Department officials called on to address Oireachtas committee on vet labs
Officials from the Department of Agriculture have been called to address the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture tomorrow on the future of the 6 Regional Vet Labs around the country. A recent review has suggested that the lab in Doonally in Sligo could be one of three to close to save…
Dept officials to come before Oireachtas committee on Regional Vet Lab review
The Oireachtas Agriculture Committee is to quiz department officials this week on an ongoing review of the Regional Vet Labs around the country. There are presently 6 labs nationwide and three of these including the one in Doonally in Sligo are recommended for closure as part of a review commissioned…
Taoiseach promises to raise Sligo RVL issue with minister
The Taoiseach says he will raise the threatened closure of the Regional Veterinary Lab in Sligo with the Minister for Agriculture again. Enda Kenny was responding to a Dail query from Sligo Leitrim TD Eamon Scanlon on the future of the lab yesterday. This was happening at the same time as…
Closure of Sligo’s Regional Vet Lab would be ‘another nail in the coffin for the West’
Hundreds of farmers from right across the North West are calling for the Regional Veterinary Lab in Doonally Sligo to be kept open. At least 300 farmers from not only around the county but throughout the region from the north of Donegal, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan, Roscommon and Mayo attended today’s…