Diocese of Raphoe releases statement on school abuse report
The Diocese of Raphoe has released a statement where they acknowledge the recent report into abuse at religious run schools. A statutory inquiry has been ordered after almost 2 thousand 400 allegations involving 8 hundred and 84 alleged abusers were made to a scoping inquiry, which included over 300…
Two Sligo Rovers games set for live TV coverage
Two of Sligo Rovers upcoming SSE Airtricity League Premier Division games during September will be televised live. Rovers, who are currently third in the Premier Division table, go to Tallaght Stadium on Friday, September 13th, to play Shamrock Rovers. That game is set to be shown live on RTÉ2 (8pm…
Sligo County Council give assurances over Sligo Cemetery upkeep
Sligo County Council have given assurances that staff will maintain the upkeep of Sligo Cemetery. Areas of the cemetery, particularly the Old Cemetery, have become overgrown and unkept, much to the frustration to people who have family members buried there. In a statement released to Ocean FM News this afternoon,…
Bike shed could have been constructed for 20k – Anger at Leinster House expense
Sligo FF Cllr Paul Taylor, who’s involved in the construction business, says he believes the bike shed structure in Leinster House could have been constructed for 20k, and not the 336k it cost. He says he finds such an expense extraordinary, while members of the public express their dissatisfaction with…
Local calls for seizure of church assets over school abuse allegations
Calls have been made from Sligo for church assets to be seized and be put towards a redress scheme for the survivors of reported historic sexual abuse at a number of religious schools. A scoping inquiry report, published yesterday, included St. John’s National School in Sligo, which had 20…
No water outage for Bundoran
Reassurances have been given that there will be no water outage in Bundoran today. There had been speculation that homes and businesses may be impacted today over a planned outage however it’s since been confirmed that this is not the case.
Investigation continuing into fatal crash in Arigna
An investigation is continuing into last nights fatal crash in Arigna. A young man has been killed, and a woman and a boy injured, in the two vehicle crash on the R280 at 8.20 last night. The driver of one of the cars, a man in his 20s,…