Collooney student driving 270km a day to attend college due to lack of accommodation
Third level student Tadhg Cadden of Collooney is being forced to drive 270km a day to attend his college course at Letterkenny IT, due to a lack of accommodation, and the cost of it. It…
Over 10 areas hit in spate of burglaries across North West
There’s been a spate of burglaries in numerous towns and villages across the North West in the past week, including Sligo, Bundoran, Ballyshannon, Donegal Town, Enniscrone, Tubbercurry, Kinlough and Carrigallen. This week’s On the Beat…
RTE journalist chronicles life during lockdown in new book
RTE journalist and broadcaster, Carole Coleman, of Carrick-on-Shannon has published a new book, based on the diary she kept during the first Covid lockdown. ‘News from under a Coat Stand’ outlines how society, and Carole’s…
Shell to Sea campaigner backs Sligo climate change demonstration
A Shell to Sea protester, who was once jailed for his involvement in objections to the Corrib Gas project, was among those who attended a climate change protest in Sligo at the weekend. Terence Conway…
Dementia: Understand Together
There are 64,000 people living with dementia in Ireland . The HSE Understand Together Campaign aims to increase awareness and understanding of dementia. Carmel tells her personal experience on caring for her mother who had…
St Eunan’s complete football & hurling double in Donegal
St Eunan’s added the Donegal senior football title for 2021 to their hurling county success when they beat holders Naomh Conaill in emphatic fashion by 1-11 to 0-4 at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey. Listen to…
Agri Week: Forestry jobs at risk, SEEFA call for Government actions and climate change impact on agriculture
On this week’s edition of Agri Week we talk to Enniscrone native Marina Conway from Western Forestry Co-op. Forestry group are appealing to Government to prevent demise of 12,000 jobs amid licensing crisis. A group…