UPDATE: 7.30PM – N17 road now has reopened following a traffic accident
7.30pm The Road has now reopened. 5:30pm: The N17 road on the Ballinacarrow side of Tubbercurry, Co Sligo, is closed because of a traffic accident. Traffic is being diverted through Connolly Park, in Tubbercurry. It’s understood two vehicles were involved in the accident, which occurred near St George’s Church, on the…
No commitment on Tubbercurry garda station
The chief superintendent in Sligo/Leitrim says he’s keen to develop a new location for the Garda station in Tubbercurry. Aidan Glacken was responding to a query from south Sligo Independent Councillor Margaret Gormley at a Joint Policing Committee meeting in Sligo. Councillor Gormley says the current station is…
Fine Gael representative says An Post deal will not save rural post offices
A local Fine Gael representative has claimed a deal between An Post and the Irish Postmasters Union will be the final in the coffin for rural post offices. Earlier this year the Irish Postmaster’s Union signed up to a deal with An Post to modernise the network. It allows for…
Basta in Tubbercurry aiming to secure its long-term future
A Sligo/Leitrim TD has called for every support to be given to a long-time employer in Tubbercurry that is now fighting for its future. The Basta plant, a maker of door handles and locks, has been in the South Sligo town for more than 60 years but has now gone…
Joe Queenan chosen as new Cathaoirleach for Tubbercurry/Ballymote/Enniscrone area
Independent Councillor Joe Queenan is the new Cathaoirleach for the Tubbercurry/Ballymote/Enniscrone area. The announcment was made today at the Municipal Districts AGM. Fianna Fail Cllr. Jerry Lundy is the Leas Cathaoirleach. Cllr. Queenan says rural areas are being left behind in the county and he wants to change that.
Sligo-man cycling the length of the UK for charity
A Sligo cyclist is among a group of seven that are undertaking a charity challenge to cycle the 1,600km from England’s most southerly point ‘Land’s End’ to Scotland’s most northerly point ‘John O’Groats’ between today and Sunday. Pat Murtagh from Tubbercurry will join Kiltimagh’s Gary Smyth and Gary Bigley, Colm…
Men’s health day in Sligo this afternoon until 4pm, and in Tubbercurry on Thursday
It’s Men’s Health Week and the Traveller community is holding two health awareness days. The first is being held at St. Anne’s carpark in Sligo today until 4pm. The second is taking place in St Brigid’s Hall in Tubbercurry between 11 and 4 o’clock on Thursday. Jamie Murphy, Men’s Development…