Live music IS allowed in pubs insists VFI chief, as confusion reigns
The CEO of the Vintners Federation, Padraig Cribben, has insisted that live music IS permitted in pubs that have re-opened and is not a breach of Covid-19 regulations. There is widespread confusion within the industry…
Racial abuse claim by Covid-affected family creates division
Angela takes issue with the claim made on the NWT show last week by Henan Orang that members of his Sligo-based family have suffered racial abuse, after details of how some of them contracted Covid-19…
Overcrowding in Bundoran bars criticised by publican
Bundoran publican, Diarmuid Doherty, has criticised the weekend overcrowding of pubs in the town, and says it’s due to the Government’s non-sensical approach to the re-opening of pubs. He claims demand for pub attendance has…
What the Minister said – Feighan’s comments in Ocean debate prompt national headlines
Comments made by the new Junior Minister for Health, Frank Feighan, in an Ocean FM General Election debate last January made the front page of the Sunday Independent yesterday. Minister Feighan had commented on the…
Organiser of Sligo video shoot apologises for social distancing breaches
Kieran Quinn, the organiser of a video shoot on O’Connell Street in Sligo yesterday, has apologised for the fact that social distancing was not observed by all those involved in the production. Up to 80…
Friday Focus – Margo O’Donnell
The first guest in this summer’s Friday Focus series is singer, Margo O’Donnell, who reflects on all aspects of her life. Musical success, alcoholism, the death of her father when she was 17, her regrets…
Harkin defends voting for new Coalition Government
Independent TD, Marian Harkin, has defended her decision to vote for Micheal Martin as Taoiseach and endorse the new coalition Government. And in the wake of the row over Ministerial jobs, she says real balanced…