IFA urges people to ‘buy Irish’ this Christmas
This Friday, the president of the IFA Joe Healy will launch a campaign urging people to buy Irish food this Christmas. The campaign will be called ‘Fairness for Farmers, Honesty for Consumers.’ It will draw…
Rising drink driving detections the focus of major cross-border campaign
A Donegal Inspector says this year’s cross-border drink driving campaign will be the most significant in years in light of an increasing number of detections both North and South of the border. The annual drink…
New bus services for north Leitrim area
A later bus link between Kinlough and Bundoran has been added to a new initiative announced by the Minister for Transport. Over the weekend Minister Shane Ross announced that 15 counties were going to benefit…
Turn vacant offices into two-star accommodation, urges Sligo businessman
A Sligo businessman has come up with an idea to boost tourism in the town. Fergal Quinn says there’s a need for more two-star or self-catering accommodation in the area. And he says the space…
Sligo council looking at new model for entrepreneurs’ building space
Sligo County Council has confirmed that it is looking at another type of model similar to the building block model currently in place at a new building in Sligo town. The Council along with the…
2018 to be the ‘Year of Sligo Gaol’
2018 will be the Year of Sligo Gaol. It’s to mark the bicentenary of the opening of the jail in 1818. It’s also a hundred years since Michael Collins was imprisoned there. The building is…
Answers sought on Bundoran water supply
A former Donegal councillor wants answers from Irish Water about a recent breakdown in the water supply to an area of Bundoran. Michael McMahon says the main water pipe burst on Saturday, 18th November and…
