Gardai investigation ongoing into Sligo postal votes
Gardai are investigating how an active Sligo GAA player’s name was allegedly signed on an application form for a postal voting ballot without the player’s knowledge. What is claimed to be a doctor’s ‘signature’ was also on the application. It’s part of an investigation that began following last year’s local…
Ballot papers in FG leadership vote will be taken to Dublin for counting
Fine Gael members in Sligo, Leitrim and South Donegal will vote this evening to select a new party leader and Taoiseach. But an official local result for the constituency will not be announced. That’s because the votes will be placed in sealed boxes and taken to Dublin for counting. It…
Nurses give health officials a week to avert all out strikes at hospitals
Nurses have given health officials a week to come up with a plan to avert an all out strike in our hospitals. Their union the INMO met with the HSE and government last night, but they’re still looking for a way to ease the pressure as the trolley crisis continues.…