Colloooney childcare providers urge support for national protest
Childcare providers in the North West have been urged to support next week’s Dail protest to push for increased funding and adequate salaries for those in the sector. Avril Hunt and Nicola Davis of Young…
Boy with autism being home-schooled due to lack of support in Manorhamilton area
11 year-old Archie Bell from Manorhamilton, who is autistic, is now being home-schooled by his parents, due to what they see as the lack of services for him in local schools. His father, Alan, says…
Ocean FM’s Youth Soccer podcast
Tina Beirne joins Austin O’Callaghan in studio to chat about the Sligo/Leitrim youth soccer action over the past seven days. There’s a special mention for St Claire’s Comprehensive School Manorhamilton’s sportsmanship after some penalty shoot-out…
Arts House, Sunday Jan. 26th, 8pm
Welcome to another Arts House, with Harry Keaney, on Ocean FM. In this week’s programme on Sunday evening at 8pm . . . Fighting Words North West, which promotes a love of writing, is looking…
The Friday Panel, Martina Harkin Kelly, Blaine Gaffney, Seamus Kilgannon
This week’s Friday Panel discusses old fashioned door-to-door canvassing, cocaine use, hospital waiting lists, retirement age, and the prospect of Sinn Fein in Govt. Panellists are President of the INMO, Martina Harkin Kelly, FG representative,…
Greens being ‘beaten over the head’ on car pooling issue
Leitrim Green Party member, Leslie O’Hora, claims his party are being unfairly criticised by the media, as a result of comments made by his party leader about possible car pooling arrangements in rural villages. Mr…
Lost in Translation- Cope clarifies SF coalition comments
Donegal FF Deputy, Pat The Cope Gallagher, has moved to clarify comments he allegedly made expressing a preference for his party to go into coalition with Sinn Fein. He claims the translation of his interview…