This weekend nine people from Sligo are cycling 400kms from Sligo to Dublin and back to raise money for Sligo Cancer Support Centre.
Driver sped through village at 121km/h
A driver was detected travelling at 121km/h while going through a Sligo village with a 50km/h speed limit last weekend.
It was one of three Sligo cases highlighted by gardai this week in a list of 16 “notable speed occurrences” nationally following the large scale national speed enforcement operation “Slow Down”, conducted between 7am on Friday and 7am on Saturday.
By far the most shocking disregard of a speed limit nationally was the driver who sped through Ballinacarrow at 121km/h some time during that 24 hours.
Not alone were they way in excess of the 50km/h zone through the village on the N17 between Collooney and Tubbercurry, but were also breaking the general speed limit of 100km/h.
The other two cases highlighted from Sligo were less dramatic. One was 120km/h in the 100km/h general zone on the N15 at Mount Temple, Grange while the other was 119km/h in a 100 km/h zone on the N4 at Cloonymeenaghan, Riverstown.
The percentage of speeding drivers nationally was relatively small, with just 322 exceeding a speed limit out of 176,521 vehicles checked.
Operation Slow Down was conducted on the day that new speed camera zones came into effect throughout the country.
In County Sligo the number of zones has more than doubled.
Of the 355 new zones nationally 11 of them are in Sligo, which with the existing nine brings the total now in the county to 20.
For the location of the cameras and more from this story, pick up a copy of this week’s paper- in shops Thursday.
Anything Goes with Dublin Gospel Choir
On Saturday, June 11, popular local group, Anything Goes will be joined on the Hawk’s Well stage by the Dublin Gospel Choir. This promises to be a concert not to be missed.
Tidy Towns efforts evoke pride in the local community
In the first of a two part series on Collooney, the Weekender in the community speaks to the local Tidy Towns, people involved in Community Games, a new restaurateur in the area and the Couch 2 5k program.
Here is a taster of the two page feature in this week’s paper. Also, check out next week’s edition (June 2) for more stories from Collooney.
THE TidyTowns initiative has encouraged towns around the the country to tackle problems in their community including litter and dilapidated buildings.
‘Churches gang’ casue €10,000 damage in break-ins
A gang who “specialise in breaking into churches” is believed to be responsible for burglaries at two churches in Sligo in the past week.
Benbulben Comhaltas branched officially launched in Maugherow
A Comhaltas Branch was in the planning in North Sligo for many years before the ‘Benbulben branch’ was eventually established in 2015.
Reginald D. Hunter brings new show to Sligo
On Bank Holiday Monday, June 6, American comedian Reginald D. Hunter comes to the Hawk’s Well Stage as part of the inaugural tour of his brand new show “The Aluminum Negro”.
Ryan Tubridy rolls into Strandill
The Ryan Tubridy Show has joined once again this year with Fáilte Ireland’s summer marketing campaign and will be broadcasting live with RTE Radio 1 along the Wild Atlantic Way.
Too few gardai on the beat in Sligo
Garda numbers in Sligo have been greatly depleted and there are not enough gardai out on the beat, it has been claimed this week.
The Full Monty cast ‘revealed’
The cast of Pop-Up Theatre’s first production “The Full Monty” has been announced and they are eager to give Sligo one of the greatest shows to ever grace the Hawk’s Well stage.
Row over Yeats Nobel medal move to Dublin
The transfer of WB Yeat’s Nobel Prize Medal from Sligo county museum to the National Library in Dublin led to a row at a Sligo Municipal District meeting on Monday.
New school unit named after Bishop
AN extension to Summerhill College, which will accommodate students with Autism, was opened yesterday.
