The Pope has appointed a former Sligo priest as Bishop of Kerry. Fr. Raymond Browne takes over the top position in the Kerry diocese after the the resignation of Bishop William Murphy. Pope Francis made the appointment today, Thursday. A native of Chapel Street, Athlone, the new bishop is aged 56. He attended Summerhill College [...]
SEARCH: A number of Gardai on their way back to their vehicles after a Drugs Raid at Ard Na Mara, Cartron on Friday 19th April. Gardai, including members of the armed regional response unit, carried out searches of houses and their surroundings in Sligo town and Tubbercurry in the past week. The search in Sligo [...]
DAFFODIL: The staff at McHugh’s get into the Daffodil Day spirit. McHugh’s bar in Sligo town have continued their ongoing charitable work to help the Irish Cancer Society. Tweet
PASSING: IT Sligo student Luke Savage, who died in June 2012.Third level students across the Republic have paid a poignant national tribute to Luke Savage, an inspirational IT Sligo student who died last year. He has been posthumously named as winner of the award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Life at the inaugural USI Student [...]
The HSE is to take over the running of Cregg House on July 1. The facility for people with special needs at Ballincar was opened by the Sisters of La Sagesse (now known as the Daughters of Wisdom) in 1955. However, the nuns announced in June that they could no longer continue operating it due [...]
Sligo County Council Cathaoirleach Veronica Cawley has accused the Troika of acting like loan sharks. The Independent Labour councillor made her remarks during a discussion on the household tax and how it might benefit Sligo County Council at last week’s meeting. Tweet
Sligo Rovers extended their string of league victories to seven with a comfortable if not resounding 2-0 defeat of second-from-bottom Shelbourne in the Showgrounds on Saturday night last, April 6. The Bit O’ Red have had a dream start to the defence of their title, but with Derry City hot on their heels, Ian Baraclough [...]
Sligo-born Dr. Mark Wehrly, who holds a PhD from the National University of Ireland Maynooth, will address the Sligo Field Club at the IT Sligo Education Centre on Friday Feb 22. Tweet
Sligo Rovers fan David Goulden reflects on another good weekend for his team as they prepare for the start of the title defence Tweet
So the GAA’s bizarre tagline to promote this year’s Allianz Football League, Unexpect the Expected, was meant for Sligo all along. Tweet
Sligo’s Senior Ladies Gaelic Football team captain, Etna Flanagan, hopes that last Sunday’s home reversal against Down, 5-9 to 1-7, is just a blip in this year’s Ladies National Football League. Tweet
Allianz Football League Division Three Sligo 1-12, Antrim 0-13 They got the win, but they made hard work of it. A week after the controversial penalty that inspired the away loss to Roscommon, Sligo were back on home sod and winning an Allianz Football League game – just about – using their own resources [...]
Nathan Carter with special guest Laura May Lenehan will play the Sligo Park Hotel on the 8th of May and ahead of this concert we met up with him to ask him some of the questions you submitted to our Facebook page!! Check out if your question appears!! Tweet
Boyle native Jarlath Tivnan will perform alongside some well known Irish screen and stage actors in Andrew Flynn’s “A Skull In Connemara” which visits the Hawk’s Well Theatre next Monday and Tuesday nights, February 25 and 26. Tweet
The genuine article was how Westlife’s Kian Egan described fellow Sligonian Danielle Ward, who made it through the final blind auditions on Sunday night’s The Voice Of Ireland. Tweet
North Sligo singer Danielle Ward will be looking to get one of the final spots on the RTE talent show The Voice, when she appears on our screens this Sunday night. Tweet
And Boyle star could win Irish film award too for his Sky comedy series set in his home tow. And Boyle star could win Irish film award too. Tweet
A Sligo girl holds the hopes of her county in the second season of RTE’s hit talent show The Voice of Ireland. Danielle Ward from North Sligo made it through to the blind audition of the show, setting out to impress judges Kian Egan, Bressie, Jamelia and Sharon Corr. So did she make it through? [...]
