INMO: Trolley figures up
The number of people waiting for hospital beds in the north west has increased again today according to Irish Nurses and Midwives figures. 35 people are on trolleys and waiting in the overflow areas of…
Mercy to be home to new secondary Gaelsoil for Sligo
Sligo is to get a new secondary Gaelscoil. It follows a lengthy campaign by a committee set up to secure an Irish-speaking unit for pupils in the county. A new Gaelscoil unit is to be…
Regional development needed to protect rural Ireland
The head of Irish Rural Link says regional development is the only way to protect rural Ireland. CEO of the organisation Seamus Boland says Dublin is now in crisis and the government has to develop…
Service to support small businesses and homeowners to appeal planning decisions needed
A Sligo/Leitrim TD is calling for the creation of a service which helps small business and homeowners to appeal planning decisions. Fianna Fail deputy Eamon Scanlon used the example of a small vegetable business in…
Fianna Fail TD wants more Gardai assigned to Donegal after graduation
A Donegal Dail deputy says he will be insisting when the next group of garda recruits graduate from Templemore that some of them are assigned to Donegal. Fianna Fail deputy Pat ‘the Cope’ Gallagher was…
Taoiseach non-commital on jobs move from Sligo to Dublin
The Taoiseach was non committal in answering a Sligo/Leitrim TDs question about the decision to move more than 30 jobs from Sligo to Dublin. 32 jobs are to be moved from the information sector of…
ICMSA calls for immediate GLAS payments
The Irish Creamery and Milk Suppliers Association says that GLAS payments need to be made without delay. Three quarters of the payments were due in mid October but farmers. The Farm and Rural Affairs Committee…
