Harkin reiterates calls on government to introduce targeted supports for low income earners
A Sligo Leitrim TD is calling on the government to introduce targeted measures to protect those on lower income and living in rural areas. Independent TD Marian Harkin says the rising costs of fuel prices is continuing to disproportionately impact workers on lower income and those living rurally in…
Bus users urge ‘everything be done’ to save Expressway routes
Bus-users in Sligo say everything must be done to protect the rural expressway service. It follows conflicting reports emerging yesterday on the future of the service with a leaked Grant Thornton report suggesting expressway services be axed while Bus Eireann issued a statement yesterday evening stating the ‘Expressway will continue…
Court appoints liquidator to Mayo based TV station
A Mayo based TV station designed to appeal to the Irish Diaspora has gone into liquidation. Irish TV was broadcast on several platforms – and had planned to enter the US market. It sought the protection of the High Court to restructure and raise new investment. But it says efforts…
Mixed news on the jobs front in Sligo this morning
There’s mixed news on the jobs front in Sligo this morning. Connollys Motor Group is investing 4.5 million euro in a new dealership in Collooney – that’s set to open this September. Twenty new full-time jobs are to be created by the company which has just been appointed as main…
Shock as customers find well-known McCormacks businesses closed
Businesses operated by the well-known county Leitrim McCormack business family have gone into receivership. There are fears the jobs of up to 200 people could be affected by the move. Notices on the front of many of the McCormack facilities today confirm that trading has ceased and receivers Grant Thornton…