Weather update: Cold night with severe frost forecast
A very cold night with severe frost. That’s the latest prediction from Met Eireann as the north west braces for the second night of the first cold snap of the winter. Freezing conditions will make driving conditions hazardous again tomorrow, Thursday, morning and motorists are again advised to be extremely…
President of Chartered Accountants Ireland visits Sligo
The president of Chartered Accountants Ireland was in Sligo today. Feargal McCormack is managing director of PKF-FPM, a chartered accountancy and business consultancy practice with offices in the north and south of Ireland. Chartered Accountants Ireland represents 27,000 members throughout the world. A lifelong resident of Warrenpoint, Co. Down, Mr…
Study of forestry in Leitrim to be carried out
The IFA has welcomed the news that the government will fund a study by UCD to assess the social, economic and environmental impact of afforestation in Co. Leitrim. The carrying out of such a study had been proposed by Leitrim IFA and was adopted as policy by IFA’s National Council.…
Obituaries, Wednesday, January 30th, 5pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Gerard Mc Loughlin, Rosses Point John O’Rourke, Blacklion Miriam Devaney Sligo Annie Curneen, Kinlough Gerard Mc Loughlin, Lower Rosses, Rosses Point, Co. Sligo. At the Ealing Hospital, Middlesex, London. Funeral arrangements will…
Off to Dublin to stop the Green – Leitrim forestry described as ethnic cleansing
The continuing afforestation of Co. Leitrim is a form of ethnic cleansing – that’s according to Jim McCaffrey, who’s a member of the Save Leitrim Group, who are campaigning outside the Dail today. He, Edwina Guckian and Justin Warnock have been speaking to NWT on their way to the protest…
Ballymote to Riverstown road at Doo reopened
In County Sligo, the Ballymote to Riverstown road at Doo crossroads has now reopened. It had been closed after a truck got stuck there earlier.
Leitrim IFA Chairman calls for all interested parties to engage with forestry study
The IFA have welcomed the news that the Government will fund a study by UCD to assess the social, economic and environmental impact of afforestation in Co. Leitrim. The carrying out of such a study had been proposed by Leitrim IFA and was adopted as policy by IFA’s National…