at the historic Aughaloughy graveyard at Drumkeeran. There’s been subsidence on the graveyard site in recent days and local resident Hubert McHugh says people…
Minister slammed by West Sligo publican for extension of pub opening hours
Enough is enough, I had to speak up for the rural publicans – so says Breda Sheridan, owner of Sheridan’s Bar in Kilglass in Co Sligo. Breda has written to Justice Minister Helen McEntee to…
NW needs Healy-Rae type political representation, it’s claimed
The description by former Minister Shane Ross of Deputy Danny Healy-Rae as an embarrassment has been criticised. Tom Towey from Cloonacool says Healy-Rae is both a successful politician and businessman, came up the hard way,…
Tradesmen skills being lost among younger generation it’s claimed
Martin Wilson from Beltra has worked in the building trade all his life but fears for the future of it as a result of the lack of apprenticeships. He says technology has replaced the importance…