€78,000 in youth funding for Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim
One point seven million euro in grant-funding has been announced for youth projects across the country. The money will go towards 116 staff-led services and 20 youth organisations. €78,000 will go to projects in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. The Department of Children and Youth Affairs says the grants will help…
Minister: ‘Not a brown cent of Brexit fund will go to factories’
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, says “not a brown cent” of the new 100 million euro beef fund will go to beef factories. The Beef Exceptional Aid Measure was announced on Monday and will provide financial aid to Irish beef farmers most affected by market volatility and uncertainty arising…
Obituaries, Wednesday July 31st 2019, 5pm.
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Bernadette Dougan, Sligo Catherine Niland, Dublin and Sligo Eugene Gallagher, Sligo Paul Elliot, Sligo Michael Campbell, Belcoo Rev. Paddy Murtagh, Tourlestrane Sean McNeill, New York and Castlerea …
Border Communities Against Brexit Group protest at Stormont
The Border Communities Against Brexit Group are protesting today in Stormont against the return of a hard border in Ireland. The protest is being organised to coincide with the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson meeting with the five main political leaders in Northern Ireland today. BCAB Spokesperson Damian McGeinty says…
Collapsed South Sligo bridge will not be reopened in time for school buses in September
A bridge that has collapsed on a road in South Sligo will not be repaired before school buses resume their runs in September. It’s the Coolrawer Bridge on the Curracunanne road, linking Banada and Charlestown. The issue was on the agenda of this week’s meeting of councillors in Tubbercurry from…
Donegal Council respond to ballot paper allegations
Donegal County Council has responded to claims by an unsuccessful election candidate about inadmissible votes cast in the south of the county in the recent local elections. Diarmaid Doherty claimed 60 to 70 votes could not be counted because of errors by polling station staff. The errors, he said, related…
Obituaries, Wednesday July 31st 2019, 1p.m.
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Bernadette Dougan, Sligo Catherine Niland, Dublin and Sligo Eugene Gallagher, Sligo Paul Elliot, Sligo Michael Campbell, Belcoo Rev. Paddy Murtagh, Tourlestrane. Bernadette Dougan, (nee Rooney) of 9 Nazareth Village,…