Nobel-winning scientist to receive Tip O’Neill Diaspora Award
Nobel Prize winning scientist Dr William C Campbell is among those year’s Tip O’Neill Irish Diaspora Award recipients. Donegal County Council has announced that Dr Campbell, a native of Ramelton, as a recipient. The 2023 Tip O’Neil Irish Diaspora Awards ceremony is set to take place at the…
Amount of people waiting on trolleys in North West ‘deeply concerning’
The amount of people waiting on trolleys in the North West at this time of year is deeply concerning. That’s according to Donegal Independent TD Thomas Pringle, who was reacting to figures today which show that 80 people were awaiting admission to Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals collectively this…
Road safety classes in schools ‘worthwhile’
Anything that would help make our roads safer is worthwhile. That’s according to Sinn Feins Transport Spokesperson and Sligo Leitrim TD Martin Kenny who was reacting to report that secondary school students may soon be taught about road safety. Following a series of road tragedies involving young people…
Ministers urged to address lengthy driving test waiting times
With the current accommodation crisis, many third-level students are being denied the opportunity of driving to college in locations such as Sligo due to the difficulty in securing driving tests in Leitrim. Leitrim Councillor Brendan Barry has called on the Ministers Eamon Ryan and Jack Chambers and the Road Safety…
Calls for Emergency Department Taskforce to meet as 80 people on trolleys in North West
Sligo University Hospital was the second most overcrowded facility in Ireland today with 50 people awaiting admission there this morning. 80 people in total were waiting for beds in the North West this morning, with a further 30 people waiting at Letterkenny University Hospital. The high numbers waiting…
NoWDOC Carrick-on-Shannon to relocate
The NoWDOC out-of-hours GP service in Carrick-on-Shannon is moving premises. Currently, the service is delivered from Inver Gael in Cortober. However, from 6pm on Tuesday, September 12th, the service will be provided at Carrick-on-Shannon Primary and Health Care Centre. The Primary and Mental Health Care Centre in Carrick-on-Shannon has been…
Local authority staff engage in industrial action
Local authority staff are engaging in industrial action, indefinitely from today. Employees, who are represented by the Forsa trade union, are refusing to carry out engagements with politicians. The union is calling for better pay and conditions for staff who they say are working above their pay grade.