Work to alleviate flooding in Sligo estate starts today
Work on a project to alleviate longtime flooding in a Sligo town housing estate is expected to be completed in about a month. It’s in The Woodlands Estate in Ballytivnan where, in the past, residents had to be taken from a nursing home because of the flooding. The work is…
Calls for boundary wall to prevent flooding at Sligo estate
Calls have been made on Sligo County Council to build a boundary wall at the Woodlands Estate in Ballytivnan. The estate has been hit by severe flooding on a number of occasions over the last number of years. In 2015 a number of homes where damaged of flooding, while in…
Sligo council calls for reinstatement of respite service
A Sligo mother whose son now is forced to travel to Monaghan for respite care says the lack of such services in the North West is a disgrace. Helen Hamilton’s son Niall was availing of respite care in the Solas centre in Ballytivnan. But respite is no longer available for…
Bin charges have large part to play in illegal dumping according to local councillor
Bin charges have a large part to play in illegal dumping across Sligo according to a local councillor. People Before Profit representative Gino O’Boyle raised the issue of illegal dumping in the county at this week’s meeting of Sligo municipal district. He specifically cited Ballytivnan and Riverside as areas in…
Women’s Vigil takes place in Sligo today in solidarity with United States marches
A women’s vigil is taking place in Sligo today in solidarity with the women’s marches taking place across the United States. Organisers say they are to highlight women’s rights on the first day of the new presidential administration of Donald Trump. It’s taking place at the famine commemoration at St.…
Access from N16 to Ballytivnan road in Sligo has reopened
Access from the N16 onto the Ballytivnan road in Sligo has re-opened to traffic this evening. Sligo County Council confirmed that the road has re-opened but road users are asked to take care as a temporary surface is in place. Permanent reinstatement works will take place tomorrow between 8am and…