Allingham Festival going ahead this week . . . virtually
Despite the Covid restrictions, one of Donegal’s premier arts celebrations, the Allingham Festival, is going ahead this year — as a virtual event. It will take place this week, from Thursday, Nov. 4th to the 7th. Festival Director Tom Sigafoos has been telling Ocean FM News about this years offering.…
Traffic lanes reduced on N4 Inner Relief Road in Sligo this evening, tonight
Traffic on the N4 Inner Relief Road through Sligo Town will be affected by roadworks this evening and tonight. The N4 will be reduced to one lane in both directions from 7pm until about 4am tomorrow morning. And west-bound access to Finisklin Road off the N4 Inner Relief Road will…
Emlyn Mulligan on his Knocknarea Fundraiser
Leitrim footballer and member of An Garda Síochána, Emlyn Mulligan is climbing Knocknarea Mountain in Sligo every day for the month of November. He’s doing it in aid of 2 great charities, Sligo Cancer Support Centre and Little Blue Heroes. On Day 4, he spoke to The Francie Boylan Show…
Players ‘very angry’ after concession of Championship game, says Sligo manager
Sligo senior football team manager, Paul Taylor, says his players are very angry, after Sligo were left with little option but to concede their Connacht Championship semi-final to Galway, after a Covid outbreak among the players. Taylor says they simply could not fulfill the fixture, and questions why a re-fixture…
Ryan to appear before Transport Committee
A timeframe for the introduction of Covid-19 testing at airports is expected to be revealed later. Minister Eamon Ryan will appear before the Transport Committee to answer questions on the plan. He’ll also be quizzed on the arrangements being made to implement the new EU traffic light system…
Local TD claims ‘different rules exist for different Politicians’
A Sligo Leitrim TD has described the ongoing coverage of the leaking of a confidential doctors contract by the Tánaiste as a major distraction for the government. Leo Varadkar apologised to the Dáil for his actions yesterday saying they were not best practice. The Tánaiste came under intense…
latest Covid-19 figures in north west
In the latest Covid-19 figures published by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre there were 5 additional deaths and 322 new cases. 15 new cases were reported in Donegal, 8 in Sligo while less than 5 new cases were recorded in Leitrim. The latest data shows that the cumulative…