Mona McSharry misses out on 200m final
Mona McSharry has missed out on a place in the final of the women’s 200 metres breaststroke at the Paris Olympics after finishing a tired looking sixth in her semi-final on Wednesday night. Her time was 2:24:48, slower that her heat time earlier in the day – she was eleventh…
Funding awarded for Sligo school extension
Funding has been awarded to Scoil Naomh Aibhe in Geevagh, Co Sligo, for an extension. The extension to the school comprises of one mainstream classroom and one special education teaching room. Sligo-Leitrim Fine Gael TD Frank Feighan welcomed the announcement which was granted under the additional accommodation scheme.…
Illegal netting six Olympic swimming pools in length seized in Donegal
Illegal fishing netting, the equivalent of six Olympic swimming pools in length, was discovered on Lough Swilly over the weekend. It was seized by officers from Inland Fisheries Ireland while on sea patrol on Sunday. The nets measures 200 and 100 metres in length and were found at…
Walsh wants 2-candidate FG Election strategy while Feighan says he has no preference
Cllr Thomas Walsh says he believes Fine Gael should stand two candidates in the forthcoming General Election in Sligo-Leitrim, as he declares his intention of seeking a nomination. Sitting TD Frank Feighan says strategy is a matter for the National Executive of the party, and he has no preference as…
Donegal’s Ryan Griffin selected for golf’s Home Internationals
Donegal’s Ryan Griffin has been named on the Ireland senior men’s team for next week’s Home Internationals in Scotland. The Ballyb0fey-Stranorlar clubman was the leading qualifier at last week’s South of Ireland Championship in Lahinch – but a fall in the shower in between matchplay rounds forced him to withdraw…
Sligo train passengers discuss improvements they’d like to see
Following the publication of the All-Island rail review, where a number of developments were proposed for Ireland’s Rail Network, OceanFM visited Sligo Train Station and spoke to passengers on what improvements they would like to see:
The Olympic Village salutes its champion Mona
The people of Grange are still basking in the success of Mona McSharry in winning an Olympic bronze medal. Those reacting are Sarah Kiernan, Michael Farrell, Lorna McGowan and Emer Duggan