Push on to get €200,000 for Ballisodare, Collooney and Ballymote
There are renewed calls for three key towns in County Sligo to be given the €200,000 they are each seeking under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund. Two of the towns, Collooney and Ballisodare, are satellites of Sligo town while Ballymote plays a key role serving a larger rural population…
New stretch of N4 from Collooney to Castlebaldwin to be officially opened today
The N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin dual carriageway is set to be officially opened by the Taoiseach later today. The €80m construction project is one of the largest of it’s kind in the country. Today’s official opening is being managed in accordance with Covid guidelines and attendance at today’s event is…
Ramp should be replaced with pedestrian crossing
A Sligo Councillor says a road ramp in Rockfield, Coolaney should be removed and a pedestrian crossing installed instead. Sinn Feinn’s Thomas healy says the ramp is too high and the paint colour is similar to a pedestrian crossing, which he says, is causing confusion for both pedestrians and motorists.…
Caution needed on new section of N4 following Road Traffic Collision
Gardai are advising that Care is needed on the new section of the N4 Road between Collooney and Castlebaldwin following a Road Traffic Collision which took place in the early hours of this morning. It’s understood that nobody was injured, as a lorry collided with the barrier and crossed over…
Collooney man to appear Sligo District Court on drugs charges next week
A 29 year old Sligo man has appeared before the District court in Letterkenny today in relation to the seizure of approximately €106,000 of suspected drugs in Collooney earlier this week. The accused from Collooney was charged with the possession of drugs and the possession for sale and supply…
A Man to appear in court in relation to Collooney Drugs seizure
A man will appear in court today in connection with the seizure of approximately €106,000 of suspected drugs in Collooney earlier this week. The man in his late 20s arrested in connection with the seizure has been charged after being detained by Gardai in Sligo. The man will…
Man arrested as gardai seize drugs worth about €106,000 in Collooney, Co Sligo
Gardai have seized drugs worth about €106,000 in Collooney, Co Sligo. A man has been arrested The discovery was made after gardaí attached to Sligo Garda station searched a residential property in Collooney, last night (Tuesday 24th August) at about 9p.m. Cannabis herb, cannabis resin, cannabis jellies and cocaine were…