Justice Media Award for North West Today Show
The winners of this year’s Law Society Justice Media Awards have been announced this afternoon. The winner for broadcast journalism in the radio and podcast local category section is Niall Delaney, presenter of the North West Today Show. The award was for a piece that highlighted the barriers faced by…
Sheep farmers accuse factories of trying to pull the wool over their eyes
A leading local farm official is expressing concern this evening at what he says is the alarming drop in prices for lambs. Sheep farmers are claiming that prices have reduced by as much as 20 euro per head over the past month. Leitrim farmer Kevin Comiskey is the vice chair…
McConalogue says society’s attitude to fur farming has ‘changed radically’
Agriculture Minister and Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue says society’s attitude toward the farming of animals for their fur and skin has changed radically. Minister McConalogue was speaking after the cabinet approved a Bill that will make it illegal for any new fur farms to be established. One of the farms…
Sligo team named for Mayo game
Tony McEntee has named his Sligo team for Saturday’s Connacht senior football championship opener against Mayo at Markievicz Park. The side shows several changes from the team that lost to Wexford in the recent Division 4 shield final. Last year’s captain Paddy O’Connor and St Mary’s Nathan Rooney both start,…
Householders in Sligo, Donegal urged to test for radon
Householders throughout the north west are again being urged to test their homes for radon levels. Radon is a cancer-causing radioactive gas that is linked to 300 lung cancer cases every year in Ireland. A new survey shows that while awareness of radon gas is high, two out of three…
Croagh Patrick pilgrimage to last the month of July this year
The annual Reek Sunday Pilgrimage on Croagh Patrick, which was cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will be going ahead this year in an extended format from Wednesday to Saturday, 1st- 31st July. The climb, or pilgrimage at Croagh Patrick, usually takes place on one day, known as…
31 patients in hospitals waiting for beds
More than 30 patients in the north west’s two main hospitals are waiting for beds today. Twenty of them are in Sligo University Hospital, of which 12 are in the emergency department and eight in wards and elsewhere. In Letterkenny University Hospital, there are 10 patients in wards and elsewhere…