Ballyshannon celebrates with Mona McSharry this evening
A hero’s welcome awaits in Ballyshannon on Wednesday evening for the Olympic bronze medallist Mona McSharry. Ballyshannon Marlins Swimming Club will welcome the return of its long-serving member and her club coach Grace Meade to the town for what promises to be an historic evening. Wednesday’s celebration follows on from…
Calls locally for radical overhaul of Early Years Education system
It’s felt locally that the Early Years Education and School Aged Care system is in need of a radical overhaul. Many facilities across the sector have been struggling, with childcare fee increases, a shortage of places for schoolchildren and services exiting core funding, or closing altogether, cited as some of…
SLMRT tasked to callout after walker gets lost in the darkness
The Sligo Leitrim Mountain Rescue Team were tasked to a callout last night after a person got caught in darkness and bad conditions while out hill-walking. The incident occurred at around 10.55pm, and the team were tasked by An Garda Síochána. While en route to the rescue, the team were…
Mona McSharry’s Olympic homecoming in Grange – the podcast
Listen back to Ocean FM Sport’s live coverage of Olympic bronze medallist Mona McSharry’s homecoming in Grange, north Sligo, on Tuesday, Aug 27th, 2024 – introduced by Dónal Ryan.
ACRES scheme “an absolute shambles” – Harkin
A Sligo Leitrim TD has described the administration of the ACRES scheme as an absolute shambles. Under the scheme, many farmers have only received interim payments, instead of the full amounts promised under the Acres agreement. Two years into the scheme and for many, especially for hill-farmers, the scoring process…
Further calls for Cairns Hill land to be bought by state
More calls have been made for the land surrounding the Cairn at the top of Cairns Hill to be bought by the state. It comes after a scheduled tour of the Cairn for Heritage Week was called off last Saturday, after the caretaker of the land opposed to the tour…
Gardaí seize over €3,000 worth of cannabis vaping products in Donegal
Gardaí have seized over €3,000 worth of suspected vaping products containing cannabis in Donegal. The searches were carried out in Bundoran and Donegal Town on Thursday of last week. Among the items seized were 66 vapes and two bottles of oil, suspected to contain THC, HHC and HHCP. The seizures…