Steve Wickham Special – Arts North West Part 2
Part 2 of ‘The Ways and Words of a Waterboy’ with renowned fiddler, Steve Wickham, as he discusses his life in music. Joining him for live recordings are Anna Houston (cello/mandolin) and Ray Coen (guitar). All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search OceanFmIreland.…
Online meetings get underway today in relation to Bank closures
A number of online meetings aimed at reversing the decision to close a number of local branches of Bank of Ireland will get underway this evening. Sinn Fein are hosting the online public meetings calling on Bank of Ireland to keep branches in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal open. …
No new cases of Covid-19 recorded in North West
There were no new cases of Covid-19 reported in the counties of Sligo, Leitrim or Donegal yesterday. 311 new cases were reported nationally however along with 30 additional deaths attributed to Covid-19. 373,149 people have now received their first Covid-19 vaccination while 149,920 have received their second dose.…
Increase in local number of Covid-19 cases
The Department of Health has confirmed that there were 437 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the latest set of figures. There were no further deaths. There was an increase in the number of cases duscovered in the North West compared to recent days. 26 new cases were…
Sligo Gardaí investigating criminal damage to car tyres
Sligo Gardaí are appealing for anyone with information in relation to a cars tyres being damaged yesterday. The car was parked in a popular walking area in Cleveragh with incident taking place between 4pm and 5pm. Anyone that was in the area at that time and may be able to…
No plans to move pregnant women up the vaccine queue
The deputy CMO says there are no plans to move pregnant women up the vaccine queue after reports linking Covid to stillbirths. Health officials yesterday said there have been four preliminary reports of this where the virus could have been a factor. But Dr Ronan Glynn says the…
Local Link Service announce new Sligo and Leitrim routes
A number of new routes from Leitrim to Sligo have been announced for the local link service. The tender process for the routes concluded at the end of February and the popular north west service has added to the existing service that is already in place. Services will now be…