Obituaries, Thursday, October 17th 2019, 8am
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Frances Conway, Grange John Joe Gallagher, Bruckless Lena Carty, Belleek John McGagh, Bundoran Sister Josephine Breen, California and Sligo Josie Reynolds, Dromore West Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Sligo and Fermanagh Deirde Gowen, Ballaghaderreen…
More Concerns as Seaview Respite Care may not likely to reopen until 2020
There are now fresh fears that Seaview Respite House in Mountcharles may not reopen until 2020. It follows a letter to Donegal TD Pat the Cope Gallagher from Minister for Disabilities Finian McGrath which states that additional fire compliance works are being undertaken with a completion date of November 22nd.…
Primary School ordered to pay over €93,000 in compensation as a teacher was discriminated against
A Primary School in Sligo has been ordered to pay a deputy principal nearly €94,000 in compensation after it discriminated against her because of gender in a contest for a school principal’s post. In the case which went before the Workplace Relations Commission the Board of Management of Scoil Mhuire…
Success for Ocean FM at IMRO Awards
Ocean FM enjoyed another successful night at the 2019 IMRO Radio Awards. The local station for the counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal was awarded Silver for their 2019 coverage of the Local Election Coverage. Presenter of North West and station CEO, Niall Delaney won Bronze in the…
Fine Gael has Identified Brexit issues when it comes to the Backstop
Fine Gael have identified key Brexit issues which include avoiding a hard border at all costs and protecting Ireland’s place in the single market where the backstop is a key mechanism. Speaking earlier to Ocean FM, Sligo Drumcliff Councillor Thomas Walsh says ‘A No Deal’ would cause severe disruption to…
PSNI’s Superintendent Clive Beaty appeals for info on Lunney Assault
The Director of Quinn Industrial Holdings is recovering in hospital this evening after being abducted from his home in Fermanagh last night. Kevin Lunney was found on the side of the road in Cavan after having sustained what the PSNI are describing as ‘life changing injuries’. A cross border investigation…
50% decrease of prescriptions for opioid-substitution treatment in Sligo/Leitrim and Donegal.
There has been a 50% decrease in the number of prescriptions made to people undergoing opioid-substitution treatment in the Sligo/Leitrim and Donegal areas so far this year. In the vast majority of cases, this is used to treat heroin-addiction. According to details released under the Freedom of Information Act, 33…