€1 MILLION FUNDING CONDITIONAL ON A "REALISTIC AND ACHIEVABLE" PLAN
IT HAS EMERGED in the Dail that Sligo County Council is the only local authority in the country required to submit a long term financial plan which is agreeable to the Department of the Environment and...
View ArticleEXORBITANT ADMINISTRATION COSTS OF CRANMORE REGENERATION
IT WAS REVEALED in the Dail last week that Council expenditure on the administration of Sligo’s Cranmore Regeneration project has risen significantly. United Left T.D. Joan Collins in a Parliamentary...
View ArticleLABOUR IN PANIC OVER WATER CHARGES
“THE LABOUR PARTY today is in an obvious panic over the water charges – and they have every reason to be. Labour’s infamous advertisements during the last general election specifically named the Fine...
View ArticleLABOUR ACCUSED AT MAY DAY CEREMONY
THE LABOUR PARTY in particular stands condemned for helping to impose a vicious austerity programme which has forced ordinary people to pay the debts of rogue bankers, speculators and developers, Cllr...
View ArticleHOGAN KICKS TO TOUCH ON COUNCIL €15 MILLION BAILOUT
THE MINISTER FOR the Environment, Community and Local Government Mr Phil Hogan has given no indication that he will provide Sligo County Council with a bailout of €15 million which has been sought by...
View ArticleEDUCATION MINISTER WILL NOT ACCEDE TO GAELSCOIL REQUEST
THE MINISTER FOR Education and Skills Mr Ruairi Quinn T.D. has told the Dail that the management of Sligo’s Gaelscoil has been advised that his Department is not in a position to accede to the school’s...
View ArticleCOUNCILLOR DECLAN BREE SAYS THANK YOU
I WISH TO thank everyone who supported my Election campaign. I was delighted with the result and I wish to extend my sincere gratitude to everyone who voted for me. Topping the poll has been a...
View ArticleBREE WELCOMES GAELSCOIL DECISION
I WARMLY WELCOME the decision of the Department of Education to sanction the appointment of a second teacher for junior infants in Sligo’s gaelscoil and I wish to pay tribute to the Principal Mícheál Ó...
View ArticleNEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL FACES SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES
SPEAKING AT THE inaugural meeting of the newly elected County Council Cllr Declan Bree said: "Today it is commonly agreed that the Irish local government system is the most constrained, narrow-based...
View ArticleSLIGO MUNICIPAL DISTRICT CALLS FOR WITHDRAWL OF WATER TAX
AT IT’S INAUGURAL meeting the Sligo Municipal District Committee suspended standing orders to consider and adopt an emergency motion calling on the Government to repeal the water tax legislation. The...
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