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The Minister with responsibility for flood relief and the Office of Public Works will be in Leitrim today. Among the places Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran will visit this afternoon is Kiltyclogher, where there have been calls for funding to be provided to ensure the home of 1916 signatory Sean MacDiarmada remains…

A Sligo/Leitrim TD says that despite months of campaigning, there has been no real improvement in adolescent mental health services in the region. Sinn Fein Deputy Martin Kenny was speaking after members of the ‘Our Voices Their Future’ group from the region visited Leinster House yesterday. They met with Sinn…

A Sligo Leitrim TD is calling for a commitment from the government to ensure that two teachers are retained at Kiltyclogher National School in county Leitrim in the coming school year. Sinn Fein Deputy Martin Kenny raised the issue with the Minister for Education Richard Bruton in the Dail yesterday.…

A Sligo/Leitrim TD has called on the government to bring forward the introduction of a ‘yellow card’ system in relation to farm inspections. Such a scheme would allow farmers a certain amount of time in which to come in line with standards in relation to the running of their farms.…

There are renewed fears about ambulance shortages today. The Irish Independent claims as many as six counties are being left with just one ambulance on duty. The paper claims that Donegal and Sligo are among the counties where sometimes just one ambulance is available at night. It also says just…