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Sligo county councillors have been hearing this morning why Sligo’s Stone Age prehistoric landscape should be designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Strandhill-based archaeologist Dr Stefan Bergh, from the the School of Geography and Irish Studies in NUI Galway, says the passage tombs of County Sligo are an extraordinary example…

The Government are being accused of being intent on penalising the agricultural sector at every turn when it comes to the climate change agenda, that’s according to the independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice. Reacting to comments made by the Taoiseach, Micheal Martin, and the Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, at the…

Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths:       Kathleen O’Brien, England and Ballisodare   Gerry McHugh, Sligo   Eileen Coen, Sligo   James Mc Laughlin, Donegal Town   Chris Flannery, London and Sligo   Therese Doherty, Rossnowlagh   William Freeborn, Rossnowlagh   Denis McNulty, Ballintrillick,  …

There’s celebrations in Ballymote, Co Sligo, today, with the opening of a new post office premises in the town. It’s in the Kane’s SuperValu store. For generations, the post office had operated from a building across the road from SuperValu, on the top of The Rock, in Ballymote. Kane’s SuperValu…

Richard Brush has signed for Sligo Rovers, 15 years on from his first spell with the club. The 36-year-old goalkeeper has become a Rovers player for the fourth time, coming full circle in his career in Ireland. Brush spent four years with the club during the early years of the Paul Cook…

Leitrim GAA’s ’50 miles in January’ challenge has earned the county board in excess of €65,ooo to date – with more money still to come in. The challenge invited supporters at home and abroad to walk, jog, run or solo fifty miles during the month of January. In the absence…