25/05/2009 -

Revised Opening Times for Public Counter Services City Hall

Sligo Borough Council is to introduce revised opening times for its main public services counters with effect from Monday June 8th. From that date visitors to City Hall will be able to access the public counter areas in Housing and Planning Sections between the hours of 10.00 to 4.00pm, and 9.30am to 4.00pm in Finance Section. The early morning and later afternoon period either side of these times is the minimum required by the staff in these sections to carry out other essential office duties.

The public counter services will be open for 6 hours each day (6 ½ hours in Finance Section) which is considered more than adequate to accommodate demand. The services will also be available through lunchtime. Staff in Finance , Housing and Planning Sections are available at all times during office hours to deal with telephone and e-mail queries, and members of the public wishing to access the public counters outside the available times will have their query dealt with by Customer Service staff in the City Hall reception area.   

A spokesperson for Sligo Borough Council said the public counter times were being rationalised to reflect existing staff resources, and anticipated that the new arrangements will be delivered with a minimum of inconvenience to the public.

Communications Office
22nd May 2009