Sligo councillors adopt budget for 2020 on third attempt
Sligo’s county councillors have adopted their Budget for 2020 on their third attempt. Councillors voted by 12 votes to 3 in favour of the proposals at last evening’s meeting, which lasted only ten minutes. On this occasion, the Fine Gael members of the council voted in favour of the Budget,…
Sligo Traveller Support Group described as ‘out of touch’ in statement by Sligo County Council Corporate Services
Sligo Traveller Support Group has been described as ‘out of touch’ in a statement from Sligo County Council Corporate Services. In the statement released to OceanFM News, the council raised issue with an article posted on the OceanFM website on November 27th where Jamie Murphy of the Sligo Traveller Support…
Sligo County Council failed to agree on a budget for the second time
Sligo county councillors will meet again next Friday evening in a final attempt to agree on a budget for the coming year. It follows a meeting yesterday evening lasting about 10 minutes during which councillors voted 9-6 against adopting the budget. Fine Gael, Independent Socialist and Sinn Fein councillors voted…
Sligo Councillors meeting in effort to pass budget for year ahead
Sligo county councillors are meeting around now for a second time this evening in an effort to pass a budget for the year ahead. They failed to pass the budget last Monday after Fianna Fail Councillor Paul Taylor proposed that they do so. The four councillors who formed a Pact…
The Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council says any form of intimidation or bullying will not be tolerated
The Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council says any form of intimidation or bullying will not be tolerated in the council. Fianna Fail Councillor Tom MacSharry was responding to claims of bullying by another councillor. The councillor alleged during an interview on Ocean FM last week that bullying occurred during efforts…
Protest over budget proposals taking place outside Sligo County Council building
A protest is taking place outside the council building in Sligo Town over this years budget proposals. This comes as meeting of councillors is to resit this evening following last weeks failure to adopt this years council budget. Fianna Fail entered into a pact with People before profit, Independent councillors…
McGinley family have moved out of Connaughton Road Car Park
After more than 30 years, the McGinley family have finally moved out of the Connaughton Road Car Park in Sligo Town. Four generations of the extended Traveller family have lived in the publicly-owned, local authority car park. For years, there have been unsuccessful efforts to find alternative accommodation acceptable to…