Irish Rail services to resume after this morning’s disruption
Irish Rail and Dublin Bus services are resuming after being disrupted by Bus Éireann pickets this morning. Virtually all trains and buses were cancelled by the action, with management saying it was completely unexpected. This included the Sligo/Dublin train service. Union bosses say they were also taken by surprise, and…
Obituaries, Friday, March 31st, 10:45am
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Patricia Mc Caffrey, Donegal Town Catherine Byrne, Glencolmcille Eileen McGee, Ballintogher Ronnie Browne, Ballymote Brigid McShane, Teelin Patricia Mc Caffrey, Clar, Lough Eske , Donegal Town. At Donegal Community Hospital. Reposing at the family…
Four Masters NS and St Clare’s NS claim FAI Schools five-a-side titles
The Bee Park, home of Manorhamilton Rangers FC, played host to the Leitrim county finals of the Spar FAI Primary School 5s programme on Thursday. The programme has seen participation figures grow year-on-year to become the largest primary schools’ competition in the country. 130 students from 11 schools participated in…
Two minor road accidents in the region
There have been two minor traffic accidents in the region this morning. In Donegal, a lorry has gone off the road at Barnesmore. Although there is no disruption at the scene at present, it may be necessary to close one of the lanes later on when it is being removed,…
Service on Sligo/Dublin rail line hit by Bus Eireann dispute this morning
Service on the Sligo/Dublin rail line has been hit by industrial action this morning. Tens of thousands of public transport passengers have been left stranded throughout the country as the Bus Éireann strike has spread to Irish Rail and Dublin Bus. Pickets by workers from all three CIE firms are…
Threatened work stoppage by ambulance workers suspended
The work stoppage by SIPTU ambulance workers planned for next Monday has been suspended. There had been fears that the planned four-hour stoppage, which was to have started at 8 o’clock in the morning, would have caused major disruption to patients and services. But, for now at least, the work…
IT Sligo lecturer wins top writing award
A lecturer at the Institute of Technology in Sligo has won one of the country’s most prestigious awards for her writing. Una Mannioin has been awarded the National Hennessy Literary 2017 Award for a poem entitled ‘Crouched Burial.’ The same poem also won the Yeats Society’s Seamus Heaney memorial Poetry…