The long-awaited adoption of the Sligo East City Cranmore and Environs Regeneration Masterplan finally took place on Monday, 12 years after work first began on it. The plan was originally for just the Cranmore estate, but was later expanded to include surrounding areas, including St Anne’s, Doorly Park, Martin Savage Terrace, Garavogue Villas and Cleveragh. […]
WARM tributes were paid by members of Sligo County Council on Monday to the late Tommy Lavin who had served as a councillor for 36 years. The monthly meeting was then adjourned for a week as a mark of respect. The late Mr Lavin’s daughter Anne, a member of the council staff, was present at […]
There were calls for more resources from central government for Sligo’s library services at a Sligo Municipal District meeting on Monday. The meeting was told by County Librarian Donal Tinney that they had a severe staff shortage. “It is so finely tuned at the moment that if one person phones in sick we have a […]
A plan which aims to make County Sligo a great place to grow old was launched recently. At present 14% of Sligo’s population is over the age of 65, which is higher than the national average of 11.7% and the number of older people in the county is set to grow. For the first time […]
Sligo county councillors were not persuaded to entertain an increase in the property tax as part of a deal being offered to ease their present financial situation, it emerged at a special meeting of the council on Monday. The deal would have involved the council agreeing to a 15% increase in the Local Property Tax […]