Leitrim woman heading to Moscow for treatment for her MS
Phyllis from Co Leitrim has has multiple sclerosis since she was 20 and has tried all sorts of treatment and medication down the year to ease her pain and deal with the condition. She’s now…
Ballyshannon woman describes ongoing battle with Long Covid
Arylene Murphy from Ballyshannon contracted Covid while she was in Sligo University Hospital in January, and feared she would not live to the tell the tale. Four months on, Arylene has now revealed she is…
Bridge over troubled water – Cllrs clash over vote on Enniscrone commemoration
A black day – that’s how Cllr Declan Bree has described the decision of councillors to reject a proposal to rename a bridge in Enniscrone in memory of IRA Volunteer Thomas Howley – while Enniscrone…
There were always rumours about Bashir’s Princess Diana interview – O’Keeffe
Journalist and former local Senator, Susan O’Keeffe, gives her views on the controversy surrounding the report into the Martin Bashir interview with Princess Diana for the BBC in 1995. She joined the BBC just days…
Sligo solicitor calls for apology from Minister Donnelly over ‘licking their lips’ comments
Sligo solicitor Barry Creed says the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnnelly, should apologise, after claiming that legal firms are ‘licking their lips’ at the prospect of suing the State over the cyber attack on the…
The Friday Panel, Marian Harkin, Frank Feighan, Nessa Cosgrove
The HSE cyber attack, optimism in the battle against Covid, housing, the Eurovision Song Contest, and the shortage of 99 cones are all up for discussion on this week’s Friday Panel. Deputy Marian Harkin, Junior…
Pay the ransom- Sligo cancer patient pleads with Government to save lives
Charlotte Costello, a young mother from Sligo, has been undergoing cancer treatment for the past few years, and this week, had her planned radiotherapy treatment cancelled due to the cyber attack on the HSE. She…