Car Insurance, Petrol, Tax and the Ford Motor Works in Cork
This is the final article in our series reliving the events that shaped Sligo Chamber during the first 30 years after its foundation of the…
Category: Sligo Chamber Centenary Articles
Personalities who shaped the Early Years – Senator Arthur Jackson & Dudley M. Hanley
It was Senator Arthur Jackson who suggested that a Chamber of Commerce be established in Sligo. Speaking at a meeting of the Harbour Board in…
New Road in “a 100 years’ time”
Sligo’s service area reach as an employment hub extends far beyond the county boundaries as is demonstrated by the thousands of people who travel daily…
Supporting the Free State Loan
As we celebrate in 2023 the first one hundred years of Sligo Chamber, the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union at the end…
Personalities who shaped the Early Years – Mr. W.D. Peebles Proprietor and Editor, Sligo Independent
Mr. W.D. Peebles was an enduring member of Sligo Chamber of Commerce for over twenty years from the mid-1920s to the mid-1940s. Proprietor and Editor…
The Uphill Climb to the Bus
In the Ireland of 2023, climate change is very much to the fore and the Government has in place a Climate Action Plan to achieve…
On the Buses
Reducing carbon emissions in the context of climate action is a major concern in the Ireland we live in today in 2023. The concept of…
Arrival of Electricity Supply to Sligo
It may be difficult for readers today in 2023 to appreciate that when Sligo Chamber of Commerce was inaugurated a hundred years ago there was…
The Emergency
We are very much aware today in 2023 of how a regional war can impact business and society on a global scale. The war in…
How the Showgrounds was secured by Sligo Rovers
In April 1968 John Fallon (Then Mayor of Sligo and Chairman of Sligo Rovers), led a small delegation to Kilkenny. Accompanying him were Jimmy Gilmartin,…