‘The sorrow, the suffering, the glory, the pain’ – Armistice Day Sligo 2018
It was an emotional day in Sligo on Sunday as Armistice Day 2018 was marked locally. Relatives of the 600 soldiers from the county who died in World War 1 attended a ceremony where the…
Tommy Fleming, my life and music
Tommy Fleming is the guest on this week’s Friday in Focus. Tommy talks about his life and plays some of his favourite music. Tommy has just released his new album, Voice of Hope II, recorded…
Enniscrone GAA row – Councillor dismissed as a bag of wind by Connacht Council secretary
The Secretary of the Connacht Council, John Prenty, has described Mayo councillor, Al McDonnell, as a bag of wind, after his criticism of the Enniscrone-Kilglass GAA venue. Mr. Prenty has praised the officials of the…
Talking through his backside- Consultant rejects Varadkar’s Christmas hospital staffing comments
Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Sligo University Hospital, Dr Fergal Hickey, has dismissed the Taoiseach’s comments on staffing of our hospitals at Christmas as that of someone talking through his backside. Leo Varadkar has stood…
Councillor slated by officials as he refuses to apologise for comments on Enniscrone GAA grounds
Mayo councillor, Al McDonnell, has caused consternation for refusing to apologise for comments he has made about the facilities at Enniscrone Kilglass GAA grounds, which he publicy criticised at a council meeting this week. He’s…
Mature debate needed on traveller community, says Sligo priest, while admitting his own prejudices
Well-known Sligo priest and Hospital Chaplain, Fr. John Carroll, has called for a mature debate on the traveller community and their culture and tradition, in the wake of the controversy surrounding the comments of Presidential…
Uproar as Sligo Hospital cancer campaigners described as vultures
A supporter of John Perry has claimed he’s been the victim of character assassination and that his attempts to resolve the row over the removal of breast cancer services from Sligo Hospital has unfairly damaged…