Tourlestrane & Drumcliffe/Rosses Pt reach Sligo LGFA minor final
Defending champions Tourlestrane and Drumcliffe/Rosses Point will again contest the Sligo LGFA minor ‘A’ football championship final for 2022. The north Sligo club booked their place in the county decider on Wednesday evening with a 1-21 to 2-9 win over Eoghan Rua at Oxfield. Rianne Smith (Drumcliffe) was the game’s…
Emergency services at scene of crash in Sligo
Emergency services are currently attending the scene of a single vehicle collision on the N4 between Collooney and Castlebaldwin. The collision took place close to the Riverstown exit. Gardai are advising that the road will remain closed for a period of time and local diversions are in place.
Hopes for extension of derelict scheme to rural areas
A Leitrim Councillor says he fully expects a scheme aimed at redeveloping derelict homes to be extended to rural areas. Kinlough based Councillor Justin Warnock has been calling for such measures to be introduced in Leitrim in response to help offset the difficulties associated with securing one off planning…
Angry parents demand action on school transport at Cliffoney meeting
Parents who have lost out on school transport for their children for the coming school year staged a public meeting in Cliffoney last evening, calling on the Minister for Education to intervene to resolve the issue. One of those who attended, Winifred Nealis, says the free school transport scheme has…
Malachy O’Rourke not in contention for Donegal manager’s job
Former Fermanagh and Monaghan senior football manager Malachy O’Rourke has ruled himself out of the running to be the next Donegal senior football manager, according to the Donegal News. The Derrylinn native had been linked to the Donegal role following Declan Bonner’s decision to step down from the role. O’Rourke…
Former election candidate says re-opening power stations is like attempting to blow life into a corpse
A former local election candidate in the north west is strongly criticising moves by a group of rural TDs to re-open power generating stations at Lanesboro and Shannonbridge. The proposals were included in a number of measures to tackle the cost of living crisis. The rural group called for…
Illegal dumping of plastics a cause of concern for local councillor
A Leitrim Councillor is warning of the damage to the environment that the local tourism sector the dumping of plastics is having across the north west region. Calls are being made on the environmental section of Leitrim county council to investigate the growing issues of plastics been dumped in…