Clean-up operations underway after Storm Barra
Clean-up operations are ongoing across the north west today as the impact of Storm Barra continues to be felt. In Leitrim : There were a number of trees down over night in North Leitrim Leitrim County Council’s road maintenance crews have cleared trees at N16 in Manorhamilton, around Lurganboy, L-6117…
O’Connell Street improvement works expected to begin this year
It’s expected that improvement works on O’Connell Street in Sligo town will start in the second quarter of this year and continue for over 12 months. The project is currently being designed and the tender process to select a contractor has started. Senior Engineer with Sligo County Council Tom Brennan…
New burial ground site yet to be found for Lavagh
An old burial ground in South Sligo is almost full but a a site for a new graveyard has not yet been found. Locals are now concerned that when a person dies in the Lavagh area, there may not be a place in the nearby Court Abbey cemetery in which…
Speed limits being reviewed
Speed limits throughout the country are currently being reviewed. And councillors from the Tubbercurry, Ballymote and west Sligo areas of County Sligo got of an idea of what’s planned for their localities at a Municipal District meeting of the council in Tubbercurry yesterday. New proposals for speed limits are being…