There needs to be more incentives for labourers in Sligo and elsewhere to return to the construction sector.
That’s according to local Fianna Fail Cllr Paul Taylor, who has been reacting to a new report published by the Banking and Payments Federation has found 60 per cent of firms are having difficulty recruiting machine operators and tradespeople.
There are fears that the shortage in workers in the North West will make it more difficult to address the housing crisis.
Cllr Taylor feels that if more was done to entice these skilled people – they would come back:
