People on HAP scheme struggling to find accommodation
A Sligo/Leitrim TD has told the Dail that people in the Northwest in receipt of the Housing Assistance Payment are struggling to find accommodation. The scheme was introduced in 2015 in response to the escalating…
Council hears reports nearly 40 mattresses dumped on a farm near Dromahair
A Leitrim Councillor says she has had reports of 30 to 40 mattresses dumped at a farm near Dromahair. Fianna Fail Councillor Mary Bohan made the comments at a meeting of Leitrim County Council today…
Sligo student aims to take the hassle out of shopping with internet start-up
Every get fed up with having to search for something you really need to buy? Or having to spend time looking for a specific product or item? A 16-year old student at Summerhill College in…
New Donegal transport services: Use them or lose them, urges Local Link manager
The manager of Donegal Local Link has described the extension of its transport services in the county as ‘great news.’ The new evening, weekend services will start on a six-month pilot basis. They are among…
Concern that more mattresses will now be illegally dumped
A Leitrim councillor fears there may be an increase in illegal dumping because some furniture stores are refusing to take back old mattresses. Previous, stores had taken back mattresses from people buying a new one…
Funeral of pilot from South Sligo takes place today
Air accident investigators are probing a plane crash which claimed the life of a dad-of-two in Mayo on Friday. Pilot Michael McCarrick, who is originally from County Sligo, was killed after the light aircraft he…
Call for new taxi rank in Bundoran
A Donegal councillor will call today for the taxi rank in Bundoran to be moved to a new location. Fine Gael’s Barry O Neill will propose at a Donegal Municipal District meeting of the county…
