Business & Finance

The Sri Lankan community in Sligo has extend its heartfelt thanks to the people of Sligo and the surrounding areas for their incredible generosity and support following the recent devastating floods and landslides in Sri Lanka.

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Sligo’s Sri Lankan community expresses gratitude for local support in wake of devastating floods and landslides ↗

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A new grant to bring vacant space back into use can play a big role in delivering homes for key workers in Sligo, Cllr Thomas Walsh has said. Welcoming the new feature to the Vacant Property Refurbishment grant which focuses on empty spaces above retail premises’, Cllr Walsh said, “This grant will unlock homes, which can be delivered quickly in Sligo, without waiting years for new developments.”

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Grants to convert vacant ‘over shop’ spaces will ‘unlock homes and can be delivered quickly’ ↗

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The entire political and community focus needs to be on delivering the full Western Rail Corridor, Sligo-Leitrim TD Martin Kenny has said.

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‘It would be a travesty if the Western Rail Corridor didn’t continue on to Sligo’ ↗

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Two Sligo men have been jailed for stealing power tools and radiators during an incident in County Donegal.

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Two Sligo men jailed for theft of power tools and radiators in Donegal ↗

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The number of houses and apartments being offered for short term lets on websites such as Airbnb was raised at the December meeting of Sligo County Council with Labour Party representative, Cllr Ann Higgins, highlighting the difficulties created and asked the local authority what actions are being taken or planned against illegal short term lets.

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Sligo Councillor hits out at ‘perverse situation’ where 'tourists are staying in homes and families are staying in hotels' ↗

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A doctor who sexually assaulted a woman at a pub in Sligo just three weeks after starting a job at Sligo University Hospital has been jailed for a year and five months.

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Doctor jailed for 17 months for sexual assault of woman in Sligo pub ↗

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Concern over a caesarean section rate of 73pc for first-time mothers at one of the country’s maternity units earlier this year was raised at the Oireachtas health committee on Wednesday.

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Officials quizzed as close to three in four first-time mothers received C-section in one month at maternity unit ↗

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Education can be a powerful tool for escaping poverty, but for many, financial barriers stand in the way. To address this, the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) provides bursaries to support students in their ambitions.

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‘It’s a very big challenge for people’ – how SVP’s education bursary helps students in the north-west access third-level education ↗

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