No device found in border search near Kiltyclogher
Police in Northern Ireland say nothing was found following their search for a suspected explosive device in an area near the Leitrim/Fermanagh border. Two roads, the Kilcoo Road and Cashel Road in Fermanagh, have now reopened. The search followed reports that a suspect device had been left in a wooded…
International call-up for Rovers’ Jamie McDonagh
Sligo Rovers’ Jamie McDonagh has been called up to the Northern Ireland U21 squad to play World Cup qualifiers with Albania and Slovakia in the coming weeks. Former Rovers manager Ian Baraclough is the manager of the Northern Irish U21 squad and he has called up the winger for the…
Carthy calls for Ireland to take stronger stance in Brexit talks
The government needs to take a stronger stance when it comes to negotiating Ireland’s interests during the Brexit negotiations. That’s the warning from the Sinn Fein North West MEP Matt Carthy. He says Ireland’s position has to be pressed much more strongly during the Brexit talks. Yesterday MEPs rejected a…
Green light given to north-south electricity interconnector
An Bord Pleanala has given the green light to the North-South electricity Interconnector. It’s aimed at allowing electricity to flow between the Republic and Northern Ireland, and includes almost 3 hundred pylons across counties Meath, Cavan and Monaghan. Hundreds of objections had been lodged against this massive project, which…