Category: Lifestyle
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 [...]
Niall McLoughlin The winner of this Award is an outstanding young man who has had to face great adversity in his life and manages to remain resilient throughout. He lost a sibling through illness almost a decade ago and his father passed suddenly in December 2011 while doing voluntary community work. He has been a [...]
OVERALL WINNER Conor Moran, Donnchadh Dolan, Meabh Gleeson, Siobhan McTigue, from Ballinamore Post Primary School. The recipients of this award come from county Leitrim. In 2012 six young people from Ballinamore Post Primary School left on what probably should have been an adventure of a lifetime, it turned out to be but not for the [...]
Jonathon and Nathan Kaniki. This award is a family affair. The nominees are living in Sligo for the past number of years. The lads decided to focus their efforts on the elderly in the community. They wanted Christmas to be a joyous event for the elderly in the area. They decided to give every one [...]
GERARD CLARKE The recipient of this award is the eldest of three children who’s father unfortunately died in 2010 leaving the family farm to be managed by him. Subsequently his grand uncle became ill and he had to take on the management of his farm, this is all in addition to attending school on a [...]
NAOMI REILLY The winner of the Ballymote Award is a young seventeen year old lady who lives in the parish of Culfadda outside Ballymote. She attends The Corran College in Ballymote and is in her leaving certificate year. In her short life this young woman has had to deal with a lot of obstacles. Throughout [...]
Carrick-on-Shannon Rowing Club The winner of this award is a group of students who attend Carrick on Shannon Community School in Leitrim. They decided to use the dominant natural resource in the town ie The River Shannon to promote a healthy lifestyle, teamwork, dedication and also to promote tourism in Carrick on Shannon. They commit [...]
Sunday, May 19, 3:30 am
Sligo Rovers have confirmed that tonight's match against Dundalk is postponed because of a waterlogged pitch in the Showgrounds. - posted on 18/05/2013 17:38:35A waterlogged Showgrounds pitch. So much for summer soccer! http://t.co/ERDJ11HpLl - posted on 18/05/2013 17:36:45http://t.co/S7a0W1C0Nw - posted on 17/05/2013 16:28:12COMPETITION TIME Like our facebook page , then like and share this competition to be in with a chance of winning... http://t.co/jWLFiA5WZv - posted on 17/05/2013 11:12:30COMPETITION TIME Like our facebook page , then like and share this competition to be in with a chance of winning... http://t.co/fH5bD4hUga - posted on 17/05/2013 11:06:06
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 [...]
