Sligo, Donegal TDs hit out at vulture funds
Two north west TDs are hitting out at the way they claim vulture funds are dealing with mortgage holders who are in debt. It’s as a Fianna Fail Bill aimed at controlling the funds is going through the Dail and Seanad. Sligo/Leitrim Fianna Fail TD Eamon Scanlon says lack of…
Sligo and Leitrim county councils considering budgets for next year
Sligo and Leitrim county councils have today begun considering their budgets for 2019. Sligo is still emerging from what was once one of the most precarious of local authority financial situations in the country. Its budget for next year is €65m. Sligo County Council CEO Ciaran Hayes says the local…
Golf’s West of Ireland to have new date and format in 2019
The Golfing Union of Ireland has confirmed on Monday that next year’s West of Ireland Amateur Championship at Rosses Point is moving from its traditional Easter Weekend date to early April and will be played as a four-round stroke play competition, instead of matchplay, from April 4th-7th, 2019. The reason…
Obituaries, Monday Nov. 26th, 1pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Georgina Johnston, Coleraine Noel Mc Dermott, Rosses Point Desmond Conway, London and Sligo Rose McDaid, Bruckless Michael Duffy, London and Dromahair Paddy Kelly, Dromahair Georgina (Susan) Johnston, (nee…
North Sligo councillor’s warning on bogus workers
A north Sligo councillor is warning people in the area to be on the lookout for bogus trades people and workers. Independent Councillor Marie Casserly, who’s involved in the local community alert, says people should remain vigilant in the run up to the Christmas period. And she has this advice.
Obituaries, Monday Nov. 26th, 10am
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Hugh O’Neill, Dunkineely Pete Marshall, Sligo Alfred Mc Gloin, Sligo Sr. Margaret O’Beirne, Sligo Georgina Johnston, Coleraine Paddy McAndrews, Pettigo Noel Mc Dermott, Rosses Point Desmond Conway, London and Sligo…
Taoiseach says there will need to be a demand and people to staff a cath lab in Sligo
The Taoiseach says that if a new special heart treatment laboratory is to be set up in Sligo, there will have to be a required demand for it and the people to staff it. Leo Varadkar was responding to questions from Ocean FM News during his visit to Sligo when…