Heated exchange at Sligo County Council over long-running financial issues
A war of words broke out at Sligo County Council yesterday once again over the Council’s finances. The Council CEO Ciaran Hayes is trying to have three quarters of a million euro he claims is promised to the Council recouped from the Department in an effort to reduce the Council’s…
‘Too many lost school days!’: Calls to stop using schools as polling stations
It’s time to end the practice of using primary schools as polling stations at elections. That’s according to Leitrim Fine Gael Councillor Sean McDermott who says too many school days are being lost as a result. The Irish Country Women’s Association recently raised concerns about this. Councillor McDermott says there…