The Friday Panel, Eimear McGuinness, Sean Wynne
This week’s Friday Panel discusses the latest Covid setbacks, lack of student accommodation,, the haulage driver’s protest, the National Lottery, and Garth Brooks concerts. Guests are Eimear McGuinness, Manager of Donegal Co-Op Mart, and Sean Wynne, retired Co Leitrim Deputy School Principal OceanFM Ireland · The Friday Panel, Eimear…
It’s beginning to look a lot like winter
Snow could fall in parts of the North West due to Storm Arwen. A yellow wind warning is in place for Donegal, Sligo, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Mayo from 3 p.m. this afternoon. The storm was named by the UK Met Office, with the worst of the conditions expected…
Landowners to be impacted by designation of 119 new SACs in townlands in Sligo and Leitrim
69 townlands in the Ox Mountains and Templehouse areas of Co Sligo, and 50 townlands in the Lough Melvin area of Co Leitrim have now been officially designated as Special Areas of Conservation. Deputy Marian Harkin says the move has significant implications for landowners in those areas and compensation must…
Dr Ronan Glynn to address Covid conference in Sligo today
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronan Glynn, is to address a conference at IT Sligo today on the lessons learned by Covid 19 and how the pandemic is dealt with going forward. Dr Anna Cleminson, consultant in palliative care medicine with North West Hospice, outlines more OceanFM Ireland…
GAA Championship draws being made this Saturday
The draws for the 2022 GAA provincial football championships will be made this Saturday afternoon, November 27th, from 3pm. They will be broadcast live on RTÉ Radio Sport. Each of the four provincial championship draws – Connacht, Ulster, Munster and Leinster – will take place. The winners of each province…
Local Councillor wants to know how Gardaí will reduce the number of burglaries in Leitrim
Next Monday’s joint policing committee meeting in Leitrim is expected to hear calls on Gardaí to outline how they intend to deal with the large number of burglaries that have taken place locally in recent times. Fine Gael Councillor Sean McDermott has tabled a motion on the issue. …
Sligo Strandhill Local Electoral Area records highest numbers in latest 14 day incidence figures
The Sligo Strandhill Local Electoral area has recorded the highest rate of Covid-19 in the local region according to the latest 14 day incidence rate figures. 374 cases were recorded which represents an infection rate of 1770.1 the national rate was set at 1268.4 The Sligo Drumcliff…