Councillor calls for more funding to prevent repeat flooding
A Sligo councillor says there are a number of schemes under which funding could be sought to alleviate and prevent flooding such as that which occurred this time last year in the Collooney and Ballisodare areas. Sinn Fein Councillor Thomas Healy is now calling on Sligo County Council to contact…
Miniplans for north west areas available at local councils
Miniplans for different areas in the north west can be viewed through your local Council. In Sligo, a Sinn Fein Councillor is holding public meetings to inform people more about these plans which set out a vision for local areas and come under the wider county development plan. Councillor Thomas…
North west teachers hope to be back in classroom after mid-term
ASTI member teachers in the north west hope to be back in the classroom for good following today’s industrial dispute action. 22 schools in the north west are closed today due to the ongoing ASTI dispute with the department of education over equal pay for new teachers. The ASTI has…
Students ‘relieved’ first exam over
Students are relieved the first of the Leaving and Junior Cert exams has come to an end. Just under 3,500 pupils in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal are sitting the Leaving Certificate over the next two weeks and just over 3,500 are doing the Junior Certificate. This morning they sat English…