‘Extraordinary’ improvement in Sligo council’s finances
Sligo County Council is seeing a dramatic turnaround in its financial situation. Chief Executive Ciaran Hayes told a meeting of council this morning that a €23m deficit built up in the seven-year period to 2014 had now been turned around into a €2.8m surplus. The change in the financial situation…
Saolta hospital group facing €45m deficit this year
The Saolta hospital group is predicting that it is facing a deficit of 45 million euro this year. Its deficit last year was 23 million euro. The group includes the university hospitals in Sligo, Letterkenny, Mayo, Roscommon, Galway and Portiuncla. The Saolta University Healthcare Group received 656 million euro in…