North West commuters warned of cold weather conditions
The Road Safety Authority’s advising road users to prepare for cold weather conditions this morning. it comes as it prepares to launch it’s annual road safety appeal in the run up to Christmas. Met Eireann has issued a yellow warning for cold temperatures and icy patches across…
Acclaimed poets gather in Sligo to celebrate centenary of WB Yeats Nobel Prize
A number of leading Irish poets will gather in Sligo this weekend to mark the centenary of WB Yeats winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. The event will include a public reading of 100 of Yeats’ poems and a tribute to Seamus Heaney, the last Irish person to win…
Action needed to improve mental health among travellers
Bernadette Maughan, of Sligo Traveller Project, talks about Monday night’s documentary – Patrick :A Young Traveller Lost. It told the story of 12 year old Patrick Mc Donagh from Finglas who took his life. Bernadette Maughan is calling for urgent action to improve traveller mental health as there is an increase…
Commissioner admits Sligo Gardai volunteered to help colleagues in Dublin riots
The Garda Commissioner has admitted that some Gardaí from Sligo volunteered to go to Dublin to assist their colleagues to tackle the worst night of violence the Capital has ever seen. Drew Harris is currently before the Oireachtas Justice Committee facing a grilling over how Gardai responded to the…
Kelly withdraws, Coughlan ‘in’ for Donegal GAA Chair
Cieran Kelly has withdrawn his name from the race to become the next Chairperson of Donegal GAA. A former county board Treasurer, Kelly confirmed his withdrawal on Social Media on Wednesday, on the same day that his St Naul’s clubmate and former Tánaiste, Mary Coughlan, told Donegal Live that she…
Yellow ice warning issued for Donegal
A status yellow weather advisory alert been issued for Donegal from Thursday evening. Met Éireann say temperatures are expected to fall below minus three degrees in many areas. There will also be frost and ice leading to hazardous travelling conditions. The alert will run from 6pm on Thursday evening and…
GAA proposal to cut five counties from hurling league to be shelved
There are fresh indications that the GAA’s controversial proposal to exclude five counties from the 2025 national hurling league is set to be scrapped at this Saturday’s meeting of Central Council, according to the Irish Independent newspaper. The proposal, which would see Leitrim, Fermanagh, Cavan, Longford and Louth sit out…