Traveller children losing out as report finds primary schools most under-funded
Traveller children are among those losing out because of under-investment in primary schools around the country. A new report by the OECD this week reveals that the lowest spending per pupil in Ireland is at primary level. Speaking to Ocean FM News today, Vincent Duffy, the Sligo Mayo rep for…
School in Sligo urges ‘family-centred’ Junior Cert celebrations
With more than 3,600 Junior Cert pupils in the north west getting their exam results today, schools throughout the region say they want those celebrating tonight to be stay safe and act sensibly. It comes amid increasing concern about the use of alcohol, including among teenagers who are under the…
North West Trolley Watch: Forty-two patients waiting today
There are 42 people on trolleys at hospitals in the North West today. Letterkenny is again the worst affected public hospital with 25 people waiting for admission while 17 are waiting at Sligo University Hospital. Meanwhile in Galway there are 37 people on trolleys at Galway University Hospital. The figures…
Sligo councillors want their county to benefit from Knock Airport zone
Sligo councillors want to ensure their county benefits from new plans for Ireland West International Airport at Knock, Co Mayo. They say a special development zone being set up by Mayo County Council around the airport should focus on the entire region. Sligo Fianna Fail Councillor Jerry Lundy raised the…
Obituaries, Wednesday, 13th September, 1pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Tommy Jackson, Ballisodare Margaret Peggy Lee, Dromahair Senan Gerard Kelly, Sligo Patricia Currid, Ballinascarrow Danny Breslin, Killybegs Kitty Bennett, Ardara Michael Mc Ginley, Mountcharles Mollie Dowdican, Bundoran Tommy Jackson, Stella Maris, Ballisodare, Co. Sligo. In Edmonton Canada, following an accident. Funeral…
Tempers flare as Sligo’s councillors criticised for entering abortion debate
Former General Election candidate, Bernie O’Hara, has accused members of Sligo County Council of arrogance in discussing the eighth amendment abortion issue at their meeting last week. Here she takes on Cllr Gino O’Boyle, who put forward a motion at the meeting calling on the Taoiseach to outline a date…
Major fundraising campaign for repatriation of young Ballisodare man after Canada tragedy
22 year old Tommy Jackson from Ballisodare was killed in an accident on his way to work in Candada last Friday. A major fundraising has been launched to help with the huge costs in bringing Tommy’s body home. Local parish priest Fr. Tom Towey remembers Tommy