Three South Donegal women killed in Louth car crash are laid to rest in Bruckless
The funerals of the three women from South Donegal killed in a car crash in Louth have taken place in Bruckless. 37-year old Racheal Battles, of Ballyloughan, Bruckless, was laid to rest this afternoon following…
Farm Safety Week gets underway today
Today marks the start of the fifth annual Farm Safety Week in UK and Ireland. An initiative led by the IFA in Ireland is aims to reduce the number of accidents on farms that continue…
Funerals of South Donegal mother and daughter who died in car crash
The parish priest of Bruckless, Co Donegal, has described the deaths of three women from the area in a car crash as ‘a tragedy that has permeated and devastated the community.’ Fr James Sweeney was…
Water supply to be returned to affected areas of Sligo Town by 4pm
Irish Water have told Ocean FM News that water supply is expected to be returned to a number of areas in the town by 4 o clock this afternoon. Repair work is ongoing in Sligo…
Leitrim councillor expresses disappointment in delay of works to N16
A Leitrim Councillor has said he is ‘disappointed’ with the news that the motorists who use the N16 between Sligo and Manorhamilton must wait until 2019 at the earliest, before any major upgrades can take…
Sligo County Council to address possibility of improving dangerous Ballymote junction
Sligo County Council is to investigate whether it is possible to undertake works at a dangerous junction in Ballymote. The junction, close to Henry’s Filling Station in the town, is designed in such a way…
20 patients on trolleys in hospitals in the region today
281 people are on trolleys at hospitals across the country today. According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation – University Hospital Limerick is the most overcrowded with 36 people in need of a bed.…
