Action urged against local restaurants and pubs breaching Covid regulations
Close them down or fine them – that’s the view of Sligo restauranteur and former President of the Restaurant’s Association, Anthony Gray, on how to deal with business owners who are not adhering to Covid…
Serious accommodation shortage affecting many College students says Union rep
A students’ union representative has warned that the story of the Co Sligo student, Tadhg Cadden, who is forced to drive to and from college in Letterkenny IT every day, due to a lack of…
Call to reduce air travel and experience tourism virtually instead
Former Tubbercurry businessman, Pauric Neary, says society needs to curb its excessive expectations if the issue of climate change is to be tackled. He has suggested that people drastically reduce their air travel and holidays…
Green Party constituency spokesperson opposes Leitrim prospecting licence
Sligo-Leitrim Green Party constituency spokesperson and former General Election candidate, Bláithín Gallagher, has indicated her opposition to the issuing of a prospecting licence for gold and silver in Leitrim. She insists this does not put…
Collooney student driving 270km a day to attend college due to lack of accommodation
Third level student Tadhg Cadden of Collooney is being forced to drive 270km a day to attend his college course at Letterkenny IT, due to a lack of accommodation, and the cost of it. It…
Over 10 areas hit in spate of burglaries across North West
There’s been a spate of burglaries in numerous towns and villages across the North West in the past week, including Sligo, Bundoran, Ballyshannon, Donegal Town, Enniscrone, Tubbercurry, Kinlough and Carrigallen. This week’s On the Beat…
RTE journalist chronicles life during lockdown in new book
RTE journalist and broadcaster, Carole Coleman, of Carrick-on-Shannon has published a new book, based on the diary she kept during the first Covid lockdown. ‘News from under a Coat Stand’ outlines how society, and Carole’s…