MacSharry calls for resolution to speed-camera staff dispute
Fianna Fáil’s calling for last-minute talks to prevent speed-camera staff going on strike for the Bank Holiday weekend. More than half of Go Safe’s vans will be off the road for 72 hours from tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock. It’s the second round of industrial action, in a row over…
Plans for Leitrim asylum centre ‘paused’
The Department of Justice has decided to ‘pause’ plans for 130 asylum-seekers to be housed in Leitrim. Immigration Minister David Stanton revealed the news to local residents at a meeting in Dublin last night. The direct-provision centre was due to open in apartments in Ballinamore next month, but it was…
‘Fuelling the Dubs’ – The Final Whistle podcast with Sligo’s Daniel Davey
Sligo’s Daniel Davey is a sports nutritionist to the Dublin footballers and the Leinster rugby team. He talks about his football and career journey from Chaffpool to Croke Park. The new Tier 2 football championship sailed through Special Congress at the weekend. But what to do the players think of…
Dún na nGAAll podcast: Episode 8 – The replay
Can Naomh Conaill take their ‘second’ chance in Sunday’s Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure SFC final replay against the holders Gweedore? Or – will ‘Brick’ Molloy’s attempted kick for glory become the moment the Glenties men might look back on with regret? Paddy McGill sifts through the drawn game with…
Lifting the Silence on Suicide – Community Events
The Lifting the Silence on Suicide Community Events will take place in ten communities in Sligo and Leitrim commencing in the Glasshouse Hotel in Sligo on 5th November followed by the Bush Hotel in Carrick-on-Shannon on 12th November. This series of events has being organised the Connecting for Life Sligo…
Obituaries, Thursday, October 24th 2019, 5pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Deirde Gowen, Ballaghaderreen Margaret McGoldrick, Belleek Jimmy Hughes, Ballisodare Francie McHugh, Dowra Patrick Quinn, Ballina Patrick Bredin, Rossinver Dr Pauline Gallagher, Dromahair Deirde Gowen, née O’Kelly, St. Teresa’s Terrace, Pound…
More than 600 women at Irish Country Living Women and Agriculture Conference in Sligo
More than 600 women are in Sligo today for the 12th Annual Irish Country Living Women and Agriculture Conference, taking place in the Radisson Blu Hotel. The women are farmers themselves, work in food or agribusiness or live in rural areas. Among those at the conference is Kathleen Henry, the…