Minister Ring announces details of this year’s CLÁR programme
The Minister of State for Regional Economic Development, Michael Ring has announced details of the CLÁR programme for 2017 this week. CLÁR provides funding for small scale capital projects in rural areas that have experienced…
Gardaí treating Carrick-on-Shannon couple’s drowning as ‘accidental’
Gardai say they are treating the deaths of a man and a woman recovered from the river in Carrick-on-Shannon yesterday afternoon as accidental. The man was an Irish national in his late 30s while gardaí…
TDs raise concerns over future of MABS and Citizen’s Information Services
A Sligo/Leitrim TD has hit out at plans to change the way two organisations that help people with financial and other advice are run. Fianna Fail Deputy Eamon Scanlon has called on the Social Protection…
Grant for sports facilities for west Donegal school
A secondary school in Donegal has been given a grant of almost €36,000 for a sports track. Colaiste na Carraige, between Kilcar and Glencolmcille, is to get the money from Roinn na Gaeltachta, for a…
Two bodies recovered from the river in Carrick-on-Shannon
The body of a man and a woman have been taken from the river Shannon in Carrick on Shannon this afternoon. Gardai have confirmed that the couple in their 30s were reported missing to Gardaí…
SIPTU to ballot school bus drivers at Bus Éireann for industrial action
SIPTU is to ballot school bus drivers at Bus Éireann for industrial and strike action due to the threat to their jobs resulting from the wider crisis in the company. The National School Bus Drivers…
Sligo businesses say trade is down significantly due to ongoing bus strike
Businesses in the immediate area of the Bus Station in Sligo say their trade is down in some cases by half as a result of the strike. Workers at Bus Eireann including bus-drivers, clerical staff…
