The Final Whistle podcast 31/03/2022
Another national hurling league final for Sligo this weekend… One of the best exponents of the game in its history, Galway’s Joe Canning gives us his Sligo assessment. Joe’s a keen golfer too – and the West of Ireland Championship has a new sponsor for 2022. We’ll rev up with…
Nadine Baldow, Michael Kelly and much more.
German sculptor, Nadine Baldow, discusses her recent residency and exhibition at Leitrim Sculpture Centre and Michael Kelly gives the lowdown on Dramacast, an online collaboration between An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny and Workhouse Theatre for Leaving & Junior Cert students. All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or…
Sligo Grammar School’s Maebh to represent Ireland
Sligo Grammar School student Maebh McLoughlin has been selected as part of the Ireland Under-16 Girls hockey team for an upcoming five nations tournament taking place in The Netherlands. Maebh, who plays her club hockey with Pembroke HC in Dublin has become the first Sligo Grammar Student to represent Ireland…
IT Sligo to join Atlantic Technological University from Friday
IT Sligo will become a part of the Atlantic Technological University from tomorrow. The University, which is an amalgamation of IT Sligo, LYIT, and GMIT, will be officially designated as such tomorrow, Friday and will be officially launched on Monday. ATU will consist of eight campuses, nine when St. Angela’s…
New 20c levy on disposable coffee cups prompts divided reaction
There was heated debate on the North West Today show this morning over the Government plan to introduce a 20c levy on the single use coffee cups. Bundoran Tidy Towns Committee member, Cllr Michael McMahon insists it will ease the littering problem, while coffee drinker Sean McGloin says it’s a…
Letterkenny Hospital third most overcrowded for month of March
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation say March was the worst month on record for people awaiting a hospital bed. Letterkenny University Hospital was the third most impacted nationally with a total of 781 patients forced to wait including 12 today. Sligo University Hospital was the sixth most overcrowded around…
Funding allocated for three historical buildings in the North West
Funding has been allocated for the preservation of three historical premises in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. €50,000 is going towards Condon House in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, €15,000 for the Graniamore Presbyterian Church in Ballymote and €10,000 for Quigley’s Rinn in Collooney. The funds come from an national allocation of €4m…