Dáil hears further calls for funding to be issued to Sligo Airport
The Dáil has again heard an appeal for Sligo Airport to be given funding for safety works it has already completed. The issue arose during statements on international travel when Sligo Independent Deputy Marian Harkin said it was ‘beyond urgent’ at this stage that Sligo Airport get its money.…
Sligo Council meeting to discuss airport funding
A Sligo Councillor is calling on the local authority to write to the Department of Transport asking them to ensure funds are made available annually for Sligo Airport. Independent Councillor, Marie Casserly is submitting a motion at today’s meeting on the matter as she says a verbal commitment…
Taoiseach called to reimburse Sligo Airport for safety works
A Sligo Leitrim TD has called again on the Taoiseach to ensure that an urgent payment is made to Sligo Airport Company in relation monies already spent on necessary safety works which were required by the Irish Aviation Authority. Speaking in the Dáil yesterday, Deputy Harkin emphasised the urgent…
Clear pathway for Sligo Airport funding
There is now a clear pathway for the required funding to be provided for capital investment works at Sligo Airport in order to support the continuation of the Search and Rescue service from the Strandhill base That’s according to the Minister for state at the Department of Health and Sligo…
Meeting scheduled to discuss future of Sligo Airport
A meeting involving all key stakeholders at Sligo Airport, the Minister of Communications Eamon Ryan, minister for State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton and department officials has been scheduled to take place over the coming days. it’s been almost a decade since the airport received government funding as…
No clear answer for Sligo Airport funding
There is no clear answer to the issue around funding for Sligo Airport. Sligo Fine Gael Councillor Thomas Walsh, who is also a Director at the airport, says he cannot understand the response given to Independent Deputy Marian Harkin in the Dail by Minister of State at the Department of…
Harkin ‘gutted’ by minister’s response on essential funding for Sligo Airport
A Sligo/Leitrim Independent TD has told the Dail that she was ‘gutted’ by the response of a government minister to her request for essential funding for Sligo Airport. Deputy Marian Harkin says it is astonishing that any TD would have to stand up and plead for money for Sligo Airport,…