Location of Sligo defibrillators to be highlighted
Moves are underway to raise awareness of the location of cardiac defibrillators in Sligo town and county. It follows a situation recently in Sligo town in which a person collapsed and no one immediately knew where the nearest defibrillator was located. The Mayor of Sligo, Fianna Fail Councillor Rosaleen O…
Hopes further progress will now be made on new Garda regional HQ in Sligo
There are hopes that further progress can now be made on the building of a new garda regional headquarters in Sligo town. It’s after difficulties have been resolved in getting a site of a new garda station in Clonmel in County Tipperary. The delay in acquiring the Clonmel site affected…
Three due in court over Sligo drugs seizure
Three people are due to appear in court this morning charged in relation to a drug seizure in south Sligo. Gardaí arrested three people, a man and a woman in their 30s and a man in his late 20s after seizing cannabis herb and cannabis plants. The drugs, with an…
Driver sentenced for having children unrestrained in car in Sligo
A driver has been sentenced for not having children restrained in a car after being pulled over close to Sligo town. Last December the Sligo Roads Policing Unit stopped a car being driven on the Dual Carriageway near Sligo while there were five children, under the age of six unrestrained.…
Concern over health care projects in the north west
A Sligo TD says the lack of clarity from the HSE on the future of three projects in north west is a cause for concern. Fianna Fail TD Marc MacSharry has questioned the Minister for Health regarding the construction of health facilities in Ballyshannon, Sligo Town and Carrick on Shannon.…
Up and Running with Claire Ronan
This week Stephen O’Connor from Ciro about their recent investment in Donegal. Mary Tighe from the friends of Sligo University Hospital tells us about the events she is running for International Women’s Day on March 8th in the Glasshouse Hotel. Derek Bell from the Retirement Planning Council gives us great…
Concerns raised over dangerous stretch of N17
People in south Sligo fear there will be a serious accident on the N17 national road that runs through their parish of Achonry/Mullinabreena. That’s because of the many junctions where the N17 is joined by other roads. Discussion about the realignment of the N17 between Collooney and Curry has been…