Calls for public bins to be mapped in Sligo ahead of tourism season
Calls are being made on Sligo County Council to map public bins in effort to identify gaps prior to tourism season. The Cathaoirleach of Sligo Drumcliffe MD, Cllr Thomas Walsh has made the calls adding that €5 million in funding has been provided to support local authorities ahead of what…
North Sligo ‘untapped’ resource for tourism
This week’s Sligo Drumcliffe MD meeting heard calls for tourism to be developed in north Sligo by incorporating the proposed Yeats International Centre and the planned Drumcliffe visitor facilities in Drumcliffe. Sinn Fein Councillor Thomas Healy table a motion on the issue and received support from his fellow councillors. He…
Confusion around restrictions damaging local tourism industry
The current confusion that is surrounding the recently Government published ‘living with Covid-19 Roadmap’ has the potential to inflict more damage on the North West’s tourism and hospitality sectors. Those are the fears of the fears of a Sligo Leitrim TD. The Tánaiste yesterday urged people in Dublin…
Government’s travel guidelines ‘putting some Irish tourists into financial difficulty’
A leading Sligo travel agent has told Ocean FM that some Irish tourists are being put into serious financial difficulty by the latest government guidelines on travel overseas. John Mullaney from Mullaney Travel in Sligo. He says that some airlines are charging extra fees to customers if they try to…
Kenny calls for immediate government intervention in the hospitality sector
A Sligo Leitrim TD has called for government intervention in the tourism and hospitality to save jobs and businesses. The Sinn Fein spokesperson on justice and equality, Deputy Martin Kenny says the effect on rural Ireland has been dramatic, economically and socially, for all stakeholders. Sinn Fein recently…
Tourism Sector not being best served by current support measures
A Sligo Leitrim TD has expressed his concerns that the towel is already being thrown in for the tourism sector. Fianna Fáil TD, Marc MacSharry speaking in the Dáil yesterday observed that the tourism portfolio has been rolled into a Department with a number of other briefs and will…
Education Minister asked to clarify why school trips have been postponed for 2021
The Minister for Education is being called on to clarify if any instruction has been given to Education and Training Boards with regard to school trips and events that were scheduled for the 2020/21 academic year. The Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Transport, Tourism, and Sport Marc Mac Sharry has…