Lough Arrow community group to get money for bus
A community group that helps and supports people living in the rural east County Sligo around Lough Arrow is to get almost €54,000 to buy a new bus. The money is to go to the Community of Lough Arrow group under the CLAR programme. Making the announcement, Junior Minister Frank…
Special protection for Wild Brown Trout on Lough Arrow
One of County Sligo’s most renown fishing lakes will now be managed to ensure that its wild brown trout not only survives but thrives. Lough Arrow, on the Sligo/Roscommon border, is among about a half dozen western lakes for which former Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton…
Presidential visit highlights the O’Higgins family from Lough Arrow area of Sligo
The Irish name O’Higgins will be in the limelight in South America this week. President Michael D Higgins is visiting Peru, where he will pay his respects at the grave of Ambrosio O’Higgins, a native of Sligo, who was born about 1720. He was one of the last viceroys of…