Success for Drumshanbo VS students at National Garda Youth Awards
Three Drumshanbo Vocational School students were among the award recipients at this year’s National Garda Youth Awards. The three students, Alex O’Looney, Amy Keaveney and Freya Whitney came together to create a product, ‘Grasper’ which won a prize in the Community Safety award category. Their simple but unique…
Support for Sinn Féin drops according to latest poll
Sinn Féin has seen its support fall by 4 per cent in the latest Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks opinion poll. The party is at 31 per cent, while Fine Gael is up two to 21 per cent with Fianna Fáil at 18 per cent up one. The Green Party…
All-Stars exit National Cup in Tralee
There was no joy for EJ Sligo All-Stars in Saturday night’s Pat Duffy National Cup first round tie against Garvey’s Tralee Warriors in Kerry as the home side ran out comprehensive 105-81 winners. Tralee, who were the Pat Duffy Cup winners two seasons ago, now face Bright St Vincent’s in…
Easkey hurlers back in Connacht final
Reigning Connacht junior club hurling champions Easkey are one win away from retaining their provincial title following Saturday’s comprehensive 2-20 to 1-9 semi-final victory over Leitrim champions Carrick Hurling in Carrick-on-Shannon. The west Sligo side established a 0-12 to 0-3 interval lead – and their opponents were unable to close…
Sligo beaten by league leaders Instonians
Sligo travelled to Belfast to take on Instonians on Saturday, with both teams in a competitive position in the All Ireland League Division 2B. Coming into the game Sligo were in fourth, equal on league points with second-placed Corinthians and third-placed Wanderers, with Instonians top of the league, unbeaten so…
N3 reopens following early morning collision
The N3 at Templenew has reopened following a road traffic collision in the early hours of Saturday morning. Two pedestrians were injured after being struck by a vehicle. The casualties, a male and female have been taken to hospital, where they continue to receive medical treatment. Emergency services attended the…
John McNulty is new Donegal LGFA senior manager
John McNulty has been announced as Donegal LGFA’s new senior women’s football manager. The Kilcar native succeeds Maxi Curran who stood down from the role after six seasons in charge. McNulty had most recently been managing Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon’s senior men’s footballers, guiding them to back-to-back quarter-finals in the senior…