Sligo based TD warns north west patients are receiving worst medical care in the Country.
A Sligo Leitrim TD says she’s ‘fed up’ talking about Sligo University Hospital on the floor of the Dail. Independent Deputy Marian Harkin was speaking following a warning this week from the Irish Hospital Consultants Association which stated that excessive delays in care is impacting on patient outcomes in…
TD claims there’s no balanced regional development in North West
The Border Region is a region in freefall, that’s according to the Sligo Leitrim TD Marian Harkin The Independent Deputy raised the issue with the Taoiseach in the Dáil, claiming that data compiled by the EU Commission suggests that GDP per capita for the Border Region it has dropped to…
Questions raised as Sligo Revenue Office remains closed
Serious questions are being asked over the Revenue Office in Sligo. Currently the office is closed to the public however other facilities in the likes of Galway and Dublin are open. Speaking in the Dáil, Independent Sligo Leitrim TD Marian Harkin says in many cases, local people would like to…
Local TD calls for compensation to be provided to tourism dependent businesses
It’s feared that Rosses Point and Bundoran will be two of the hardest hit areas in the country this tourism season with it expected that there will be little to no accommodation available. There’s major ongoing concern locally over how smaller cafes and restaurants will fare this year owing…
Local TD calls for a fairer distribution of ‘scare resources’
It’s the Governments job to distribute ‘scarce resources’ evenly to everyone. That’s the view of Sligo Leitrim TD Marian Harkin who was speaking in the Dail as part of statements on the Nursing Home and Disability Allowance Payments. It comes as the Attorney General this week has concluded…
Sligo Leitrim TD calls for protection of NoWDoc service
A Sligo Leitrim TD has expressed alarm at potential HSE plans to cut NoWDoc services at Carrick-on-Shannon and move them to Sligo Caredoc. Among the options explored in a recent HSE consultation document is the suspension of the out-of-hours service in Carrick on Shannon at midnight each night. This would…
Tánaiste moves to ease ongoing concerns over sale of land to Coillte & British investment fund
The Tánaiste has insisted that there will be no privatisation of public land under the Coillte proposal to sell land to a British investment fund. Gresham House, is giving the state owned forestry company 200 million Euro to try and reach a target of 18 per cent forest cover.…