Councillor wants it made easier for people returning from US to get driving licences here
Sligo County Council is calling on the Transport Minister and the Road Safety Authority to make it easier for people returning from the U.S. to get driving licences here. Fine Gael Councillor Dara Mulvey says people coming home from America are allowed to drive for 12 months but then have…
FG activist warns new laws are punishing unaccompanied drivers
New laws for unaccompanied drivers are punishing those who cannot get a date for their driving test in Sligo. That’s according to a local Sligo Fine Gael activist, who says the Minister for Transport is demoralising driver moral by introducing new legislation aimed at tackling unaccompanied drivers. These new provisions…
Local drivers among those caught by Garda operation
The Gardaí’s “Operation Slow Down” has caught 322 motorists breaking speed limits. Some of the worst cases nationally were recorded locally with one driver caught doing more than 70 kilometres per hour over the speed limit in Ballinacarrow, Co Sligo. Another driver in Cashelard, Co.Donegal was also recorded going 70…