Someone in the public sector will have to be held responsible for the Dáil printer controversy – Marc MacSharry
A TD for Sligo, Leitrim and South Donegal says someone in the public sector will have to be held responsible for the Dáil printer controversy. This morning it was revealed the entire cost of work done while buying and installing a new printer in the Oireachtas was more than 1.8…
FG councillor hits out at FF over attendance at budget meeting
A Sligo Fine Gael councillor is hitting out at Fianna Fail over the attendance of its councillors at this year’s council budget meeting last Monday. It follows the council’s Fianna Fail cathaoirleach Cllr Tom MacSharry calling on the Fine Gael councillors and Independent Councillor Marie Casserly to support this year’s…
Obituaries, Thursday, November 28th, 2019, 1pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Mary Hunt, Tubbercurry Martin Cullen, London and Glencar Mary Hunt, (nee Mullarkey), Chaffpool, Tubbercurry, Co.Sligo and formerly of Lough Talt, Aclare, Co. Sligo. Peacefully in Bailey’s Nursing Home, Tubbercurry. Predeceased by her husband Paddy Joe. Remains reposing…
Department approves funding for extension to Mercy College in Sligo
The Department of Education has today approved more than €3.5m funding for an extension to Mercy College in Sligo. The extension will include new special classroom facilities. Mercy College Principal Colette O Hagan has been telling Ocean FM News what will be in the new extension which, it is hoped,…
No helicopter to fly sick child to Dublin from NW after 9pm
It’s been claimed that a helicopter is not available to bring a sick child from the north west to a hospital in Dublin after 9 o’clock at night. And a local councillor says the reason is to save money Sligo Fianna Fail Councillor Donal Gilroy says helicopters are available to…
Call for better access to justice, courthouses, garda stations for people with disabilities
“It’s critical that all courthouses and Garda stations around the country should be made physically accessible to people with disabilities.” That’s according to Donegal Independent Donegal TD Thomas Pringle, who spoke at the Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality about the ongoing failures to provide access to justice for people…
55 adults, 17 children homeless in NW
The government has been accused of failing to deal with what has been described as a homelessness crisis in the north west. Donegal TD and Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson Deputy Pearse Doherty says it’s ‘a scandal of huge proportions’ that there are are 55 adults and 17 children living in…