Tens of thousands out all over Ireland for St Patrick’s Day paradesStrong sunshine drives numbers and exuberant atmosphere at events around countryThu Mar 17 2016 - 18:19
Judge Rosemary Horgan highlights foster care problemsDistrict Court president expresses concern at breakdown of placementsSun Mar 6 2016 - 22:28
Children ‘being failed’ by lack of cyber bullying controlsState rapporteur on child protection says issue ‘one of the biggest challenges facing schools’Sun Mar 6 2016 - 18:05
Former Sligo Mayor Matt Lyons sold winning Lotto ticketFine Gael member owns shop in Sligo where winner of €8,244,501 jackpot bought ticketSun Mar 6 2016 - 14:20
Girl with anorexia weighed three and a half stone when she diedParents of Sligo teenager said they had unanswered questions over HSE careWed Mar 2 2016 - 20:53
Woman died hours after being allowed out of psychiatric unit, inquest toldDoctor felt Pauline Devlin’s condition improved to point she could go out unaccompaniedMon Feb 29 2016 - 15:15
The Leitrim Equation solves a few musical mysteriesAmong the gems uncovered in this show on Leitrim’s music heritage are a song from Turlough O’Carolan and a forgotten star of the New York stageWed Feb 10 2016 - 17:09
Kenny denies being annoyed by Perry’s addition to ticketTaoiseach defends stance on removal of cancer services from Sligo hospitalWed Feb 10 2016 - 11:57
Sligo man who robbed ATM with a stolen digger is jailedCrime in Tubbercurry was ‘an affront and an attack on the sanctity of an Irish town’Thu Feb 4 2016 - 14:23
Man found guilty of using digger to steal ATM holding €124,000Jury takes under an hour to convict Bernard Quigley of Branchfield, Drumfin, Co SligoWed Feb 3 2016 - 21:51
Leitrim lobby group warns of effect of day care cuts and hospital’s uncertain futureOpen letter from Friends of St Patrick’s urges politicians not to insult the elderly with vague promises but to come up with costed proposals for basic careTue Jan 19 2016 - 01:00
‘Ming’ Flanagan apologises in court for Facebook postDefamation action by Fianna Fáil councillor over comment on page before byelection is settledFri Jan 15 2016 - 15:26
Stolen digger used to rip ATM from bank wall, court hearsWitness says cash machine fell off trailer in Tubbercurry and had to be reloadedWed Jan 13 2016 - 18:08
The Sligo pub which hosted a daily Yeats reading for a yearProbably the most popular participant at Hargadons pub was Joanna LumleyTue Jan 12 2016 - 18:18
Family home under threat as floods seep into Co RoscommonBrady family home in Lisserdrea now ‘an island surrounded by water’Sun Jan 3 2016 - 16:31
Storm Frank: Reports from across IrelandOffaly council says water levels on Shannon could exceed peak levels of two weeks agoTue Dec 29 2015 - 21:39
Man who killed brother was released from care after six daysJury at inquest into deaths of 20-year-old and 9-year-old urges education about mental healthMon Dec 14 2015 - 23:20
Man died following perforation of intestine, Sligo inquest hearsVerdict of medical misadventure returned after death of hernia patient Liam McCauleySat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
Sligo floods: ‘Our home is not safe, but nobody is helping us’Properties in Leitrim also under threat as residents brace themselves for delugeFri Dec 11 2015 - 01:00
Body of woman discovered in fast-flowing Sligo riverCoast Guard helicopter joins search with gardaí and fire service after body spottedThu Dec 10 2015 - 17:20
Sligo councillor claims he was victim of RTÉ ‘hatchet job’Joe Queenan, who resigned from Fianna Fáil, says he will not give up council seatWed Dec 9 2015 - 14:08
Regrets, we’ve had a few, say GAA players in school fundraiserLeitrim pupils ask sports stars how they’d do things differentlyMon Nov 9 2015 - 01:00
Tomb thought to be more than 5,000 years old discoveredSite on Sligo/Leitrim border may not have been found until now due to mountain settingMon Nov 9 2015 - 01:00
Web Summit attendees head west for the Sligo surfSurf Summit weekend event included talks from local and international surf championsSun Nov 8 2015 - 18:02
