Sligo Councillor backs calls for defibrillators to be fitted in Garda stations & patrol cars
A Sligo Councillor is rowing in behind calls for all Garda stations and patrol cars to be installed with defibrillators. It had been expected that a nationwide rollout, providing Gardai with the lifesaving equipment was getting underway at the beginning of this year however, there’s a question mark over…
Calls to not ‘play party politics’ with Regional Garda Station project
‘Let’s not play party politics with the Regional Garda Station project.’ That’s according Sligo/Leitrim Fine Gael general election candidate, Frank Feighan. Fianna Fail TD and candidate, Marc MacSharry, recently made claims that the Office of Public Works are potentially no longer proceeding with a new regional Garda station at Caltragh…
Leitrim councillor says some people in north west ‘living in fear’ due to spate of burglaries
A recent spate of burglaries throughout the north west has left many people living in fear for their safety, that’s according to a local County Councillor and business person that has recently been a victim of a burglary herself. Drumkeerin based Fianna Fail Councillor, Mary Bohan, has for a long…
Focus on garda stations in Ballyshannon, Sligo and Tubbercurry
In the North West, work is being carried out on one garda station, possible new sites are being reviewed for another, and a new building — or, at least, an extension — is being sought for a third. The Office of Public Works, which is responsible for providing garda station…
In the Dail this week: Broadband, Garda Stations, Defence Forces
Apart from the row on water charges a number of other issues were raised in the Dail this week by local TDs. Most of them relating to the removal of services and a lack of investment in rural Ireland – all of which are affecting the local economies in the…