Twenty one private roads to be upgraded in Sligo and Leitrim
Twenty-one private roads in Sligo and Leitrim are to be upgraded under the Local Improvement Scheme. €250,000 will be spent on eleven roads in Leitrim and €282,000 on ten roads in Sligo. €884,000 will be spent on roads in Donegal but the number to be upgraded in the county has…
Knock airport closed/Road conditions slow but care needed
Road conditions in the region are slow but most route are clear with care. There have been scattered snow showers overnight right across the region but the warning level has been reduced from Red down to Orange for Sligo Leitrim and Donegal. Gardai are warning that side roads are not…
More than €1.5m in LIS money for roads in Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo
Almost €1.5m has been announced in Local Improvement Scheme allocations for roads in the north west. The money will go toward work on small, private roads and laneways in rural areas which are used by a number of households, farmers or businesses. Donegal is to get €884,000, Leitrim €250,000 and…
Met Eireann warns another ‘icy blast’ due at the weekend
8am: A low temperature alert remains in place until ten o’clock this morning. Met Eireann issued the status yellow warning as sub zero temperatures returned to parts of the country overnight. Some inland areas like Gurteen and Ballymote recorded temperatures as low as -4 this morning. The weather is to…
Roads remain slippery in north west this afternoon
Many roads throughout Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal remain in a dangerous condition this afternoon. Even some main roads that have been girtted are slippery due to fallen snow and freezing temperatures. Vehicles have gone off roads in many areas, the latest being on the Riverstown road from Ballymote in County…
Weather: Roads, streets, footpaths in dangerous condition this morning
Many roads, streets and footpaths are in a dangerous condition this morning after a night of below zero temperatures. Gardai throughout the region say roads are slippery, particularly minor roads that are not gritted. In some areas snow fell earlier in the night, with temperatures dropping to minus two or…
Sligo councillors say condition of local roads now ‘a crisis’ situation
Rural councillors in Sligo are hitting out over what they say is the worsening condition of local roads in their areas. Such is the situation that two Fianna Fail councillors, Paul Taylor and Martin Baker, have now called for a special meeting of the council to discuss the issue. They…