Local TDs’ refusal to support cancer warning labelling on alcohol products is condemned
Sligo-Leitrim TDs, Eamon Scanlon and Tony McLoughlin have been accused of sidelining women and children by failing to back Government plans to introduce cancer warnings on alcohol products. Green Party representative, Leslie O’Hora, says the…
Spoil your vote and support Gemma O’Doherty for President, urges Donegal campaign
A campaign group in Donegal is calling on people to spoil their vote in the Presidential Election and indicate their support for Gemma O’Doherty in so doing. They claim the undemocratic selection process has denied…
Sligo needs its Borough Council back – Howlin
The Labour Party are proposing the return of Town Councils, four years after their abolition. They are looking for political support for the establishment of Town Councils in areas with populations of over 5,000. Labour…
Public react to revelations on President’s special allowance
It was revealed at a meeting of the Dail Public Accounts committee yesterday that the President’s office gets an annual special allowance of 317,000 euro, which is unaudited, following questions posed by Deputy Marc MacSharry.…
It’s Taylor Time- new Sligo football boss looking forward to challenge
Paul Taylor has been ratified as the new Sligo Senior Football Manager, already a Fianna Fail councillor on Sligo County Council, and he’s been reacting to his appointment and looking to the future
Donegal woman thought she was dying before Lyme Disease diagnosis
Donegal woman, Emma Doherty, suffered from ill health for 11 years before eventually being diagnosed with Lyme Disease. Her symptoms were so bad at one stage that she thought she was dying. She, along with…
Listeners give mixed reaction to scathing newspaper article on Sligo
There’s been a storm of reaction to Simon Bourke’s article on Sligo in the Limerick Post and to his interview on North West Today explaining his comment that Sligo ‘encapsulates everything that is wrong with…