Sligo Tidy Towns Committee looking to the future
Sligo Tidy Towns are looking to build on this years success. For the first time, Sligo Town received a Bronze medal in the awards and 16 positive marks which is also the highest they have received. A number of improvement schemes have been implemented in the town over the past…
UPDATE: Road gritted: Oil/Diesel spill on N17, Tubbercurry to Collooney Roundabout
There is an oil/diesel spill on the N17 from Tubbercurry to the Collooney Roundabout. Gardai have informed OceanFM that the spill is on the entire stretch from Tubbercurry to the Roundabout. The road is now gritted thanks to Sligo County Council. Gardai are asking motorists to be very careful if travelling…
Sligo farmer and former GAA coach jailed for 7 years for indecent assaults
A Sligo farmer has been jailed for seven years for dozens of indecent assaults on two young boys in the 1970s. Former Gaelic football coach Ronan McCormack (75) went on to groom and abuse schoolboys as young as ten in the 1980s. In 2014 he received a seven-year-and-ten-month jail sentence…
Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal players all involved in schools interprovincials
A number of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal youngsters will be involved in the FAI Schools Interprovincial tournament, which gets underway in Dublin today and runs until Sunday. Lorcan Callaghan from St Mary’s College in Ballisodare; Ryan Smith and Gearoid Mulligan from Summerhill College; St Attracta’s Aaron Perry and Liam Kerrigan;…
LISTEN BACK: Gaelic Masters All-Ireland Final Preview
Sligo footballer Con O’Meara, and Mayo’s John Pat Sheridan, chairperson of the Gaelic Masters Association spoke with Ocean FM’s Darragh Cox about Saturday’s All-Ireland final double-header in Corran Park, Ballymote. Sligo play Mayo in the final from 2.45pm, while Tyrone and Galway clash in the Shield final from 12.45pm.
Two Sligo All Stars teams in action this weekend
Sligo All-Stars’ U20 side will be in action in the Men’s National Cup this evening. They will host Kerry side Killorglin at the Mercy College Sports Centre from 7.45pm in the opening round. The club’s senior team will be away to the Ulster University Elks in the Men’s Division One…
Niall Murphy a doubt for Ireland’s International Rules test
Illness could deny Sligo’s Niall Murphy a first appearance for the Irish International Rules squad. The Coolera/Strandhill clubman is one of three players struck down by a stomach bug in Australia ahead of the first test in Adelaide in the early hours of Sunday morning. Murphy is the first Sligo…