Weather warning in place for the north west
A yellow weather warning has been issued for the north west. Met Eireann are predicting heavy rainfall in parts of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal this weekend with the warning in affect from 9am this morning until 9am Monday morning. People are warned of potential spot flooding in areas and high…
Episode Six: Arts North West
This Week: (00:52) Charlie Chaplin by Perry Blake (03:28) Singer/songwriter Perry Blake in conversation with Declan Drohan (14:05) Vernal Time, perceiving flowers in prose in lockdown, by Phillina Sun (21:00) Artist Niall Sheerin in conversation with Declan Drohan All podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Soundcloud or wherever…
Number of children contracting Covid -19 concerns NPHET
The number of children and young adults contracting Covid-19 is raising concern among the National Public Health Emergency Team. Of 202 cases diagnosed in the past two weeks, 76 were in people aged under 35, including 16 involving children under 14 years of age. Two more people with…
Various weather alerts issued for North West Counties
A status orange rain warning has been issued for four counties. The alert is in place in Leitrim, Longford, Cavan and Roscommon until 6pm this evening, with 50 Millimetres of rain possible – which may lead to some flooding. Separately, a status yellow thunderstorm is in effect across…
Further job losses in Sligo as Mothercare is placed into liquidation
There is further bad news on the jobs front in Sligo this morning. Mothercare Ireland is being placed into liquidation with the loss of 197 jobs across the country. The family that owns the franchise in the Republic say its 14 stores including the Sligo branch which is…
Episode Four: Arts North West
This Week: (1 min) Hawk’s Well Director, Marie O’Byrne, speaking about the National Campaign For the Arts. (11:54) Award-winning ex-RTE journalist, Susan O’Keeffe, gives us a brief on the Yeats Society Sligo and its upcoming festival. (19:12) Poet Brian Leyden reads his provocative new prose piece, Mansplaining WB Yeats. All…
Sligo residents will be among the first in the Country to provide virus antibody samples
Sligo residents will be among the first in the Country to provide blood samples to find out if they were infected with Covid-19. The National Public health emergency team have selected Sligo and Dublin to try and measure what percentage of the population had contracted the Coronavirus. Sligo…