Parts of the North West will have to wait until 2025 For High Speed Broadband
A Sligo Leitrim TD is claiming that the north west is once again ‘at the back of the queue’ when it comes to regional development. Independent TD, Marian Harkin made the comment after learning the majority of homes across Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal won’t be connected to broadband until…
Final decision on Leaving Cert needs to be made now
A Sligo Leitrim TD says a final decision on how the leaving cert examinations will be run in 2022 needs to be made sooner rather than later. A survey of nearly 19,000 students, by the Irish Second Level Students Union, shows students are concerned about missing classes, and the…
Harkin raises overcrowding at local Hospitals in Dáil
A Sligo/Leitrim TD has for the second time this month raised the issue of overcrowding at Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals. Independent Deputy, Marian Harkin, says both hospitals are consistently in the top 5 worst affected nationally with Letterkenny being the second most or worst hit for almost a…
Measures are needed to tackle homeless crisis in North West
A local TD say has claimed that whereas the extension of notice periods for tenant’s bill which was discussed in the Dáil last night is ‘not ideal’ it is needed to address a major homeless crisis in the North West. The private members bill sought a three-month extension of…
Local TD calls for a Family Resource Centre to be based in Manorhamilton
A Sligo Leitrim TD is calling on the Children’s Minister, Roderic O’Gorman, to make funding available to supply a Family Resource Centre in Manorhamilton. There is currently no centre based in North Leitrim with two in the South of the county. The centres in question are situated in Carrick…
Local TD blasts handling of staff and overcrowding at Sligo University Hospital
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says overcrowding and lack of staff at Sligo University Hospital should never have been allowed to get to the situation it is currently in. Independent Deputy, Marian Harkin raised her concerns in the Dáil this week. An emergency meeting of the Workplace Relations Commission prevented…
Advice to open windows in schools is the ladybird introduction to ventilation.
A local TD has strongly criticised the provision by the government of ventilators in schools during the pandemic as disappointing. Independent TD Marian Harkin described the advice from the Department of Education to open windows as ‘the ladybird introduction to ventilation. The Sligo Leitrim TD says there is…