O’Boyle calls for local TDs to ensure central government makes up council funding shortfall
Because of falling revenue and expenses caused by Covid restrictions, Sligo County Council will have to impose very severe restrictions on its budget and on spending. That was the stark message to councillors this week from council chief executive Ciaran Hayes, who added that to do otherwise would be reckless…
Doherty’s financial products bill passes final stages
A Donegal TD’s bill means complaints about financial products that are more than six years old can now be dealt with by the Financial Services Ombudsman. The Bill, from Sinn Fein Deputy Pearse Doherty, passed the final stage in the Dail yesterday evening. Up to now, the Ombudsman could not…
‘Extraordinary’ improvement in Sligo council’s finances
Sligo County Council is seeing a dramatic turnaround in its financial situation. Chief Executive Ciaran Hayes told a meeting of council this morning that a €23m deficit built up in the seven-year period to 2014 had now been turned around into a €2.8m surplus. The change in the financial situation…
SVP: Middle-income families struggling most financially
St. Vincent de Paul says the demand for their service is up 10% on last year. Rosa Glacken is Vice-President of St. Vincent de Paul in the north west. She has been speaking to Ocean FM following concerns raised by Fianna Fail Councillor in Sligo Seamus Kilgannon this week on…
MacSharry describes meeting with Minister on council’s finances as ‘inconclusive’
A Sligo Leitrim TD has described a meeting with a government Minister on the financial situation at Sligo County Council as ‘inconclusive’. Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry secured the meeting with the Minister for Local Government Simon Coveney to call on him to make the financial plan agreed with the…
More financial woes as Sligo County Council faced with unexpected VAT bill
Sligo County Council is facing a bill of more than a quarter million euro from Revenue. It arises because the council did not believe it was responsible for VAT arising from arrangements with contractors to carry out work on unfinished housing developments under a special government scheme. The actual VAT…