Sligo and Mayo preparing to face off in Masters final
Sligo and Mayo will also clash in this year’s All-Ireland Gaelic Masters final in Ballymote this Saturday. Cavan referee Gerry Sheridan has been appointed to take charge of the final, while Sligo referee John Griffin will take charge of the curtain-raiser – the shield final involving Tyrone and Galway. The…
Castlebar to host Ballymote’s Connacht junior final
Ballymote will have to travel to Castlebar’s MacHale Park for their Connacht Junior Football Championship final. The Sligo side will face Mayo’s Lahardane on Saturday week, with throw-in at 2pm. Ballymote beat Roscommon champions Kilglass Gaels in last weekend’s semi-finals, while John Maughan’s Lahardane side defeated Galway’s St Gabriel’s. They…
Banking in a van on the side of a Ballymote street: ‘Far from Ideal’
Small and cramped is how the new Ulster Bank mobile banking van is being described in Ballymote. And while it’s better than nothing a local Councillor says it’s far from ideal. The ‘Ulster Bank on Wheels’ visits Ballymote twice a week now on a Monday and a Thursday. But it’s…
Ballymote to host Sligo’s Masters final
Ballymote has been confirmed as the venue for this year’s Gaelic Masters final. Sligo will host neighbours and reigning champions Mayo on Saturday week at Corran Park, with throw-in at 2.45pm. The Yeats men, who beat Cavan in last weekend’s semi-final, won a coin toss between the two counties for…
Sligo Masters to have home advantage for All-Ireland final
Sligo will have home advantage for the Gaelic Masters Final against neighbours Mayo on the weekend after next. The two teams agreed to a coin toss to decide home advantage after coming through their semi-finals against Cavan and Donegal respectively last weekend. Mayo are the reigning champions, but Sligo have…
Two men continue to be detained at Ballymote Garda Station
Two men arrested following a robbery at a pharmacy in Sligo town yesterday continue to be held at Ballymote Garda Station this morning (Wed). The incident occurred when a man entered the pharmacy on the Cranmore Road, armed with what’s believed to have been a firearm. He threatened staff before…
Campaigners say rural Ireland need to be looked on for housing crisis solutions
Campaigners against the closure of local services say rural Ireland needs to be looked on as a solution to the current housing crisis in the capital. Vincent Roddy, of the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association and a farmer in south Sligo says the closure of the Ulster Bank branches…