Thousands to take part in 12 July parades
Tens of thousands of people will take part in annual Orange Order 12 July parades across Northern Ireland today. The parade in Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh, will include Orange lodges and bands from Donegal, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan. Delays are expected from 10am as participants and supporters arrive to…
Improvements set for Sligo bus stops and shelters
€500,000 has been provided in funding towards the improvement of bus stops and shelters across Sligo. The allocation comes from the NTA, as more infrastructure has been called for following the increase of routes coming available. Sligo-Drumcliffe Sinn Fein Cllr Thomas Healy highlighted there is also a need…
Ballyshannon Festival organiser says State should buy Rory Gallagher guitar
The man behind the Rory Gallagher Festival in Ballyshannon, Barry O’Neill, has called on the Irish State to buy a Rory Gallagher which is up for auction in October for an estimated price of over 1 million euro, He says Gallagher is a huge part of Irish culture and music…
John Russell hopeful of securing new additions this transfer window
Sligo Rovers boss John Russell says he is hopeful of adding a few new faces to his squad before the transfer market closes. Forwards Max Mata and Rein Smit left the club early into the season, while winger Fabrice Hartmann has returned to his parent club RB Leipzig following the…
Sligo and Donegal County Councils join campaign to protect Blue Flag beaches
The Think Before You Flush campaign has partnered with Sligo and Donegal County Councils to protect Blue Flag beaches and marinas. The initiative is operated by Clean Coasts in partnership with Uisce Eireann, and aims to highlight the problems caused by flushing sanitary products and other items down the…
Killybegs used as example in Dáil over unfair fishery treatment
Seafood factories in Killybegs have been used as an example of the unfair treatments faced by Irish fisheries in Europe. Sinn Fein Donegal TD Padraig MacLochlainn raised the issue of a recent whistleblower report which showed the difference of oversight faced. It has been claimed to be a…
Government accused of locking people out of Mica Redress Scheme
The Government has been accused of locking people out of the Defective Concrete Blocks Scheme. It comes following the publication of two articles on the Ditch website this week which claims that the attorney general in private correspondence on government’s mica scheme suggested measures to reduce the number of…