INHFA continues campaign for farmers in disadvantaged areas
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association is continuing its campaign to double payments to farmers living in rural disadvantaged areas. Their calls are part if the organisations campaign on the Areas of Natural Constraint which are up for review by the Department of Agriculture as part of the CAP…
Obituaries, Thursday, March 2nd, 5pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Pat McGovern, Glangevlin Terence McDermott, Ballyshannon Joe Hargadon, Carrickbanagher Joseph Young, Sligo Pat McGovern, Chatteris, Cambridge and formerly of Gub Cottage, Glangevlin, Co. Cavan. Peacefully. Husband of Linda, Cambridge; father of Katie and Michael; brother of Francie, Leitrim Village,…
Suicide rates, life expectancy, infant mortality – why Traveller ethnicity matters
Suicide rates, life expectancy, infant mortality – why Traveller ethnicity matters
Elderly woman sleeps on armchair with rifle in hand due to fear of attack
Elderly woman sleeps on armchair with rifle in hand due to fear of attack
Lissadell House to reopen this weekend
One of the North West’s flagship tourism attractions will reopen for a new season this Sunday. The opening day at Lisadell House and estate will be marked by two events. One will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 1867 Fenian Rebellion. Lissadell was the childhood home of the 1916 rebel…
Vulnerable people like the elderly and disabled would be worst hit by bus strike
With just days to go until an all out strike – affecting 100 thousand passengers a day – the dispute at Bus Eireann shows no sign of ending. Transport Minister Shane Ross has refused to intervene and says it’s up to management and unions to resolve the crisis. The NBRU…
Almost 400 people on hospital trolleys
Almost 400 people are on hospital trolleys according to nurses today. The latest report from the INMO shows Cork University Hospital is the most overcrowded with 31 people waiting on a bed. There are 11 people on trolleys today at Sligo University Hospital today and 22 in Letterkenny – a…