Extra teachers and Gardaí announced in Budget 2018
Extra teachers, extra Gardai and extra welfare payments have all been announced by the government as part of Budget 2018. The Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has been announcing the budget from the Dail. From…
HSE launches headlice awareness campaign
The HSE has launched a campaign in the north west to raise awareness about the spread of head lice. It spreads easily among children as they often hold their heads close together. And after their…
Numbers on trolleys in NW remains high
The number of patients waiting on trolleys in the North West today remains high. In total, there is 31 people waiting for a bed in the North West today. 20 patients are waiting on trolleys…
Donegal outlets among those targeted by Food Safety Authority
Two food premises in County Donegal were among ten throughout the country on which closure orders were served during the month of September for breaches of food safety and foodstuffs legislation. They were the Caspian…
Scanlon: ‘Tenant Purchase Scheme discriminates against those on social welfare’
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says the requirements to qualify for the Tenant Purchase Scheme are too strict for people on social welfare. In January of 2016, The TPS was created to help local authority tenants buy…
Concern that €100,000 worth of drugs was being stored in local area
A Sligo councillor says it’s a matter of concern that €100,000 worth of drugs were being stored in the Ballisodare area. Sinn Fein Councillor Thomas Healy says it’s particularly serious because of the presence of…
Sligo conference hears of ‘crisis’ in GP service
A doctors’ conference in Sligo has heard that financial cuts introduced eight years ago to deal with the financial emergency have caused the complete demise of General Practice. Dr Jerry Cowley, a former Independent TD,…