Call for more discussion on new proposals for N17 route
Covid-19 restrictions and their impact on people meeting and talking have resulted in a lack of awareness about options that are now being proposed for a new N17 route between Knock and Collooney. That’s according to a former Sligo councillor from the area who says he is surprised at the…
Donegal continues to have highest Covid numbers in NW
Donegal continues to have the highest number of Covid-19 cases in the north west. As of midnight on Saturday, the 31st October, there were 30 new cases in the county, 9 new cases in Sligo and fewer than 5 in Leitrim and Cavan. As of Friday, Oct. 30th, there have…
Donegal knock Tyrone out of championship
Donegal senior gaelic footballers remain on course for a three-in-a-row of Ulster titles after a gutsy 1-13 to 1-11 win against Tyrone in atrocious weather conditions at Ballybofey on Sunday. Late points from the impressive Ciaran Thompson (0-7) and Oisín Gallen helped edge Declan Bonner’s side home – and set…
Glory Days: Episode 5 – Cloonacool
This week’s podcast relives Cloonacool GAA Club’s historic Sligo intermediate football championship success in 1997. OceanFM Ireland · Glory Days: Episode 5 – Cloonacool ‘Glory Days’ is a weekly podcast series dedicated to memorable moments in club football and hurling across Sligo GAA. The series is produced and presented by…
Leitrim bow out to Mayo
Leitrim’s presence in the 2020 football championship has been a brief one – following Sunday’s 2-15 to 0-10 loss to Mayo in their Connacht senior football championship encounter in Carrick-on-Shannon. With no qualifiers this year because of the pandemic and shortened season, Leitrim league and championship campaigns have come to…
Obituaries, Sunday, November 1st, 5pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Eileen O’Connor, Rathmullen Hugh Ferguson, Garrison Charles Dolan, Sligo Sr. M Vianney Mullen, Castlebar and Sligo Shane Quinn, Sligo Eileen O’Connor, nee Vaughan, Bervaish, Rathmullen, Ballymote, Co Sligo, formerly of Shantalla, Galway. Peacefully, at Sligo University…
Sligo no match for Laois
Sligo made a very disappointing start to their TG4 All-Ireland intermediate football championship campaign on Sunday when they were well beaten by Laois in Kiltoom on a final scoreline of 5-8 to 1-4. Laois, playing with a strong wind in the opening half, led by nine points at the interval…