The Friday Panel, Lorraine McDonnell, Frank Feighan, Graham Monaghan
On The Friday Panel this week, the General Manager of The Sligo Champion, Lorraine McDonnell, Fine Gael Senator, Frank Feighan, and singer/entertainer, Graham Monaghan. Underage drinking, St Patrick’s Day Parades, election leaflets, Declan Rice’s IRA…
14 year old Sligo girl on coping with Juvenile Arthritis
14 year Enya Hughes from Sligo suffers with Rheumatoid Arthritis and is one of many young people in Ireland with Juvenile Arthritis. This week marked World Young Rheumatic Disease Word Day, and Enya has been…
Councillor conflicted on delivering election literature to ‘No Junk Mail’ houses
Leitrim Sinn Fein councillor, Seadhna Logan, is asking members of the public for advice on whether he should leave his local election literature at houses which have ‘no junk mail’ signs. He believes election leaflets…
Plea for information as vandalism again destroys Ballyshannon Community Garden
Those behind the Ballyshannon Community Garden project are considering whether it’s worth continuing on as a result of the latest attack on its facility. Its polytunnel was again shredded over the weekend. Maureen Keenaghan, one…
Parents express indifference after partying youths leave Strandhill area in a mess
Gardai say they interviewed the parents of 40 youths after they had congregated in a forestry area in Strandhill on St Patrick’s Day for a party, and left a large amount of rubbish behind them.…
Barbarism – Head of Sligo-Leitrim Islamic Cultural Centre condemns New Zealand shootings
The head of the Sligo-Leitrim Islamic Cultural Centre, Dr. Jamshaid Sulehri, has condemned as barbarism the attacks on two mosques in New Zealand last week and the murder of 49 people. He says he was…
Listeners debate amnesty for all involved in killings during Northern Troubles
Listener, Robert, believes there is no point in prosecuting one of the ex-British soldiers for his involvement in the Bloody Sunday killings as he won’t be convicted, and suggests an amnesty for all those involved…