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…
Sligo Cemetery expansion plans
Cllr Tom MasSharry highlights concerns from ‘Churches Together’ group over expansion plans for Sligo Cemetery
Calls made for new landing facilities at Inishmurray Island
A Sligo councillor says the ongoing issue of access to Inishmurray Island off the coast of North Sligo is ‘being turned into a political football.’ Independent Alliance Councillor Marie Casserly was speaking at this week’s meeting of councillors from Sligo Municipal District after she came under pressure to arrange a…
Councillor warns any cuts to DeafHear will be ‘strongly resisted’
Sligo councillors are calling for a guarantee that services for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing will not be removed. There has been concern about the future of services provided by the charity organisation DeafHear, which has been providing specialist help for people and their families since 1964. Sligo Fianna…
Sligo/Leitrim TD hits out at lack of progress in relation to the upgrading of Sligo Garda Station
Fianna Fail Councillor Tom MacSharry has hit out at Sligo/Leitrim Fine Gael TD Tony McLoughlin over what he called ’empty promises’ in relation to the upgrade of Sligo town Garda station. In a motion to Sligo County Council at this week’s meeting of the Sligo Municipal District, Councillor MacSharry said…
Local councillor calls on Minister not to regionalise Citizens Information services
Local councillor, Tom Macsharry, is calling on Minister for Social Protectin, Leo Varadkar, not to regionalise local Citizens Information services. Post Offices and Banks along with other services have been hit hard in recent years with a number of closures and potential future closes still on the horizon. Councillor MacSharry…
McLoughlin, MacSharry in ‘war of words’ over water charges
The ‘blame game’ over whether it was Fianna Fail or Fine Gael is responsible for introducing water charges continues in Sligo/Leitrim between a local councillor and the constituency’s government TD. Fianna Fail Councillor Tom MacSharry has this morning insisted it was Fine Gael who introduced the charges and says Fianna…