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There has been strong criticism of the announcement that the three full-time libraries in the county will face a series of temporary closures, of up to almost three weeks. Sligo County Council has said that it is facing “a short term problem in staffing its branch libraries”. The council say that due to the severe […]
The transfer of WB Yeat’s Nobel Prize Medal from Sligo county museum to the National Library in Dublin led to a row at a Sligo Municipal District meeting on Monday. Councillor Declan Bree had down a motion that all correspondence, documentation, copies of minutes etc relating to the transfer of the Yeats Nobel Prize Medal […]
A proposed initiative for a Sister Cities project in 2016 has been met with doubts concerning the financial implications of the venture. The issue was discussed at Monday’s meeting of the mayor and members of the Municipal District of Sligo where the plan, coinciding with the year of commemorations was outlined. Director of Services Bartley […]
There have been numerous exchange visits between Sligo and Kempten since their Twinning Association was established 30 years. While restrictions imposed during the Covid pandemic have interrupted these contacts, Mayor of Sligo Municipal District, Councillor Rosaleen O'Grady and Mayor of Kempten Thomas Kiechle were anxious to find a way of maintaining this long-standing friendship while travel restrictions are in place. Kempten which is twinned with Sligo since 1990, is in Bavaria, close to the Austrian and Swiss borders and 40kms from the ski slopes of Oberstorf, famous for hosting the Winte...
A pensioner who last week received a letter informing him of a 20% rent increase on his home has said Sligo County Council has 'gone too far'. The man, who has lived in his local authority house in Cranmore for 40 years has said this hike will be a huge strain on his finances. The letter from the council informed him that his rent will be increasing from €65 to €77 from February 1st next. "It's crazy. I'm a pensioner, and between charges with bins and now this, it's crazy. They [the council] have you over a barrel," said the man. He told The Sligo Champion that between paying for food,...