Cllr Sinead Maguire announces her decision not to run in local elections
The Fine Gael Cllr Sinead Maguire has confirmed that she will not be running in the local elections next year. The Sligo-Strandhill Councillor has been a member of the local authority since 2014. In 2019 she was selected to contest the General Election in the Sligo Leitrim Constituency…
Excuses relating to delays in pandemic recognition payments fail to wash with Sligo councillor
A Sligo Councillor has called for the immediate payment of the long-awaited pandemic recognition payment to nurses, midwives and other frontline workers It’s been claimed that Despite Government announcements and statements directly to the media that the pandemic recognition payment for frontline workers would be paid immediately, there are…
Car parking spaces at Strandhill shorefront set to be reduced
The numbers of car parking spaces along the shorefront at Strandhill will be reduced by about 20, after an agreement was reached in relation to the Development Plan for the area. The consensus reached on the matter is a case of common sense prevailing, according to Fianna Fail councillor,…
Sligo Councillor welcomes coordinated response to deal with Ukrainian refugee crisis.
A Sligo Councillor says local Authorities across the Country will face massive challenges when it comes to dealing with the to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. Cllr Sinead Maguire says the Covid emergency response team should be reformed to deal with the crisis. She added that the provision of…
Sligo/Strandhill LEA has the highest local 14-day incidence rates
The Sligo Strandhill Local Electoral has the highest 14-day incidence rates in the local region. It’s also emerged that Household visits and indoor hospitality will be targeted as part of new restrictions to tackle the spread of Covid-19. 344 cases were detected in the Sligo Strandhill Local Electoral…
Latest Covid-19 figures for your local electoral areas
The Covid-19 infection rates in the local region varied from percentage figures of 28.4 to 182.5 per 100,000 of population in the latest 14 day incidence figures which were published by the Department of Health. Manorhamilton registered the most cases and highest rate in the Ocean FM franchise…
Slight increase in 14 day rate for Co. Leitrim
There has been an increase in the 14 day incidence rate per 100,000 people in Co. Leitrim while one local electoral area in the north west remains above the national average of 226.1. The latest daily figures show less than 5 new cases were recorded in Sligo, 23 in Donegal…