Obituaries, Thursday, March 7th, 1pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Margaret Waugh, Frosses Berni O’Hara, Dun Laoghaire, and Manorhamilton Aileen Iosso, Sligo Teresa Wilson, Kiltyclogher Nora Forde, Easkey Christopher Porter, London and Ballymote Kathleen Friel, Mountcharles Patrick Cassidy,…
Councillor wants maximum waiting time to be set for driving tests
A Sligo councillor is calling for the transport minister to bring in a maximum waiting time for driving tests. Fianna Fail Councillor Seamus Kilgannon says the length of time many young people in rural areas are waiting for tests is causing difficulties, not only for them them but also for…
Plans to create reef in Killala Bay that would boost tourism in West Sligo and North Mayo
Efforts are underway to create what’s expected to be a unique attraction in Killala Bay that would benefit the tourism industry in both west Sligo and north Mayo. The plan, estimated to cost between €1.5m and €2m, is to establish a reef in the bay, which would help attract a…
Obituaries, Thursday, March 7th, 10am
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Yvonne Winters, Trim Nóirín Reilly, Manorhamilton Margaret Waugh, Frosses Berni O’Hara, Dun Laoghaire and Manorhamilton Aileen Iosso, Sligo Teresa Wilson, Kiltyclogher Nora Forde, Easkey Christopher Porter, London and Ballymote …
Call for more home-help hours
The reduction of home help hours to rural areas of Leitrim is depriving people of spending more time in their family homes and forcing them into hospitals and long term care homes. That’s according to Fianna Fáil councillor and local election candidate Mary Bohan, who has called on the HSE…
Taoiseach, ministers, army and diplomats to be part of National Famine commemoration in Sligo
The Taoiseach, government ministers, army personnel and ambassadors from around the world will be Sligo on May 19th next for the National Famine Commemoration. It’s particularly poignant that the event takes place in Sligo, it being a port town from which many left during the Famine on the first leg…
Obituaries, Wednesday, March 6th, 5pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Yvonne Winters, Trim Nóirín Reilly, Manorhamilton Margaret Waugh, Frosses Berni O’Hara, Dun Laoghaire, and Manorhamilton Aileen Iosso, Sligo Teresa Wilson, Kiltyclogher Nora Forde, Easkey Yvonne (Evelyn) Winters, (nee O’Dowd), Lackanash, Trim, Co. Meath. Peacefully at…