The Friday Panel, Jim Lawlor, Seamus Kilgannon
On this week’s Friday Panel, former Sligo Chamber of Commerce President, Jim Lawlor, and Fianna Fail Councillor, Seamus Kilgannon. Topics discussed include the decision of the McGinleys to move out of Connaughton Road car park,…
Donegal Clr defends decision to call for cancellation of Garda Commissioner appointment
Donegal County Council this week passed a motion calling for the cancellation of the appointment of Drew Harris as the new Garda Commissioner. The motion was proposed by Clr Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easpaig, based…
Who and what we are – Census figures for Leitrim, Donegal, Sligo, are dissected
Leitrim is the most rural county in Ireland, Sligo has the shortest work commute time in the country, and Donegal’s population is half of what it was before the famine. Some of the local statistics…
Face to face talks, not solicitors, needed in Traveller dispute, says Council Chairman
The Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council has questioned the policy of solicitors negotiating a settlement to the occupation of the Connaughton Road car park by the McGinley traveller family. Welcoming the McGinley’s indication that they…
McGinley’s move gesture dismissed by Wards as a ‘great performance’
The Ward family insist the dispute between them and the McGinley family is not resolved, despite claims to the contrary, and they will not accept the transfer of the McGinley family from Connaughton Road car…
Call for ban on sulky racing on local roads
It was a practice which local Judge Kevin Kilraine described as medieval when a case came before him at Sligo Court in 2010, after a number people were charged with dangerous driving at Ballinafad. Sulky…
Defeated convention candidate to consider his future within Fine Gael party
Noel Merrick says he’s taking time to consider his future within the Fine Gael party, following his defeat at the party’s Sligo-Leitrim convention last week. Mr Merrick, who was one of the favourites to be…