Decision expected shortly on Colloney Greenway funding
An appeal has been made to all local and European election candidates to prioritise the securing of funding for the construction of a new Greenway network on the old disused railway running between Colloney and Bellaghy. The appeals have been made by the Sligo Greenway Co-op. Speaking earlier to Ocean…
Mayflower tradition alive & well in north west
The Irish tradition of leaving flowers on doorsteps on the morning of May first is alive and well throughout the counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal today. The first of May traditionally welcomes the arrival of summer and is marked by a variety of customs, most of which were…
Candidates warned about dangers in putting posters on ESB poles
Election candidates who put put posters on ESB poles could be the cause of power to customers having to be switched off. That’s because ESB Networks might, in some cases, have to switch off power to remove posters that are in unsafe or hazardous positions on poles. The warning from…
Bree: ‘Vacant dwellings in midst of housing crisis is immoral’
Sligo’s longest-serving councillor says it’s immoral to have so many houses lying vacant in the midst of a housing crisis. Independent Socialist candidate Declan Bree says the council should be using its powers of compulsory purchase top acquire empty houses. Cllr Bree says he is not talking about seizing vacant…
Obituaries, Wednesday, May 1st, 10am
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Mary Harley, Letterbarrow Teresa Crotty, Belleek Mary Harley, Knockagar, Letterbarrow, Co. Donegal. Removal this morning, going to the Church of the Holy Redeemer, Drimarone, for 11am funeral mass, with burial afterwards in the…
April trolley figures at Sligo, Letterkenny hospitals the highest since records began
Over 10 thousand people were waiting on trolleys in hospitals last month — the worst April on record. The figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation are an 8 per cent increase on April 2018 and a 125 percent increase on the same month in 2006 when records began.…
Clarity called for on future role of Civil Defence
A number of festivals and sporting events taking place later this year across the north west could be in doubt if the current situation over the level of medical care that Civil Defence volunteers can provide is not sorted out. That’s according to independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice. The level of…