The Mayor of Sligo is urging Sligo University Hospital to provide free parking for patients undergoing cancer treatment.
Currently patients using the oncology department at the hospital are paying €6 a day while Letterkenny hospital has an arrangement in place that means cancer patients undergoing treatment don't pay.
A report recently published by the Irish Cancer Society showed patients nationally are facing an average parking bill of €63 per week.
Independent councillor Marie Casserly intends to raise the issue at the next meeting of Sligo county council.
She says patients have enough to worry about without parking charges
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