Yeats set to be central to the Sligo Tourism brand in the next five years
Sligo’s Tourism Strategy for the next five years was launched in Sligo town last night. Manager of Sligo Tourism Neil Faulkner says it’s a countywide strategy setting out a roadmap. He says promoting the Yeats brand will be key to the success of the new strategy:
Nudist bathing areas planned for NW
Plans are in the pipeline to have sections of certain beaches in the West and North West officially designated as nudist bathing areas. Dalkey is to become Ireland’s first official nudist beach next month. Pat Gallagher of the Irish Naturist Society says areas in County Sligo in particular have been…
Jon Rahm to defend Irish Open title in Donegal
JON Rahm is relishing the opportunity to defend his title at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation, an event which will forever live in the Spaniard’s memory as his maiden European Tour victory and one which rubber-stamped his status as a global superstar. The World…
Cllr says reform of the ambulance dispatch system needed for rural areas
A Sligo Councillor is calling for a reform of the system used to dispatch ambulances in rural areas. Fianna Fail Councillor Keith Henry says the south Sligo area is the victim of busy ambulance bases in Carrick-on-Shannon and Boyle. Some people can be waiting up to an hour for ambulance…
Dozens of members of the Parkinson’s Associations Northwest Branch to protest outside Leinster House
Dozens of members of the Parkinson’s Associations Northwest Branch will protest outside Leinster House tomorrow over a lack of services. Currently there is no Parkinsons Nurse specialist in Donegal, Sligo or Leitrim. But a specilaist does travell from Galway to Killybegs once a month, but that is funded by the…
Donegal Cllr calls on Government to explain why they’ve expelled a Russian diplomat
A Donegal Cllr is calling on the Government to explain why they’ve expelled a Russian diplomat. The Government said that the diplomat was being expelled over the nerve agent attack in Salisbury, England earlier this month. And Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that the decision for the expulsion was an act…
Obituaries, Wednesday, March 28th, 5pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Jimmy McCullagh, Rosses Point Gordon Latten, Manorhamilton Jimmy McCullagh, Rosses Point, Co. Sligo. Peacefully at Sligo University Hospital. Reposing at the family home in Rosses Point from 3pm to 10pm today. Home private to family at all other…