Cosgrove edges closer to election in Sligo-Strandhill
Nessa Cosgrove has edged closer to being elected in the Sligo-Strandhill electoral area. No candidate elected following the third count at The Sligo Park Hotel. None of the remaining candidates reached the quota of 1,188. Distributing of Tom MacSharry’s votes have seen an increase of Labour Party candidate’s Cosgrove vote…
More support needed for home help and carers
Ireland’s care system isn’t working under current Government conditions. That’s the view of Sligo Leitrim Labour Party representative, Nessa Cosgrove, as her party have called for the recruitment freeze for home help carers to be lifted. Currently, there are 83 people in Sligo and Leitrim on a waiting list to…
More transparency needed regarding vacant council homes
Calls are being made for more transparency regarding the number of vacant council houses in the North West. It emerged earlier this week that there were 216 empty council homes in the north west at the end of the first six months of this year. Sligo had 25, Leitrim had…
Local Labour Party Rep claims Children with autism and other disabilities are being failed by the Government.
Labour will bring a motion to the Dáil on Wednesday, calling for financial relief to be provided to parents and caregivers of people with disabilities. The motion will also call for an end to assessment delays and improvements to the current lack of education supports and appropriate school places…
Local representative calls for eviction ban retention
A local representative for the Labour Party says they will be backing a Sinn Fein motion to retain the eviction ban. Party Leader Ivana Bacik has called on the Government to reverse its decision not to extend it beyond the end of this month. It comes after Green Party TD…
Calls for greater powers for Sligo County Council to address Airbnb concerns
A former local and general election candidate has called on government to provide greater powers to Sligo County Council to clamp down on Airbnb. An analysis carried out by Labour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan found that 55 Airbnb houses were available to let in Sligo, with only 13 homes available…
Local Labour Party member says two tier health system should not exist
A former local and general election candidate says those working in the community and voluntary sector have been left 14 years without a pay increase and also continue to be presented with poor short term contracts. Healthcare workers in the community sector protested yesterday in Dublin for better pay…