Councillor calls for improvement to ambulance response times in South Sligo
A Sligo councillor is calling for improvements in ambulance response times to calls in the south of the county. Fianna Fail’s Keith Henry says having adequate ambulance bases in the area is important. Cllr Henry…
Gardaí appeal for witnesses to Pettigo break-in
Gardai in Ballyshannon are appealing for anyone who may have any information in relation to a break in at a shop in Pettigo in the early hours of this morning. A number of individuals smashed…
Relief as the first of this year’s exams are done
Students at a school in the North West say they are relieved to have the first exam out of the way. More than seven thousand pupils at schools in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal have now…
New Sligo/Leitrim CAMHS psychiatrist is fulltime . . . but not permanent
The Health Service Executive has confirmed that a consultant psychiatrist who started work yesterday with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in the region is not permanent. The HSE says it’s a ‘locum’ position.…
MacDiarmada Summer School to focus on Brexit
The annual Sean MacDiarmada Summer School in Kiltyclogher, Co Leitrim, is, of course, usually associated with history and culture. But this year, it is taking on a distinctly contemporary theme. And it is also one…
Approval for N56 works between Mountcharles and Drumbeigh
Transport Infrastructure Ireland has given the go ahead for improvement works to the N56 between Mountcharles and Drumbeigh. The first phase of works, between Turris Hill and Drumbeigh will go to tender by next month…
Hospital trolley watch: 25 waiting in Letterkenny and 9 in Sligo
Letterkenny University Hospital is the only hospital in the region to see a rise in numbers waiting for a trolley this afternoon. However, accident and emergency departments in the West and North West remain busy…
