Increase in petrol and diesel prices to impact those in rural areas
The price of petrol and diesel is set to increase again from midnight tonight. Government excise duties, which were cut as part of measures to combat the cost-of-living crisis, will be reinstated on a phased basis. Petrol will increase by 6 cent a litre, while diesel will increase by 5…
People in Sligo urged to participate in Cost of Living protest
People in Sligo are being urged to participate in a Cost of Living protest tomorrow. The demonstration is getting underway at the G.P.O. in the town at 2.30pm Similar protests will take place in towns and cities across the country and aim to call on the Government to…
Cost of living protest organised for Sligo this weekend
A cost of living protest is getting underway in Sligo this weekend. Once-off government payments may be making a difference now, but after Christmas we’ll be in ‘dire straits’. That’s the view of People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith, who’s calling on people to get behind the protests…
Leitrim councillor calls for covid style business supports
A Leitrim Councillor is warning that many businesses are in danger of winding down to the current costs of energy and products. Manorhamilton MD councillor Felim Gurn says the energy crisis poses a serious threat to the sustainability of many small to medium-sized enterprises. The Independent…
Sinn Fein councillor boiling with anger over latest government proposals
A Sligo councillor says proposals to ban oil and gas boilers from new and existing homes will result in a further over dependence on electricity and will leave households at the mercy of providers that have already increased the cost of energy a number of times this year. The…
Donegal TD tells Dail families face ‘summer of dread’
A Donegal Sinn Fein TD has reiterated that many people cannot afford to wait until October for the budget. The party’s proposal for an emergency budget was defeated in the Dáil last night. Sinn Fein called for urgent action on the cost-of-living crisis, but the government opposed the…
Mass movement to be mobilised over rising cost of living – Bree
A mass movement will be mobilised within the coming months which will force the Government to act on the rise in the cost of living. That’s according to Sligo Independent Socialist Cllr, Declan Bree, who made his comments after Sligo’s cost of living protest outside the Town Hall on…