The Mayor of Sligo Borough District, Cllr Tom MacSharry has expressed the hope that the people of Sligo will visit the restored grave of P.A. McHugh, a leading late 19th and early 20th century politician and owner/editor of The Sligo Champion.
Sligo County Council will liaise with the Irish Cancer Society with a view to identifying a suitable bench in the Sligo area to be dedicated as a Daffodil Bench, Senior Executive Engineer, Thomas Kerins, told a meeting of the Sligo Borough District in response to motions on the matter submitted by Cllr Sinead Maguire and Cllr Declan Bree.
The Japanese Ambassador to Ireland, Mr Norio Maruyama, paid a visit to Sligo on Thursday where he met with local representatives to discuss encouraging more Japanese companies to invest in Sligo and he also attended a film screening in The Model.