Kilcar community to resist post office closure
The community of Kilcar say they will fight the An Post decision to shut their local post office after the retirement of the postmaster at the end of June. The Kilcar Community Council are meeting…
The Final Whistle podcast: Episode 30 -13/06/2019
Wheelchair hurling is hardly a mainstream sport – but south Sligo farmer Pat Carty (pictured right) is about to captain its first ever Ireland team – to take on teams from across Europe later this…
Sligo students succeed with new book on dyslexia
Mercy College Sligo students, Enya Hughes and Annie Buick have produced, and are now selling, a new book on dyslexia, based on their own experiences. The girls have scooped a major prize in the national…
Ruhama not surprised at prevalence of brothels in NW towns and villages
Reports suggest there are an increasing number of brothels in existence in Sligo Town, but a group which works with women affected by prostitution insist it’s a situation which exists throughout the North West. They’ve…
Cousin of Keash famine ship victims says identification of remains is very emotional
Pat Ward from Keash in Co Sligo is a distant cousin of the local family whose five daughters died when a famine ship sank en route to Canada from Sligo in 1847. Earlier this week,…
Tributes paid to former councillor Leo Conlon
Tributes have been paid to former Sligo Fine Gael councillor, Leo Conlon from Geevagh, who has died. Clr Conlon served on the council from 1979 to 2004. His former colleague, Joe Leonard, has been remembering…
Alzheimer’s sufferer refused extra home help hours to care for her husband
Tubbercurry woman, Helen Rochford Brennan, has lashed out at the HSE for its decision to cut home help hours this year, which she says is an insult to this designated week as Carer’s Week. Helen,…