Kilcar boy gets bravery award for helping father
The National Ambulance Service has today recognised the bravery of a ten-year-old Donegal who raised the alarm when his father fell off a cliff last November. Owen Cunningham, from Kilcar, raised the alarm after his father Seamus sustained injuries when he fell off the cliff on 16th November 2021, while…
Upgrade to water treatment plant in Lettermacaward
Irish Water has announced it has signed the construction contract to upgrade Lettermacaward Water Treatment Plant in County Donegal. Irish Water is investing €12 million in the work. EPS has signed the contract and will work on behalf of Irish Water to deliver this project. Works on the project are…
Taoiseach, minister promises every help to B Braun workers losing their jobs
Taoiseach Micheal Martin says the government will do everything it can to help workers losing their jobs at the B Braun hospicare facility in Collooney in County Sligo to obtain new jobs and to also get alternative employment onto the Collooney site. The loss of 80 jobs at the Collooney…
Campaign underway to improve neurology services in north west
A campaign is underway to improve neurology services in the north west. It includes calls for four more nurse specialists in neurology in Sligo, where there are only three at present. The Neurological Alliance of Ireland says increasing the number of nurse specialists will reduce waiting times, free up hospital…
Woman in appeal for transport to bring her ill mother to Galway Hospital
A local woman says she’s at her wit’s end because she has no suitable transport options to bring her mother to an urgent medical appointment at Galway Hospital next week. The woman says patients in the NW should not have to travel such long distances for treatment – the family…
Glenties shooting rampage – ‘My colleagues were lucky not to have been killed’
The Garda Representative Association is calling for more armed Gardai after a man was jailed for going on a shooting rampage in Glenties. GRA Vice President Brendan O’Connor says his colleagues on that day in February 2020 were lucky not to have been shot dead OceanFM Ireland · Glenties…
Running a traditional style Leaving cert in 2022 is unfair on students
A former Leitrim Teacher and Vice- Principal is strongly criticising the decision taken by the Minister for Education to return to the traditional format of the Leaving cert in 2022. Minister for Education Norma Foley is recommending a return to the written exam format, although there will be greater…