Obituaries, Monday, November 2nd, 5pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Shane Quinn, Sligo Kevin McGinley, Dundalk and Carrick, Co Donegal Shane Quinn, Cairns Drive, Sligo. Unexpectedly at his sister Jojo’s home, Upper Heather View, Sligo. Removal from his sister Jojo’s home…
Top marks for IT Sligo in Sunday Times Good University Guide.
IT Sligo has made top ten in the Sunday Times Good University Guide. The guide contains Ireland’s only league table that measures the performance of 19 third-level institutions. The Guide uses a range of measures, including student satisfaction with teaching, spend per student and graduate employment prospects, to…
Who got what? A breakdown of the government Covid sport package
Sport Ireland have confirmed total funding of 85-million euro as part of a Covid-19 Resilence Fund for sport across the country. The fund aims to help sporting organisations tackle the impact of the virus on their activities. The GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association will receive €15 million of that total.…
Calls made to change the reference years of the Sheep Welfare Scheme
The IFA National Sheep Chairman Sean Dennehy has called on the Department of Agriculture to change the reference years of the Sheep Welfare Scheme for the CAP transition period. Speaking to Ocean FM News, Dennehy outlined how the reference years do not reflect the current flock numbers of many sheep…
Man dies following Donegal crash
Gardaí are currently at the scene of a fatal road traffic collision involving two jeeps and one car that occurred n Admiran, Stranorlar, County Donegal. It happened at about 9:20am this morning. The driver of the car, a man in his 60’s, was taken to Letterkenny University Hospital in a…
Obituaries, Monday, November 2nd, 1pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Shane Quinn, Sligo Kevin McGinley, Dundalk and Carrick, Co Donegal Shane Quinn, Cairns Drive, Sligo. Unexpectedly at his sister Jojo’s home, Upper Heather View, Sligo. Removal from his sister Jojo’s home on…
Another martyr for old Ireland – Kevin Barry’s execution remembered
It’s 100 years since the execution of 18 year old Irish patriot, Kevin Barry, at Mountjoy Prison. But how should these events and others of the War of Independence be appropriately commemorated. Author and historian Joe McGowan discusses OceanFM Ireland · Another martyr for old Ireland – Kevin Barry's…