Euro 2016 viewing to feature as part of national celebration
It’s National Nursing Home Celebration week and to celebrate there are a number of events taking place in Sligo and across the North West. Events including a sports day, barbeque and a reminiscing morning will…
Shock as customers find well-known McCormacks businesses closed
Businesses operated by the well-known county Leitrim McCormack business family have gone into receivership. There are fears the jobs of up to 200 people could be affected by the move. Notices on the front of…
Cleary Centre users will soon be moving to new building
Service-users of the Cleary Centre in Donegal town will finally be moving to a new building at the end of this month. It follows a long campaign by the Parents and Friends Association of the…
Brexit: Blacklion and Belcoo don’t want to see return of border controls, customs posts
Most people around Blacklion, in County Cavan, and Belcoo, in County Fermanagh, do not want Britain to leave the EU. That’s because they do not wish to see the return of border controls and customs…
New Garda modernisation programme will ‘enable more gardai get out into communities’
The new ‘modernization’ programme will increase the presence of Gardai out in the community across the north west region. That’s according to Sligo-based Superintendent Ray McMahon who is responsible for its rollout in the northern…
Relics of St. Anthony of Padua on display in Sligo Cathedral
The Relics of St. Anthony of Padua were on display in Sligo Cathedral today. Thousands have been visiting the reliquary at Catholic Churches over the past few days including at Knock Shrine in Mayo. Large…
Brexit could complicate cross border trade and customs says Kenny
The people of the UK will vote on whether or not they want to remain part of the European Union in less than a fortnight. Upwards of half a million Irish citizens could have a…