Sligo Councillor fears for future of Fianna Fáil
A Sligo Fianna Fáil Councillor has expressed concerns for the future of Fianna Fáil if they push ahead with the proposed collation with Fine Gael to form the next government. The concerns have been raised by Sligo Drumcliff Councillor Donal Gilroy. Cllr Gilroy says that Party Leader Michael…
Mixed reaction to road repair grants for Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal
A Donegal TD has cautiously welcomed the recent announcement of over €32m for regional and local roads for Donegal for 2020. Pat the Cope Gallagher says that although the allocation of funds for the repair of these roads are needed, there is a lack of ambition to deal with the…
Funeral cortege of John Harrison, Freeman of Sligo, to proceed through town
The funeral takes place in Sligo this morning of a former mayor of the town, John Harrison. The former Fianna Fail councillor was a former member of Sligo Corporation, later Sligo Borough Council, a former secretary of Feis Shligigh and a former principal of Ballinode Community College. In December 1997,…
Many parents ‘unaware’ of the dangers facing children online
A Leitrim councillor says many people, including parents, are unaware of the shocking dangers to children online. Fianna Fail Councillor Mary Bohan was speaking after a presentation yesterday to the Leitrim Joint Policing Committee on child internet safety by Detective Sergeant Michael Smyth of the Garda National Protective Services Bureau.…
Banking in a van on the side of a Ballymote street: ‘Far from Ideal’
Small and cramped is how the new Ulster Bank mobile banking van is being described in Ballymote. And while it’s better than nothing a local Councillor says it’s far from ideal. The ‘Ulster Bank on Wheels’ visits Ballymote twice a week now on a Monday and a Thursday. But it’s…
Money for playgrounds in Ballymote, Ballinacarrow, Dromore West and Riverstown
Sligo Councillor Keith Henry has confirmed that funding to do upgrade works in four playgrounds has been secured and a tender for the works is to be completed. The four playgrounds; Ballymote, Ballinacarrow, Dromore West and Riverstown will share a fund of €19,400 for the works. The work is mainly…