5th year students at Leitrim school returning to class tomorrow
All fifth year students at Drumshanbo Vocational School will return to in class learning from tomorrow. Students had been instructed to study remotely from home after four pupils in the same year tested positive for Covid-19. Students were sent home as a precaution and the HSE has now confirmed they…
Restrictions on funeral numbers branded ridiculous as friends of deceased man left outside Church
Sean has written to the North West Today show to express his sadness and anger at not being able to say goodbye to his friend and attend his funeral service in Sligo. He it’s ridiculous that churches have to shut their doors to funeral mourners while there are no restrictions…
€2.4m for new Cleary Centre in Donegal Town
€2.4m has been allocated for the building of a new Cleary Centre in Donegal Town for those with intellectual disabilities. €100,000 of the money is to be spent this year on design work. Mary Gorman, chairperson of the Parents and Friends Association for those with intellectual disabilities, has been telling…
How the Covid pandemic has affected our vision
Martha Ward from Sweeney’s Opticians in Sligo spoke to The Francie Boylan Show about how the Covid pandemic has affected our vision. From Mask Associated Dry Eye (MADE), eye care as a result of an increase in Zoom meetings to eye twitching. She gave some practical tips and solutions to…
Gardaí instruct Leitrim prayer meeting to cease
The Leitrim Branch Irish Catholic Association says it had to end a prayer meeting on Sunday after gardai arrived. The prayer meeting was taking place in the Allen Centre Drumshanbo Co Leitrim. A branch spokesman says they were reported by member of the public to on Garda Síochána and a…
ATM’s will not be retained in Ballymote and Tubbercurry
The ATM’s in Ballymote and Tubbercurry will not be retained after Bank of Ireland closes their branches there later this year. While neither building the branches are in will be given to Sligo County Council, as previously requested by Cathoirleach of Sligo County Council, Dara Mulvey has described as very…
Reward NW counties with low Covid rates urges Healy-Rae
Counties such as Leitrim and Sligo, with lower Covid cases, should be rewarded with an easing of restrictions. That’s according to Kerry TD, Michael Healy-Rae, who has criticised the Government’s prime focus on how the Dublin area is being affected by the pandemic OceanFM Ireland · Reward NW counties…