22 schools in region closed because of ASTI strike
Twenty-two schools throughout Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim are closed today because of the ASTI dispute with the Department of Education over equal pay for teachers and other issues. The ASTI has 751 member teachers in…
Taoiseach’s wife the keynote speaker at Women and Agriculture conference in Sligo today
The 9th annual women and agriculture conference is taking place in Sligo today. The conference is coming to the north west for the first time and is being held in the Radisson Hotel in Sligo…
Dail discussion on fracking Bill today
A Sligo/Leitrim TD’s bill to ban fracking will be debated in the Dail today. But this does not mean the controversial gas extraction method will be outlawed any time soon. That’s because the government has…
Ireland way behind EU when it comes to organic farming
Ireland has the lowest rate of organic farming in western Europe. New figures from Eurostat show that after Malta, we have the smallest percentage of total agricultural land devoted to organic farming of all 28…
22 schools in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim to be hit by ASTI strike
A total of twenty-two schools throughout Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim are expected to be closed tomorrow because of the ASTI dispute with the Department of Education over equal pay for teachers. The ASTI has 751…
Sligo has most vacant housing units in the country
There are more than 1,300 vacant housing units in Sligo, the most in the country, which could be brought back into use. The Heritage Council of Ireland are calling on the government to extend a…
Saolta hospital group facing €45m deficit this year
The Saolta hospital group is predicting that it is facing a deficit of 45 million euro this year. Its deficit last year was 23 million euro. The group includes the university hospitals in Sligo, Letterkenny,…
