The political cavalcade has pulled out and the clouds remain bundled up over Knocknarea. The hype surrounding the announcement of the Government’s National Planning Framework in Sligo last Friday has passed, and opinion is divided locally as to whether Project Ireland 2040 will change anything. Gerry Nicholson, who owns Sligo’s oldest pub, Thomas Connolly, is worried about the plan’s 22-year timescale: “It’s a long time until 2040. Things can change. Are we looking into a long tunnel, and where will it end?” In 1891, his great grand uncle Thomas Connolly convinced Charles Stewart Parnell to visit the town and drop into the family pub. Hence he is, in principle, supportive of political visits.
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The political cavalcade has pulled out and the clouds remain bundled up over Knocknarea. The hype surrounding the announcement of the Government’s National Planning Framework in Sligo last Friday has passed, and opinion is divided locally as to whether Project Ireland 2040 will change anything.
Gerry Nicholson, who owns Sligo’s oldest pub, Thomas Connolly, is worried about the plan’s 22-year timescale: “It’s a long time until 2040. Things can change. Are we looking into a long tunnel, and where will it end?”
In 1891, his great grand uncle Thomas Connolly convinced Charles Stewart Parnell to visit the town and drop into the family pub. Hence he is, in principle, supportive of political visits.
The political cavalcade has pulled out and the clouds remain bundled up over Knocknarea. The hype surrounding the announcement of the Government’s National Planning Framework in Sligo last Friday has passed, and opinion is divided locally as to whether Project Ireland 2040 will change anything.
Gerry Nicholson, who owns Sligo’s oldest pub, Thomas Connolly, is worried about the plan’s 22-year timescale: “It’s a long time until 2040. Things can change. Are we looking into a long tunnel, and where will it end?”
In 1891, his great grand uncle Thomas Connolly convinced Charles Stewart Parnell to visit the town and drop into the family pub. Hence he is, in principle, supportive of political visits.
The political cavalcade has pulled out and the clouds remain bundled up over Knocknarea. The hype surrounding the announcement of the Government’s National Planning Framework in Sligo last Friday has passed, and opinion is divided locally as to whether Project Ireland 2040 will change anything.
Gerry Nicholson, who owns Sligo’s oldest pub, Thomas Connolly, is worried about the plan’s 22-year timescale: “It’s a long time until 2040. Things can change. Are we looking into a long tunnel, and where will it end?”
In 1891, his great grand uncle Thomas Connolly convinced Charles Stewart Parnell to visit the town and drop into the family pub. Hence he is, in principle, supportive of political visits.
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