DAFFODIL: The staff at McHugh’s get into the Daffodil Day spirit. McHugh’s bar in Sligo town have continued their ongoing charitable work to help the Irish Cancer Society. Tweet
PASSING: IT Sligo student Luke Savage, who died in June 2012.Third level students across the Republic have paid a poignant national tribute to Luke Savage, an inspirational IT Sligo student who died last year. He has been posthumously named as winner of the award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Life at the inaugural USI Student [...]
CLASSICAL: Guitarist Redmond O’Toole. Con Brio, the Sligo Music Association, presents Redmond O’Toole, master of the eight-string guitar, in Markree Castle on May 16 at 8.30 pm for a concert which will feature pieces by Scarlatti, Giuliani, Bach and Tarrega. A pre-concert dinner is available at a special rate. Please phone Markree Castle at 071-9167800 [...]
The Big Move from The CRIB Citizenship Group This year’s Group award goes to a group of young people from Sligo town. These 15 to 17 year olds met at the Crib Youth and Health café on Rockwood parade. As a result they discussed difficulties young people faced in their lives one issue this group [...]
Danielle Beukes This award goes to a young lady from North Sligo. She attends Grange Post Primary. She joined the school two years ago and is now in her leaving certificate year. It can be difficult for a student to break in to a new class after they have been together for three years. However [...]
Shane Sweeney This award goes to a young Sligo man who attends Ballinode College here in Sligo. He is described as a very hard worker, and has made a huge contribution to the recycling project run for the past number of years in his school. All of waste paper, plastics and cardboard around the school [...]
FIELD CLUB: Field Club members from left; Conor Mc Hale, Don O’Connor, Pat O’Brien, Dermot O’Hara and Michael O’Gara. Who were the historic families of Sligo? What did they call themselves? Why would a man be named Fearganeagla? What were their occupations? Who lived in your locality? More than anything, how did they lose their [...]
Miracle man who died four times revisits the scene of his shocking accident. A young man who died four times and was told he would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, walked back into Sligo Regional Hospital last weekend to say thanks to the medics who revived him. Matthew Hawksley was enjoying [...]
Almost eight-in-ten Sligo households have paid the controversial Household Charge, representing a 16% increase in compliance since July 2012. And Sligo has the sixth highest rate of compliance in the country. Tweet
The Bishop of Elphin Christy Jones has said he was greatly heartened by the findings of a review into the diocese’s safeguards against clerical child abuse. The Review of Safeguarding Practice, published yesterday, Wednesday, gave the diocese an almost completely clean bill of health of how it dealt with allegations since 1975. Tweet
The advice comes from a cardiologist at Sligo Regional Hospital who is urging people to exercise and to take part in the An Post Tour of Sligo on the May Bank Holiday weekend. This year the nominated charity is the Friends of Sligo Regional Hospital who are fundraising on behalf of the Cardiac Department during [...]
A packed hall at the Glasshouse Hotel in Sligo on Monday night heard of many admirable deeds of young local people. The occasion was the presentation of the Sligo Leitrim Garda Youth Achievement awards 2013. The awards scheme aim to give recognition to young people between the ages of 12 and 19 years who who [...]
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Pope appoints former Sligo priest as bishop
The Pope has appointed a former Sligo priest as Bishop of Kerry. Fr. Raymond Browne takes over the top position in the Kerry diocese after the the resignation of Bishop William Murphy. Pope Francis made the appointment today, Thursday. A native of Chapel Street, Athlone, the new bishop is aged 56. He attended Summerhill College [...]
Garda searches in Sligo Town and Tubbercurry
SEARCH: A number of Gardai on their way back to their vehicles after a Drugs Raid at Ard Na Mara, Cartron on Friday 19th April. Gardai, including members of the armed regional response unit, carried out searches of houses and their surroundings in Sligo town and Tubbercurry in the past week. The search in Sligo [...]
McHugh’s helping Irish Cancer Society
DAFFODIL: The staff at McHugh’s get into the Daffodil Day spirit. McHugh’s bar in Sligo town have continued their ongoing charitable work to help the Irish Cancer Society. Tweet
Posthumous honour for student Luke.
PASSING: IT Sligo student Luke Savage, who died in June 2012.Third level students across the Republic have paid a poignant national tribute to Luke Savage, an inspirational IT Sligo student who died last year. He has been posthumously named as winner of the award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Life at the inaugural USI Student [...]
