UPDATE: ROAD REOPENED Stop/Go system in place outside Tubbercurry Fire Station following road traffic collision
UPDATE: ROAD HAS NOW REOPENED. A Stop/Go system is in place outside Tubbercurry Fire Station in Co. Sligo following a road traffic collision. The incident involving a car and a motorbike occurred just after 3pm this afternoon. Emergency services are currently at the scene. There are no reports of serious…
INMO call for special scheme for healthcare workers suffering from long covid
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is calling for a special scheme for healthcare workers suffering from long covid. The union is having the first day of its annual conference in Sligo today. It wants recognition and rewards for the work nurses and midwives do across the health…
HSE need to take Lyme disease ‘seriously’ says Sligo Councillor
A Sligo Councillor says the HSE and Department of Health need to take Lyme Disease ‘seriously.’ Yesterday was the beginning of a month long awareness campaign by sufferers of the disease. Many have to travel abroad to the likes of Germany for adequate treatment which can cost tens of thousands…
Tom Niland’s family say it’s ‘wonderful his condition has improved’
The family of a pensioner who was put on life support following a burglary at his home, says it’s wonderful his condition has improved. 73 year old Tom Niland was left in a coma after an attack at his home in Skreen County Sligo in January. Three men have been…
Ursuline College win Sligo senior LGFA schools title
Ursuline College Sligo are celebrating another schools title after their senior gaelic footballers beat St Attracta’s Community School by 2-7 to 0-7 on Thursday in the Sligo LGFA Post Primary Schools final, played at Stenson Park in Carraroe. Goals from Tara Casserly in the first half and Eimear McIntyre in…
Lights, camera, action…… parts of Donegal to feature on the Big Screen
The South Donegal areas of Kilcar and Glencomcille are experiencing their very own taste of Hollywood. A number of famous actors and actresses are currently in Donegal for the filming of ‘The Land of Saints and sinners’ The film is being set in a 1970’s backdrop with the…
Five rescued from roof of a car at Coney Island
Five people were rescued off the roof of a car by the coastguard helicopter on Tuesday at Coney Island. They were trapped when the tide came in, as Cillian Murphy of the RNLI in Sligo has been outlining OceanFM Ireland · Five rescued from roof of a car at…