Fianna Fáil select four candidates to contest local elections in the Ballymote Tubbercurry Municipal District
The Fianna Fáil Parliamentary party will run 4 candidates in the Ballymote Tubbercurry Municipal District in this year’s local elections. Following a selection convention which was held last night it was confirmed that Barry Gallagher, Liam Brennan, Keith Henry and sitting councillor, Paul Taylor would all run in the…
Ballymote St Patrick’s Day parade to return in 2022
The town of Ballymote in Sligo will stage their St Patrick’s Day this year for the first time since 2019. The Popular parade failed to take place over the two years due to COVID19. The Organising committee have confirmed that the parade will get underway at its traditional…
People urged to have their say on N17 routes
The proposed routes for the N17 Knock to Collooney route are now available for public viewing. People can see the options online and they will also be displayed at Sligo County Council’s County Hall in Riverside in Sligo Town and in Teach Laigne in Tubbercurry. A controversial option going through…
Efforts underway to keep 24-hour ATM in Ballymote
Efforts are taking place in Ballymote to keep a 24-hour ATM in the south Sligo town. It’s after Bank of Ireland’s decision to close its branches in Ballymote and Tubbercurry. In Ballymote, the only external ATM is operated from the Bank of Ireland building, which is to be sold. An…
No ATM Machine for Ballymote
A campaign aimed at retaining the Bank of Ireland ATM machine in Ballymote has failed to secure the desired result, despite over 1,000 signature calling for the services to be retained. In March Bank of Ireland announced it was closing several of its branches in the country including those in…
Former councillor launches petition to keep ATM in Ballymote
A former Sligo councillor is starting a petition to save what is the only external bank teller machine in Ballymote. It follows the decision of Bank of Ireland to close its branch in the town next September. Keith Henry, a former Fianna Fail councillor who lives in Ballymote, says Bank…
Credit Union will be an alternative to departing banks
A former Sligo county councillor says people affected by the closure of bank branches in Ballymote and Tubbercurry should consider using their local credit union. Bank of Ireland says its services will be provided through nearby post offices but Keith Henry says the credit union helped fill the void…