Sligo councillor says Enda Kenny’s expertise should be utitilised when he leaves office
The Taoiseach’s insisting he’ll deal with the issue of his leadership of the country at tomorrow’s Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting. It’s understood the issue was raised briefly at this morning’s cabinet meeting. Fianna Fáil is warning the situation can’t descend into a circus and wants clarity in the coming…
More ambulances needed to fix service
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says more ambulances on the road is the only way to fix problems with the service. Sinn Fein deputy Martin Kenny says there is a crisis across rural Ireland because a management process put in place means ambulances are travelling the country rather than being stationed in…
Future of Sligo respite centre discussed in Dail
There are calls for the HSE to clarify the status of respite hours for users of the Solas Respite Service in Sligo. The centre provides respite to children with a learning disability and autism in the Sligo/Leitrim area and it opened in Sligo town in 2009 at a cost of…
Sligo/Leitrim TD fears hard Brexit is going too far
Enda Kenny says Ireland will work to undo some of the effects of a potential ‘hard Brexit’. It’s after the British Prime Minister said she would pull out of the European single market – potentially hitting cross-border trade. Sean Defoe has been looking at the fallout from Theresa May’s speech.…