Collapsed South Sligo bridge will not be reopened in time for school buses in September
A bridge that has collapsed on a road in South Sligo will not be repaired before school buses resume their runs in September. It’s the Coolrawer Bridge on the Curracunanne road, linking Banada and Charlestown. The issue was on the agenda of this week’s meeting of councillors in Tubbercurry from…
September start for new water treatment plant construction at Lough Talt
Work on a new water treatment plant at Lough Talt in South Sligo is expected to start in September. It will take 12 to 14 months to complete. For some time now, almost 13,000 people in the area have been on a boil water notice since cryptosporidium was…
Lough Talt treatment plant upgrade given the go-ahead
It’s understood the Minister for Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht has given the go-head for the proposed upgrading works to carried out at the Lough Talt Water Treatment Plant in South Sligo. Cryptosporidium was discovered in the water supply affecting over 13,000 homes, resulting in a Boil Water Notice being…
Fine Gael local election candidates for Sligo announced
Former Minister and TD, John Perry, has failed in his bid to get a Fine Gael nomination to stand as a candidate in this year’s local elections in County Sligo. Mr Perry lost out at a packed Ballymote-Tubbercurry area convention at the Castledargan Hotel last night, when delegates chose four…