Leitrim school principal expresses satisfaction with leaving cert results
Leaving cert students across the north west are digesting their results which were published today. The results are available online through the Candidate Self Service Portal and also in-person in schools. Over half of this year’s grades have been inflated to bring them in line with last year’s…
20 years on, armed intruder attack in Summerhill College remembered
The recollections of a student at Summerhill College in Sligo of an armed intruder attack at the school in 2002 has made national headlines, after a TikTok video post. Philip Steels remembers what happened, as does supervisor on the day, Philip Mahon OceanFM Ireland · 20 years on, armed…
Roscommon GAA referees to withdraw services this weekend
Roscommon GAA club referees have withdrawn their services from this weekend’s championship games in the county, in protest at a midweek incident during an underage club fixture which resulted in a referee being hospitalised. The alleged incident happened in Ballyforan on Wednesday evening during an under-17 game betweenSt Aidan’s and…
56 people awaiting admission in north west
There were 56 people awaiting admission to the two main north west hospitals this morning. According to the latest trolley watch report, there were 38 people waiting at Sligo University Hospital while a further 18 were waiting at Letterkenny. University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded with 80…
Calls for more leniency in fair deal scheme
The Department of Social Protection is being called on to remove all financial penalties that would prevent old age pensioners, including those that live alone, from sharing their home with persons in need of accommodation. Manorhamilton Independent Councillor Felim Gurn says this would address the urgent housing shortages in…
Weather warning issued for North West
Met Eireann has issued a level yellow weather alert for rainfall for the north west The warning is valid from tomorrow at 9pm until Sunday at 12 noon. Met Eireann say high rainfall amounts this weekend may cause disruption.
“My aim is to try and take the shirt off their backs” – Johnny Kenny on Celtic ambitions
Johnny Kenny chats with Mark Halton about life in Scotland, being loaned out to Queen’s Park, his long-term Celtic ambitions – and why he’s got lots of praise for a ‘green-and-white’ Rovers man…. OceanFM Ireland · “My aim is to try and take the shirt off their backs” – Johnny…