LISTEN BACK: Devenish GAA Centenary Year Feature
Devenish GAA Club in County Fermanagh are celebrating their centenary year in 2017. Club chairman Peter Carty and Gerard O’Brien, centenary committee chairman, spoke to Darragh Cox on Ocean FM’s Final Whistle Show on Friday, January 27, about the plans for the year.
Rovers pair in Irish ‘home-based’ U21 squad as Seamus Keogh plays for U15s
Sligo Rovers defenders Gary Boylan and Regan Donelon have both been named in a Republic of Ireland U21 home-based squad by boss Noel King. The squad will play a training game against the Ireland amateur international side in Dublin’s AUL Complex on Saturday week, February 11. Finn Harps’ Ethan Boyle…
Public consultation launched on CAP
A public consultation has been launched on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy. Farmers, professional bodies and environmental organisations will be asked to give their views over the next three months. European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan says CAP needs to deliver sufficient, safe and high…
Enniskillen to Belleek road will close next week for resurfacing work
People travelling from Donegal to Enniskillen will benefit from an investment to improve the road north of the border. £100,000 is being invested to improve a short section of the A46 Loughshore Road from Enniskillen to Belleek at Blaney. The resurfacing works on this road, which is an important link…
IT Sligo hurlers face Cork ETB in Ryan Cup today
IT Sligo continue their Ryan Cup campaign today, with a clash with Group A leaders Cork ETB in Kildare. Declan Loughnane’s side drew 1-15 apiece with IT Tralee in their opener two weeks ago, while the Munster side beat IT Tallaght by 4-26 to 1-12. The sides clash at the…
A move east appears to be the only option for better job opportunities
A new survey indicates that many people in the West of Ireland accept that they will have to move east for better job opportunities. The survey of 1500 Galwegians was carried out at the end of January by Jobs Expo Galway ahead of their careers expo on the 11th of…
Coveney says new plan is ‘very different’ to Fianna Fail’s decentralisation
The government is now calling for submissions on how people in the regions want Ireland to look in 2040. It’s part of the launch of the new ‘Ireland 2040 plan which has been launched by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the Minister for Housing and Local Government Simon Coveney today.…