Sligo councillor ‘in limbo’ as High Court legal proceedings follows SIPO ethics hearings
A Sligo councillor who’s the subject of an ethics investigation says a decision cannot be made in his case until High Court proceedings involving two other councillors are finalised. Sligo Councillor Joe Queenan, Donegal Councillor John O Donnell and Monaghan Councillor Hugh McElvaney were the subject of separate ethics investigations…
Queenan running as an Independent in west Sligo
West Sligo Councillor Joe Queenan has confirmed he has already started his reelection campaign for next year’s local elections as an Independent candidate. Enniscrone-based Queenan had been a Fianna Fail councillor until he and two other councillors was secretly filmed in 2015 by an RTE television programme investigating ethics in…
Ethics hearings involving Donegal and Sligo councillors set for next week
Ethics hearings involving two councillors from Sligo and Donegal are due to take place in Dublin next week. The hearings arise from undercover interviews with the councillors that were broadcast on an RTE Prime Time programme in December 2015. The hearings, by the Standards in Public Office Commission, are part…
Call for west Sligo to be policed by gardai from Ballina
There’s been a call for west Sligo to be policed by gardai from the Ballina area. West Sligo currently comes under the jurisdiction of Ballymote, Co Sligo, gardai — but many local people point out that Ballina, just across the border in Mayo, is much nearer. The latest call follows…
Joe Queenan chosen as new Cathaoirleach for Tubbercurry/Ballymote/Enniscrone area
Independent Councillor Joe Queenan is the new Cathaoirleach for the Tubbercurry/Ballymote/Enniscrone area. The announcment was made today at the Municipal Districts AGM. Fianna Fail Cllr. Jerry Lundy is the Leas Cathaoirleach. Cllr. Queenan says rural areas are being left behind in the county and he wants to change that.
Ethics body to hold public hearings in probe of three councillors
The Standards in Public Office Commission is to hold public hearings later this year as part of its investigation into three councillors from Sligo, Donegal and Monaghan. It arises from interviews with the councillors broadcast in an RTE Prime Time programme almost two and a half years ago. The Standards…
‘Save our Post Office’ or ‘Pull the Plug’ on government warns former FF Cllr
A former Fianna Fail councillor is warning that if there is any threat to the future of Easkey Post office – his former party colleagues should ‘pull the plug’ in supporting the government. Sligo councillors in the Ballymote, Tubbercurry and east Sligo areas are now calling on the council to…