Strand Celtic Football Club Notes
Super league: strand celtic 3 arrow harps 0 On a cold wintry night in Strand Hill , a youthful Strand Celtic retained top spot in the super league with a three nil victory over Arrow Harps. Unfortunately the game was marred by a bad injury to strands young midfielder mark…
Work on four Sligo sewerage schemes to start in February
Irish Water has announced that work on four long-awaited sewerage schemes in County Sligo will start this coming February. Sixteen million euro is to be spent in upgrading the schemes in Grange, Strandhill, Tubbercurry and Ballinafad. Irish Water says the upgrade works will increase the treatment capacity of each of…
Coolera/Strandhill GAA Club Notes
TUS Scheme Coolera – Strandhill GAA Club, Ransboro, wish to appoint a person for general maintenance duties under the TUS Scheme. For information regarding eligibility requirements, please contact Gerard Mullaney, Tus Programme Supervisor, Sligo Leader at mullaneygerard@eircom.net or alternatively, by mobile at 086/8221995. Lotto Results The numbers for the last draw, on Oct. 31st were 3, 14, 24…
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…
Sligo restaurateur says North West politicians need to do more to attract investment
A Sligo restaurateur says politicians simply need to do more to attract more investment to the North West. Anthony Gray has made the comments today as he closes his restaurant Tra Bhan in Strandhill to open a new restaurant in Sligo town. Mr. Gray says the decision to close the…
Niall Murphy and Michael Murphy both named in Irish International Rules squad
Sligo’s Niall Murphy has been named on the Ireland International Rules panel for the first time. The Coolera/Strandhill sharpshooter is one of 21 players named by Joe Kernan today for the trip to Australia next month. Donegal captain Michael Murphy, who also previously captained the Irish team for the event,…
Report: Strandhill ‘The Calm before the Storm’
With the worst of Hurricane Ophelia expected this afternoon, coastal areas will be among the first affected. One very exposed residential area in the North West is the coastal village of Strandhill in county Sligo, where Harry Keaney has been and has this report: Forecaster Joan Blackburn says the North…