Major Mica meeting to take place today
A meeting which is being organised by the Donegal Mica 100% Redress No Less campaign group will take place later today. The meeting is being to highlight issues with the current Mica redress scheme before the Defective Blocks Working Group’s talks conclude next month. One of the issues…
Sligo Councillors to meet with NTA on Monday
A delegation of Sligo Councillors are set to meet with the National Transport Authority on Monday next to discuss the bus service in Sligo town and county. The meeting will take place virtually. For some time, a number of councillors have been raising issues in relation to bus…
2 candidates attend Sligo meeting on childcare
Two local general elections candidates in Sligo and Leitrim have hit out after the low number of candidates that attended last nights Early Years Sector meeting. The meeting in Sligo was held to invite all general election candidates to hear the issues that the childcare system is facing. Labour Candidate…
Kilcar residents stand against post office closure
An Post is proposing to move its services five kilometres from one post office to another in South Donegal — but local people are having none of it. Kilcar Post Office is due to close at the end of this month with the retirement of the post master there. The…
Another public meeting in Easkey tonight, Tuesday
Easkey residents are expected to seek further information tonight about work taking place at the community car park in the West Sligo village. A public meeting is scheduled to take place in the Community Centre at 8 p.m. to discuss plans for a ‘drying shed’ facility, as well as a…
Brexit event in Enniskillen this (Thurs.) evening
A special event on Brexit will take place this evening in Fermanagh House in Enniskillen at 8 o clock. It will be hosted by Sinn Fein’s Martina Anderson MEP and Michelle Gildernew, MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Speakers will include Peter Quinn, director of Lakeland Dairies; John Sheridan of…
Major meeting on forestry to take place in Carrick on Shannon
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association is holding what they hope will be a major meeting at the Bush Hotel in Carrick-on-Shannon next week. Gerry Loftus the Chairperson of the organisation’s forestry committee says the abundance of these non-native spruce plantations especially in Leitrim and west Cavan makes no…