Airbnb to offer grants to local grassroot initiatives
Airbnb is inviting community members in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal to apply for its new microgrant funding programme. The funding is to be made available to grassroot, cultural and community-led initiatives in the North West. Áitiúil, which is a pilot scheme designed by Airbnb, is inviting members from local cultural…
New speed locations in operation from today
Speed camera vans will be operating in several new locations all over the north west from this morning. The monitoring network is being expanded nationwide, with over 13-hundred stretches of road now marked for enforcement. Gardaí are increasing the number of areas where drivers’ speed is being monitored…
Dangerous driving conditions across the north west
Motorists are being advised to proceed with extreme caution on the roads in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal this morning after overnight frost and snow in some parts. Gardaí in Donegal have warned of Ice, slush and snow on many roads in the Bundoran and Ballyshannon areas. The Main…
Nearly 20 people on trolleys in the NW
19 people from across the North West are waiting on trolleys for hospital beds today at the 2 main regional hospitals. Sligo University Hospital has 10 people without beds today with 6 patients in the emergency department and 4 on others wards. Letterkenny University Hospital has 9 patients without beds…
Ocean FM 3rd most popular local radio station in Ireland
Ocean FM is now the third most popular local radio station in the country, with a daily audience reach of 50%. The latest JNLR-MRBI listenership survey, published today, reveals that half the population of the franchise area of Sligo-North Leitrim-South Donegal tunes into Ocean FM every day. Ocean’s weekly reach…
Childcare workers want Government to make childcare a public service
Local Childcare workers receive little pay and no holiday leave. These are just some of the issues highlighted yesterday when over 30,000 people protested in Dublin calling on the government to give more support for childcare sector workers. Many were calling on the government to make the sector a public…
The government has failed Tubbercurry – Perry
“Tubbercurry has been left in a total state of neglect and given continuous lip service from successive governments.” That’s according to North West general election candidate, Independent John Perry who has stated that the town of Tubbercurry is being left behind. The independent candidate is calling for the government and…