Man arrested after collision with Garda vehicle
A man was arrested in Co. Donegal yesterday after failing to stop at a checkpoint. The driver was also involved with a minor collision with a Garda vehicle later that day. The man in his early 30’s didn’t stop at a checkpoint in Cherrymount, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal at 5pm Thursday…
Martin needs to step down says MacSharry, as he backs Jim O’Callaghan for leadership
Fianna Fail TD Marc MacSharry says Micheál Martin should stand down as party leader when his term of Taoiseach ends, and has indicated his support for Jim O’Callaghan as the leader. His made his comments on the independent.ie’s Floating Voter podcast – and said if backbenchers came up with a…
Direct Provision Centres to close by 2024
All direct provision centres in this Country will close in the next four years – abolishing a system set up in 1999. In a white paper published today, the Department of Equality says the current system will come to an end in 2024. From then, asylum-seekers will stay…
Planning permission submitted for new Sligo private hospital.
Planning permission has been submitted to Sligo County Council for a new private hospital. It’s proposed to construct the new facility at the Kingsbridge Private Hospital site, Conor Flemming, Business Development Manager with Kingsbridge Private Hospital, says a new private hospital is hoped to begin construction towards the end of…
Glynn predicts the Country could to return to normal by the end of year
The Department of Health have reported 35 additional deaths from Covid-19. 613 new cases were also confirmed in the latest set of figures. 8 additional cases were reported in Leitrim, there were less than 5 in Sligo for the second day running and 23 in Donegal. …
Liam Kelly (Dervish) Special – Episode 33 – Arts North West
This week’s show is a special on Liam Kelly, flute player extraordinaire with Dervish. Includes tunes from his album Sweetwood and Dervish’s collaboration with David Gray. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland. Arts North West is a weekly, magazine arts show…
Regulator for Beef industry & Bog issues in North Leitrim – Agri Week
Agri Week February 25th 2021: 01.28 Gerard Pilkington the Vice Chairman of the national Beef Plan movement talks to John Lynch about the importance of creating a role for a beef regulator in Ireland. 16.21 Cllr Padraig Fallon talks about reports of peat earth and debris from the…