Making water meters optional still leaves charges possible, says campaigner
A Sligo Right to Water campaigner says he fears giving people the option of whether or not they want water meters installed could be a used as a back-door way of going ahead with the…
Councillor wants Irish captain to be afforded freedom of Donegal
Donegal County Council are being asked to afford the freedom of the county to Republic of Ireland captain Seamus Coleman. Ballyshannon based Fine Gael councillor Barry O’Neill raised the motion at a meeting of the…
Bus users urge ‘everything be done’ to save Expressway routes
Bus-users in Sligo say everything must be done to protect the rural expressway service. It follows conflicting reports emerging yesterday on the future of the service with a leaked Grant Thornton report suggesting expressway services…
Snow in Barnesmore Gap in Donegal, roads ‘treacherous’ around Sligo
With snow in parts of Donegal and road conditions in places around Sligo town said to be treacherous in places, motorists throughout the North West are being warned to drive with care. A vehicle has…
Weather warning: Prepare for sleet, snow and ice
Motorists throughout the North West are being warned to prepare for difficult driving conditions following freezing temperatures overnight. An orange weather warning is in place for Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo. Heavy sleet…
Lack of LIS road funding a concern throughout North West
Leitrim County Council is to seek a meeting with the Department of Transport over the lack of money for a number of years now for the improvement of roads leading to people’s homes. In Leitrim,…
Whiskey-lovers in Donegal to wait patiently for their first local drop in 2022
A new craft whiskey distillery is set to open just outside Carrick in south west Donegal in early 2019. It’s after the plans for the Sliabh Liag distillery in Lower Carrick got the go ahead…
