Calf feeding grant welcomed by IFA
IFA National Dairy Chairman Tom Phelan has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed of a €1.5m grant aid support package for calf feeding systems. In welcoming the news Mr Phlean described it as “an important first step in helping farmers take their share of the responsibility in…
Obituaries, Monday, December 23rd, 2019, 1pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Pat McManus, Sligo Leslie Faughnan, Enniscrone Sr. Monica Markey, Ballymote Peggy Burke, Sligo Josephine Lavin, Ballymote Paddy McIntyre, Tubbercurry Mai Maguire, Manorhamilton Larry Flynn, Glenfarne Pat McManus, Atlantic View,…
Obituaries, Monday, December 23rd, 2019, 8 am
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Dermot Egan, Dublin and Sligo Eilish Harte, Sligo Kathleen O’ Keeney, Portnoo, and Ardara Pat McManus, Sligo Joseph Gordon, Tubbercurry Mary Harte, Leckaun Leslie Faughnan, Enniscrone Sr. Monica Markey, St. Joseph’s Convent,…
Restaurants facing closure in New Year as insurance market shrinks
A Sligo-based past President of the Restaurant Association of Ireland says there are restaurants and businesses in the hospitality industry facing closure in the New Year because of the difficulties and cost of getting insurance. It’s after four of the companies offering insurance to the sector announced they are to…
Over €94,000 raised for Ardara’s Mary Ellen Molloy after a freak accident in Australia
Tributes were paid over the weekend to the 26 year old Donegal woman who was killed in a freak accident in Australia. Mary Ellen Molloy of Ardara lost her life when a branch from a tree fell on the taxi she and three of her friends were travelling in. Mary…
Obituaries, Sunday, December 22nd, 2019, 5pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Dermot Egan, Dublin and Sligo Eilish Harte, Sligo Kathleen O’ Keeney, Portnoo, and Ardara Pat McManus, Sligo Joseph Gordon, Tubbercurry Mary Harte, Leckaun Leslie Faughnan, Enniscrone Sr. Monica Markey, St.…
Gutsy Sligo win Connacht Senior Cup final
Sligo completed a Connacht senior league and cup double in 2019 on Sunday when the produced a gutsy display at the Sportsground in Galway to beat Corinthians in the Senior Cup final by 14 points to 12. A second-half try from Shane O’Hehir proved to be the decisive score. It’s…