Flood mitigation funding for the Glenaniff and Feorish Rivers
Almost 70,000 euro has been allocated in the form of flood mitigation funding for the Glenaniff River in Rossinver and the Feorish River in Ballyfarnon. The funding has been confirmed by Minister for the Office of Public Works, Patrick O’Donovan TD. €38,384 funding has been approved to Leitrim County Council…
Major funding announced for two local greenway projects
A total of 800,000 euro worth of funding has been announced for two major greenway projects in the north west. €300,000 of the funding has been allocated to the Sligo greenway which runs from Collooney to Cavan. The funding will support the greenways strategy and help Sligo County Council carry…
Tributes paid to Detective Garda Colm Horkan in the Dáil
The Dáil has been paying tribute to Detective Garda Colm Horkan. He was killed last week when he was shot a number of times while responding to an incident in Castlerea in Co Roscommon. Sligo Leitrim TD Frank Feighan has called for politicians and the media alike to…
Major funding boost for North West
The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD will announce a major allocation of Government funding for two major regional enterprise projects in Sligo and Leitrim later today under the Enterprise Ireland Business Enterprise Development Fund 2020. Eleven successful border county projects from the North East…
Major funding allocations announced for north west
€270,000 has been allocated under different schemes for the North West region. €60,000 of which comes from the 2020 Rural Innovation and Development Fund going towards 3 projects in Sligo and Leitrim. The Strandhill Market is to receive €18,942, which will be used in helping reopen the market,…
Local TD expresses confidence new government being formed
A Sligo Leitrim TD has expressed his confidence that a new government will be formed between Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and the Green Party. It’s emerged that housing is proving to be a stumbling block in government formation talks. The Green Party’s looking for more social housing, while…
Funding allocated to a number of Sligo Piers
Over 166,000 euro has been allocated to Sligo County Council by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed under the 2020 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. The funding will be used for the improvement of three piers in Co. Sligo. €84,000 has been…