Breastcheck urged to accept offer of new Sligo location by local businessman
Sligo businessman Micheál Feehily of Feehily’s Florist has offered his car park to Breastcheck as a Sligo Town location for it mobile breast screening servce. There’s been controversy since Breastcheck indicated that women based in…
No witchhunt against Casserly, insists Cllr, as residents call for her resignation
Sinn Fein councillor, Thomas Healy, has rejected suggestions that a call by residents of a Sligo housing estate for Cllr Marie Casserly to resign is politically motivated. Residents of Woodlands Estate claim Cllr Casserly has…
Latest Breastcheck Collooney location offer not good enough, says Bree
Breastcheck, the mobile breast screening unit, have now announced that they will establish a facility in Collooney to service women in the Sligo Town area. It follows the transfer of the service from Sligo Town…
Local women outraged as Breastcheck facility transferred from Sligo to Tubbercurry
Women in the Sligo area have been advised by Breastcheck that their appointments at the Breastcheck mobile facility in Sligo Town have now been transferred to Tubbercurry. It appears the site used by Breastcheck has…
The Friday Panel, Richy Carrothers, Imelda Henry, Kathleen Henry
On this week’s Friday Panel, Richy Carrothers, NW Assistant General Secretary of the Forsa Union, former FG Senator, Imelda Henry, and Kathleen Henry of the IFA. Among the issues discussed, overcrowding on the Sligo train,…
Woman gives account of travelling to UK with baby diagnosed with fatal foetal abnormality
The Sligo launch of the Together for Yes campaign, pushing for Repeal of the Eighth Amendment, took place at the Glasshouse Hotel last evening. Speakers included Tracey Smyth, who gave a very personal account of…
I’m no racist, insists Sharkey, as he outlines credentials for Presidency
Kevin Sharkey, painter and former TV Presenter, from Killybegs, has outlined his reason for wanting to become Ireland’s next President. He says he’s been considering running for the past seven years, and has moved to…