Healy not to seek Sinn Fein nomination
Sligo Sinn Fein Fein county councillor Thomas Healy has announced that he is not to seek a party nomination to stand as a candidate in the next General Election. Tweet
Category: Sport
Sligo can compete says Carew
TRYING to decipher a form guide in Division Three of the Allianz Football League is often a brilliant exercise in futility. Usually there appears to be a pattern when there actually is none. Dots join up and then they don’t. Tweet
Heary’s selection headache
SLIGO Rovers boss Owen Heary admits that he will be facing a selection headache for the start of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division on Saturday week, March 7, when Rovers host Cork City at The Showgrounds. Tweet
County final glory for Tubbercurry
Sligo Senior Championship Final Tubbercurry 3-12, St Mary’s 0-12 TUBBERCURRY are the Sligo Senior Championship winners for the first time since 1991 following their impressive 3-12 to 0-12 defeat of St Mary’s in Sunday afternoon’s county final at Markievicz Park. Tweet
Sligo continue Qualifiers dream
SLIGO’s summer continues to gather momentum as another knife-edge win, this time against a dogged Limerick, put the beaten Connacht semi-finalists into the last 12 of the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship. On a wet afternoon at Markievicz Park, Sligo had two points to spare against Limerick, 0-12 to 0-10, exactly the same scoreline when they […]
Rovers make Europa progress
SLIGO Rovers turned on the style to progress to the UEFA Europa League Second Qualifying Round following tonight’s glorious 4-0 home thrashing of a dogged but ultimately outclassed FK Banga from Lithuania. Team captain Alan Keane’s goal in added time at the end of the first-half provided the breakthrough at The Showgrounds and when Aaron […]
Sligo re-ignite their summer
GUTSY Sligo extended their summer after a knife-edge but fully merited two-point defeat of Wicklow, 0-12 to 0-10, at Aughrim yesterday. Late points from substitute Stephen Coen and industrious wing-back Brian Curran ensured Pat Flanagan’s charges are in Round 3A of the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Qualifiers as two more wins will put them […]
Last chance saloon beckons
ONE more loss and it is over. Sligo’s summer, that it. It is either one more beer in the Last Chance Saloon or a final haircut in the Last Chance Salon, either way, defeat to Wicklow in Saturday’s GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Qualifiers and it is zero time. Tweet
Firsts continue for Coleman
THE number of firsts are building for new Sligo Rovers boss John Coleman. Last Friday saw his SSE Aitricity League Premier Division debut as the replacement for Ian Baraclough and he oversaw his first win, a 2-1 away defeat of Drogheda United. On Thursday he experienced his first European tie – a 0-0 away draw against […]
Sligo retain Connacht Junior title
GAA Football Connacht Junior Championship Final Sligo 0-9, Leitrim 0-6 GRITTY Sligo retained the GAA Football Connacht Junior Championship title – the county’s fourth success in five years – with an economical 0-9 to 0-6 defeat of Leitrim at Roscommon’s Hyde Park. Sunday afternoon’s triumph, in what was the curtain-raiser to the big one where Roscommon […]
Home win keeps momentum going
SSE Airtricity League Premier Division Sligo Rovers 3, Bray Wanderers 0 A WEEK after their Setanta Sports Cup triumph, Sligo Rovers returned to bread and butter matters and churned out a totally satisfactory 3-0 home win against Bray Wanderers. In the rain at The Showgrounds, Paul O’Conor’s snappy close-range finish after 19 minutes set the ball […]
Coen inspires Sligo Juniors
GAA Football Connacht Junior Championship Semi-final Sligo 2-8, Mayo 1-9 Sligo continue to deliver in their speciality competition of recent years, the GAA Football Connacht Junior Championship. Last Wednesday night at Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry, a Stephen Coen-inspired Sligo earned another provincial decider in this grade as the holders were two-point winners over Mayo, 2-8 to […]
Rovers make history in the rain
Setanta Sports Cup Final Sligo Rovers 1, Dundalk 0 DETERMINED Sligo Rovers made a national splash at Tallaght Stadium yesterday. At the rain-lashed venue, home of Shamrock Rovers, the Bit O’Red created history by winning the Setanta Sports Cup for the first time when midfielder Paul O’Conor’s adroit first-half goal was sufficient to overcome Dundalk. Tweet