North West properties available at Allsop auction
A number of properties in the North West will be up for sale as part of the next Allsop online auction. Most of those available for purchase are retail properties in Carrick on Shannon and Ballybofey. 14 retail units and 47 apartments at the Finn Valley shopping centre site in…
25 new jobs confirmed at new Lidl store in Sligo Town
A new Lidl store at Finisklin road in Sligo is to create up to 25 permanent new jobs in the town and more during the building phase. Planning permission for the new store, based just off the inner relief road in Sligo town, was granted by Sligo county council this…
New car sales decrease in North West for year to date
New car sales in the North West are down across the board for the year to date. In Donegal 1,372 new cars have been purchased so far in 2017 down from 1647 at the same time last year. Sligo has seen a drop of 100 from 639 new cars in…
Donegal TD says Back to Work Scheme is working in North West
A Donegal TD is encouraging anyone currently unemployed in the North West to avail of the Back To Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme. Fine Gael TD Joe McHugh says a review of the scheme has shown the allowance to be highly effective in getting people from welfare to work. The scheme…
NWRA director believes region can craft a vision for 2040
A director of the Northern and Western Regional Assembly says the area now has the opportunity to put a strong case to government to show it can craft a vision for its future for the next 20 years. The assembly covers eight western and north western counties. Director David Minton…
Stag and Hen parties worth millions to Sligo this year
The business of bringing Hen and Stag parties to Sligo will be worth more than one million euro to the local economy in the early part of 2017. That’s according to owner of henandstagsligo.ie Fergal Quinn who told Ocean FM that bookings made in the first two weeks of January…
IBEC North West calls for equal sharing of economic growth
IBEC North West is calling for a speeding up of the National Planning Framework to deal with what it describes as the growing infrastructure imbalances in the region. IBEC, which represents business, has called for economic growth to be shared equally across the country in the new 2017 Local Economic…