Cllr Sinead Maguire announces her decision not to run in local elections
The Fine Gael Cllr Sinead Maguire has confirmed that she will not be running in the local elections next year. The Sligo-Strandhill Councillor has been a member of the local authority since 2014. In 2019 she was selected to contest the General Election in the Sligo Leitrim Constituency…
Sligo Councillor warns that ‘the devil could be in the detail’ of new coastguard contract
A Sligo councillor says it needs to be established if there will be changes in relation to how Irish coastguard search and rescue operations are ran locally. This comes after the contract for the provision of the service recently was awarded to a different company. Bristow Ltd were…
North West vulnerable to economic hit this summer
A Sligo councillor says the high dependency that the north west region has on tourism will leave the local region more vulnerable to the impact of the economy suffering a €1.1bn hit due to the lack of hotel accommodation this summer, with the ongoing challenge of housing refugees. The Irish…
Sligo Councillor the record sales of electric cars should lead to more more charging locations.
A Sligo Councillor says time is running out to provide sufficient numbers of electric car charging points across the North West. Recent data from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry shows that 24% of all new cars sold in Ireland during the first three months of this year,…
Sligo County Council vote to retain Local Property Tax
The Local Property Tax in County Sligo is set to remain unchanged for the next two years. Sligo County Councillors have today voted to retain the 15% rate increase agreed in 2019. It means that the Local Property Tax will remain at this rate for the lifetime of the current…
Friday Panel
The Friday panel on North West today this week consisted of Sligo Strandhill Fine Gael councillor Sinead Maguire and Sligo Fianna Fáil, Ballymote Tubbercurry Councillor Paul Taylor. During the course of the discussion Cllr. Taylor confirmed that he will be seeking a nomination from Fianna Fáil to contest the…
Consensus reached on proposed development in Strandhill
It’s thought that a consensus has been reached in relation to the proposed development of the sea front of Strandhill in County Sligo. Under the proposal traffic will be directed mainly to the car park in the village with reduced car parking along the seas front. It’s also…