Obituaries, Friday, November 29th, 2019, 8am
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Mary Hunt, Tubbercurry Martin Cullen, London and Glencar Margaret Daly Enfield, Co. Meath Peter McHugh, Drumcliff Columb McBride, Sligo Mary Hunt, (nee Mullarkey), Chaffpool, Tubbercurry, Co.Sligo and formerly of Lough Talt, Aclare, Co. Sligo.…
Carthy: Hospital overcrowding an ‘alien concept in Europe’
Midlands-North-West MEP Matt Carthy says Irish people shouldn’t have to put up with hospital overcrowding, adding that such a situation is ‘an alien concept’ in Europe. He was speaking as the country’s three main children’s hospitals have begun postponing procedures due to an increase in the number of patients presenting…
‘Mudlarking’ The Final Whistle podcast 28/11/2019
Sligo’s Keelan Kilrehill and John Travers talk ‘mudlarking’ – that’s cross country running to you and I. Sligo Rovers new signing Garry Buckley on why he’s swapped Turner’s Cross for the Showgrounds. There’s Manus Boyle on Naomh Conaill’s Ulster club football final appearance plus Dessie Sloyan on his plans for…
Obituaries, Thursday, November 28th, 2019, 5pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Mary Hunt, Tubbercurry Martin Cullen, London and Glencar Margaret Daly Enfield, Co. Meath Peter McHugh, Drumcliff Columb McBride, Sligo Mary Hunt, (nee Mullarkey), Chaffpool, Tubbercurry, Co.Sligo and formerly of Lough Talt, Aclare, Co. Sligo. Peacefully…
Ballyshannon woman’s anger as rubbish dumped in her cafe’s bins
Fiona McIntyre was so annoyed at the constant dumping of rubbish in the bins of her company premises that she took to Facebook to highlight the problem. Fiona owns the Simply Green Cafe in Ballyshannon, which is the only ‘zero waste’ cafe in the North West
IFA members to meet in Dromahair tonight to vote for a new president
Irish Farmers Association members around Dromahair in County Leitrim will vote for the next president of their organisation at a meeting tonight. The meeting, in The Clubhouse, will start at 8:30pm. Dromahair IFA branch member Kevin Comiskey, who is also vice chairman of the IFA’s national sheep committee, says it’s…
Local farmers and their supporters defend tractor protest
Local farmers who participated in the two-day tractor protest in Dublin have rejected criticism of the disruptive nature of the protest, and insist they had good support from passers-day. Jarlath Dufficy was one of those in attendance, while Sligo businessman, Seamus Maye, has acted as advisor to the Independent Farmers…