The Francie Boylan Show from IT Sligo Careers Day 2019
Pic: IT SLIGO The annual IT Sligo Careers Day took place in the college. Over 120 business from across the region took part. Francie spoke with some of the companies and to those from IT Sligo. The Francie Boylan Show airs weekdays 11am – 2pm Twitter: @francisboylan
Leitrim to hold first ever Boxty Festival
Leitrim is to hold its first ever festival to celebrate the heritage and culture of the Boxty. As part of Failte Irelands ‘Taste the Island’ Carrick On Shannon will hold the the inaugural Leitrim Boxty Festival on the 19th of October. This is not to dissimlar to a festival that…
Obituaries, Thursday, October 10th 2019, 1 pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Thomas Kilcoyne, Tubbercurry Sylvia McCarrick, Ballisodare. Seamus Hynes – Ballymote. Sarah Ryan, Riverstown. Carmel Brennan,,Mountcharles Thomas Bartholomew Kilcoyne, (MRCVS), Charlestown Rd., Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo. Suddenly, at Sligo University Hospital. Reposing at the residence…
Sligo to face Offaly in Christy Ring Cup
Sligo will face Offaly in their final group game of next year’s Christy Ring Cup. The Yeats County are competing in the Christy Ring Cup for the first time after winning the 2019 Nicky Rackard Cup. Offaly, on the other hand, were relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup last year…
September presents unwanted records for trolley figures
September was the worst month on record for patients without a bed in Irish Hospitals according to the Irish Nurses Midwife Organisation. The figures also show that September 2019 is the worst September for overcrowding to date. Letterkenny and Sligo University Hospital’s ranked amongst the top 10 worst…
Green Party not anti-rural Ireland – Ryan defends village car pooling proposal
Green Party leader, Eamon Ryan, has moved to clarify comments he made about rural villages engaging in a car pooling scheme as part of the fight against climate change. Deputy Ryan has suggested that rural villages with a population of 300 families should consider availing of the use of 30…
CEO of Killybegs Fisheries claims Cod War could return in the wake of Brexit
There has been a ‘lukewarm’ response to the fisheries aid package in Budget 2020. €14m is to be spread out in the event of a no deal Brexit on October 31st. Seán O’Donoghue, CEO of the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, says that if there is not an ‘orderly transition’ on November…