Sligo jockey Darragh Keenan to race ‘Down Under’
Ballymote jockey Darragh Keenan has moved to Australia for the winter season to continue his racing career. The 23-year-old, who was based in Newmarket in recent years, has now linked up with the Sydney-based Australian training duo of Ciaron Maher and Dave Eustace. “It is somewhere I have wanted to…
Donegal GP’s hold ‘frank and productive meeting with Minister Donnelly
A Donegal GP has expressed his hope that solutions can be found for issues at Letterkenny University Hospital The comments come following a meeting between the Minister for Health and General Practitioners in the area. This morning’s meeting was described as a ‘frank and productive’ where…
ExWell giving Sligo participants a new lease of life
Austin O’Callaghan pays a visit to an ExWell fitness session at Sligo Sports Complex – a fitness rehabilitation programme to ‘exercise well’ (devised by former Dublin gaelic footballer Noel McCaffrey) which caters for people who have a chronic illness, or are recovering from a major trauma such as a heart…
Sligo councillor calls for urgent action to address driving tests backlog
There are renewed calls being made this morning for the Minister for Transport to address the backlog of applicants waiting to sit their driving tests. It’s understood that there are 716 people in County Sligo waiting to sit the test. Ballymote Tubbercurry Councillor Dara Mulvey says the situation is…
Further calls to reinstate to two gravediggers to Sligo cemetery
There are further calls to reinstate to two gravediggers to Sligo cemetery. The two men, employed by Sligo County County Council, were suspended in August with full pay. Questions are now being asked as to why the matter has not yet been resolved, with claims that the Council…
Dáil asked to secure future of houses built with defective blocks
Assurances have been asked for in the Dáil to make sure houses affected by defective blocks are mortgageable. The issue was raised by Independent Donegal TD, Thomas Pringle. As it stands, homes across Donegal and other areas where defective blocks are prevalent are not deemed to be mortgageable, something that…
Concern over lack of bus shelters in south Sligo
It’s felt that south Sligo isn’t being treated the same way as north of the county when it comes to the roll out of bus shelters. The infrastructure is said to be badly needed at a number of locations and it has already been flagged with the TII. …