New Lidl store to open in Sligo in October
A new Lidl store is to open in Sligo next month. The new store is being built within the unused 300 year old mill on Finisklin Road and is due to open in October this year. Gail McGibbon, CEO of the Sligo Business Improvement District told Ocean FM what it…
New Abtran centre creating 350 new jobs expected to open in August
A new Centre creating 350 new jobs for Sligo and the North West is expected to be open by the end of August. Abtran an outsourcing company based in Cork but with over 2000 employees in Ireland and in India made the significant jobs boost today. It is to set…
IDA: Today’s jobs announcement ‘a boost for the region’
The IDA says today’s jobs announcement for Sligo will benefit the wider region. Global software company LiveTiles is to open a base at the IT Innovation Centre in IT Sligo creating up to 50 jobs in the next year. The company is Australian but its main headquarters is in New…
Call for IDA to focus more on job creation in Donegal
A Donegal senator has accused the IDA of a lack of effort when it comes to creating jobs in the county. The growth in IDA supported jobs in Donegal since 2000 is fewer than half the national average, while it supports fewer companies in the county today (12) than they…
New Year jobs blow for Sligo
The New Year is starting with a jobs blow for Sligo. ProMinent Fluid Controls Limited is to close its plant in Sligo, which employs 24 people. The ProMinent global group of companies is based in Heidelberg in Germany. For more than 50 years, it has been a leading developer and…
WDC concerned over new figures on poor jobs growth for Sligo
A policy analyst with the Western Development Commission says it’s very worrying that the jobs recovery that seems to be happening nationally is not occurring in Sligo. Analysis of Census 2016 figures by the WDC shows Sligo has had the lowest employment growth of any county in the past five…
Call for Rural Social Scheme jobs to be filled
Almost 60% of the Rural Social Scheme posts have not been filled. 500 additional places for the RSS was allocated in Budget 2017, however, only 201 of these have been filled. The Rural Social Scheme is open to low income farmers and fishermen/fisherwomen who avail of certain social welfare payments.…