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Sligo County Council has deferred the adoption of a five-year Traveller accommodation plan. The decision was taken by councillors yesterday on the proposal of Independent Socialist Cllr Declan Bree and seconded by People Before Profit Cllr Gino O Boyle. The Sligo Traveller Support Group had requested the deferral until September…

A local Sligo traveller representative says last night’s RTE programme featuring members of the travelling community from Sligo highlights the pain and misery they have been subjected to for decades. The RTE Investigate programme ‘Living on the Fringes’ featured the Ward family from Glenview halting site on Ash Lane. There…