Concern over cow prices
The IFA Livestock Chairman Brendan Golden has strongly criticised factories for price cuts on cow prices over the past couple of week. He claims that the cuts of up 20c/kg over the past week in quoted prices is not justified in the market place. Speaking to the Ocean FM Mr…
Obituaries, Wednesday, November 4th, 5 p.m.
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Eileen McGee, Sligo Eileen McGee (née Devaney), 46 Treacy Ave, Sligo and formerly of Dromahair, Co. Leitrim. Peacefully at the Nazareth House Nursing Home, Sligo. Reposing at the Nazareth House Chapel, Church Hill, Sligo, on Thursday evening…
Irish wearing red poppy are honouring British soldiers who carried out atrocities here, it’s claimed
Those Irish people who wear red poppies this week in the lead up to Remembrance Day are unwittingly honouring British soldiers who committed atrocities in Ireland. That’s the controversial view of the Chairperson of the National Graves Association, as many families from the NW prepare to remember relatives killed in…
Harkin: ‘Planting MORE trees is not a forestry policy’
A Sligo/Leitrim TD says Leitrim is being used as ‘a sacrifice zone’ for the planting of Sitka Spruce. Supporting a Forestry Bill proposed by Sinn Fein Deputy Martin Kenny, Independent Deputy Marian Harkin says in countries such as Scotland and France, forestry exists in large swathes of uninhabited areas. She…
Transport Hub to be established in Drumshanbo
It’s emerged that the transport provider, ‘Local Link’ is planning to develop a new rural transport hub in the Leitrim town of Drumshanbo. The proposal was contained in a presentation on the future of rural transport services in the county which was made to the Councillors of the Ballinamore…
New book on history of midwest Donegal
A new book is being published this week on the history of midwest Donegal. The book deals with events in the civil parishes of Inishkeel, Lettermacaward and Killybegs Lower from earliest times to 2019, and is a useful starting point for anyone trying to get information on the history of…
Flyin’ high: Will Sligo council get a drone?
A Sligo councillor is calling on the local authority to buy a drone. Fianna Fail Councillor Donal Gilroy says it could help in areas such as engineering, planning, environment, housing and enforcement issues. He says using a drone would reduce costs and increase efficiencies. The data protection issues arising from…