Emergency funding needed to address issues at Sligo University Hospital
A local TD is calling for emergency funding to cover the cost of hiring extra staff at Sligo University Hospital. The hospital has been among the worst hit in the country in recent times when it comes to those waiting for a bed with a total of 491 waiting this…
Government handling of EU Digital Covid Certificate a ‘shambles’ says local TD
A local TD says the governments handling of the EU Digital Covid Certificate has been a ‘shambles’. Sligo/Leitrim Sinn Fein Deputy, Martin Kenny says the process hasn’t been thought through with only two helplines available for people to call and only around 90 staff employed to answer calls from around…
Kenny backs Sunday Independent decision to drop Harris
A Sligo/Leitrim TD has backed the decision by the Sunday Independent to drop the former Senator, Eoghan Harris as columnist, over a fake social media account. Sunday Independent Editor Alan English says he was involved in the running of an anonymous Twitter account, which wasn’t ‘fair and reasonable’. …
Physio resumes in Manorhamilton hospital
Physiotherapy services are to resume in Our Lady’s Hospital in Manorhamilton. Approval has been received to fill 2 vacancies in the physiotherapy department in the hospital and recruitment is underway. Interim arrangements have now been put in place to provide physio services to relevant inpatients and services are resuming from…
Emergency action needed to deal with shortage of substitute teachers
There are calls for emergency action to be taken to deal with a growing problem of a shortage of substitute teachers. It’s after a north Sligo primary school had to ask parents of children in one classroom to keep them at home after the school couldn’t find a substitute teacher.…
Response needed to address ‘accelerating mental health crisis’
A Sligo/Leitrim TD is urging cross-party support for a motion coming before the Dail tomorrow morning calling for an emergency response to what he says is the ‘accelerating mental health crisis.’ Sinn Fein Deputy Martin Kenny says voluntary and community groups are now often filling a vacuum left by the…
Kenny calls for knives to be handed over to sate
A Sligo Leitrim TD is encouraging the owners of knives to hand them over to the state. Over 1,000 people have been convicted of possessing a knife over the past two years. 476 people were found guilty last year, and 570 in 2019. The 16 per cent…