Confessions in public – Coming to a shopping centre near you
For the fourth year in a row, priests in a parish in Shannon in County Clare have set up a confession facility in a local shopping centre. The initiative is proving popular and the hope now is that such public confessionals will be provided in other parts of the country…
Marc MacSharry TD clashes with department on cost of broadband
Sligo TD Marc MacSharry and the Secretary General of the Department Communications have clashed on the cost of rolling out fibre broadband. The National Broadband Plan is being examined by two separate Dáíl committees today. The Department of Communications is being urged to examine rolling out 5G rather than fibre…
Finn Harps public meeting tonight
A Finn Harps public ‘Information Briefing’ for supporters in the south of the county will take place in St Catherine’s Clubhouse tonight (Thursday, December 6th) at 8 pm. A video of the new stadium development will be shown. Also plans for the Premier Division and underage teams for next season will…
Obituaries, Thursday Dec. 6th, 1pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Paddy Healy, Ballymote Dorothy McGloin, Bundoran Mary Murphy, Boyle and Manorhamilton Brigid Brogan, Letterbarrow Paddy Healy Fortfield, Doomeegin, Ballymote, Co. Sligo. Late of Ballinvoher. Peacefully at his residence. Remains will repose at his residence at Doonmeegin today from 4pm to 8pm.…
Dwyer wins legal action over the use of mobile phone data
Graham Dwyer has won his legal action over the use of mobile phone data during his trial. The former architect was convicted three years ago for the murder of childcare worker Elaine O’Hara. Mobile phone data formed a huge part of Graham Dwyer’s trial – which was one of the…
How and why the Matt Kivlehan murder trial collapsed
Court reporter, Frank Greaney, has been outlining how the Matt Kivlehan murder trial dramatically collapsed at the Central Criminal Court yesterday. Mr Kivlehan was found dead at his home on Holborn Street in Sligo in August, 2015. The collapse of the trial arose from an item broadcast on Prime Time…
Proposal that householders be paid to generate electricity
Households in the north west could be in line to receive payments for surplus amounts of electricity they generate and feed into the national grid. The proposal is part of Sinn Fein Bill that’s going through the Oireachtas. The so-called Microgeneration Bill would encourage households and small business to produce…