Sligo councillor says extra allocation from Department of Housing will be needed
Any increases that Local Authorities will receive form the collection of property taxes will be needed to cover the mounting costs facing County Councils on an annual basis. The the view of a Sligo Ballymote Tubbercurry Councillor. There is speculation that the Local Authorities in Sligo, Leitrim and…
Housing Department failing to spend total amount of allocated funding
A local elected representative claims the lack of a skilled workforce and major anomalies around the planning process are contributing factors to vast amounts of funding that the Department of Housing has failed to spend. More than €380 million was returned to the exchequer by the Department over the last…
Number of homeless adults in North West decreases
The number of adults homeless in the North West decreased during the month of March. The latest figures published by the Department of Housing for March show 111 adults were accessing emergency accommodation across the North West. The Department of Housing figures saw 53 in Donegal/Leitrim, while 58 were based…
The Farming for Biodiversity Leitrim Project webinar tonight
The Farming for Biodiversity in Leitrim Project will run a webinar later this evening. The webinar will focus on many aspects of the project activities and how farmers will play their part. The Heritage Project is being run in partnership with the Leitrim Sustainable Agricultural Group. The project is being…
Sligo Leads the Northwest in homeless figures
Sligo tops latest homeless figures in the Northwest Latest figures from the Department of Housing shows there are currently 50 people homeless in the county. Nationally there has been a 3% raise in homelessness, raising 2% in the last month alone. In addition 29 people registered as homeless in Donegal…
Reduction in the number of local households on the social waiting list
The Department of Housing says there has been a reduction of between 32 and 50 per cent in the number of households on the social housing waiting list in the counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal in the past five years. The figures were released this morning by the…
Reports government will not support 100% redress for those impacted by mica
It’s being reported that the government will not support 100% redress for those impacted by mica. The Business Post says the state has told affected homeowners it does not support full compensation for thousands of homes damaged in the likes of Donegal, Sligo and Mayo. It comes as a number…