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Waiting to be evicted from their retirement homes
Elderly, vulnerable residents of a retirement housing scheme have been left fearing for the future after being told they must quit their rental home by June 6th. The residents, many with long term medical issues, have been left reeling from the...
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It was wet, windy and cold but St Patrick’s Day was celebrated with pride across county
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Mother dies in N15 crash while husband is critically injured
A family has been left devastated following a single vehcile crash on the main Sligo to Donegal Road (N15) in the early hours of Monday morning. The crash at Grellagh, Castlegal, Co Sligo at 3.30am left one woman dead and her husband (both in their...
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Cancelled orthopaedic surgeries ‘a systematic failure’
Sligo County Council are to write to Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill in relation to the issues that have caused operations to be cancelled on three separate occasions over the past year at Sligo University Hospital. The matter was raised...
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Angry parents fed up of waiting for school
Parents of pupils attending Gaelscoil Chnoc n Ré have vowed to keep the pressure on politicians until their promised new school is delivered. At a public meeting in the Southern Hotel on Monday night, parents, teachers and pupils spoke of the urgent...
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Go-ahead for sea front homes in Strandhill
The green light has been given by Sligo County Council for a house and apartment development near the sea front in Strandhill. CCMD Developments Ltd has been approved to build 12 residential units, comprising of two one-bed apartments; three, two bed...
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Defective blocks in 300 homes
There’s at least 300 householders in the county living with the nightmare of defective blocks, their homes literally crumbling down around them. The figure has been provided by the County and City Management Association (CCMA) at an Oireachtas Joint...
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Anger in schools as they’re left out in cold
Sligo is one of only four counties with no projects included in the Government’s announcement of 105 priority projects for the next two years. There’s big disappointment for the Ursuline College which had hoped to be included and even a delegation of...
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Airport chief asks for ‘brave’ transport investment
Ireland West (Knock) Airport chief, Joe Gilmore has called on the Government to be “brave” and invest in transport infrastructure in the West. Managing Director Joe Gilmore says the airport needs better transport links and that includes re-opening of...
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Drug gang boss is busted
A leading Sligo drug dealer has been arrested in County Meath following a Garda operation during which drugs worth in the region of €250,000 were seized. The Sligoman (40s) has been opeerating at the top of the drugs trade both in Sligo and Spain for...
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