HSE to meet with concerned families next Monday
Families in need of mental health and respite care are to meet with the HSE next Monday. It follows the announcement that a new part time consultant psychiatrist has been appointed to the Child and Adult Mental Health Services in the North West. Continued fears over the cutback in Solas…
Ballygawley postal service secure for now says An Post
An Post has confirmed that postal services in Ballygawley, Co. Sligo, are secure until at least the end of May. It comes as the Irish Postmasters Union hold a protest outside the GPO in Dublin at an internal An Post review which could see up to 200 offices closed. …
Sligo councillor calls for disadvantaged farmers to receive fair share of ANC funding
A Sligo councillor wants to see the appropriate funding going to farmers with disadvantaged land in the North West. Sinn Fein’s Thomas Healy raised a motion at a meeting of Sligo county council earlier this week calling on the council to support farmers in their ongoing campaign regarding the current…
Local politicians to meet HSE about long-term solution for Kilglass respite centre
Local politicians say they will meet with the HSE to ensire that a west Sligo respite centre for people with dementia can remain open on a long-term basis. The Home from Home project operates from the home of the McManus family in Kilglass and is supported by the Alzheimers Society.…
Short term future of West Sligo respite centre secured
The future of a west Sligo respite centre for people with dementia has been secured in the short-term. The Home from Home project operates from a house in Kilglass and is supported by the Alzheimers Society. Sligo Sinn Fein Councillor Thomas Healy has been working with Sligo Leitrim TD Martin…
Immediate action needed to address staffing crisis facing CAMHS
There are calls for the HSE and the Minister for Health to take immediate action to address the staffing crisis facing mental health and autism services in the North West. The calls come following a meeting of local politicians and families from the greater Sligo and North West region yesterday.…
Order of Malta search for new home raised in Sligo council
Any future growth of the Order of Malta in Sligo is under threat unless they can source a larger premises in the near future. That’s according to Andrew Mitchell an officer with the Sligo division of the first aid and ambulance service. They are currently based out of a bungalow…