Meetings to be held in Southwest Donegal in bid to retain Irish language
A series of meetings are to take place across South Donegal in a bid to secure the future of the Irish language in the region. The Irish Language Planning Strategy for the Sliabh Liag peninusula,…
Numbers waiting on trolleys in Northwest significantly down today
The number waiting on trolleys is down significantly today at local hospitals. The figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show that there are just 13 people waiting at each of the University Hospitals…
ESB says power to homes in south Sligo and Roscommon to be restored shortly
The ESB says a power outage in the Culfadda area of south Sligo should be restored shortly. About 30 homes in the area have been without power since half nine last night. There is also…
Extensive damage to dunes at County Sligo golf course following storm
Storm Eleanor caused extensive erosion damage to County Sligo Golf Club at Rosses Point earlier this week. Up to 300 metres of dunes was damaged in the poor weather and an area of the sixteenth…
Junior Minister’s pay hike for advisor ‘beggars belief’
A Donegal Sinn Fein TD has said it ‘beggars belief’ that a Junior Minister landed a €13,000 pay rise for one of her staff. Mary Mitchell O Connors two press advisers earn almost €200,000 a…
Sligo man living in New York says ‘Bomb Cyclone’ is the worst storm in his 40 years there
A Sligo man living in New York says the so-called ‘bomb cyclone’ hitting the East coast of the United States at present is the worst he’s seen in his over 40 years in the city.…
Sinn Fein Cllr says reports of device left in border area causing concern
A Sinn Fein Cllr in Fermanagh has said that a warning that suspicious object may have been left in the border areas of Belcoo and Garrison is causing concern in the area. It follows reports…