Woman taken to Hospital following Slieve League rescue
Gardai attached to the Donegal Town Roads Policing Unit and from Killybegs Garda Station assisted in a rescue operation yesterday at Slieve League. The operation also involved the ambulance service and Killybegs Coast Guard. A woman in need of emergency medical attention was taken to Sligo University Hospital…
Driver theory test delays cause local anger
There’s been further criticism of the long delays for driver theory tests, caused by the Covid restrictions. There have been repeated rescheduling of dates for applicants, while Sligo driving instructor Andrew Murray claims the Road Safety Authority is not fit for purpose OceanFM Ireland · Driver theory test delays…
Half a million euro for historic sites in NW
About half a million euro in funding has been announced today for the maintenance of historic monuments and sites in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. Sligo will get about €205,000, Donegal €191,000 and Leitrim €103,000. The money is being allocated by the National Monuments Service of the Department of Housing, Local…
Concern about UK-Australia beef deal
While the Dáil debate around the Climate Change Bill is dominating the agenda for many farmers, the recent development in relation to a possible ‘third county deal between the UK and Australia is still being digested by many Irish farming organisations. It’s been claimed any possible deal between the UK…
Cillian O’Connor set to miss Sligo game
Mayo are set to be without their leading scorer Cillian O’Connor for Saturday week’s Connacht senior football championship quarter-final against Sligo at Markievicz Park. The Ballintubber clubman will have a ‘procedure’ on an achilles tendon injury, which he picked up during Mayo’s Division 2 semi-final victory against Clare last Sunday.…
€222,000 for Sea Sessions in Bundoran
Twenty festivals, gigs or premises in the north west are among those to benefit from a 25 million euro fund that has been announced to support live performances as the pandemic eases. Fourteen of the beneficiaries are in Donegal, four in Sligo and two in Leitrim. Among the Donegal beneficiaries…
Plight of Yeats Society Sligo raised in the Dail
The Minister with responsibility for culture and the arts says she has asked officials in her department to meet as soon as possible with representatives of the Yeats Society Sligo. Minister Catherine Martin was replying this morning in the Dail to Sligo/Leitrim TD Marian Harkin, who raised the situation of…