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This Week's Postbag

New obstacle course developed for people with disabilities

SERIOUS questions have to be asked in relation to the accessibility of the revised layout of O'Connell Street and the impact this has on people with disabilities.  more >

Dog owners should clean up

IT HAS come to my attention a fierce amount of dog excrement is being excreted on public areas around Sligo town. As a dog owner myself I sympathise with other dog owners who clean up after their dogs. But there is a minority of dog owners out there who flout convention regarding cleaning after their dog.  more >

The sick will pay with their lives

I AM writing re the proposal by Mary Harney to force yet another charge on the poor and sick that are unable to pay. I am seriously ill and existing on Disability Allowance and studying for Leaving Cert to go to University and be an accountant should I live that long.  more >

Council should be abolished

THE recent coverage in the local media was a wonderful synopsis of how incapable our local council is. First one reads an article about the re-opening of O’Connell Street at a cost of some €100,000, even though I believe more money is needed to open it before Christmas.  more >

East ward resident against street closure

HAVING heard Minister Finneran last week, I believe, as an east ward resident, a parent of young children and someone who cares passionately about my city’s future, that there is considerable vindication in the Minister’s words, of the campaign in which I have been involved, that is, our protest against the reopening of O’Connell Street to traffic.  more >

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