Sligo councillor raises safe cycling issues
Questions are being asked over the purpose of the yellow cycling signs situated in various parts of County Sligo. The signs currently don’t have the 1.5m safe passing sign attached and there are calls for the warning to be added to them. Cllr Donal Gilroy says he has witnessed several…
Councillor encourages Government to include retrofitting in Climate Action Plan
A Sligo Councillor has urged the government to focus on providing adequate insulation in homes as part of the climate action plan. Details of the plan, which were announced yesterday, have been criticised, with opposition to reducing car parking spaces and cutting the national herd. Irish carbon emissions rose by…
Local Councillor slams record-equalling trolley figures
Hospital overcrowding has hit a new high today. According to the INMO’s Trolley Watch Figures, there are 760 people on trollies in hospitals around the country – the highest figure since January 2020. In the North West alone, there are 86 people waiting for a bed in the region’s two…
Sligo councillor confirms that upgrade work on the N59 Corhawnagh to Crockacullion will be delayed
There is no immediate signs of upgrade works to take place on the N59 Corhawnagh to Crockacullion Road. Sligo Drumcliff councillor Donal Gilroy says he has received confirmation that with the estimated cost of the scheme is in excess of €20 million, it falls under the TII category of…
Number of road deaths in County Sligo ‘frightening’
A Sligo Fianna Fail Cllr has claimed that the road network in Sligo has suffered from years of neglect and is urgently calling on the Government to do more. It comes as Sligo has the largest rate of road fatalities per capita, according to new data. The county…
Poor uptake reported in north west for government retrofitting scheme
Local concern is being raised with the government’s new retrofitting scheme. The Irish Examiner is reporting that under the scheme there are just 89 homes in the entire country completed from a target of 500,000. The reports also says just 681 homes have so far been approved. …
Sligo County Council vote to retain Local Property Tax
The Local Property Tax in County Sligo is set to remain unchanged for the next two years. Sligo County Councillors have today voted to retain the 15% rate increase agreed in 2019. It means that the Local Property Tax will remain at this rate for the lifetime of the current…