Seventh CEO for Leitrim in less than twenty years
Leitrim Councillors hope a new CEO can be appointed to the Local Authority without delay. The current CEO Frank Curran is to finish in the role on Friday and attended his last monthly meeting of…
Sligo council says it’s doing its best to find a just solution to car park Traveller issue
A Sligo county council official says he does not see the long-running issue over a Traveller family living in a public car park in Sligo town as having now developed into a legal dispute between…
Donegal-based surgeon hits out at locums for strike action
A Letterkenny-based surgeon says freelance or locum doctors are blackmailing hospitals by holding a wildcat strike. The Health Minister has called on the dispute to be resolved through proper channels. Some locum doctors have decided…
Opposing sides on HPV vaccine continue campaigns
There will be an information evening in relation to the HPV Vaccine this weekend. The Gardasil HPV Awareness group is holding the event on Saturday in Sligo Town centre. Leitrim’s Sean Wynne is the secretary…
Bishop to open exhibition of icons in Sligo
An exhibition of religious icons opens in Sligo today (Tue). Running until Sept. 26th, the exhibition will showcase the works of The Association of Iconographers, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Iconography is a category…
Sligo Councillor calls for Owenmore survey to be extended
A Sligo councillor is calling for a new survey being carried out on the Owenmore river in South Sligo to include the whole river system. The survey was approved just last month by Minister Kevin…
Leitrim company says engineering and trades jobs cannot be filled
The economy is loosing out on millions due a lack of skilled tradespeople. One company in Leitrim says it has 15 Engineering jobs which it can’t fill because it can’t find enough people qualified to…
