Sligo councillor calls the provision of more modular homes to ease housing crisis
With the ongoing housing crisis continuing to impact the north-west region, a Sligo Councillor is calling on the local authority to take more measures to rectify the issue. Solidarity-People Before Profit Councillor Gino O’Boyle has previously been an outspoken critic of the council’s approach to housing. He raised the subject…
INMO say current trolley figures should be declared as a ‘national emergency’
Trolley figures in the North West and the rest of the country should be treated as a National emergency. Those are the views of a representative of the INMO who was reacting to the latest set of figures that placed Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals among the top…
Another car accident at Gleniff Horseshoe prompts call for action
A number of people were injured when a car crashed and left the road at scenic Gleniff Horseshoe in North Sligo last week – it’s the latest in a series of road traffic accidents in the area. Now there have been calls for Sligo County Council to carry out a…
Lack of accommodation in Sligo forcing student to delay College course for a year
A County Galway mother has made a desperate plea for accommodation for her daughter as she prepares to embark on a third level college course at St Angela’s College in Sligo. The student just can’t find any rental accommodation in the Sligo area, and faces the prospect of having the…
Local representative for Good Energies Alliance Ireland challenges fossil fuel companies to play their part in cleaner environment
A former election candidate in the north west and representative for Good Energies Alliance Ireland has called on Fossil fuels companies to play their part in helping Ireland achieve a higher environmental grade. The Government has been given a C-plus grade for progress on climate issues. Independent experts…
Ireland quartet into repechage at World Rowing Championships
Sligo’s Brian Colsh and the Ireland men’s quadruple sculls crew finished sixth in Monday morning’s heat of the senior World Rowing Championships in Serbia. Drawn in Heat 2, the Irish boat was up against two of the medal contenders in this event, Romania and the Netherlands – with just two…
83 people waiting on hospitals beds in the north west
This morning’s INMO Trolley watch figures has placed Sligo University Hospitals and Letterkenny University Hospitals in the top four of most over-crowded hospitals in the country. Despite it being early September there are over 80 people waiting for a bed at the north west’s two main hospitals. There…