League Leaders in the Best Western Sligo Southern Hotel Yeats United travelled to Mitchell Curley Park hoping to continue their good form and put more space between them and the chasing pack. Rory Mc Caffrey opened Yeats account and a Shane Hayes own goal looked certain to settle matters for the Yeats men however a [...]
Former Sligo Rovers boss Paul Cook says he had to come to Ireland if he had any chance of fulfilling his managerial dream and now his five year spell at Sluigo has made him better equipped as a manager. Meanwhile the hunt for his successor at the Showgrounds continues with names like colourful Monaghan boss, Roddy Collins [...]
Sligo Senator Susan O’Keeffe has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport that a nationwide audit of speed limits is to be implemented. The Department willconduct the nationwide audit in conjunction with the National Roads Authority and local authorities. “We all know of roads right across Sligo and Leitrim where the speed [...]
Sligo North Leitrim Senator Susan O’Keeffe has called on the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify why Sligo and the N4 in particular was not included in the new allocation of €100 million to maintain roads and improve safety. “The stretch of the N4 from Collooney to Castlebaldwin has been labelled as possibly [...]
Sligo Fianna Fáil Senator Marc Mac Sharry has again called for substantive action on the mortgage crisis which is impacting thousands of families across the country. Senator Mac Sharry said: “Two Bills dealing with mortgage arrears have been introduced by Fianna Fáil which offered tangible solutions to the problem. There has been too much focus [...]
Sligo based Independent MEP Marian Harkin has challenged EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn to provide concrete assurances that restructuring economies such as Ireland’s are given adequate breathing space in the coming years. Speaking at a European Parliament conference on solutions to the Euro crisis, Harkin openly challenged Commissioner Rehn’s assertion that the austerity measures currently [...]
Sligo based Fianna Fáil Senator Marc Mac Sharry has called on the Government to set a date for implementing an action plan to help struggling mortgage holders. Senator Mac Sharry said. “It is now nearly three months since the Keane report on mortgage arrears was published, and the Government has failed to take any meaningful [...]
House prices declined by 2.4% in the last quarter and by 13% overall in 2011 according to the latest figures from leading property website MyHome.ie. The 2.4% fall in the average mix-adjusted asking price was the slowest rate of quarterly decline in two and a half years. In Dublin prices declined by 2.8% in the [...]
The north west counties of Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim have been ravaged by hurricane force winds over the last twenty four hours leaving thousands of homes without electricity. Enniskillen reported an upturned plane at St Angelo’s airport while the town’s Asda store also had part of its roof blown off. Within the last couple of [...]
Despite talks with Derry City today over their managerial vacancy, after Stephen Kenny’s departure to Shamrock Rovers – Sligo Rovers manager Paul Cook is likely to stay at the Showgrounds – for now!. Sligo have signed 12 players, including Ross Gaynor, for next season and it is felt that Cook will stay on at the Showgrounds with one year left [...]
The ban on “un-enriched” cages for laying hens will enter into force next Sunday, 1 January 2012. Ireland, initially declared as non-compliant, will achieve compliance through culling of hens in 10 farms in the first week of January. The European Commission very much regrets that, despite numerous calls to action and discussions with the Member [...]
The Football Association of Ireland today (October 17) announced that ticket prices for the 2011 FAI Ford Cup Final will be set at €5 for children and €10 for adults. The game will take place at 3.30pm on Sunday, November 6, at Aviva Stadium and prices have been kept at the same affordable level as [...]
Sligo North Leitrim Susan O’Keeffe has urged the HSE and the Government to ensure that Meadhbh Mc Givern and patients in her situation in the future are safely transported home. HSE chief executive Cathal Mc Gee has given a personal assurance that Meadhbh will be transported home safely and this is to be welcomed. “That [...]
The former cojoined Benhaffaf twins, Hassan and Hussain, from Cork, who last year underwent a perilous 14-hour operation at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital to successfully separate them will, along with their family, be the guests of honour at this year’s TwinFest Ireland which will take place in Keash, Ballymote, County Sligo on Saturday 20th [...]
Fine Gael Senator for Sligo/North Leitrim, Imelda Henry, has today (Thursday) welcomed the announcement that a storm sewer will be constructed in the lower part of Pearse Road as part of the Water Services Investment Programme, at a cost of €1.14 million. “I am delighted with today’s announcement which will greatly benefit the water system [...]
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