Rising material costs impacting local construction industry
Rising material costs continue to impact the construction industry in the north west region. A new survey has found that Dublin is now the fourth most expensive city in Europe to build and among the top 25 most expensive places to build globally. The report, from American firm…
Calls for regulation on ATMs to avoid further charges for users
Those that continue to trade in cash could be facing additional charges from January unless tighter regulation is used to control ATMs at the disposal of independent operators. Ballymote Tubbercurry Councillor Paul Taylor has issued the warning ahead of the possible introduction of such charges in January of next year.…
Local Authority Home Loan Scheme launches today
The public have been encouraged to apply for the Local Authority Home Loan Scheme. The scheme announced this morning by Minister Darragh O’Brien is for those looking to purchase a new or second-hand home or build their own home. The loan is a government backed mortgage for creditworthy first-time buyers…
Housing Department failing to spend total amount of allocated funding
A local elected representative claims the lack of a skilled workforce and major anomalies around the planning process are contributing factors to vast amounts of funding that the Department of Housing has failed to spend. More than €380 million was returned to the exchequer by the Department over the last…
Councillor calls on Transport Minister to resolve NCT backlog
There’s pressure on Transport Minister Eamon Ryan to sort out the backlog of NCT tests in Sligo and elsewhere. Some motorists in the county are said to be waiting up to six months for a test, leading to concern over how valid their insurance will be in the interim. Fianna…
Councillor calls for definitive levy statement
A Sligo Councillor is calling on the government to make a definitive statement on whether the concrete levy will be scraped or not. There have been conflicting reports over the past couple of days in relation to the introduction of the controversial levy that was announced recently in the Budget.…
Calls for improvements to bus shelter infrastructure in south Sligo
There are calls for improvements to bus shelter infrastructure in south Sligo. There’s said to be concern in a number of rural towns and villages in the area that bus shelters are either inadequate or non-existent. Fianna Fail Cllr Paul Taylor believes that such facilities are needed now…