Sligo syndicate scoop Lotto prize
A syndicate in Sligo is €250,000 richer this morning. The group were the winners of the Lotto Plus 2 draw that was made on May 20th, after purchasing their ticket online. The winners said that the quarter of a million euro prize was by far the biggest they had ever…
Minister Martin shocked by the failure of governance in RTE
Media Minister Catherine Martin has urged the Board of RTE to responsibly account for decisions taken which have damaged public trust in RTÉ. The chair of the RTÉ board has been described ‘as a deer in headlights ‘after management at the broadcaster appeared at the Oireachtas Media Committee yesterday…
Seanad hears calls for new Garda Station to be established in West Donegal
A Donegal Senator has called for in the Seanad this morning for a new Garda Station to be constructed in west Donegal in addition to standalone Garda Division established in the county. Senator Niall Blaney says the vast size of the county and the fact that Donegal has…
Ministers Harris and O’Gorman to meet on student accommodation
The Integration Minister Roderic O’Gorman and Higher Education Minister Simon Harris will meet today, to discuss a reported ‘rift’ over student accommodation. Earlier this month in Sligo between four and five hundred students were informed by a provider it would no longer be offering student accommodation, as it plans for…
Deposits yet to be returned to students affected by Sligo accommodation debacle
The president of the ATU Sligo Students’ Union is warning that students are being left ‘frustrated’ and ‘anxious’ as a significant amount of student accommodation will no longer be available from September. It was confirmed this month that between four and five hundred students lived in the Benbulben and Milligan…
Sligo-Leitrim TD questions payments made to Ryan Tubridy
A Sligo-Leitrim TD says there is no justification for the way RTÉ have handled the payments they made to Ryan Tubridy. The comments from Martin Kenny come as the Director General of RTÉ Dee Forbes has been suspended from her position by the broadcaster’s board after revelations about pay to…
Government claim solutions are being sought to ease students accommodation crisis in Sligo
The Children’s Minister has confirmed that engagements between Government Departments and other relevant stakeholders over the major student accommodation debacle in Sligo are ongoing. It emerged in recent weeks that Milligan Court and Benbulben Court in the town – two apartment complexes which traditionally houses students – are to…