Former Sligo Rovers star gets Longford coaching role
Former Sligo Rovers defender Gavin Peers has been appointed as a first-team coach with Longford Town. Peers, who won a League title and three FAI Cups with Sligo Rovers as a player, joins Stephen Henderson’s coaching team at Bishopsgate for the season ahead. Peers made 441 club appearances in a…
Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson calls for more help for “exhausted” healthcare workers
The number of people waiting on trollies continues to put the health system under strain. Although there has been a decrease nationwide in the last few days, 639 people remain on trollies in hospitals around the country today. In the North West, there are 82 people waiting for a bed…
Local parents react to children back to school amid rise in winter viruses
As the majority of students in the North West returned to the classroom today after the Christmas break, there’s concern over a rise in a number of viruses. Winter illnesses, including Covid and flu, continue to circulate at high levels. The Department of Health is advising that children…
Donegal woman selected for reading at funeral of former Pope Benedict
It’s emerged that a Donegal woman was selected to read one of the readings at the Requiem Mass of former Pope Benedict the 16th. Mary Maguire from Letterkenny read the second reading, which was from the First letter of St Peter. It is understood that Mrs Maguire’s involvement in…
Overcrowding down to neglect of successive Governments – Gilroy
A Sligo Councillor says the challenges facing Hospitals with overcrowding is one that successive governments have neglected for long enough. Cllr. Donal Gilroy made the calls after it emerged that there are now fewer beds in Irish hospitals now than there were in 1981. A combined total of…
New survey shows learner drivers don’t practice enough before test
A new survey by Aviva shows a quarter of applicants say they failed their driving test because they hadn’t practiced enough. The survey also shows 23 per cent blamed nerves for not passing their test. In figures published by the RSA, in 2021, Sligo had a pass rate…
Overcrowding crisis: Ambulances backed up for hours at Sligo University Hospital
Up to a thousand hospital patients could be treated on trolleys in a single day in the weeks ahead. That’s the warning from the Irish Hospital Consultants’ Association, as overcrowding reaches record levels. Meanwhile, it’s understood that it has been common practice of late for ambulances at Sligo…