New business hub to open in Sligo next month
Today is Open Day at an office building with a difference in Sligo. It’s a 20,000 square foot business hub in the centre of Sligo that’s available to start-ups and others with business ideas. Among tenants being targetted are returning emigrants, entrepreneurs and other Sligonians who want to return to…
Obituaries, Thursday, December 29th, 1:30pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Roland Armstrong, Beltra John McGauran, Ballisodare Patrick Ward, Killybegs John Gallagher, Grange Roland Armstrong, Beltra, Co. Sligo. Suddenly. Remains will arrive at Christ Church, Beltra, on Friday morning for service at 10am with committal in Mount Jerome…
Council calls for time limit on rural social schemes to be reversed
Sligo County Council is calling on the Minister for Social Protection to reverse the new three-year time limit for people on rural social schemes. Fianna Fail Councillor Keith Henry made the proposal at the December meeting of the council, saying the three-year limit is far too restrictive. Cllr Henry says…
11 people waiting for hospital bed in Letterkenny, none in Sligo
There are 11 people in the North West waiting for a hospital bed today — and they are all in Letterkenny University Hospital. There is no one waiting for a bed in Sligo University Hospital, according to Trolley Watch figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. There are four…
Obituaries, Thursday, December 29th, 1pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Roland Armstrong, Beltra John McGauran, Ballisodare Patrick Ward, Killybegs Roland Armstrong, Beltra, Co. Sligo. Suddenly. Remains will arrive at Christ Church, Beltra, on Friday morning for service at 10am with committal in Mount Jerome Crematorium, Harold’s Cross,…
Body recovered near Killybegs was that of missing elderly man
The body recovered near Killybegs, Co Donegal, early this morning was that of an 84-year old man who had been missing since the afternoon of December 27th. He has been named locally as Patrick Ward, Roughra, Killybegs. The discovery was made after searches by the Coast Guard and Donegal Mountain…
Man’s body recovered on land near Killybegs, Co Donegal
The body of a man has been recovered on land near Killybegs, Co Donegal. Malin Head Coast Guard has confirmed to Ocean FM News that the body was found about 1am this morning. The body was discovered near Lough Aderry, between Killybegs and Ardara.