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There are 18 people on trolleys in the North West’s hospitals today. That’s made up of 17 in Sligo and one in Letterkenny. In the country overall, the number of patients waiting for hospital beds is back up to almost 300. 299 patients are on trolleys or in hospital wards,…

A net total of over 300 new full and part-time jobs were created last year by almost 530 small businesses in Sligo, Donegal and Leitrim that have been supported by the Local Enterprises Offices. That’s according to the results of the latest LEO annual jobs survey published this week by…

Ireland’s main water safety bodies are warning of a major rise in incidents during the current spell of warm weather. The Coast Guard says lifeboats were called out to 23 incidents on Irish waters yesterday alone. The Irish Coast Guard, the RNLI and Irish Water Safety are calling on people…

Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Andrew Calpin, Templeboy Bridie Prendergast, Ballyshannon Maureen Marren, Tourlestrane Patsy Doherty, Frosses John Boyle, Glencolmcille Niall Fearon (PRON: Fear-en), Keadue     Andrew Calpin (PRON: Cal-peen), Amsterdam and late of Ballygrehan, Templeboy, County Sligo. Memoriam mass in Church of the Immaculate…

The Heritage Council has announced funding for a number of heritage projects in the Northwest under its 2016 Community-based Heritage Grants Scheme. A total of 171 heritage projects nationwide have been awarded funding under the scheme, which supports the continuing conservation and development of Irish heritage through local community based…