€12 million in housing & roads funding for Sligo county council
Sligo County Council have received over 12 million euro in funding for housing and transport works to be started in 2017. The department of the environment have allocated just under 3 million euro for the…
€120,000 Inland Fisheries funding for northwest angling projects
€120,000 in funding has been awarded to 12 angling development projects in the north west from Inland Fisheries Ireland. The projects are some of 50 angling development projects across the country which will receive funding to…
€1.2 million for IWAK and Donegal airport
The minister for transport, tourism and sport Shane Ross has announced almost 1.2 million euro in funding support for airports in the west & northwest. Ireland West Airport Knock is to receive 870 thousand euro…
Sligo IFA say it’s unlikely farmers will receive GLAS payments before Christmas
The County Sligo IFA rural development chairman has called on the Minister for Agriculture to honour promises of payment of money to farmers under the GLAS scheme. Eddie Davitt says farmers had hoped to receive…
Planning permission granted for new Diabetes Day Centre at SUH
Planning permission has been granted for two businesses and an extension to Sligo University Hospital. Sligo County Council confirmed that Voya Seaweed Baths, the Ocean Sands Hotel and the HSE had been successful with applications…
Christmas message from Bishop of Elphin
The Bishop of Elphin has made the ‘family’ the focus of his 2016 Christmas message. Bishop Kevin Doran says one of the highlights of the year for him was a publication by Pope Francis called…
Council calls on sporting organisations to help fund defibrillators
Sligo County Council is calling on all sporting organisations to help fund the provision of cardiac defibrillators at their clubs. Independent Councillor Marie Casserly originally had a motion down at the December council meeting which…
