Agri Week podcast 07/03/2024
This week, Ronan Flanagan is out of the warm studio and attends the Sligo branch IFA’s ‘Enough is Enough’ protest outside the offices of Sligo County Council. While John Lynch is in Kinlough to talk to farmers in north Leitrim as they signal their discontent at the local authority’s…
Additional Rural link Bus made deployed to Ballymote
An additional early morning bus was made available for Ballymote this morning to address capacity issues that were reported yesterday. 11 Students that were looking to travel to Sligo ATU were left stranded yesterday with no available on any of the buses servicing the route. The extra bus…
Cause of Lough na Suil flooding needs to be found says Councillor
Calls are being made on Sligo County Council to carry out a survey to discover the cause of water consistently overflowing onto the road by Lough na Suil. A joint motion by Councillor’s Gerard Mullaney and Martin Baker is being submitted to the meeting of the Ballymote/Tubbercurry Municipal District meeting…
Almost half a million euro for various Sligo festivals, events and organisations
Almost half a million euro has been allocated for a range of arts and culture organisations and a number of festivals and events across Co. Sligo by the local authority. €196,500 is going towards seven organisations such as €31,600 for the Blue Raincoat Theatre, €49,000 for the Hawk’s Well and…
Adequate facilities needed for community hubs says Sligo Councillor
A Sligo councillor says there are rural areas that now have broadband but community hubs do not have adequate office and building space, as well as the equipment, with which to work. Fine Gael Councillor Gerard Mullaney says there is a need for government to provide funding to upgrade and…
Councillor wants new planning condition for forestry owners
There’s a call for it to be a condition of planning permission that forestry owners contribute to local road improvement schemes when trees are being cut and taken away. The issue of damage to roads by heavy trucks working on forestry operations has been an issue throughout the north west…
Improvements required on N4 to Ballymote road
A Sligo councillor is calling for improvements on a road that runs from the N4 Sligo/Dublin route to Ballymote. It’s because of an expected surge in traffic on the road that goes from near Drumfin on the N4 to Ballymote, commonly known as the Riverstown road. There has…