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…
Cllr Sinead Maguire announces she will not contest GE due to family reasons
Sinead Maguire has announced today that she will not be contesting the next general election. The Sligo councillor was selected to contest the next election by Fine Gael delegates in the Sligo/Leitrim/South Donegal and North Roscommon constituency at a party convention in 2018. Both candidates selected at that convention, Gerry…
Increase in students attending gaelscoils across the north west
The number of primary school pupils taught through Irish is increasing across the north west region. New figures published by the Department of Education show almost one in 12 schoolchildren at primary level are receiving their education through Irish. Donegal has one of the highest rates in the country of…