UPDATE: 7.30PM – N17 road now has reopened following a traffic accident
7.30pm The Road has now reopened. 5:30pm: The N17 road on the Ballinacarrow side of Tubbercurry, Co Sligo, is closed because of a traffic accident. Traffic is being diverted through Connolly Park, in Tubbercurry. It’s understood two vehicles were involved in the accident, which occurred near St George’s Church, on the…
Obituaries, Thursday Nov. 1st, 5pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Marie Elizabeth Treacy, Castleconnor Maura Cummins, Manorhamilton Tim Newell, Sligo Patrick Gallagher, Drumshanbo John McPartlan, Dromahair Breda Burke, Ballyshannon Pat Keown, Garrisson Pat James Burke, Frosses Vincent Cunningham, Kinlough William Healy, Ballymote Claire Norman, Sligo Margaret O Gara, Glencolmcille…
IT Sligo now the national leader in online learning
Over 1,600 students will graduate from IT Sligo over the next two days. This shows an increase of 100 graduates on last year and is on target for the 2022 strategic plan to double graduations to 3,000. The students have graduated in 93 courses over the three faculties of Science,…
Blood donors needed in Sligo and Donegal
The Irish Blood Tranfusion service is asking people in Sligo and Donegal to come out and give blood when they visit the region over the next week. A clinic will operate at Colaiste Cholim in Donegal this afternoon and evening and in Sligo next week, Stephen cousins, National Donor Services…
Sligo hospital among worst hit today in trolley crisis
Sligo University Hospital is among the worst hit today by overcrowding, with 28 people there waiting for a bed. In Letterkenny University Hospital, there are 13 people waiting. Meanwhile, a Sligo Fianna Fail councillor is asking where the budget of Sligo University Hospital is being spent. HSE West Forum Committee…
Councils not using CPO powers to take over vacant properties
Sligo, Leitrim and Dongal county councils are among the more than half of local authorities throughout the country that are not using their compulsory purchase powers to buy derelict or vacant houses. New figures show just 240 attempts have been made nationally in the past seven years to take ownership…
New car registrations down across the north west
New car registrations from January to October are down throughout the north west. The number in Donegal fell from 2,592 this year from 2,931 in 2017, an almost 12% drop. In Sligo, the figure from January to October this year was 1,077, down by almost 6% from 2017. And in…