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Top Stories | Thursday, March 11, 2010


     Melissa’s mother says HSE let her child down

The mother of Sligo teenager Melissa Mahon who was killed while in the care of the Health Service Executive has accused the service of failing the tragic teen.
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Deal secures 120 jobs at Fort Dodge laboratories

There was some good news on the jobs front in Sligo yesterday, Monday, with the announcement of a deal which will secure the jobs of around 120 workers at the Fort Dodge Laboratories animal health products plant at Finisklin.
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More News | Thursday, March 11, 2010

Minister to crack down on legal highs in June

Minister of State for the National Drugs Strategy, John Curran has welcomed a cabinet decision to ban some products sold in the controversial ‘head shops’.  more >

Parking rogues will be pursued across the border

Motorists from Northern Ireland who have flaunted southern parking fees and tolls will now be pursued across the border by the respective departments of transport.  more >

‘We only need 20 councillors’ - Queenan

A Fianna Fail county councillor has called for a drastic reduction in the number of public representatives in Sligo.  more >

Hotelier says the banks have him ‘against the wall’

The owner of two hotels in Sligo has said that the present difficulties being experienced by the hotels industry was the greatest he had ever faced.  more >

Oscar-nominated Irish film gets Sligo screening

ON March 16, Hollywood and Sligo will be closely linked when Paul Young, a native of Boyle, Co Roscommon and producer of the Oscar Nominated ‘The Secret of Kells’, will be in town for a special showing of his film at 9pm in the Gaiety Cinema.  more >

Sligo hotel rooms are dearer than in Dublin City

Sligo hotel room prices were the third highest in the country last year, according to a new survey.  more >

Lots of positives from Save Our Shops meeting

TRADERS, landlords, politicians, employees and civil servants attended the Save Our Shops meeting on Thursday last organised by the Fair Dealers committee and chaired by Sligo Weekender CEO Brian Feeney.  more >

Jobless figure is up by just one!

The number of people signing on in Sligo rose by just one person in the past month.  more >

First prison officers get IT Sligo degrees

THE first graduates of a ground-breaking course for prison officers at IT Sligo were conferred with their degrees at a ceremony last Friday attended by the Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform Dermot Ahern.  more >

Scenic Clooncoose Bog now a rubbish black-spot

Large-scale dumping of household waste, tyres and electrical goods is taking place at Clooncoose Bog near Ballymote, destroying this scenic area popular with fishermen and walkers.  more >