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Leitrim County Council is to contact the Minister for Education calling on the State Examinations Commission to introduce stand-alone additional time for students with Dyslexia and other learning difficulties while sitting examinations.   Manorhamilton Independent Councillor James Gilmartin recently raised the issue at a meeting of the Local Authority.   The secondary school teacher says

There are calls in Sligo to prohibit the use of counselling and therapy notes in gender-based violence cases. This is with the intention of protecting survivors' rights to confidentiality and ensuring their private records won't be used against them. It is thought that the reveal of such information could deter people from seeking critical mental

Investigations are continuing following a three-vehicle road-traffic collision on the N17 in south Sligo.   On Friday, Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene at Falnasooguan.   The collision involving a van and two cars took place shortly before 5.20pm.   No injuries were reported at the time.

A man remains in Garda custody following a firearm seizure in County Leitrim. It comes after Gardaí responded to an emergency call at a house in the Killargue area. Shortly after 3.20pm, following an intervention by the Armed Support Unit, including the deployment of a taser, a man was arrested outside the house, and a