Dromahair to host Sligo-Leitrim Boxing Championships this weekend
St Patrick’s Boxing Club are hosting the Sligo-Leitrim age grade championships at the Blue Devon function room in Dromahair this Sunday, February 9. Weigh-in for all boxers is from 10am to 11am, with the contests beginning from 12 noon and running through the afternoon. There will also be skills bouts…
Attempted raid on Ballymote ATM similar to Cavan and Mayo incidents
Gardai are investigating whether an attack on the Ulster Bank ATM in Ballymote last night is related to two similar incidents in Cavan and Mayo this week. Investigations are continuing after a drill was used by at least two people to try to break into the ATM in the centre…
Calls for N59 upgrade from Dromore West to Mayo border
Two West Sligo councillors believe a new road is needed on the N59 between Dromore West and the Mayo border. Independent councillors Joe Queenan and Michael Clarke raised the issue at a meeting of the Ballymote-Tubbercurry Municipal District this week. They say that the road is built on poor bog…
Calls for west of Ireland passport office to be located in Tubbercurry
A South Sligo councillor wants to see a new passport office for the west of Ireland — and he wants it in Tubbercurry. Fianna Fail Councillor Jerry Lundy raised the motion at a meeting of the Tubbercurry/Ballymote municipal district yesterday. Councillor Lundy says up to a million people could benefit…
Ballymote nursing home granted planning permission for extension
The capacity at a Sligo nursing home is expected to increase in the near future. Ballymote Community Nursing Unit has been granted planning permission from Sligo County Council for two new single storey extensions. Ocean FM news have received no reply to correspondence with the HSE about when the work…
Call for street signs to be erected in Ballymote
A Sligo county councillor is calling for signs with street names be erected in Ballymote. Fianna Fail Councillor Keith Henry says the absence of such signs has been commented on in tidy towns reports. Council Director of Services Tom Kilfeather says if signs are to be erected on buildings, permission…
R284 reopens following earlier incident
The R284 has reopened near Gleann between Taylor’s Cross and Geevagh. The road was re-opened after a truck was cleared following an incident this morning. Gardai in Ballymote confirmed the road had been closed on health and safety grounds and nobody was hurt in the accident.