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sligo / environment Thursday March 08, 2012 - 13:12 by Edward Durand
 2 comments (last - friday march 09, 2012 - 21:12)  1 image
Dr. John O’Connor and Jessica Ernst from Canada gave a series of talks on ‘The realities of hydraulic fracturing and associated health risks’ across Ireland. This is a write-up of their talks on fracking in Sligo. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / miscellaneous Wednesday October 12, 2011 - 10:22 by Jim O'Sullivan
4 comments (last - sunday october 16, 2011 - 11:42)
Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Valerie Finan, of the Save Our Cancer Services-NW campaign, to the Martin McGuinness public meeting held in Sligo ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / environment Tuesday February 08, 2011 - 13:50 by Sharon Mullen
4 comments (last - saturday february 19, 2011 - 23:41)
Pat & Sharon Mullen of Ballymote, Co. Sligo are in a dispute with the Electricity Supply Board, the E.S.B. want to put three 123 foot high electricity pylons on their land carrying 220,000 volt cables. Pat & Sharon are refusing E.S.B. staff entry to their land to install five overhead lines. On the grounds that they have the potential to have adverse effects on their health, their children and communities health and that of their livestock. Furthermore, they are concerned about the almost certain devaluation of four sites on their picturesque land by the erection of these massive 123 foothigh pylons and the subsequent impact on their children’s inheritance. They want the E.S.B. to place the power lines under ground. A simple request! ... read full story / add a comment 
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday September 28, 2010 - 17:49 by Gerry C
2 comments (last - saturday october 09, 2010 - 16:28) 4 images  1 video file
The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) launched its new Northwest Branch at a public meeting in Sligo on Saturday 26 September in the Glasshouse Hotel. Around 40 people attended the inaugural meeting of the Northwest IPSC. Addressing the meeting was the IPSC Boycott Officer Anne Kennedy, Fintan Lane of the Free Gaza Movement and the IPSC and Fiachra O Luain. Both Fiachra and Fintan were part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was attacked on May 31 in International waters by Israel, resulting in the murder of nine pro-Palestinian activists and the wounding of many more, some of whom remain in a serious condition. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / environment Tuesday March 23, 2010 - 17:14 by Edward Durand
5 comments (last - friday june 10, 2011 - 02:14)
Developers plan to build a housing estate right in the middle of Sligo's deciduous forest. This would endanger the habitats of many rare and protected species of plants and animals and take away the magic of the forest which has provided inspiration for so many, including W.B. Yeats. The proposal was rejected but has been appealed. ... read full story / add a comment 
sligo / environment Wednesday November 11, 2009 - 00:55 by Aisling Ryan
26 comments (last - monday december 21, 2009 - 19:23) 1 image 1 video file
Sligo's elected representatives have ignored the majority of public opinion and have voted to reopen O'Connell Street to traffic. What can we do?? ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 19, 2009 - 20:54 by Allen
7 comments (last - thursday april 23, 2009 - 19:58)
The presence of plainclothes Gardai in an unmarked car in the vicinity of a 1916 Commemoration in Sligo where two former Labour Party Mayors, Cllr. Declan Bree (Sligo Borough Council) & Cllr. Catherine Connolly (Galway City Council), held a ceremony has been described as "sinister and disturbing." ... read full story / add a comment 
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Friday February 20, 2009 - 20:36 by robert
3 comments (last - monday february 23, 2009 - 00:05) 1 image 1 video file
Pat O’Donnell and Maura Harrington addressed a public meeting in Sligo on Thurday evening. They gave an inspiring presentation of a campaign that even after ten years of intense struggle could not be broken. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / miscellaneous Friday November 28, 2008 - 22:23 by Ray
8 comments (last - friday december 19, 2008 - 20:33)
In a new twist in the ongoing dispute between members and officials of Sligo Borough Council, that has resulted in no borough council meeting having been held for four weeks. It has emerged that more than ten staff have lodged formal complaints with management alleging bullying and harassment by a member of the council. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / miscellaneous Thursday November 13, 2008 - 22:48 by Ray
22 comments (last - sunday january 25, 2009 - 00:10)
DECISION making in local government in Sligo town is suspended indefinitely at the moment as the fallout from last week’s walkout by staff from a borough council meeting continues, prompting the question: IS ANYONE RUNNING THE TOWN RIGHT NOW? ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 28, 2008 - 22:48 by Kate O' Hara
This is an article about what life is like for refugee children living in a direct provision centre in Sligo. It highlights parents' fears about the sexualisation of their children because they are witness to adults having sex under the cramped conditions of the centre. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / miscellaneous Thursday May 22, 2008 - 11:41 by Sligoboy
53 comments (last - tuesday august 19, 2008 - 23:24)
After a heated debate in the Dail the Government won the vote on the retention of Cancer services in the North-West. The result will see all cancer services bar some recovery units move from Sligo General Hospital and Mayo to the Governments proposed Center of Excellence in Galway. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 21, 2008 - 11:18 by Kerry researcher
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A woman who threatened a sit-in until she was given a hospital bed for a vital cancer operation died yesterday. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / environment Monday March 24, 2008 - 10:38 by Rayo
35 comments (last - thursday april 03, 2008 - 23:19)
PEOPLE in Sligo must put pressure on local representatives to keep the Racecourse site at Cleveragh a green area, says Deputy Mayor and Independant Socialist Cllr Declan Bree. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / politics / elections Wednesday June 20, 2007 - 19:03 by Jake E Lee
67 comments (last - thursday june 26, 2008 - 08:59)
Former Labour Cllr Declan Bree has continued with supporting the Labour/FF pact on Sligo Borough and County Council despite leaving the Labour party recently ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / worker & community struggles and protests Monday May 07, 2007 - 15:21 by Harry Pearse
88 comments (last - thursday may 10, 2007 - 08:41)
The latest news from Sligo and the North West is that the Rabbitte wing of Labour/SIPTU is trying to prepare a case to justify expelling Declan Bree from SIPTU. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / politics / elections Tuesday April 03, 2007 - 13:06 by Paul Walsh
112 comments (last - friday june 15, 2007 - 10:40) 2 images
Sligo Weekender release opinion poll for the Sligo - Leitrim north constituency which shows SF winning the third seat ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 31, 2006 - 13:16 by N McDevitt
15 comments (last - sunday september 03, 2006 - 18:36)
Sligo Labour Councillor Declan Bree, has claimed Pat Rabbitte is not fit to be his party's leader, and has stated thathe would not be meeting or welcoming him when he visits Sligo tomorrow. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday August 29, 2006 - 12:15 by RAY
6 comments (last - friday september 01, 2006 - 18:52)
A Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgendered Pride Parade is to become an annual event in Sligo. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday August 22, 2006 - 16:58 by Joe Flanagan
84 comments (last - saturday september 02, 2006 - 18:11)
Over 60 people participated in the Anti War demonstration organised by the Anti War Movement and Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Ballymote Co. Sligo today. The demonstration took place near the site of the Michael Corcoran monument which was being unveiled by New York’s Mayor, Michael Bloomberg. ... read full story / add a comment |
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