Questions arise over accuracy of government report on new houses
Questions have arisen over the accuracy of the government’s figures on new home completions throughout the country, including in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. It has been claimed that last year that nationally, 8,729 new estate houses and apartments were finished. But figures from the Local Government Management Agency says…
Obituaries, Tuesday, April 25th, 1pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Robert Howarth, Cliffoney Austin Dooner, Collooney Joe Cunningham, Kilcar Christopher and Seán Harte, Sligo John Walsh, Dublin Leo Kivlehan, Sligo Robert (Bob) Howarth, Lower Creevymore, Cliffoney, Co. Sligo, at Sligo University Hospital. Reposing at Mc Gloin’s Funeral…
Respite service in Sligo to be outsourced
Parents of those with learning disabilities and autism in the North West have been dealt a demoralising blow with news that a respite centre in Sligo is to remain closed. The Solas Respite Centre in Ballytivnan opened in 2009 at a cost of €1.2m. It has been closed for the…
Obituaries, Tuesday, April 25th, 10am
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Robert Howarth, Cliffoney Josephine O’Sullivan, Dublin Austin Dooner, Collooney Hugh McLoughlin, Drumkeerin Joe Cunningham, Kilcar Christopher and Seán Harte, Sligo John Walsh, Dublin Robert (Bob) Howarth, Lower Creevymore, Cliffoney, Co. Sligo, at Sligo…
Book of Condolence for Sligo fire victims to open at City Hall
A Book of Condolence will open this morning at 10 o’clock in City Hall in Sligo in memory of the two members of the Harte family who tragically lost their lives as a result of a fire last weekend. Christopher ‘Sonny’ Harte and his son, Sean, died following the fire…
Minister to launch urban renewal plan in Sligo
Sligo town will be showing how it is leading the way when Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor visits this afternoon to launch a new plan for renewal of town centres throughout the country.. The plans are being implemented in towns outside of Dublin that have not…
Protesters from region at Brexit protest in Dublin this morning
Protesters from Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal will be among those outside government buildings in Dublin this morning demanding special status for the North in the coming Brexit negotiations. It’s being organised by Border Communities Against Brexit and will start at 9am, in Merrion Street Upper. The campaigners are also calling…