Residents in Sligo impacted by water outage
A significant number of homes and businesses are currently without water in the Cartron area of Sligo. Crews are on site this afternoon, carrying out repair works to a burst water main. The works are scheduled to be finished at 4pm with people urged to allow up to four…
“Thankfully she’s alright” – Maugherow residents relieved following Murray rescue
Relief has been expressed across Maugherow following the rescue of Sasha Murray from a superyacht that capsized in Sicily on Monday. Ms Murray (29) is from Maugherow, and was among those rescued when the yacht went down, having sustained an injury to her leg. Search and rescue operations are continuing…
Many local towns no longer suitable for the visually impaired
An all too regular correspondence to ‘North West Today’ comes in from people that are visually impaired and are facing huge challenges in trying to walk through our towns and villages due to the many obstacles that are in their way from cars parked on footpaths or from the likes…
A new cheating culture in Gaelic Football
The state of Gaelic football was one of the topic’s discussed on this morning’s North West Today. Frank Brady who originally comes from north Leitrim and is synonymous with the sport in New York recently highlighted a recent trend he has identified where players are faking head injuries in…
Maugherow community relieved after local woman survives superyacht disaster
The community of Maugherow in Sligo are said to be relieved after a local woman survived this week’s superyacht disaster off the coast of Sicily. 29 year old Sasha Murray originally from the area was one of 15 people rescued, sustaining an injury to her leg. It’s understood…
Questions over Leitrim fines for illegal parking on footpaths
Questions are being asked over the level of fines issued by Leitrim County Council to motorists parking illegally on footpaths. It comes as new figures from Vision Ireland show that just two fines were handed out for the offence in Leitrim last year. This compares with 533 fines…
North Sligo woman among those rescued from Sicily superyacht
It’s emerged that a Sligo woman was one of 15 people rescued from a superyacht which sank off the coast of Sicily this week. One person has died, and six are missing, including the boat’s owner, British tech tycoon Mike Lynch. 29 year old Sasha Murray originally from Maugherow miraculously…