There’s the easy way, the hard way and the Sligo Rovers way. All the Bit O’ Red had to do was beat St Patrick’s Athletic in front of the largest crowd in the Showgrounds in two decades.
The Daughters of Wisdom have extended the deadline for their withdrawal from Cregg House to January 31 but one of the unions involved said the timeframe for putting a new service provider in place still remains very ambitious.
In Sligo’s forests and mountains the deerrutting season is getting under way. Mating season runs from late September to early november.
A flood on the road is believed to have been a contributing factor in a crash on the main N15 Sligo-Bundoran road on Wednesday morning in which a woman was seriously injured.
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.
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.
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.
Saturday, May 25, 6:30 am
Sligo Rovers draw 0-0 with Limerick FC in Thomond Park. Derry City are currently drawing 0-0 with Cork City... http://t.co/R65sM4SIcU - posted on 24/05/2013 20:06:54Gardai warn of thefts from cars http://t.co/HnElEGJqqo - posted on 24/05/2013 16:10:28Sligo Weekender presents cheque to North West Hospice http://t.co/yrdEAVjRps - posted on 24/05/2013 16:02:57And the winner of our first set of weekend passes for the Westport House Festival is.................... BARRY... http://t.co/xmpHBt79da - posted on 24/05/2013 15:21:32SURPRISE SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We will announce the winner of 2 tickets to the Westport House... http://t.co/XKyuQ1iVm2 - posted on 24/05/2013 14:11:24
Sligo school heading for Croker awards
FINALISTS: Scoil Chriost Ri Enniscrone, teacher Deirdre O’Connor, Sinead Tuffy, Tyler O’Connor and Eimear Tuffy pictured with Sligo Rover’s Jake Dykes and Jack Selby at Our World Irish Aid Awards Regional Final at The Model in Sligo. Photo by James Connolly/PicSell8 Students from a primary school in West Sligo were among three groups selected [...]
Fight for future of Western Rail Corridor gets heated
OVERGROWN: Looking south from Tubbercurry you can see how the rail lines are overgrown, but largely intact. Other sections of the track are not so well preserved. Photos by Robert Cullen. CLOSED OFF: Large gates prevent people from accessing the railway line in Tubbercurry. The Western Rail Corridor proposes opening this line the entire way [...]
Sligo Weekender presents cheque to North West Hospice
Sligo Weekender Social Media and Events Manager Laura Comiskey (left) presents a cheque to Maeve Butler, Community Relations Co-ordinator of the North West Hospice. The funds were raised from a raffle at the interval at the Nathan Carter concert on the 8th of May at the Sligo Park Hotel. In total €365.50 was raised for [...]
Boys Town bosses to meet Sligo campaign
ON AIR: Fr. Alan Conway of Sligo being interviewed last month at the Spirit Radio studios in Newbraska about Fr. Flanagan’s time in Ireland. Following the recent revelation that The Bishop of Elphin is seeking to have a Sligo Boys Town set up in the old Summerhill College building, it has now emerged that the [...]
