It has emerged that a planned half a million euro refurbishment plan for O’Connell Street in Sligo will not be able to go ahead because Sligo County Council does not have the money to replace water mains in the street.
Calls by the local community to Connacht Gold to review reported plans to close their store at achonry have been backed by Sligo County Council.
St Angela’s College, Sligo is celebrating the achievement of final year student Mary Mac Goldrick, on winning an national Undergraduate Award 2012 and being the only winner in the Nursing/ Midwifery Category.
A Sligo woman who worked with a special Olympics basketball team and helped refurbish a rehabilitation centre in Thailand was presented with the Gaisce Gold Award by President Michael D. Higgins.
Leaving Certificate Students of the Jesus & Mary Secondary School, Enniscrone, recently attended the Higher Options 2012 Career event in the RDS in Dublin.
The Hawk’s Well will play host to two double-bill concerts as part of Sligo Live 2012, and among the four extremely talentwed acts performing will be Donegal fiddle trio Fidil.
Opera fans in Sligo will be able to see superstar soprano anna Netrebko in concert as part of the Gaiety Cinema’s Metropolitan Opera in HD performance on Saturday, October 13.
Athletics pundit Ray Flynn shares the concerns of a parent and coach who bemoans the fact that kids of today lack the basics of movement.
Under pressure gardai in Sligo have been threatened with prosecution over “leaks” to the press in the on-going investigation into the murder of “gentle soul” Eugene Gillespie, the Sligo Weekender can reveal.
A Ballisodare resident has been convicted and fined €200 after gardai found a “stun gun” in his home during a drugs search. John Kennedy, 15 Youngs Bay, Ballisodare had pleaded through his solicitor Gerry McGovern that he did not know that having the weapon was illegal, at the district court.
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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.
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 [...]
