Elderly in Sligo being deprived of home care support
A Sligo councillor says many elderly people are now being left with no home care support at weekends and bank holidays. Fianna Fail Councillor Seamus Kilgannon says this is often after these people having got only the minimum of support during the week. He will call on Sligo…
Councillors told it will take 29 years to complete all road improvements in Sligo
When it comes to maintaining roads in County Sligo, a councillor says it’s ‘an absolute crisis’ with ‘nobody listening.’ Fianna Fail Councillor Seamus Kilgannon made the claim at a council meeting this week during a discussion on roads and funding. A council engineer told councillors there were 1,250 kilometres of…
NWRA attempting to raise profile of North West in Europe
The Northern and Western Regional Assembly are hoping to get the North West recognised as an entrepreneur region within Europe. This would lead to an increase in funding coming from Europe for Sligo, Donegal, Leitrim and six other counties involved in the Assembly. Sligo Fianna Fail councillor Seamus Kilgannon is…
Sligo Credit Union needs a new home
Sligo Credit Union needs a new building. Having been in business for more than 50 years, it now needs to either expand its existing Stephen Street offices or find a new site. Over the past year, the Credit Union has been looking at alternative accommodation. It hopes to be in…
Concerns raised over danger of N16 junction
A junction on the N16 Sligo to Manorhamilton road is so dangerous that a local councillor fears it will be the scene of a fatal accident. Fianna Fail Councillor Tom MacSharry has raised concerns about Dunally’s junction which is about two miles outside Sligo on the N16. He raised the…
Sligo Councillors seek meeting with Transport Minister on Bus Eireann services
Sligo County Council is to seek a meeting with the Minister for Transport in an effort to save Bus Eireann Expressway services in this region. The Council this morning unanimously supported a motion to directly discuss the serious implications of any potential cuts with the Health Minister Shane Ross: …
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 natural ‘regions’ such as a tourism region in the north west. He has made the…