Council supports new bike-sharing scheme for Sligo
A new high-tech bike-sharing scheme is being planned for Sligo. The scheme, which will be entirely controlled by a mobile App, would be the first of its kind in a provincial town in Ireland. A…
Confusion and uncertainty over Department payments to Sligo County Council
The chief executive of Sligo County Council has hit out at the Department of Local Government for ‘changing the goalposts’ in the Council’s effort to clear its huge debts. The Council has already received €2m…
Over 200 Yeats family items to go on auction tomorrow
Over 200 items from the Yeats family are going up for auction in Kilkenny tomorrow. It’s the final tranche of sales from the Yeats Family Collection and is totally separate from the auction in London…
Two more swans killed by overhead power-lines in Donegal over weekend
17 swans have now been killed in Donegal after colliding with overhead powerlines. The bodies of 15 swans were discovered lying under electricity lines close to the village of Carrigans on Friday. A member of…
Whale washed up on Sligo beach not same whale that washed up on Aranmore Island
A dead whale that washed up on a beach in Co Sligo is not the same whale that washed up in Donegal last week. A male fin whale, measuring over 60 feet long, washed up…
Cuts to garda numbers leaving crimes undetected in Donegal
Gardaí in Donegal say cuts to officer numbers in the county are leaving many crimes going undetected and unreported. Overall Garda numbers in the county have fallen by 23 per cent over the past seven…
Consultant says health needs ‘practical’ and not ‘political’ solutions
A Donegal consultant says the government follows the same failed policy on tackling the crisis in our hospitals every year. Orthopaedic surgeon in Letterkenny Peter O’Rourke says the solutions found every year are political rather…
