Questions over how meat factories recruit and employ foreign workers
An Irish Farmers Journal investigation has revealed a complex legal web of worker recruitment methods by meat factories. It includes subcontractors and agencies, and results in foreign workers in Irish meat factories paying tax in Poland instead of Ireland. The Journal claims to have seen documents that reveal a scheme…
Obituaries, Thursday, July 30th, 2020, 3:30pm.
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Carmel Kelly, Strandhill Mark Timoney, Kinlough and Cranmore. Paula McGoldrick, Ballysadare Sean Johnston, Tubbercurry . Carmel Kelly, (née Smyth), Mannionstown, Strandhill, Co. Sligo and formerly of Ruan, Ennis, Co. Clare. Reposing at Seán…
Councillor believes pollution, increase in visitors the cause of problems with Mullaghmore water
A Sligo councillor says it seems pollution and an increase in the number of visitors to Mullaghmore are factors in the prohibition of bathing at the north Sligo seaside resort. A Bathing Prohibited Notice has been issued by Sligo County Council for the beach. This is the fifth time in…
Ballymote Group to mark indexation of Corran Herald during Heritage Week in August
A South Sligo heritage festival that has been running for 30 years will not go ahead as planned this weekend because of the Covid-19 restrictions. Ballymote Heritage Group’s weekend of lectures, discussions and outings has been ongoing since 1990 and this this is the first time it will not go…
Ballyshannon Folk and Traditional Music Festival starts tonight . . . virtually
Ballyshannon Folk and Traditional Music Festival is going ahead this evening with its 43rd festival — virtually. It means the festival will continue its unbroken run since 1978, albeit in a different format. Mary Daly has been telling Ocean FM News what’s in store. https://filedn.com/lglCaxamfnlV2gaMY6rU7tH/News%20Clips%202020/mary%20dal%20EDITED%2030%20.mp3
Yeats event in Sligo this Thursday evening
The Yeats International Summer School has also fallen victim this year to the restrictions imposed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Had it gone ahead, tonight (Thursday) would have been its opening night. However, organisers are not letting the occasion go unmarked, as Susan O’Keeffe Director of Yeats Society Sligo, has been telling Ocean…
Obituaries, Thursday, July 30th, 2020, 1pm.
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Carmel Kelly, Strandhill Mark Timoney, Kinlough and Cranmore. Paula McGoldrick, Ballysadare . Carmel Kelly, (née Smyth), Mannionstown, Strandhill, Co. Sligo and formerly of Ruan, Ennis, Co. Clare. Reposing at Seán Feehily’s Funeral Home,…