OPW Minister to meet council CEOs to progress flooding measures
Minister Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran says he is meeting with the CEO’s of County Councils around the country next month with a view to tackling flooding problems in different areas. The Independent Minister of State now has responsibility for the OPW and flood relief. While on a visit to Sligo today…
Healy: Let’s not wait for another winter of flooding, action needed now
There are calls for the Local Authority to take action against flooding in the south Sligo area now and not wait for another winter to set in. Sinn Fein Councillor Thomas Healy is one of a number of local representatives to add his voice to the calls for action to…
‘Water has to be pumped from graves before remains arrive’
A Sligo councillor says drainage is so bad in a cemetery in the south of the county that, sometimes, water has to be pumped from graves just before remains arrive to be buried. Fianna Fail Councillor Keith Henry says it’s now got to the stage that some people are thinking…
Ongoing flooding on R287 needs a solutions says local councillor
A Sinn Fein councillor in Sligo has called on the county council to find a solution for ongoing flooding on a stretch of the R287 between Slishwood and Correagh villages. Councillor Thomas Healy told this week’s meeting of Sligo County Council that locals on the road known as ‘the long…
Responsibility for flooding relief at Ballisodare Bay lies with local landowners
Responsibility for alleviating flooding in Ballisodare Bay lies not with Sligo County Council but with local landowners, a meeting of the council has been told. The 330 acres of land effected, known as the Tanrigo entake, was reclaimed from the sea in the 1800s. The reclaimed land is below sea…
Councillor calls for more funding to prevent repeat flooding
A Sligo councillor says there are a number of schemes under which funding could be sought to alleviate and prevent flooding such as that which occurred this time last year in the Collooney and Ballisodare areas. Sinn Fein Councillor Thomas Healy is now calling on Sligo County Council to contact…
OPW meeting on flooding in Carrick on Shannon this morning
Anyone affected by flooding is invited to attend an event hosted by the Office of Public Works in Leitrim later this morning. The Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group is holding its second open day on its 2016 work programme. It’s taking place at the Council Offices in…