Concerns about BreastCheck service
A Sligo councillor is calling for BreastCheck services to be available to all who need them as soon as possible. Independent Councillor Marie Casserly has called for the county council to write to the Minister of Health to ensure the availability of services and that the checks can be done…
Call for extension of Tus, community employment schemes
There are calls for the timescale of employment for participants on Tus and community employment schemes throughout the region to be extended. Independent Councillor Marie Casserly says participants in these schemes are contributing greatly to their local communities as well as benefiting socially from being on the schemes. However, she…
Mullaghmore, Cliffoney sewerage schemes not going ahead, at least for now
The planned Wastewater Treatment Plant that will service the areas of Mullaghmore and Cliffoney will not be going ahead for now under the current investment programme. In January of this year, Irish Water announced it was suspending progress on the scheme, which is estimated to cost €2.75m, until a national…
Councillor urging people to upload the ‘See It Say It’ litter app
With the recent good weather and more people ‘staycationing,’ there’s been an increasing in littering and dumping in many scenic and amenity areas. Now, a Sligo county councillor is calling on people to download the ‘See It Say It’ app that enables local authorities to locate and deal with such…
Sligo Garda Station: Dept. of Justice official to visit Sligo
A representative from the Department of Justice is to visit Sligo County Council next month in relation to the controversial decision not to go ahead with a new garda station in the town but to upgrade the current Garda headquarters instead. A site had been purchased at Caltragh by the…
Bulk waste collection this Saturday
A Sligo councillor is urging people to avail of a bulk waste collection that is taking place tomorrow Saturday. As part of the National Anti Dumping Initiative, collection points will be set up in Young’s Quarry, Ballisodare and at the Tubbercurry Civic Amenity from 10-2pm. A single item will cost…
Three-month period for representations to education minister to keep Ballisodare school open
A Sligo county councillor who’s a teacher in St Mary’s College in Ballisodare is making a renewed appeal to people to contact the Education Minister as part of the ongoing campaign to keep the school open. The school trustees, the Catholic Education Irish Schools Trust — known as CEIST —…