Local TD says now is the time to support businesses that have been impacted by hotels housing refugees.
A Sligo Leitrim TD is supporting calls for businesses affected by the refugee crisis to benefit from a package of supports under Budget 2024 Deputy Frank Feighan is one of a number of Fine Gael backbenchers that are pushing for assistance for businesses in areas where hotel accommodation is…
Donegal’s Gallen & McCole get All-Star nominations
Two Donegal footballers have received PWC GAA/GPA All-Star football nominations. The list of 45 was published on Friday morning. St Naul’s clubman Brendan McCole and one of the form players of the Donegal senior club football championship at the moment, Oisin Gallen of MacCumhaills have both made the nominations list.…
Man due in court following a ‘knife incident’ in Ballina
A man is due in court today in relation to an incident involving a knife at a premises in Ballina this week. Gardaí responded to reports of a male brandishing a knife in a threatening manner in the Market Square area on Wednesday evening at approximately 6p.m. …
Renewed calls for safety measures after tragedy is narrowly avoided in Dunkineely
There needs to be a long term plan to tackle serious safety issues at Dunkineely. That’s according to local Sinn Fein Cllr Noel Jordan who was speaking in the wake of last weeks near miss in the village. In the latest in a string of incidents in Dunkineely,…
New report shows house prices continuing to increase
House prices locally were higher in the third quarter of 2023 than a year previously. That’s according to the latest Daft.ie report which shows market prices in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal have each seen an increase. According to Daft.ie’s 3rd Quarter report, prices have risen in Leitrim…
Blaine Gaffney will not contest 2024 Local Elections
The former local election candidate Blaine Gaffney has confirmed that he will not contest the next local elections. Mr Gaffney ran as Fine Gael candidate in the 2019 Council elections in the Sligo Strandhill Municipal District. He worked in the past for local TD’s Tony McLoughlin and Frank Feighan.…
Man loses his life in Bruckless drowning incident
A man in his late 60s has drowned in Donegal. Emergency services were called shortly after 5pm yesterday evening, following reports of a person in the water off Bruckless. The local man removed from the water and taken to the pier where he underwent medical treatment but was pronounced…