It’s silage cutting season, so extra care needed on rural roads
With the silage cutting season underway, the Irish Farmers’ Association and the Road Safety Authority are appealing to drivers of farming machinery and other road users to share the road safely. With national travel restrictions now lifted and traffic volumes increasing, the roads are getting much busier. Both organisations want…
New Letterkenny clinic to help reduce waiting lists by treating patients in Sligo, Belfast
The CEO of a private hospital group with hospitals in Sligo and Belfast says the opening of a new clinic in Letterkenny will help reduce surgical waiting lists in the north west. The new medical and diagnostic consulting centre in Letterkenny will provide access to more than 200 consultants and…
Leitrim woman heading to Moscow for treatment for her MS
Phyllis from Co Leitrim has has multiple sclerosis since she was 20 and has tried all sorts of treatment and medication down the year to ease her pain and deal with the condition. She’s now travelling to Moscow next week to avail of what she hopes will be successful stem…
No abortion services available in Sligo, three years after referendum
Just one in 10 GPs provide abortion services, according to a new report published by the National Women’s Council. The Irish Congress of General Practitioners say a third of practices “are very committed” to providing abortion care. The study found people in rural areas face extra challenges in accessing services,…
National survey reveals harassment, threats, intimidation endured by some councillors
More than seven in 10 councillors have been threatened, harassed and intimidated during the past three years. That’s the shocking results of a new survey by the Association of Irish Local Government in partnership with the Crime Management Group. The report identified responses representing almost quarter of all councillors in…
Pringle welcomes move to give vote to those over 16
16-year olds in the north west could soon be eligible to vote. A government minister has confirmed he will explore every avenue to give people over the age of 16 the right to vote in some elections. The Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage,…
Ballyshannon woman describes ongoing battle with Long Covid
Arylene Murphy from Ballyshannon contracted Covid while she was in Sligo University Hospital in January, and feared she would not live to the tell the tale. Four months on, Arylene has now revealed she is suffering with Long Covid, and has been describing what that’s like OceanFM Ireland ·…