Funding restored for Local Improvement Schemes
Funding has been restored for Local Improvement Schemes, better known as LIS schemes. It’s something councillors throughout the north west have been calling for for some time. LIS schemes provide funding for private roads on which a number of people live or on which there are a number of users,…
Sligo stabbing: Man remanded in custody until this Friday
A father of five who has been remaned in custody following a serious stabbing incident in Sligo will appear again before Harristown District Court in Castlerea this Friday. Michael Sweeney, of Old Bundoran Road in Sligo, appeared before Letterkenny District Court on Saturday evening. A husband and wife, Martin and…
‘We need to work together to continue to fight terrorism’
The Spanish Ambassador to Ireland says EU member states have to work together more to fight terrorism. Mr. Jose Maria Rodriguez-Coso was in Sligo on Friday where he opened a book of condolence to the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Spain including in his hometown of Barcelona. Speaking…
A number of changes to diocese priests in the region
The Bishop of Kilmore, Leo O Reilly, has announced a number of changes among priests in the diocese, which covers parts of counties Leitrim and Sligo and most of County Cavan. Fr Tom Mannion, curate in Glencar, Co Leitrim, and chaplain to Our Lady’s Hospital in Manorhamilton, is to be…
McLoughlin: ‘Decision on cardiac cath lab in Sligo now a matter for HSE’
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says it’s now up to the HSE to decide if a fixed cardiac catherisation lab should be provided at Sligo University Hospital. Fine Gael Deputy Tony McLouighlin says this follows the completion by hospital group Saolta of a ‘business case’ for developing the cardiology service further in…
Vacancy rates: Sligo Chamber says High Street area and rates need to be looked at
As County Sligo continues to top the list nationally for the number of vacant shops and offices in the country, the acting president of Sligo Chamber of Commerce says the High Street area is one in the town that needs special attention. The latest GeoDirectory analysis of commercial vacancy rates…
Sligo again tops list of commercial vacancy rates in the country
County Sligo has again emerged as the county with the highest rate of empty shops and offices in the country. And when it comes to towns in the country, Ballybofey in County Donegal tops the vacancy rate. The latest GeoDirectory analysis of commercial vacancy rates for the second quarter of…