Sligo’s Brian Colsh reaches World Rowing Championships final
Sligo Rowing Club’s Brian Colsh and team-mate Konan Pazzaia have qualified for the final of the men’s double sculls at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships in Italy. The Ireland duo finished third in their semi-final on Thursday behind Belgium and Germany to qualify for Saturday’s ‘A’ final in Varese, Italy.…
Delays on the N17 following single vehicle collision
Motorists travelling on the N17 between Sligo and Tubbercurry are being advised to expect delays following a single vehicle road traffic collision that took place earlier today. The collision took place approximately 2 Kilometres on the Sligo side of Tubbercurry and traffic on the road is currently down to…
Don’t bite the hand that feeds say local farmers as carbon emissions talks continue
Local farmers and farming representatives offer their views on the Government talks to reach agreement on the percentage level of carbon emissions reduction for the agricultural sector. James Conway, Gerry Loftus and Gerry Pilkington all believe that aside from targets, a plan is need to ensure farming continues to be…
Man taken to Sligo University Hospital following Ballyshannon incident
Gardaí in Ballyshannon are continuing their investigation into an incident which took place in the town earlier this morning. The incident took place at an area known locally at ‘Maggie’s Flats’ at the west Port at 1.30am. The area in question remains sealed off this lunchtime. Gardai…
Yeats Summer School gets underway
Yeats Society Sligo is welcoming global and local visitors back to Sligo for the 63rd Yeats International Summer School today. Students are arriving from the likes of France, South Korea, the US and UK to take part in the event. Academic directors of the School this year are…
Ocean FM continues to be the most listened to radio station in local franchise area
The latest JNLR-MRBI radio listenership survey reveals that Ocean FM has consolidated its position as the most listened-to radio station in its franchise area. The survey released today show that Ocean has an average weekday listenership of 49% in Sligo-North Leitrim and South Donegal. That compares with 22%…
Former election candidate claims creation of safe zones impacts the rights of the public to demonstrate
A north west anti-abortion campaigner says the creating of Safe Access Zones in an attempt to cut out inappropriate protests towards abortion patients and accompanying staff is removing the right of people to demonstrate. Sean Wynne is the secretary of the Leitrim branch of the Irish catholic association and…