Parents and guardians advised not to display child’s name on schoolbag
Donegal Gardaí have issued advice for parents and guardians not to have name tags with their childrens name visible on the outside of their schoolbag. The advice comes ahead of schools starting the new academic year as Gardaí say a child will automatically presume that anyone who knows their name…
School class sizes need to be addressed says local Councillor and teacher
School class sizes needs to be addressed according to a local Councillor and teacher. Figures released to Sinn Fein following a parliamentary question found the average size of a classroom in Sligo and Leitrim in 2020 was 22.6 which is above the EU average of 20. Sligo/Leitrim Sinn Fein TD,…
Co2 detectors to be supplied to all schools
The Department of Education is to supply portable Co2 detectors to all schools in August and September. 20 to 35 monitors are to be given to each school to improve ventilation and help prevent the spread of Covid-19. Education Minister Norma Foley brought a memo to Cabinet recently confirming plans…
Concerns over school bus tickets for children in medical card system
Parents of school children in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal have expressed concern in relation to the School Bus Tickets to being provided to Children who are applying through the medical card system. Owing to the cybersecurity attack on the HSE systems recently, Bus Éireann have been unable to offer the…
Concern over disabled access to Sligo Garda Station following refurbishment
A local Councillor is raising concern that that the Garda Station in Sligo Town will not be issued a Disabled Access Certificate following refurbishments. Garda Stations, courthouses, Defence Forces barracks and buildings used by or in connection with a number of government buildings are exempt under the Building Control Regulations…
Seven new bus shelters to be supplied in Co. Sligo
Seven new bus shelters are to be built in Sligo by the end of this year. Two new shelters will be supplied in both Grange and Cliffoney and one shelter each in Cartron at Classiebawn Drive, Cairns Rd Sligo Town and on the Mall outside Sligo University Hospital replacing the…
Meeting to be held over maintaining Teeling Monument
Sligo County Council are to meet with the National Grave Association to discuss the avenues available in restoring and maintaining the Teeling Monument at Carricknagat, Collooney. The limestone statue of Bartholomew Teeling was erected on the centenary of the 1798 rising in 1898. It has over the last 100 plus…