Obituaries, Wednesday, March 1st, 5pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Tommy Quinn, Mountcharles Winnie Seery, Cloonacool Pat McGovern, Glangevlin Joseph (Joe) O’Rourke, Donegal Town Margaret (Peggy) Reilly, Mohill Mary Fitzpatrick, Enniskillen and Belcoo Terence McDermott, Ballyshannon Tommy Quinn, Station Road, Mountcharles, Co. Donegal. Remains reposing at his late residence…
Emotional scenes for Sligo CF campaigner outside Dail Eireann
There have been emotional scenes outside the Dail as Cystic Fibrosis campaigners protest about the delay in making the drug Orkambi available. More than 600 people gathered outside the gates of Leinster House for a minutes silence followed by a demonstration involving purple balloons and ribbons. The matter was raised…
Taoiseach’s announcement on Traveller recognition welcomed by Sligo group
The Sligo Traveller Support Group is welcoming today’s announcement by the Taoiseach to recognise Travellers as an ethnic group for the first time. It follows a lengthy campaign which has been ongoing for decades to recognise this minority group officially. Several human rights groups have also supported these calls including…
Government under renewed pressure over water charges
Fianna Fáil says the Government will collapse if it refuses to implement the findings of the Oireachtas committee on water charges. But Enda Kenny is insisting the Government cannot introduce legislation which it believes would break EU law. The Oireachtas committee on water charges is meeting again this afternoon to…
Anti-water charge campaigners say ‘People Power’ has won
The Right to Water Charge movement says they want to use what they are calling as a ‘victory’ on the water charges issue as a ‘type of politics’ to change society for the better. The oireachtas committee on the future of domestic water charges is expected to recommend to government…
New car sales decrease in North West for year to date
New car sales in the North West are down across the board for the year to date. In Donegal 1,372 new cars have been purchased so far in 2017 down from 1647 at the same time last year. Sligo has seen a drop of 100 from 639 new cars in…
Health minister wants more time to negotiate Orkambi deal as campaigners protest at Dail
More than a thousand Cystic Fibrosis campaigners are gathered outside Leinster House calling for the approval of the Orkambi drug. Protestors are holding a minute’s silence outside Leinster House for the second time in a matter of months. Campaigners will hold purple balloons and purple roses as an expression…