The Friday Panel – Sligo’s Traveller Community have their say
This week’s Friday Panel hears from four members of the Travelling Community in Sligo- Kathleen Ward, Cheryl McGinley, Terry Comiskey and Bernadette Maughan. They discuss various issues of relevance to their community, including education and…
Passengers forced to pay €400 for taxi to Dublin Airport after Sligo bus fails to show
It’s emerged that a number of passengers were forced to take a taxi to Dublin Airport in the early hours of Wednesday morning after the Bus Eireann service from Sligo failed to turn up on…
Housing of asylum seekers at Benbulben Court in Sligo ’embarrassing’ says TD
Fine Gael TD, Frank Feighan, has described as embarrassing the housing of 415 asylum seekers at the Benbulben Court apartment complex in Sligo, which had originally being intended as student accommodation. A year after the…
The Final Whistle podcast 17/10/2024
We relive Melvin Gaels heroics in last Sunday’s Leitrim intermediate football final. Mickey Martin gives us a history lesson on Sheemore Gaels, the former county champions you may never have heard of. Could Declan Bonner’s…
The long and winding road – Airport bus to Sligo in series of delays
First it broke down, then the bus lost its way – to the frustration of passengers. The Bus Eireann service from Dublin Airport to Sligo on Tuesday evening was eventful – passenger James was not…
Hunter warns of dangers of indiscriminate shooting of deer in South Sligo
A hunter has warned of the dangers of someone being seriously injured as a result of ongoing indiscriminate shooting of deer in the South Sligo. The shootings are taking place by night, it’s reported, and…
Ballyshannon Business Chamber react to criticism after latest butcher shop closure
Ballyshannon businessman, Sean Rooney, said he always knew the day of reckoning would come for the Town after local business groups did not bring a ‘big player’ there. As Mr Rooney closes his butcher’s shop…