Gardaí appeal for information on missing Sligo Man
Gardaí this morning are appealing for information in relation to a Sligo man who has been reported missing. 27 year old Michael Glynn from Sligo Town has been reported missing since last Sunday. He is five foot eight, of slim build, with short black hair and a beard. …
Gardaí ‘anxious’ to speak with two couples in relation to alleged Ballinode assault
Gardaí in Sligo are ‘anxious’ to speak with two couples who were walking through the grounds of ITSligo around the time an alleged assault took place in Ballinode. Gardaí are continuing their investigations into the alleged incident that occurred on Thursday morning at approximately 1:30am. It’s believed the couples may…
6,296 Covid-19 cases recorded in the north west over one week period
6,296 new cases of Covid 19 were confirmed in the Counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal between January 16th and 22nd. When the HSE published figures are broken down county by county they show there were 4,102 cases in Donegal, 1,493 were detected in Sligo and 701 in Leitrim. It’s…
Planned Russian navy exercises ‘very alarming’ says local TD
TDs and senators are expected to strongly challenge the Russian Ambassador to Ireland at a meeting next week. Yury Filatov has been invited to the Oireachtas foreign affairs committee, over his country’s planned military drills off the Irish coast. The fishing industry met him yesterday about the impact the exercises…
308 adults availed of emergency accommodation during one week of December
308 adults in the north west region accessed emergency accommodation between the 20th and 26th of December. The December homelessness report has been published by the Department of Housing. The report finds that 196 men and 112 women availed of local authority housing during this time. The latest figures also…
Reduction in those waiting for hospital admission in the region
There has been a reduction in the number of people waiting for admission to the north west’s two main hospitals today. 46 people are waiting on trolleys or chairs in Letterkenny University Hospital, 11 fewer than yesterday and 20 people are waiting in Sligo University Hospital, 10 fewer than Thursday.…
Parts of the North West will have to wait until 2025 For High Speed Broadband
A Sligo Leitrim TD is claiming that the north west is once again ‘at the back of the queue’ when it comes to regional development. Independent TD, Marian Harkin made the comment after learning the majority of homes across Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal won’t be connected to broadband until…