The Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Brian Hayes, visited Strandhill last week to view the extent of the erosion there for himself but could not say if money will be provided to deal with it. Tweet
Mr Hogan is expected to choose the councils for the chop in a radical new plan that will drastically cut the 700 councillors who sit on town and borough councils throughout the land. Tweet
A top nursing officer has slammed the HSE’s “flawed” practice of placing extra beds in wards as 25 patients were waiting on trolleys at Sligo General Hospital last Wednesday. Tweet
A rally in support of an allotments field in Collooney was blocked by locked gates on Friday night. More than 200 people attended the rally organised by the allotments committee in the town. Local volunteers had developed the two-acre field for allotments but their plans were halted when Sligo County Council said they had plans [...]
Strandhill native Mark James Howley has set up a bargain room rent scheme where fans can be put up in comfortable accommodation for as little as E45 per night in Poznan, where the Irish team will be largely based. Tweet
Sligo Lions Club presented 13 charities with cheques last week, the proceeds of their hugely successful Jigs and Reels charity evening held in the Radisson Hotel in February of this year. Tweet
Rugby: Connacht Senior Cup Final. Sligo Rugby Club will be hoping to finish their season on a high on Sunday (1pm) when they take on Galwegians in the Connacht Senior Cup final in the Sportsground in Galway. Tweet
Schools GAA. After fighting the bravest of battles, defending champions Coola Post Primary School surrendered their title at the death in a blustery Carrick-on-Shannon on Tuesday of last week. Tweet
Soccer: Airtricity League Premier Division Sligo Rovers manager Ian Baraclough described last Friday night’s away win over Cork City at Turner’s Cross as one of his side’s better performances of the year. Tweet
A week that started on a disappointing note ended on a great high as the Bit O’Red took all three points from Turner’s Cross on Friday evening. Tweet
Not the result that Sligo Rovers fans wanted, nor the most exciting spectacle for the viewers watching live on RTE Two, but a point is a point and this one keeps Rovers top of the Airtricity League Premier Division. Tweet
A 1-1 draw with Derry City on Friday night last was enough to see the Bit O’Red hold on to their spot at the summit of the Airtricity League Premier Division. Tweet
Sligo was the chosen county for this years annual showcasing and networking event by the Arts Councils of Ireland’s Young Ensemble Scheme. Tweet
A fully equipped rehearsal room for aspiring young musicians has opened in Sligo town centre, thanks in part to the generosity of rock icons U2. The facility is located at For—iges’ CRIB Youth Project and Health Cafe on Rockwood Parade in Sligo. It has been provided thanks to funding from U2 and the Ireland Funds [...]
Strandhill beauty Aisling Schmidt was picked as the 2012 Sligo Rose in the local heat held on Friday night last at the Clarion Hotel. Tweet
A student of St Angela’s College in Sligo will represent her home county of Monaghan in the Miss Ireland contest taking place later this week. Tweet
Sligo Orpheus Choir will mark both the 400th anniversary of the town’s borough charter and the 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking with their annual Spring performance in Sligo Cathedral on May 25. Tweet
TEA PARTY: Five-year-old Rhianna Kearney from Co. Sligo was one of several kids who attended the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party on Easter Monday last in Dublin’s Liffey Valley Shopping Centre. Tweet
A new anthology of writing and art by women in mid-life who live in, or are connected to Sligo, Leitrim and West Cavan was officially launched on Saturday last by MEP Marian Harkin at The Model in Sligo. Tweet
Quayside Shopping Centre have donated Ű400 to local primary school Our Lady of Mercy in aid of their library. Tweet
Some of this region’s well -known swimmers made a real splash for the north west hospice at the weekend. Tweet
A memorial bike run in honour of John Lynagh took place on Saturday last, April 21 in Enniscrone. Tweet
Sligo Bay lifeboat station last week announced the appointment of Joe Henderson as Sea Safety Officer, which will strengthen the advisory service offered at the lifeboat station. Tweet
Sligo Special Olympics equestrian athletes, Carol Taheny, Geraldine Morrison and Joan Milmoe will be raising funds this Friday, April 27 for the Special Olympics All Ireland Collection Day. Tweet
Members of the Regional Armed Response Unit were called in to a tense armed stand-off in Sligo at the weekend. Tweet
It appears that only a direct meeting between the government minister with responsibility for the services provided at Cregg House and the order of nuns running it can resolve the impasse which has arisen over funding. Tweet
This year’s GAA Football Connacht Senior Championship commences early next month with Sligo travelling across the Atlantic to take on New York in the opening round. Tweet
One of the county’s most promising up and coming Gaelic footballers, Conor Griffin, endured a horror Allianz Football League debut and could be up to two months on the sidelines Tweet
Yesterday the citizens of this borough said Slan to a true champion of Sligo as they watched him take his final trip around the town he loved so well. Tweet
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Minister visits but has no word on Strandhill money
The Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Brian Hayes, visited Strandhill last week to view the extent of the erosion there for himself but could not say if money will be provided to deal with it. Tweet
A rally in support of an allotments field in Collooney was blocked by locked gates on Friday night. More than 200 people attended the rally organised by the allotments committee in the town. Local volunteers had developed the two-acre field for allotments but their plans were halted when Sligo County Council said they had plans [...]
Rugby: Connacht Senior Cup Final. Sligo Rugby Club will be hoping to finish their season on a high on Sunday (1pm) when they take on Galwegians in the Connacht Senior Cup final in the Sportsground in Galway. Tweet
Leeside win was one of the better days
Soccer: Airtricity League Premier Division Sligo Rovers manager Ian Baraclough described last Friday night’s away win over Cork City at Turner’s Cross as one of his side’s better performances of the year. Tweet
A Belfast low followed by a Cork high
A week that started on a disappointing note ended on a great high as the Bit O’Red took all three points from Turner’s Cross on Friday evening. Tweet
