Date set for convention to decide who will fill Sean McEniff’s seat
The date has been set for the Fianna Fail convention in Donegal to fill the seat of the late Sean McEniff. Four candidates will contest the seat left vacant following the death of the long-serving…
Pressure mounts on Agriculture Minister to meet tillage farmers
Calls are mounting for the Minister for Agriculture to resolve a dispute with tillage farmers. It follows a protest at the Department of Agriculture in Dublin, over a payments cap for farmers affected by last…
Sligo PBP Cllr calls now for ‘Right2Water’ style bin charges campaign
A Sligo Councillor has called for a major ‘Right2Water’ style demonstration later this year in opposition to the new bin charges. Sligo People Before Profit Councillor Gino O’Boyle says that the new system will only…
Plans for a new community cafe in Coolaney
There are plans for a new community cafe in Coolaney, at the foot of the Ox Mountains in County Sligo. Coolaney Development Company has applied to Sligo County Council for planning permission for the single-storey…
Farmers ready for second night of sit-in at Department offices
Farmers from the West of Ireland intend to spend their second night at the Department of Agriculture offices in Dublin tonight in protest at the proposed tillage crisis fund that was announced last year Grain…
Post mortem to be carried out on body of man found at Sligo bus station
A post mortem is to be carried out on the body of the man found at Sligo bus station yesterday evening. The discovery was made about 8 o’clock. Gardai have establihed the identity of the…
Murder trial hears man admits strangling young Sligo woman
A murder trial jury has heard that a 34-year-old man has admitted strangling a young Easkey woman at his home in Sligo over a year ago. Oisin Conroy with an address at St Joseph’s Terrace,…
