New Lidl store to open in Sligo in October
A new Lidl store is to open in Sligo next month. The new store is being built within the unused 300 year old mill on Finisklin Road and is due to open in October this year. Gail McGibbon, CEO of the Sligo Business Improvement District told Ocean FM what it…
Little Luna 5K
The Little Luna 5k takes place this Sunday 2nd September at 12 noon. Registration will take place in the Sligo Sports Complex from 10.30am. Luna’s parents Fionnuala and Michael told Francie why the event is taking place.
Obituaries, Thursday 30th August, 1pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Mary Ann McBrearty, Bruckless George Higgins, Ballisodare Cieran Kelly, Frosses Mary Ann McBrearty, Castlereagh, Bruckless. Peacefully at her residence. Reposing today until 10pm. Removal on Friday morning at 10.30am going to The…
Insurance costs rise for Irish farmers
Almost three-quarters of farmers say their insurance costs have gone up this year. That’s despite an increase in providers of farm insurance in the Irish market. A survey conducted by the Irish Farmers Journal reveals three in ten people have swapped insurance provider in the last three years. Eoin Lowry…
Exodus from Leitrim to find work crippling the county
A Leitrim Councillor says the exodus of people from the county to find work is crippling the county economically. Fianna Fail Councillor Justin Warnock is calling for the county to get a special designated status under the new National Planning Framework. He says that if this happened it would open…
Fine Gael: Road hauliers set to be most affected by any increase in carbon tax
It’s been claimed road hauliers in the north west will be among the worst hit if there’s an increase in carbon tax in the budget. Now, a Sligo Fine Gael activist is calling for the government to clarify what it’s intending to do about the tax. Blaine Gaffney says an…
Obituaries, Thursday 30th August, 10am
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Olive Brennan, Sligo Joseph Francis O’Sullivan, Ederney Co Fermanagh Mary Ann McBrearty, Bruckless George Higgins, Ballisodare Cieran Kelly, Frosses Olive Brennan (nee Nelson), Abbeyville Park, Sligo. Requiem Mass in St. Anne’s Church, Sligo this morning at 11am with burial afterwards…