Sligo murder accused is in Central Mental Hospital, court hearsOisin Conroy charged over death of Natalie McGuinness at Mail Coach RoadThu Nov 5 2015 - 12:05
Natalie McGuinness was irreplaceable, father tells funeralDeath of 23-year-old in Sligo this week was ‘utterly senseless’, mourners toldSat Oct 31 2015 - 16:22
Man in custody after being charged with Sligo murderOisin Conroy (33) in court over death of Natalie McGuinness (23)Thu Oct 29 2015 - 11:34
Man arrested as part of murder investigation in SligoNatalie McGuinness (23) was from Easkey, Co Sligo but who was working in Sligo townWed Oct 28 2015 - 21:18
Downgrade of day care service ‘targets elderly’, say doctorsLocals and medics oppose downgrade of nurse-led service in Leitrim community hospitalTue Oct 27 2015 - 01:00
FG’s John Perry loses out in Sligo selection conventionFG candidate says he understands why Perry would find it difficult to accept the resultMon Oct 19 2015 - 01:00
Kenny says FG will ‘reflect’ on adding John Perry to ticketFormer junior minister claims he was ‘hung out to dry’ on hospital issueSat Oct 17 2015 - 20:40
Archaeological remains of five children found as council construct cylce laneRemains of five children and an adult may be more than 1,000 years oldMon Oct 12 2015 - 01:00
Strokestown House and Famine Museum to begin fresh chapterSite to be taken over by Irish Heritage Trust, which also runs Fota House in CorkMon Oct 5 2015 - 01:00
Garda ‘on same page’ as PSNI on IRA threat, O’Sullivan saysFrances Fitzgerald says ‘no blind eye’ will be turned to actions of Provisional IRAWed Sep 30 2015 - 17:03
‘Most dangerous’ stretch of N4 to get €102m upgrade14km stretch between Castlebaldwin and Collooney has claimed the lives of 30 peopleTue Sep 29 2015 - 21:24
Irish lives: Guarding the red grouse on Boleybrack mountainIn 2007, just four pairs of the birds were left on the mountain, now 98 have been recordedSat Sep 26 2015 - 01:00
Spanish Armada dead remembered in Sligo ceremony1,100 died when, in violent storms in September 1588, three ships from the Armada were driven ashore and wreckedSun Sep 20 2015 - 21:28
Former Sligo footballer playing piano in all 32 countiesKieran Quinn came late to both his passions: GAA and playing musicSat Sep 12 2015 - 07:19
Gangs engaged in telephone cable theft as copper the prizeRural lifeline for hundreds severed as thieves ‘burn off plastic’ to harvest valuable metalThu Sep 3 2015 - 20:38
‘Rent-a-room’ incentive is insufficient, Galway councillor saysHousing crisis affecting students, new employees and almost 4,500 on housing listThu Aug 20 2015 - 01:01
Fleadh Cheoil attracts record numbers to SligoAbout 450,000 go to music competition and traders report 25% increase in footfallMon Aug 17 2015 - 01:00
Sligo county councillor dies after suspected heart attackSéamus O’Boyle (57) was taken to hospital after van crashed in Sligo townTue Aug 11 2015 - 22:26
Fleadh Cheoil gets off to busy startBoys and girls came out to play in spite of rain in SligoTue Aug 11 2015 - 01:00
‘I have lots of other things going on. I am not just the cancer girl’Cancer is not going to stand in the way of this teenager, who is looking forward to a future of art and writingTue Aug 11 2015 - 01:00
Fleadh Cheoil: ‘biggest Irish trad music festival’ launchedSligo event a magnet for ‘larger Irish family’ and those with no Irish links, says PresidentSun Aug 9 2015 - 20:22
Stage set for fleadh to attract more than 350,000 visitorsMusic lovers converge on Sligo for event, which will be launched by President HigginsFri Aug 7 2015 - 01:00
Stabbing in Sligo being treated as murderCommunity left ‘absolutely numb’ from death of much respected musician (59)Tue Aug 4 2015 - 22:23
Sligo man Matt Kivlehan stabbed to death, postmortem findsTwo held over death of musician (59) as gardaí treat incident as murder caseTue Aug 4 2015 - 14:17
Gardaí investigate after body found with stab wounds in SligoRemains of man (59), found in apartment on Holborn Street on Monday afternoonTue Aug 4 2015 - 00:23
GSOC case against couple struck out in Sligo courtJudge criticises Garda witnesses and indicates he was unimpressed by evidence so farWed Jul 29 2015 - 21:40