Councillor: ‘Clean-up groups must have place for rubbish’
A Sligo councillor says that when community groups carry out clean-ups and litter-picks, they sometimes have no place to deposit the rubbish collected. The issue was highlighted when Fine Gael Councillor Dara Mulvey asked at a meeting of the council about the possibility of having rubbish skips located at the…
Restrictions being lifted at amenity areas
Sligo County Council and Sligo gardai have confirmed that parking restrictions at beaches, parks and other amenity in the county are being eased from today. However, they say people should adhere to travelling within their own county or within 20 kilometres of their home if crossing county boundaries. Council Cathaoirleach…
Call for south Sligo Local Link bus service
A south Sligo councillor has told the National Transport Authority of the need for a Local Link daily bus service from Coolaney, Cloonacool and Mullinabreena to Sligo town. The Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council, Cllr Dara Mulvey, outlined the need for such a service during a Zoom meeting this week…
Lough Talt water plant upgrade to be completed by end of year
Irish Water says work on upgrading the Lough Talt water treatment plant in South Sligo is on track to be completed by the end of this year. The new plant will benefit more than 13,000 people. Recently, there have been queries from people in the area about progress on work…
Call for traffic calming on the ‘Back Road’ in Ballymote
A Sligo councillor is calling for traffic calming measures on a back road in Ballymote that has become increasingly busy in recent times. It’s known as ‘the back road’ in the town that goes from the Sligo road to a national school and Corran College vocational school. It is also…
Illegal dumping taking council resources away from other needs
The Cathaoirleach of the Ballymote/Tubbercurry Municipal District says continued illegal dumping across Sligo is taking funding away from where it would be much better spent. Fine Gael councillor Dara Mulvey highlighted the build up of illegal dumping at Ranaghan near Coolaney as an example of somewhere that needs to be…