Green Party to run GE candidate in Sligo/Leitrim/South Donegal/North Roscommon
A leading Green Party member has confirmed the party will be putting forward a candidate to contest the next general election in the Sligo/ Leitrim/ South Donegal/ and North Roscommon constituency. The Green Party will hold a public meeting on September 11th in the Glasshouse Sligo, at 8pm to discuss…
Over 270 waiting on CAMHS appointments across the north west
275 people in the Donegal, Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan and Cavan/Monaghan areas were on the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services waiting list up as far as last July. That’s according to details released under the Freedom of Information Act, The FOI details include figures for Community Health Organisation area Number 1,…
Almost 40 families in the north west using Mortgage-to-Rent Scheme
There are thirty-nine cases in the north west in which people or families in mortgage difficulties are using the mortgage-to-rent scheme. More than 2,600 family homes in the region are in arrears for two years or more. The government’s Mortgage-to-Rent Scheme aims to keep mortgage holders with unsustainable debt in…
Sligo Co Co defends 15% increase in Property Tax
Sligo County Council is defending its 15% increase in the Local Property Tax. There has been strong condemnation, particularly on social media, of the decision taken by a majority of councillors at their meeting last Monday. In a statement to Ocean FM News, the council described the increase as ‘modest’,…
McDermott: With work on N16 being done, time now to also upgrade A4 from Belcoo to Enniskillen
A Leitrim councillor says Sligo County Council’s progress on preparing to upgrade a section of the N16 provides an opportunity for pressure to be brought on authorities on Fermanagh to do work on its side of the A4 route from Belcoo to Enniskillen. Leitrim Fine Gael Councillor Sean McDermott says…
Obituaries, Friday September 6th, 1pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Michelle Beck, Sydney and Ballisodare Monica Hession, Sligo Alice Reynolds, Manorhamilton Alice McIntyre, Ballyshannon Noel Stewart, Sligo Thomas Morahan, Tubbercurry Bob Kelly, Strandhill Lilly Roddie, Bruckless Mary Quigley,…
Leitrim PPN leads the way in defibrillator awareness, CPR training in Drumshanbo
A Leitrim PPN initiative that created an online map showing the locations of public defibrillators throughout the county has been shortlisted for a prestigious local government award. The project, which is still ongoing, was undertaken by Leitrim Public Participation Network, working with a number of other groups. The PPN gives…