Almost a 1000 homes and businesses in the North West are without power after Storm Atiyah
Nearly a 1000 homes and businesses in the North West are without power this morning following Storm Atiyah. 180 are without power in Collooney, 610 in Ballytivnan, 78 in Oakfield 48 in Donegal Town, 43 in Tubbercurry, and 23 homes near Geevagh. The power to most of the homes is…
Geevagh to play Bunninadden in Intermediate final
Geevagh will play Bunninadden in the 2019 Kennedy’s Intermediate football championship final. John Hughes side secured their place in the final with a 1-11 to 0-11 point win over St Farnan’s in Markievicz Park on Sunday. Daithí O’Reilly’s first-half goal proving the difference between the sides in the end. Geevagh…
Road through Geevagh closed after road traffic collision
The R284 running through Geevagh is closed this evening. A road traffic collision took place within the last hour. Emergency services are at the scene and the road remains closed with diversions in place.
St Naul’s ladies advance in Ulster
St Naul’s have advanced to the semi-finals of the Ulster Intermediate Championship. The Donegal champions beat Down side Ballymartin by 2-11 to 2-8 in Mountchales on Sunday. But Geevagh’s Connacht campaign is over after the Sligo senior champions lost to Galway’s Kilkeerin/Clonberne at the weekend.
Leitrim ladies back to winning ways, as Sligo league finals take place
Leitrim bounced back from their opening round defeat to Sligo to claim victory in the Connacht Intermediate Championship yesterday. They beat Roscommon by 2-13 to 1-10 in Kilglass. In club action, St Nathy’s beat Geevagh to win the Division One League title in Sligo yesterday, while Tourlestrane beat Eastern Harps…
Ballymote and Geevagh to get Enterprise funding
Two projects in South Sligo are to benefit from investment of €25,000. The funding has been allocated from the Arigna Enterprise Fund for Ballymote Community Enterprise and the Geevagh Local Area Development. In Ballymote, it’s proposed to develop the Ballymote Heritage Trail, a 2.5km long route to bring people to…
Fire warnings, calls for water conservation as dry spell continues
Sligo County Council says sporadic gorse and vegetation fires are persisting in Easkey, Geevagh and Slish Wood areas of County Sligo. Because of this, the council is emphasising that ‘controlled burning’ during the continuing dry spell is strictly prohibited. Meanwhile, a heather fire is currently burning on Cuilcagh Mountain in…