Two spectators injured during Donegal Harvest Mini-Stages Rally
It’s emerged that two spectators were seriously injured during the Donegal Harvest Mini-Stages Rally over the weekend. A car struck two men, aged in their 60s and 40s during the event near Falcarragh at around 12.30pm on Saturday. Emergency services attended the scene and both men were taken…
Road out of Sligo ’embarrassing’
A main road on the outskirts of Sligo is said to be ‘crumbling away’. One of the lanes along the N15 near Cartron is reportedly in a serious state of disrepair and despite hopes that it would be resurfaced as part planned works for this year’s programme, there is…
Sligo quartet head for World Junior Surf Championships
The four Sligo teenage surfers who are about to represent Ireland at the World Junior Surf Championships in Brazil later this month, are holding a movie night and monster raffle this Monday evening (Nov 13th) in Brees of Strandhill – to raise funds for the trip. Tom Murphy, Lorcan Southcombe,…
Further questions over lack of bus shelters in Sligo
There’s further concern over a lack of bus shelters at various points in County Sligo. There had been calls to provide the infrastructure in the wake of an enhanced timetables and added routes. While the shelters have been promised in a number of keys areas, there’s said to…
Libraries to mark WB Yeats Nobel 100 centenary
Libraries across Ireland are to officially celebrate WB Yeats winning the Nobel Prize, 100 years ago. On November 14th 1923, The Irish Times newspaper rang Yeats to tell him that he had become the first Irish person to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. To mark the centenary,…
Hopes serious safety issues will be tackled outside Kilross National School
There are hopes that serious safety issues will be tackled outside Kilross National School. Traffic volume and speed on the stretch outside the school remain a cause for concern, particularly during peak times picking and dropping off pupils. But local Sinn Fein Cllr Thomas Healy says plans are…
Rents continue to rise in North West
Donegal experienced the highest increase in rent prices in the North West in the third quarter of this year. That’s according to the latest Daft.ie report which shows market rent prices in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal have all seen a rise. Rents rose in Donegal by over…