Brain injury fundraising ‘bake’ this Friday in Sligo
This week is Brain Injury Awareness Week. The aim is to raise awareness of brain injury and methods that are being taken to treat and deal with it. Brain injury can happen anyone, anytime —…
Tributes to the late Tommy Lavin, former Sligo councillor
Tributes are being paid to the late Tommy Lavin, a former Fine Gael councillor in County Sligo who has passed away. Mr. Lavin was co-opted into Sligo County Council in the Ballymote electoral area in…
Taoiseach slams MacSharry for ‘negativity’ on rural Ireland
The Taoiseach has hit back at Fianna Fail TD Marc MacSharry accusing him of coming into the Dail chamber week after week with the same negative rhetoric on rural Ireland. Enda Kenny, himself a rural…
New children’s ambulance will be based in Donegal Town
A children’s ambulance service which is the first of it’s kind in the world is extending it’s service into the North West. The Bumbleance service caters for sick children who need to travel to and…
Separate searches underway for two missing men in Sligo and Leitrim
The Gardai in Sligo and Leitrim are now seeking the public’s help in finding two men who have gone missing separately in recent weeks. Gardai in Carrick-on-Shannon are appealing to anyone who saw 31 year…
IT Sligo President outlines benefits of becoming Technological University
IT Sligo will be celebrating 50 years in existence in three years time. And by that time, it’s hoped the institute may be well on its way to becoming an technological university. In a presentation…
Leitrim patient who suffered ‘last minute surgery-cancellation’ says more people need to speak out
A Leitrim man says more people have to complain and speak out about the crisis in Irish hospitals. Dave Price went in to Sligo University Hospital last Wednesday for a hernia operation which was cancelled…