Leitrim local election candidates fail to agree to ban on all election posters
Drumkeeran-based Fianna Fail councillor, Mary Bohan, has called for political agreement to ban all posters in the forthcoming local election campaign. However, it seems there is no unanimous political agreement to do so
Disabled driver upset after accusatory message left on car
A County Sligo woman who holds a disabled parking badge says she’s very upset an an anonymous message left on her car, after she parked in a disabled parking spot in Strandhill. The note questioned…
Anger over dumping at Dromahair bottle bank
Hundreds of bottles and cans have been left dumped this week at the already overfilled bottle bank in Dromahair. Local councillor Frank Dolan and Margaret Sharkey of the local Tidy Towns Committee have condemned those…
Gardai intervene in Gleniff shotgun row
The Gardai have intervened in the row over the protection of sheep on lands at Gleniff and Ben Wiskin in North Sligo and have warned local farmer, Andy McSharry that he can’t patrol local roads…
On The Beat, with Ballyshannon Gardai Yvonne Carolan and Stephen Fahy
The return of Ocean FM’s popular Garda Siochana information slot, ‘On The Beat’ hears this week from Ballyshannon-based Gardai Yvonne Carolan and Stephen Fahy who update us on crime, information and activity in the Donegal…
Local transplant recipients want changes to new organ donor opt-out legislation
Legislation to introduce a new opt-scheme for organ donation is on the way, where consent to organ donation will be assumed unless the potential donor has registered a wish not to become a donor –…
Call for ban on Coursing as meetings in Tubbercurry and East Donegal are held
The Irish Council Against Bloodsports has repeated its call for an outright ban on Coursing in Ireland, after the staging of a two-day meeting in East Donegal last week, and ahead of a three-day meeting…