Marian Harkin to hold government formation talks with new administration
A number of Independent TD’s including Sligo Leitrim TD, Marian Harkin will meet Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil today to discuss forming a government. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have agreed to form an administration together, but are eight seats short of a Dáil majority. The Greens, the Social Democrats…
Energy efficient light bulbs to be installed in public lighting in Sligo
Works on replacing old sodium public light by new more energy-efficient and longer-life LED lighting is expected to start in County Sligo in the third or fourth quarter of this year. But in the meantime, although a budget of €100,000 has been provided for public lighting this year, the council…
Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael to meet today
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil meet today to discuss policy as efforts to form a government continue. It will be the first detailed meeting between the two parties, with a number of issues on the agenda. Fine Gael’s position’s still that it will head into opposition. Sligo…
Sligo Councillor calls for traffic calming measures in Tubbercurry
A local councillor is calling on Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Sligo County Council to install traffic calming measures in South Sligo. At a the monthly meeting of Sligo County Council, Fine Gael councillor Dara Mulvey called upon the local authority to address the extremely busy stretch of the N17 in…
Too early to predict Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael coalition
A Sligo Leitrim TD says that it’s still too early to say Fianna Fail and Fine Gael will form the next government. That’s despite Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin meeting today to discuss options. Fianna Fail supported Fine Gael in the last administration with the much criticised ‘confidence…
“I never liked the confidence and supply agreement” – McHugh
The Education Minister claims he never liked the confidence and supply agreement that bound Fianna Fail and Fine Gael together in the last government. As a former chief whip, Donegal TD Joe McHugh believes the confidence and supply agreement never supplied the kind of scrutiny of the opposition that was…
Feighan withdraws as Naughten steps up for Ceann Comhairle
Sligo Leitrim TD Frank Feighan has withdrawn from the race to be the next Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Eireann. Feighan had earlier indicated that he was seeking nominations for the position. There is also speculation linking Fianna Fáil’s Seán Ó Feargháil and Fine Gael TD Heather Humphreys. Meanwhile, Independent TD…