120 people homeless in the North West in July
120 people are currently homeless across the North West. According to the latest report from the Department of Housing, 57 people in Donegal, 52 in Sligo, and 11 in Leitrim accessed emergency accomodation throughout the week of July 24th to July 30th. Over the same timeframe, 15 families across the…
Friday Panel June 16th 2023
Sligo Strandhill Sinn Fein Councillor Arthur Gibbons and the former Sligo Fianna Fáil councillor Seamus Kilgannon joined John Lynch on this week’s Friday panel to reflect on the main stories making the local national and international headlines:
Sligo councillor brands current NCT system as “ridiculous”
A Sligo Councillor is calling on the Minister for Transport to carry out a review into the NCT system. A number of motorists are currently experiencing long delays at test centres. Speaking at this month’s meeting of Sligo County Council, Councillor Arthur Gibbons has labelled the current NCT system as…
ESB profits criticised by Sligo councillor
A Sligo councillor has criticised further profits announced by the ESB. It comes as the ESB announced a rise in operating profits hitting 847 million euro, which is an increase of almost 25 percent from 679 million euro from the end of December 2021. Electric Ireland have also said they…
Sligo councillor calls for energy credits to be reserved for those who need them most
A Sligo councillor is calling on the government to devise a mechanism to ensure that households that need assistance most with energy bills will receive it in the event of further energy credits being provided by the government. The latest round of credits, which amount to 600 euro in total,…
Sligo Councillor says legacy issues existed in health and housing before the war in Ukraine
A Sligo Councillor believes that refugees are being unfairly blamed for a number of local issues when really the finger should be pointed at successive Governments. Cllr Arthur Gibbons has reiterated that there is no place in the town and further afield for any form of discrimination against people…
Councillor defends use of term “Soft Independents”
There were tense scenes at the latest meeting of Sligo County Council, after a Sinn Féin Councillor labelled Independent representatives in government as “soft” when bringing motions forward. Councillor Arthur Gibbons claimed that current Independents align themselves to certain political parties, and that such moves were made to keep Sinn…