Calls made to determine local land ownership in Leitrim
Calls have been made in Leitrim to determine the amount of local land ownership, and the impact it has on the local economy. Concerns have been raised over the amount of money that leaves the county, due to land being owned externally and used for non-agricultural means, such as…
Emergency services at scene of collision in Co. Leitrim
Emergency services are currently at the scene of a collision in Carrick-on-Shannon. The crash happened at around 9am in the town. Gardai have confirmed that while there are no road closures in place, traffic is extremely heavy coming from the Sligo side into the town. The hope…
Sligo Bay RNLI tasked to help swimmers in difficulty
The Sligo Bay RNLI was tasked to help swimmers in difficulty last night. There were two seperate call outs to the same area. The lifeboat was requested to launch by the Coastguard to rescue a swimmer off Deadman’s Point in Rosses Point at 8.40pm yesterday evening. The…
Private drinking water supply in North West fails to meet E. coli standards
Only one private drinking water supply in the North West has failed to meet E. coli standards. Today’s EPA report shows 22 of these schemes failed the standard for E. coli, putting the health of around 4,600 consumers at risk. The scheme affected in this region is on…
Calls for more Government supports to local events
Calls have been made for more government supports to prevent the collapse of live local events. It comes as the highly-anticipated Sligo Air Show was to take place this weekend, but had to cancel due to the costs of the operation. Another high-profile cancellation in the North West…
North West misses out on new high-powered recharging pools
131 high-powered charging points for electric vehicles are to be installed over the coming year – none of which will be in Sligo, Leitrim or Donegal. They will be at 17 locations on the motorway network, after a deal was struck with a number of private companies under a…
Donegal’s Ryan Griffin tops qualifying at South of Ireland
Ballybofey & Stranorlar golfer Ryan Griffin finished the stroke play qualifying with a four-shot lead over the field as the Pierse Motors Volkswagen South of Ireland Amateur Open Championship field was whittled down in Lahinch. Despite having faced into the most difficult conditions throughout Wednesday and Thursday, the 24-year-old Maynooth…