Sligo County Council to resume meetings
Sligo County Council are to be the first local authority in the country to resume full council meetings, since the introduction of Covid-19 restrictions. Members of the Council agreed this morning to resume council meetings on 11th May next. That meeting will be held at the Knocknarea Arena at IT…
Final seats to be filled in Seanad today
42 of the 60 Seanad seats have now been filled. The final seven seats to be filled today. Yesterday the Industrial and Commercial panel seats were decided. Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone lost her seat along with Fianna Fáil’s Gerry Horkan Timmy Dooley, the former Fianna…
Tributes paid to the late John Sherlock
Tributes have been paid today to the former Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council, Fianna Fail Councillor John Sherlock who passed away during the weekend. Cllr Sherlock was first elected on to the Council in 1991 when he won a seat in the Ballymote electoral area. He was appointed to the…
Still no timeframe for construction of Sligo Garda Station
A Sligo councillor says there is no timeframe for the provision of a new Garda station in Sligo. That’s despite a government promise that a new station will be built. A site has already been earmarked for the proposed new station. At yesterday’s meeting of Sligo County Council, Independent Alliance…
Calls for local contact details to be issued for Irish Water
A Sligo councillor is calling on Irish Water to provide local names and phone numbers for people to contact when their water supplies are affected or turned off. Fianna Fail Councillor Tom MacSharry acknowledges Irish Water does provide contact numbers . . . but he wants the numbers to be…
Fine Gael TD hits back at Sligo garda station claims
Sligo/Leitrim Fine Gael TD Tony McLoughlin has strongly refuted claims that he is to blame for any delay in getting a new garda station for Sligo. Deputy McLoughlin describes the allegations made this week by Sligo Fianna Fail Councillor Tom MacSharry as ‘false.’ He adds that he wishes to confirm…
Councillor accuses Government TD of false and misleading promises
A Fianna Fail councillor has hit out at a local government TD over the delay in getting a new Garda station for Sligo Town. Tom MacSharry has accused Fine Gael’s Tony McLoughlin and the Minister for Justice of making false and misleading promises about the station in the lead up…