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 […]
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 […]
By John Bromley Sligo County Council is keeping its ban on fracking in the county as part of its new county development plan. Councillors unanimously rejected a recommendation from Council CEO Ciaran Hayes at a meeting today, Monday, that the ban be removed. Last June members backed a proposal from Independent councillor Declan Bree to […]
A plan to amalgamate the library services in Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon was opposed by councillors at a meeting of Sligo County Council on Monday. Sinn Fein councillors Sean MacManus and Thomas Healy proposed that the council call for the “abolition” of the current proposals to amalgamate the three services. They called for the County […]