First Sligo connections under National Broadband Ireland
The first 2,100 premises in Co. Sligo can now order or preorder high speed broadband under the National Broadband Plan. National Broadband Ireland does not supply internet themselves, instead, they lay the required infrastructure for Internet Service Providers to deliver speeds of up to 500 megabits per second. Sligo Fianna…
Compulsory Purchase Orders could be used to acquire burial grounds
The procedure for Compulsory Purchase Orders for two new burial grounds in Sligo will begin in March this year if agreements cannot be reached by then. Councillor, Donal Gilroy, says for over 20 years, the local authority have sought new grounds for Ahamlish and Rosses Point. He says no Councillor…
Proposed Yeats centre should be in Drumcliffe councillors say
Councillors in the north Sligo area are insisting that a proposed Yeats Interpretative Centre be located in Drumcliffe rather than in Sligo town. They point out that the Nobel Prize-winning poet is buried in Drumcliffe, which they say is in the heart of the Yeats country which inspired and featured…
Sligo and Letterkenny vaccine centres moving
The vaccination centres based in Sligo and Letterkenny are relocating. The centre that was based at ITSligo’s Knocknarea Arena is moving to Sligo Racecourse with vaccines being offered from next week. While the centre at LYIT is moving to the Community Assessment Hub on the Kilmacrennan Road and will offer…
ITSligo vaccination centre closes for final time
Tributes are being paid to the frontline workers who have been administering Covid-19 vaccines in Sligo for the past 8 months. The vaccination centre at the Knocknarea arena at ITSligo closed for the final time yesterday at 4pm after adminstering over 110,000 vaccines. Sligo Councillor, Donal Gilroy and member of…
New wastewater treatment plant for Mullaghmore given green light
A new wastewater treatment plant has been given the greenlight for Mullaghmore in Co. Sligo. Sligo Fianna Fail Councillor, Donal Gilroy says the current plant is not suitable for the growing population of the area and the increased tourist activity in recent years which he says has led to no…
Too difficult for first time buyers to get on housing market
A Sligo Councillor says it’s too difficult for young and first time buyers to get on the housing market in the county. Fianna Fail Councillor, Donal Gilroy says there haven’t been enough new houses built in recent years fearing it’s ‘only going to get worse’. He says there has only…