Service won’t be affected at Donegal training center despite investigation
The ongoing Garda investigation at the Donegal Education Centre is not going to affect the work being done there. An investigation is taking place following alleged financial irregularities at the training centre which is based in Donegal Town. The majority of the centre’s funding comes from the department of education…
Love Leitrim spokesman says ‘nothing new’ in EPA report
A spokesman for the anti-fracking group Love Leitrim says the EPA report on fracking in Ireland is really about how to frack rather than having a focus on public health, which his group, and people in Leitrim, wanted. Eddie Mitchell says the report acknowledges some of the risks with fracking…
IT Sligo hurlers narrowly beaten in league final
IT Sligo were narrowly beaten by UCD in the Division Three League final. Declan Loughnane’s side put in a stirring display in Longford’s Clonguish before losing out by a point, 18 to 17, to the Dublin side.
Anti-fracking campaigners say they are vindicated by report
A group campaigning against fracking say they feel vindicated by a new report on the controversial process. The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday published the first phase of a study commissioned in 2011 into the impacts of hydraulic fracturing on the island of Ireland. The Independent consortium of experts found there…
Minister to launch Sligo East City Masterplan this evening
Minister Simon Coveney will launch the Sligo East City Master Plan this evening in Cranmore at 7 o’clock. The special launch event will include about a dozen stands in a specially erected marquee with displays from various community groups and local projects. Speakers will include Minister Coveney as well as…
Obituaries, Thursday, December 1st, 10am
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Walter Kivlehan, Lavagh Bridget McSherry, Belleek Connie O’Gara, Glencolmcille Joe Walshe, Collooney Tommy McLoughlin, Garrison Martin Gilroy, Sligo Mick Mullaney, Keash Patricia Garrity, Enniskillen Tom Leonard, Ballinfull Walter Kivlehan, Cloondrihara, Lavagh, Ballymote, Co. Sligo. Peacefully at Sligo University Hospital.…
Tough draw for Donegal in Dr McKenna Cup
Martin McHugh’s UUJ side will face his native Donegal in next month’s Dr McKenna Cup. McHugh’s son Ryan and his Kilcar clubmate Patrick McBrearty are also set to feature for UUJ against their home county when they clash in January. Rory Gallagher’s side have been handed a tough draw for…