Sligo Mayor Gino O Boyle, of SPBP, to contest general election
Another candidate has joined the general election race in the constituency of Sligo/Leitrim/South Donegal/North Roscommon. The Mayor of Sligo, Cllr Gino O Boyle, will seek a seat as a Solidarity People Before Profit candidate. In 2015, he was co-opted onto Sligo County Council following the death of his father Seamus.…
Mayor Of Sligo calling on Government to not import Fracked Gas from US
A Sligo councillor has called the government ‘hypocritical’ for allowing the development of a fracked gas terminal in Shannon Airport. People Before Profit Councillor and Mayor of Sligo, Gino O’Boyle, submitted a motion at this months meeting of Sligo County Council calling on the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar and Minister Richard…
Sligo Cllr defends Adoption Bill
A Sligo cllr is defending the Adoption Bill which is set to move to the committee stage in the Seanad today. It would allow adoptees secure information about their adoption through Tusla. There have been concerns about the privacy of natural or birth parents in cases where an adopted person…
Cllr calls for access to abuse allegation records
A local election candidate is calling on the Taoiseach and the Minister for Children to allow public access to all records on abuse allegations in residential institutions. Under new legislation, thousands of such testimonies are to be sealed and “withheld from public scrutiny” for 75 years. Now, People Before Profit…
Forthill Park in Sligo to be named O’Boyle Park
Sligo councillor Gino O’Boyle says the naming of a park in Sligo Town after his late father is a fitting tribute to his memory. Forthill Park will be officially named ‘O’Boyle Park’, after the late Councillor Seamie O’Boyle at a naming ceremony which takes place this Friday. The park, just…
Councillor claims some auctioneers don’t want house tenants who are on support schemes
A Sligo councillor wants to know why some estate agents and auctioneers will not accept housing tenants who are on on the Housing Assistance Payment Scheme, known as HAP. The payment is a form of social housing support for people who have a long-term housing need. HAP is to replace…
Public meeting in Sligo tonight on rising insurance premiums
A Sligo councillor says private motorists are not the only people hit by sky-rocketing motor insurance premiums. People Before Profit Councillor Gino O Boyle says some bus and taxi companies and those using vehicles for their work and businesses have seen premium increases of five to six hundred per cent.…