Sligo Fire Service has the fastest response time in the country
Sligo Fire Service has the fastest response time in the country. According to a national report for 2017, the average time it took the service to get fire brigades to fires was 4.26 minutes. It’s mobilisation time for non-fire incidents was 4.10 minutes, 13 seconds quicker than 2016, and also…
Sligo councillor ‘astounded’ by lack of derelict buildings recorded by Sligo County Council
A Sligo Sinn Fein councillor says he is astounded there are so few derelict buildings recorded by Sligo County Council on its register. At present the local authority says there are fewer than 20 buildings noted on the Derelict Sites Register in the county. Local election candidate Cllr Chris MacManus…
Councillors want to know why Sligo not included in elected mayors poll
Sligo municipal councillors want to know why Sligo Town has not been chosen among those where a poll will take place next May or whether or not a mayor should be directly elected by the people. Such a vote will take place in Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick. Sligo Municipal…
Sinn Fein councillor says housing grants need to be prioritised
A Sligo Sinn Fein councillor says the housing grants allocation for 2019 needs to prioritised by The Department of Housing. Councillor Chris MacManus says the Department of Housing needs to release funding for Housing Adaptation Grants as early as possible. He says this will allow Sligo County Council determine whether…
Call for traffic management plan in Maugherboy, Sligo
A local councillor is calling for a traffic management plan to be part of a 62-unit housing scheme in Sligo town. Sinn Fein Councillor Chris MacManus says he welcomes the new housing units to be built in the Maugheraboy area but he raised concerns about traffic management at the entrance…
€4.8m spent on agency staff at SUH
A Sligo councillor says the HSE is spending ‘staggering’ amounts of money on agency staff because of the failure to deal with, what he calls, a ‘recruitment and retention crisis.’ Sinn Fein Councillor Chris Manus says that for the first nine months of this year, more than €4.8m was spent…
Calls for former halfway house for ex-prisoners in Sligo to be used for homeless
A Sligo councillor is calling for a former halfway house for ex-prisoners in Sligo town to be used for emergency housing for families. Kazelain House, on Finisklin Road, had 16 beds and had been used to help ex-prisoners rebuild their lives. A meeting of Sligo County Council yesterday heard the…