Award-winning play to benefit Sligo Rovers
The Man in the Woman’s Shoes was written by and stars Sligo Rovers fan Mikel Murfi. It was originally commissioned by the Hawk’s Well Theatre in Sligo with Sligo County Council Arts Service for the Bealtaine Festival in 2012 and such was its success it went on to tour extensively…
St Attracta’s girls preparing for national futsal finals
The curtain will finally come down on the FAI Post Primary Schools First Year Boys & Girls Futsal calendar this Tuesday, December 5 with a tantalizing National show-down in store. The event will take place in the impressive Waterford IT Arena, Carriganore for a second term. The competition now in its tenth year has grown steadily with participation…
LISTEN BACK: Sligo All Stars Alberto Garcia and Shane O’Meara
Head coach Alberto Garcia and club stalwart Shane O’Meara spoke with Ocean FM’s Darragh Cox on Friday, November 24, about building a culture and a style of basketball from youngsters through to senior players in Sligo, and why that will take a little bit of patience and a lot of…
Sligo store celebrates a double success
The Filan’s Centra Store in Sligo is celebrating a double victory. It was named Supreme Champion to take the National Convenience Store 2017 award back home to Sligo from the national awards organised by ShelfLifeMagazine and held in the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire. Filan’s was also named Best…
BREAKING: Jury fail to reach verdict in Kivlehan trial
UPDATED 18:00: A jury has failed to reach agreement in the trial of a man accused of murdering Sligo musician Martin ‘Matt’ Kivlehan. Keith Brady from Cartron Estate in Sligo went on trial for his murder after his manslaughter plea wasn’t accepted by the DPP. Matt Kivlehan died after being…
Sligo to get ‘biggest investment since foundation of the State’
Sligo County Council is to benefit from a major capital investment over the next few years. More than €150m will be invested in roads, infrastructure and tourism. From Sligo County Council’s Budget meeting, Barry Whyte reports: ‘
Election: Sligo council Cathaoirleach appeals to party leaders to ‘pull back from the brink’
As the country edges closer toward a general election, the Fianna Fail cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council has appealed to the leaders of both his own party and Fine Gael to ‘pull back from the brink’ and avoid having an election at this time. Councillor Seamus Kilgannon warned that if…