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…
Sligo Champion editor and Green Party member clash over Eamon Ryan comments
The Editor of The Sligo Champion, Paul Deering, has stoutly defended comments he made in an article in this week’s paper, criticising Transport Minister Eamon Ryan for prioritising greenways and cycleways over upgrading roads. He’d…
High speed broadband will help transform NW insists Bruton
Former Minister for Communications, Richard Bruton, who signed the contract for the roll out of the National Broadband Plan, has rejected criticism of the delays involved, and insists high speed broadband will transform the North…