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The Mayor of Sligo is calling for an emergency sick pay fund for all healthcare workers to be created immediately.   People before profit councillor, Gino O’Boyle says he has grave concerns for all healthcare staff as many of them work while they are sick because their terms and conditions…

A Sligo Councillor who previously defended fox hunting by horses and hounds is now calling for the practice of dog-baiting to be made illegal. Dog baiting involves foxes, hares and rabbits being flushed out of dens by Terrier dogs, with lurcher dogs then chasing and killing the animals. At last…

Sligo county councillors have voted 8 to 2 against a ban on fox hunting.   The vote followed a passionate discussion between two councillors at yesterday’s January monthly meeting of the council.   At yesterday’s council meeting, Solidarity People Before Profit Councillor Gino O Boyle proposed that the council call…

A motion is to come before a meeting of Sligo County Council today calling for an end to the Direct Provision system for asylum seekers. The local Direct Provision centre is at Globe House in Sligo where a resident recently went on hunger strike because he feared deportation back to…