€1.7m to help Donegal pay for the cost of recent flood damage
The Government is making almost €9 million Euro available to local authorities, to help deal with the clean up following Hurricane Ophelia and other major weather events in 2017. Despite bad weather causing widespread damage and disruption, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government says the exceptional nature of…
Leitrim councillor challenges Donegal farm leader over fodder comments
A Leitrim farmer has hit out at the head of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association in Donegal and challenged him to a debate on the realities of the fodder crisis. Chairperson of the ICSA in Donegal, Malcolm Thompson said before Christmas that farmers need to stop ‘running crying’…
New report indicates Brexit already impacting house prices in Donegal
Donegal is the only county in Ireland where there was a drop in the asking price of houses last year. House prices rose by more than close to ten percent or 20-thousand euro on average across the country during 2017. Sligo was in line with the national trend with house…
Obituaries, Tuesday, January 2nd, 1pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Fechin McMorrow Sr, Collooney Flo Brogan, Donegal Town Richard Mansworth, Sligo Teresa Forde, Sligo John Durkan, Doocastle Seamus Conboy, Ballygawley Mary Scanlon, Sligo Tony Rennick, Sligo Iris Nolan, Dublin Fechin McMorrow Sr. Main Street, Collooney, Co Sligo. At…
Trolley numbers soar in the first days of New Year
The numbers waiting on trolleys has escalated even further in the first few days of January with nearly 50 people waiting on trolleys in Donegal and Sligo today. The latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show that there are 35 people waiting for a bed in Letterkenny…
Obituaries, Tuesday, January 2nd, 12 noon
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Fechin McMorrow Sr, Collooney Flo Brogan, Donegal Town Richard Mansworth, Sligo Teresa Forde, Sligo John Durkan, Doocastle Seamus Conboy, Ballygawley Mary Scanlon, Sligo Tony Rennick, Sligo Fechin McMorrow Sr. Main Street, Collooney, Co Sligo. At Sligo University…
Search continuing along Sligo coast for missing man
The search is continuing today along the Sligo coast for a 43-year old local man who has been missing for the past three days. Groups of volunteers, accompanied by members of the Civil Defence, left from Rosses Point this morning for another coordinated search that stretches all the way from…