Cliffoney community begins fightback against Post Office closures
With 21 post offices in the North West now set to close, following the release of the An Post postmaster retirement list, local communities are up in arms at the prospect of losing another service.…
No classes, no teachers, no curriculum – New ‘democratic’ school opens in Sligo
The Sudbury School opens in Sligo this September, only the second such school in Ireland, where pupils, 5 to 18 year olds, and staff have an equal say into how the school is run. There…
Significant support from FF Cllrs in Sligo and Donegal for O’Cuiv to run for President, it’s claimed
Galway Fianna Fail councillor, Ollie Crowe, has begun a campaign to have Fianna Fail councillors support Eamonn O’Cuiv as the party’s Presidential Election candidate, despite the official party decision that they won’t run a candidate.…
Minister and SIPTU officials reflect on successful Lissadell House conference
Junior Education Minister, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, was among the speakers at the annual SIPTU Markievicz Partridge seminar which took place at Lissadell House over the weekend. She and SIPTU officials, Padraig Peyton and Ethel Buckley,…
Cliffoney, Dunkineely, Killargue, Ballinfull, Monasteraden – Post Office closures condemned
There are up to 390 post offices set to close from the end of July onwards, according to the Public Banking Forum of Ireland, partly due to the retirement package deal struck between An Post…
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…