Carephone Warehouse closing Irish shops
Carphone Warehouse are closing all their standalone shops and outlets with immediate effect which is expected to lead to 486 job losses nationally. Curry’s PC World, which is a part of Dixons Carphone group, will not be affected but the stores in Sligo, Letterkenny and Carrick on Shannon will close.…
Thirty five new Covid-19 cases in the north west
Thirty-five new cases of Covid-19 in the north west have been announced by the National Public Health Emergency Team. The figures, to midnight on Sunday, showed 11 new cases in Donegal and 12 each in Sligo and Leitrim. There were 18 in Mayo. Throughout the country, there were 403 new…
Three arrested after Sligo & Enniscrone burglaries
Three men have been arrested by Gardaí in Sligo following two separate burglaries in Sligo and Enniscrone. One man was arrested in Kinlough on Saturday evening following the theft of a car in Sligo. The man was charged with burglary and the unauthorised taking of a…
Deputy Chief Medical Officer happy with falling covid numbers
Ireland’s current Covid-19 numbers are ‘better than anything we could have hoped for a few weeks ago’, according to the National Public Health Emergency Team. New cases of the virus have steadily dropped with 309 confirmed yesterday – bringing the five-day moving average to 358, down 12 percent on last…
Gardaí in Sligo investagating serious assualt
Gardaí in Sligo are continuing to investigate a serious assault which took place in Sligo Town last night. It’s understood that investigations are continuing this morning after Gardai attended an incident yesterday evening in Sligo Town which led to the Pilkington Terrace and Chapel Hill areas being closed. …
Significant growth in wind farm sector predicted
A new report by KPMG for Wind Energy Ireland suggests there could be significant growth in the sector. 22% of rates income for Leitrim County Council now comes from wind farms; this figure is 8.6% for Donegal and 6.3% in Sligo. The report says close to two thousand more jobs…
34 new cases of Covid-19 in Donegal
The Department of Health has confirmed that 12 more additional deaths have occurred from Covid-19. 431 new cases of the virus were also reported in the latest set of figures. Donegal registered 34 new cases. Only Dublin and Kildare reported more cases. Once again there were no cases…