Calls for clarification on whether chemo patients will be treated in Letterkenny from March
There are calls for clarification on whether patients who are being referred from Donegal to Galway for chemotherapy treatment will have to continue their treatment there from March. Over 50 patients have been referred to…
Homehelp ‘the next biggest scandal’ after waiting lists
The Cathaoirleach of Leitrim County Council says after the waiting list scandal – homehelp is the next biggest crisis of our health system. Fianna Fail Councillor Mary Bohan says that the HSE’s vision to support…
Sligo has highest rate of vacant commercial property in the country
Sligo has the highest rate of vacant commercial property in the country. 18% of commercial property in the county is empty followed by Leitrim with 16.4% and Donegal and Mayo each with 15.6%. That’s according…
‘Revive North West’ protest group leaving Sligo for Dublin this morning
The government is being urged to upgrade the entire Sligo to Dublin Road to a motorway. That will be one the main messages during a protest in Dublin today by a group from Sligo led…
Department insists there’s no plan to recentralise jobs from Sligo to Dublin
The Department of Social Protection insists that there are no plans to re-centralise any jobs from Sligo to Dublin. It follows concerns raised by Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry before Christmas that 32 positions at…
Sligo DVO office among items for discussion at Leitrim IFA meeting
The threat to the future of the District Veterinary Office in Sligo is just one of a number of items on the agenda at an IFA meeting in Leitrim tonight. The county exective meeting is…
People waiting almost two years for operations can’t get information
People in the North West waiting as long as 21 months for operations are unable to get through to hospitals to get further information. A new programme on hospital waiting lists appears to have opened…