Airbnb to offer grants to local grassroot initiatives
Airbnb is inviting community members in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal to apply for its new microgrant funding programme. The funding is to be made available to grassroot, cultural and community-led initiatives in the North West. Áitiúil, which is a pilot scheme designed by Airbnb, is inviting members from local cultural…
Donegal councillor claims state is ‘utterly dismissive’ of islands
A Donegal councillor claims the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is not giving enough time and resources to islands of the west coast. Independent Councillor, Micheál Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig, says the state is ‘utterly dismissive’ of the nations islands. An assessment of the needs of inhabitants is due…
Beef plan movement hold their North West AGM’s and IFA hold annual dinner dance
The Beef plan movement’s in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal will hold their respective AGM’s over the course of the weekend. Election of officers for positions on the county executives will take place at all three meetings. The Sligo AGM will take place tomorrow (Friday) at 8 p.m. in the Teeling…
Only 6 new Garda Sergeants allocated for north west
Only 6 newly promoted Garda Sergeants are to be allocated to the north west. 5 are being placed in the Sligo/Leitrim Garda Division and only 1 in the Donegal Garda Division Garda Commissioner Drew Harris promoted 113 Garda members at the end of January and they’ve now taken up their…
71 new GoSafe locations in the north west
71 new speed camera safety zones will come into affect across Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal from 6am Monday next. It’s part of a new nationwide review of all current routes. There will be a total of 903 new areas where GoSafe speed camera vans will operate around the country. The…
Coercive Control conviction takes place in Donegal
The first conviction in Ireland for the crime of coercive control has taken place in Donegal. The accused man, who pleaded guilty, made nearly 6-thousand phone calls to his partner between March and June 2019. He made her bring her phone everywhere so he knew where she was. He has…
Clean Coast Roadshow to come to Sligo and Donegal
The Clean Coasts Roadshow initiative is set to land in Donegal and in Sligo this Month. They are to hold seminars right across the North West with the first one starting in Annagry Community Hall in Donegal on the 15th of February at 11 am. Topics and talks on climate…