Eir apologise to north west customers over interruption to services
Eir have apologised after a major outage left customers across the local region without coverage earlier this week. The Telecoms provider issued the statement after customers in Sligo, Leitrim and South Donegal. The company says a fault in Sligo resulted in the disruption of services for phone and Broadband…
Childcare workers want Government to make childcare a public service
Local Childcare workers receive little pay and no holiday leave. These are just some of the issues highlighted yesterday when over 30,000 people protested in Dublin calling on the government to give more support for childcare sector workers. Many were calling on the government to make the sector a public…
Services expected to resume tomorrow in the North West
An Post has confirmed that all post offices will remain closed today. However, they hope to reopen tomorrow. An Post says it will be monitoring conditions today and make a definite decision later today. Meanwhile Iarnroid Eireann and Bus Eireann have confirmed that no services will run today. However, they…
Sligo councillor says people will not want to live in rural areas unless basic services are addressed
A Sligo councillor has warned that nobody will want to live or work in rural areas unless issues such as poor road surfaces are addressed. Fianna Fail Councillor Keith Henry has called on the Minister for Rural Affairs Michael Ring, to expand the scope of the CLÁR scheme so as…
Census figures highlight region’s need for more and better elderly services
The latest Census figures shows there are more older people in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim. The first official figures from Census 2016 also show Sligo, Leitrim and Cavan to be among six counties with the highest numbers of elderly people living alone. It all means there’s a growing need for…