Immediate investment required for inadequate health service
A Sligo Leitrim TD is calling for immediate resources to be invested into the north west health service. Deputy Martin Kenny was commenting after Sinn Fein launched their alternative health budget which called for calling for 828 new public hospital beds and 6,500 additional staff for the health service.…
Sligo councillors vote 13-4 against Sinn Fein call for abolition of property tax
A Sligo Independent councillor has hit out at Sinn Fein over a motion it tabled at this week’s meeting of Sligo County Council calling for the abolition of the Local Property tax. The motion, from the Mayor of Sligo, Cllr Arthur Gibbons, was defeated by 13 votes to four, with…
Garda Commissioner has questions to answer in relation to unanswered emergency calls
The Garda Commissioner will appear before the Policing Authority today and be questioned about thousands of unanswered emergency calls. An internal inquiry has been conducted into the gardai’s failure to respond to domestic violence calls in 2019 and 2020. Drew Harris will brief the authority on the progress…
Concerns raised over amount spent subsidising private landlords
A Leitrim Councillor has raised concerns over the amount of money being spent by the government on an annual basis to subsidies private landlords. In monetary terms it’s claimed that the amount spent is in excess of 1 billion euro, which represents nearly a third of all government spending on…
Government must restore Donegal to Dublin flight service ‘urgently’
A Donegal TD is urging the government to ensure the Donegal to Dublin flight service is restored as soon as possible. Stobart Air has announced it’s ceasing all flights with immediate effect and is going into liquidation resulting in 12 Aer Lingus regional routes and 480 jobs being impacted by…
Kenny accuses MacSharry of getting into a twist over fake poling
There are contrasting views today among public elected representatives in the northwest when it comes to the fallout from revelations that political parties have engaged in using fake poling representatives to obtain voters’ views. The controversy over fake poling representatives continues to rumble on into its second day, yesterday…
Calls for investigation into claims over Sinn Féin using fake poling representatives.
A Sligo Leitrim TD is calling for an investigation to be launched into claims that the Sinn Féin party has been using fake poling representatives. A senior Sinn Féin figure has denied the party deceived people by having members pose as representatives of a fake polling company. …