Borough District of Sligo 2025 Agendas

Agenda of Meeting of the Borough District of Sligo to be held on Monday 10th November, 2025 at 10 a.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall.


COMHAIRLE CHONTAE SHLIGIGH
SLIGO COUNTY COUNCIL

4th November, 2025

TO:  THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOROUGH DISTRICT OF SLIGO

A meeting of the Borough District of Sligo will be held as follows:

TIME:               10.00 a.m.

DATE:              Monday 10th November, 2025

LOCATION:     Council Chamber, City Hall, Sligo

You are requested to attend.

Nola Gibbons
Meeting Administrator

 

CLÁR

  1. To confirm the Minutes of the Borough of Sligo MD Ordinary meeting held on 15th September 2025
  2. To confirm the Minutes of the Borough of Sligo MD Budget Meeting held on 20th October 2025
  3. Matters Arising
  4. Update on the Croi Conaithe Towns Fund (Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant)
  5. To consider approval of revised Schedule of Fees and Charges at Sligo Cemetery (Deferred from September Meeting)
  6. Update on URDF City Campus Masterplan Project (Presentation M Carty)
  7. Update on Harbour Regeneration Project (Presentation M Carty)

DEFERRED MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as sumbitted by Councillor MacSharry.
    "That Sligo County Council explore a funding stream for an outdoor Gym at Cleveragh Park similar to the outdoor Gym to be constructed in Ballisodare"
  2. To consider the following motion as sumbitted by Councillor MacSharry.
    “That Sligo County Council engineering staff undertake a full safety & traffic management review at the entrance & exit points of the Ursuline College secondary school in Sligo with particular focus on the bike & scooter lane & traffic speeds in the area.”
  3. To consider the following motion as sumbitted by Councillor MacSharry.
    “That Sligo County Council would contact the relevant authority to provide a bus shelter at the bus stop coming off Circular road into Crozon Downs, as requested by the residents in the area.”
  4. To consider the following motion as sumbitted by Councillor Nealon.
    “Can this Council upgrade the damaged pavements in Rose Hill Sligo”
  5. To consider the following motion as sumbitted by Councillor Nealon.
    “That this council does a review of road markings in the Sligo-Strandhill area.  Some are badly faded such as where airport road meets Strandhill Business Park, at Lynns Place (outside former TD's pub) and at Finisklin Road (GPT premises) to name but a few.”
  6. To consider the following motion as sumbitted by Councillor Nealon.
    “That this Council liaises with Sligo University Hospital regarding the infrastructural changes due at the dialysis unit, the loss of car parking outside the unit and the fact that many elderly patients will now have to walk from the main entrance.  Some have to make this walk 3 times a week.  Can the hospital explore potential measures to alleviate these concerns.”

MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor MacSharry.
    “That Sligo MD would open the car park on Connaughton Road immediately to address the lack of parking spaces in town”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor MacSharry.
    “That Sligo MD outdoor team cut back the hedges & briars along the roads at Scarden, Strandhill.”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor MacSharry.
    “That Sligo MD immediately engage with the appropriate bodies to repair the public lighting in Langan Drive & Racecourse view in Cranmore.”
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor Higgins.
    “That Sligo County Council install extra street lighting around Pilkington Terrace and Chapel Hill where it is poorly lit at night.”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor Higgins.
    “That Sligo County Council paint the road markings associated with a pedestrian crossing at the entrance of Treacy Avenue across from the entrance to Merville where the kerbs and tactile paving are already lowered and installed to maximise its use as a traffic calming measure.”
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor Higgins.
    “Can this Council clarify the existing situation around the contract for ongoing maintenance of the air to water heat pumps, which has recently been an issue for residents in Seaville, Finisklin.  Linked to this, can the Council issue a user friendly guide to using/regulating these systems to all tenants, particularly in the summer time.”
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor Gibbons.
    “That this local authority, along with the Cranmore Regeneration, will plan for the erection of historical information boards at the entrance of the different estates in the Cranmore area particularly considering the significance of the individuals who have been recognised by Sligo local authorities and whose names live on in our everyday lives, and to include Martin Savage Terrace in this historic project as it falls within the remit of the footprint of the Cranmore regeneration.”
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor Gibbons.
    “That this local Authority in the interest of health and safety, calls on the roads department to carry out a survey on the Strandhill Rd, at Knappaghmore on the short stretch of road that leads under the railway bridge.”
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor Gibbons.
    “How much, if any, of the Special Development Contributions for upgrading of the top road in Strandhill Village was utilised by the Roads Department of this local authority to carry out traffic calming, essential repairs and other health and safety issues that would alleviate the risk to pedestrians and in particularly young children and the elderly who are living on the eastern side of the R292 Top Road Strandhill Village”. 
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor Bree.
    “To ask what plans are in place to resurface the road in Abbey Street.”
  11. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor Bree.
    “To ask what progress has been made to date in identifying a source of funding to provide a pedestrian crossing on the road at Cleveragh Industrial Park, particularly for disabled persons and individuals using wheelchairs.”
  12. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor Bree.
    “That the meeting be provided with a list of households availing of homeless services in the first nine months of the year - on  1st January, 1st February, 1st March, 1st April, 1st of May, 1st June; 1st July, 1st August, and 1st September, with a breakdown of those in hostels, B&B’s, hotel rooms.”
  13. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor O’Boyle.
    “That Sligo County Council undertake a public estate improvement programme in Rathbraughan Park, focused on communal green-areas, lighting, waste / fly-tip removal, and boundary/fence repairs to raise estate standards and support long-term community amenity.”
  14. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor O’Boyle.
    “That Sligo County Council carry out urgent resurfacing works at the Clarion Road roundabout due to the deteriorating road surface and safety concerns for both motorists and cyclists.”
  15. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor O’Boyle.
    “That Sligo County Council contact Electric Skyline to carry out a full audit of all public lighting within the Sligo Borough District and ensure that all non-functioning or damaged lights are repaired or replaced as a priority, particularly in residential estates and along main routes during the darker winter months.”
  16. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor Nealon.
    “That this council writes to the NTA as well as Ministers over transport, O'Brien and Buttimer, calling for the S1 bus service to take a left at Crozon roundabout and serve the people of Caltragh by reinstating the bus stop at Centra, Caltragh.”
  17. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor Nealon.
    “Noting a local petition which currently has over 250 signatures , that this council writes to the NTA, as well as Ministers O'Brien and Buttimer, calling for the S2 bus service to add a stop at Sligo airport.”
  18. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor Nealon.
    “That this Council writes to the Minister of Health to address the need for a primary care centre in Strandhill.”

  19. Date and venue of next Municipal District Ordinary Meeting

    (Note:  19th January 2026 is the 3rd Monday)

  20. Correspondance for Noting

    • Email from John Noone, Uisce Éireann, dated 22nd September 2025, regarding notification of water outages. (Circulated to Members on 7th October 2025.)
  21. Any other Business

Meeting Date 10/11/2025