Mortgage crisis: people and families should be priority, says MacSharry
A Sligo/Leitrim TD claims lenders have been given priority over people when it comes to dealing with the country’s mortgage crisis. Speaking in the Dail on the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Bill, which is going through…
IT Sligo tool-making apprentice in World Skills finals
A Sligo student will travel to the prestigious World Skills competition in Dubai later this year. Micheál Flynn from Tubbercurry in County Sligo is currently on a tool making apprenticeship at IT Sligo. He was…
FF members in South Donegal get ready for selection convention this Sunday
Around three hundred Fianna Fail members are eligible to vote at the convention to fill the seat on Donegal County Council held by the late Councillor Sean McEniff. The long-serving Fianna Fail councillor from Bundoran…
People taken to hospital as a precaution after Collooney accident
A number of people were taken to hospital as a precaution following a single-vehicle accident at Collooney roundabout on the N4 yesterday evening. It’s understood there were no serious injuries sustained. Emergency services, including the…
Minister gives no clear committment on school transport in rural areas
Minister of State John Halligan says he has taken a number of short-term measures to protect the school transport scheme for rural areas. However, the Minister has failed to give any clear committment on the…
Cycle in memory of Rescue 116 victims to include Sligo
People in the North West are urged to support a charity cycle race in September in memory of the four victims of the coastguard helicopter 116 that crashed off the coast of Mayo in March.…
Delays following crash at Collooney roundabout
There are major delays at the Collooney round on the main N4 Sligo to Dublin road following a crash. The emergency services including the Fire Services and the ambulance service are at the scene. It’s…