COUNTY MANAGERS RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL BORROW A FURTHER €7.5 MILLION...
"GIVEN THE APPALLING financial record of this Council I find it incredible that the County Manager would recommend that the Council take out yet another loan to clear an overdraft." Councillor Declan...
View ArticleGOVERNMENTS PROPOSALS TO ABOLISH URBAN COUNCILS A RETROGRADE STEP
THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS on local government including the proposal to abolish urban based councils was described as a retrograde step by Councillor Declan Bree when he spoke on the matter at meetings...
View ArticlePROPERTY TAX ON FAMILY HOME TO REPLACE HOUSEHOLD CHARGE
THE GOVERNMENT HAS indicated that the property tax, due to replace the household charge, will be introduced next July. The property tax is just another name for a tax on people’s homes, the United Left...
View ArticleAUDITORS REPORT DAMNING INDICTMENT
“THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT Auditors Statutory Report for 2011, released this week, is a damning indictment of the manner in which Sligo County Council manages its financial business and it clearly confirms...
View ArticleCOUNCILLORS HAVE BETRAYED PEOPLE
THE COUNCILLORS WHO voted to impose the County Council’s austerity budget do not have a mandate to do so and they have betrayed the interests of many of those who voted for them, said Cllr Declan Bree...
View ArticleCOUNCIL SEEKS EXPLANATION FROM COUNTY MANAGER
AT IT’S MONTHLY meeting Sligo County Council adopted a motion from Councillor Declan Bree, calling on the County Manager to provide a report outlining the authority he had to authorise County Council...
View ArticleMOTION ON PROPERTY TAX DEFEATED
A MOTION TABLED by Cllr Declan Bree calling on the government to withdraw the proposed property tax was defeated at this month’s meeting of the County Council. One Fianna Fail councillor joined with...
View ArticleCROKE PARK II CRITICISED AT HISTORY LECTURE
CLLR DECLAN BREE was critical of the governments Croke Park II proposals when he addressed those attending a United Left public lecture on the subject of the trade union and labour movement in Sligo...
View ArticleGOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF BETRAYING 1916 PROCLAMATION
THE CURRENT FINE GAEL/LABOUR government like the previous Fianna Fail/Green administration has betrayed the democratic principles of the 1916 Proclamation, said councillor Declan Bree when he...
View ArticleHOUSING ADAPTATION GRANTS SCHEMES CUT BY 80%
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT’S decision to cut funding for the Housing Adaptation Grants Schemes in Sligo by 80% has been described as “savage and unprecedented” by Independent Socialist...
View ArticleCOUNCIL WELCOMES COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT
SLIGO COUNTY COUNCIL has adopted a motion proposed by Cllr Declan Bree welcoming the recommendations contained in the Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration of the...
View ArticleSLIGO LEFT OPPOSE G8 SUMMIT
THE UNITED LEFT (U.L.) in Sligo has called on the people of the North-West to join the growing chorus of opposition which has emerged in response to the upcoming G8 Summit, which is due to take place...
View ArticleCOUNCIL TO SEEK TENDERS FOR LEGAL SERVICES
AT ITS MONTHLY meeting Sligo County Council adopted a motion proposed by Cllr Declan Bree agreeing to invite tenders for the provision of legal services to the County Council in accordance with open...
View ArticleGRALTON DEPORTATION REMEMBERED IN LEITRIM
AWARD WINNING Film Director Ken Loach and a number of members of the cast of the upcoming movie on the life of socialist Jimmy Gralton were among those who participated in a commemorative event to...
View ArticleBREE WELCOMES CONFIRMATION OF COUNTY MANAGERS RETIREMENT
SPEAKING AT THIS months meeting of Sligo County Council following confirmation that the County Manager is to retire on the 3rd of November, Cllr Declan Bree said “I am very pleased to hear the...
View ArticleCOUNCIL CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO REVERSE BUDGET CUTS
AT ITS MONTHLY meeting Sligo County Council unanimously adopted a motion proposed by Cllr Declan Bree calling on the government to reverse its budget cutbacks. Speaking at the meeting Cllr Bree said:...
View ArticleAUDITORS REPORT DAMNING INDICTMENT OF COUNCIL MANAGEMENT
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT Auditors Report for 2012 is a damning indictment of the manner in which the senior management of Sligo County Council manages its financial business and it clearly confirms that...
View ArticleCOUNTY COUNCIL EXTENDS SYMPATHY TO THE MANDELA FAMILY AND THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH...
"NO POLITICAL LEADER in living memory has been so genuinely loved and appreciated or touched so many people's lives”, said Cllr Declan Bree, when he proposed a vote of sympathy to the Mandela family...
View ArticleRECEPTION FOR ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DESCRIBED AS DISGRACEFUL
THE DECISION BY the Mayor of Sligo Cllr Marcella McGarry, to host a reception for the Israeli Ambassador has been described as “disgraceful” by Cllr Declan Bree. “At a time when the Mayor of Bethlehem...
View ArticleBOROUGH COUNCIL SEEKS ADDITIONAL FUNDING
A MOTION PROPOSED by Cllr Declan Bree seeking additional funding for Sligo Borough Council was adopted at the Annual Budget meeting of the Council. Addressing the meeting Cllr Bree said “Given the...
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