Sligo has the lowest growth in jobs in the country – just 2.2 per cent, far behind the national average of 11 per cent. The numbers are sobering, says Dr John Pender of Sligo’s Institute of Technology. Last year, two-thirds of Hen and Stag Sligo business came from NI, “but it’s less than 50 per cent now”, he says. Together with local agencies such as the county council, the chamber of commerce, the North West Regional Assembly and Sligo Tourism, BID fought back. Now Sligo has “the guts of €200 million” coming for capital projects that could open up significant swathes of land for development, he argues.

Source: The Irish Times February 15, 2018 20:26 UTC