Elderly in Sligo being deprived of home care support
A Sligo councillor says many elderly people are now being left with no home care support at weekends and bank holidays. Fianna Fail Councillor Seamus Kilgannon says this is often after these people having got only the minimum of support during the week. He will call on Sligo…
Gweedore win historic Ulster club title
Ulster Senior Club Final Result: Gweedore 0-13 Scotstown 0-12 (after extra-time) Donegal county champions Gweedore edged out Scotstown by a single point in extra-time to claim their first Ulster Club title in a pulsating encounter at Healy Park in Omagh on Sunday. In very wet and difficult conditions, substitute Shane…
Obituaries, Sunday Dec. 2nd, 5pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Patsy Gilroy, London and Ballintrillick Angela McNulty, Sligo Ellen Gaffney, Tullaghan Clare Monaghan, Sligo Mary Diamond, Strabane Kitty Farren, Riverstown Patsy Gilroy, Woodgreen, London and Clogh, Ballintrillick, Co. Sligo. Son…
Ballymote to Gurteen road closed due to minor road traffic incident
A minor road traffic accident has taken place just outside Gurteen. The incident occurred on the main Ballymote to Gurteen road just before 1pm where a driver of a car lost control and drove into a farmyard. A man was cleaning his quad bike in the yard when it was…
Obituaries, Sunday Dec. 2nd, 1pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Patsy Gilroy, London and Ballintrillick Joe Molloy, Portnoo Angela McNulty, Sligo Ellen Gaffney, Tullaghan Clare Monaghan, Sligo Mary Diamond, Strabane …
St Mary’s clinch Sligo under 21 title
Sligo Under 21 ‘A’ football championship final result St Mary’s 1-15 Shamrock Gaels 1-14 St Mary’s overturned a four-point half-time deficit to be beat Shamrock Gaels by a point in Saturday night’s entertaining county under 21 A football championship final at Tourlestrane. Nathan Rooney’s injury-time point proved to be the…
November worst month on record for hospital waiting figures
November was the worst month on record for hospital waiting figures in the North West and nationally. According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, 431 people were waiting on trolleys or chairs in Sligo University Hospital last month compared to 198 the same time last year. Letterkenny University Hospital…