Efforts to resolve issues in Ballisodare of parking and pedestrian safety
Efforts are underway to try to resolve a number of issues in the County Sligo village of Ballisodare in relation to parking and pedestrian safety. Ballisodare is one of the fastest-growing villages in the county, mainly due to the number of people who are moving to live there and its…
Road Works in place across Sligo town until next week.
A local councillor is urging motorists of delays in and amongst Sligo town up until next week. As part of the N4-N15 Sligo Urban Improvement Scheme, Traffic Islands are scheduled to be removed on the Rosses Point Road (R291) and Duck Street (N16) this morning and is expected to be…
2019 Sligo Food Trail launched
The launch of the Sligo Food Trail for 2019 has taken place. The Taste the Island event is part of a Failte Ireland initiative. There are set to be a number of events running over the next three months such as the Harvest Feast on the 18th October which is…
Sligo Drumcliffe Councillors fail to support ” no posters motion”
Councillors decided not to support a motion for all candidates in the Sligo Drumcliffe Electoral area to sign-up to a poster free campaign for the local elections in May. The proposal was put forward by Independent Cllr and local election candidate Marie Casserly who said councillors should lead by example…
Increased confidence that St Mary’s College will remain open
There are hopes that the trustees of St Mary’s College in Ballisodare may decide on this Thursday not to go ahead with their decision to close the school. It’s after a meeting yesterday between representatives of those campaigning to keep the school open and the CEO of the Catholic…
An Post seeks a new postmaster for Coolaney
A Sligo councillor says a new post office is to be established the village of Coolaney. A limited service is currently available there at present. But Independent Councillor Marie Casserly says An Post is now advertising for a new post master or post mistress to run a full-service post office.…
Casserly: Money to made available for flood-prevention work at Sligo estate
A Sligo independent councillor is insisting that money will be made available in the coming weeks to deal with ongoing flooding problems in a Sligo town housing estate. The Woodlands estate in Ballytivnan was hit by flooding again in January. Residents have been calling for flood defences to be put…