Sligo County Council Budget passed

17/11/2025 1 min
Sligo County Council Budget passed

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Sligo County Council has passed its budget for the next 12 months.Commercial rates are to remain unchanged while there will be a €1.9 million euro spending increase throughout the upcoming year.Overall, almost a quarter of a billion euro is to be spent across a range of services and infrastructure in County Sligo in 2026.Cllrs adopted the Budget following a vote, with Sinn Fein Cllrs Arthur Gibbons & Thomas Healy along with People Before Profit Cllr Gino O’Boyle voting against.Cllr Gibbons has been outlining his reasons, saying he couldn’t support a budget which was propped up by the local property tax:

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