Local councillor warns that Insurance costs are threating to dampen Christmas spirit
A Sligo Councillor is warning that difficulties in securing insurance along with the eventual costs of polices will prevent some local community groups in running annual Christmas events in the weeks leading up to the festive period. Sligo Drumcliff councillor, Thomas Healy has expressed the fear that many communities…
Calls for dog baiting to be made illegal
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…
‘Save our Post Office’ or ‘Pull the Plug’ on government warns former FF Cllr
A former Fianna Fail councillor is warning that if there is any threat to the future of Easkey Post office – his former party colleagues should ‘pull the plug’ in supporting the government. Sligo councillors in the Ballymote, Tubbercurry and east Sligo areas are now calling on the council to…
Leitrim Councillor calls for earlier bus service from Manorhamilton
A Leitrim Councillor is calling on the National Transport Authority and Bus Eireann to put on an early bus service from Manorhamilton into Sligo. The current bus leaves Enniskillen and picks up passengers in Manorhamilton at five past ten. However, Fianna Fail Councillor in Leitrim Justin Warnock says this is…