Tubbercurry Golf Club celebrate All-Ireland title
Tubbercurry Golf Club claimed a first ever All-Ireland title on Friday when their men’s team lifted the AIG Jimmy Bruen Shield title for 2023. The south Sligo club beat Gowran Park (Kilkenny) by four-and-a-half points to a half, in the final played at Westport Golf Club. The prestigious foursomes competition…
Local TDs reflect on aggressive Dáil protest – The Friday Panel
This week’s Friday Panel, TDs Marian Harkin and Frank Feighan, give their personal experience of Wednesday’s intimidating protests outside the Dáil and discuss what needs to be done. They also discuss lack of student accommodation, our cashless society, the spinal surgeries controversy and attending the Ploughing Championships
Dedicated drugs unit to be established in Donegal
A new dedicated drugs unit that will serve the entire county of Donegal is expected to be up and running by the end of October. The decision was announced at today’s meeting of the Joint Policing Committee by Chief Superindendent Aidan Glacken. So far in 2023, 3.6 million euro of…
Woman dies following crash in Donegal
A woman has died following a crash in Donegal. Gardai remain at the scene of the crash this afternoon, involving a lorry and a car that occurred on the R238 at Moville, this morning at around 8.00am. The driver of the car, a woman in her late 50s,…
Gardai to be deployed to Dunkineely following ‘traumatic incident’
A Garda presence is to be deployed to Dunkineely after what’s been described as a traumatic incident in the village this week. It’s been claimed that a number of children had a near miss from a speeding truck on Wednesday. It’s understood that the vehicle hit a kerb…
Remembering Kevin Flynn – Founder of Boys of Ballisodare Festival
Philip Flynn has been remembering and paying tribute to his brother, Kevin, who passed away recently. The two brothers were co-founders of the legendary Ballisodare Music Festivals from 1977 to 1982 and Kevin had an influential involvement in the Irish trad and folk music scene
Neglect of Old Sligo Cemetery criticised – Woman adopts grave of young child
Linda has told how she and her husband ‘adopted’ the grave of a young child in Sligo’s Old Cemetery, cut all brambles around it and tidied it up. She’s among those critical of the state of the historic Cemetery which is overgrown and unkempt