Forsa: Many school secretaries, caretakers on minimum wage
A north west member of the public service union Forsa says there are school secretaries and caretakers in the region who have been on the minimum wage for years. Frank Considine, a secretary in St Clare’s National School in Manorhamilton, was speaking as up to 1,000 school secretaries throughout the…
Information sessions to be held in North West as €28m Brexit package announced
Enterprise Ireland is to hold a series of information sessions throughout the north west next week on the recently-announced €28m Brexit package for counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth. The package includes a €15m enterprise development fund specifically for projects in the six border counties. On Wednesday next…
Man dies in Letterkenny following a road traffic collision
A man has died in a road collision in Letterkenny in the early hours of this morning. It’s understood the car he was driving left the road and hit a tree at around 12.30am at Porthall in Lifford. The man, who was aged in his 30s, was the sole occupant…
Closure order issued to Co. Sligo restaurant
A Closure Order was issued to a Sligo based restaurant in November. Maliks Tandoori Restaurant in Pearse Road, Sligo was issued the notice on the 13th of November, and is yet to reopen. The highest ever number of closures around the country took place in November with 23, including another…
46 patients waiting for a bed in the north west today
46 people across the North West are waiting for a bed this morning at 2 main regional hospitals. Letterkenny University Hospital has 24 people on trolleys or on chair waiting for a bed this morning.1 patient is waiting in ED and 23 patients on wards across the hospital. Sligo University…
ParentStop in Donegal will require further funding – Pat the Cope
A meeting has taken place between Children’s and Youth Affairs Minister Catherine Zappone and representatives of Donegal charity ParentStop. The meeting in Leinster House was part of an effort to secure funding and a long-term solution to enable the group continue to provide its free and confidential support service…
60 people waiting for a bed in the north west
There are 60 people on trolleys today waiting for a bed in the north west’s two main acute hospitals. There are 49 in Letterkenny University Hospital and 11 in Sligo University Hospital. In Letterkenny, 15 of those on trolleys are in emergency and other areas while there are 34 in…