Man who died at his home tied with wireA SLIGO man aged 67 who died at the weekend after being viciously assaulted in his own home about 100 yards from the local Garda…Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Garda keeping open mind on cause of Roscommon deathsTHE THREE men who died in a house in Roscommon town early yesterday were discovered in a locked front room in the single-storey…Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Ruby Wax urges parents to learn to spot depressionCOMEDIAN RUBY Wax yesterday urged parents and teachers to learn how to spot depression and to create an atmosphere where young…Fri Sept 14 2012 - 01:00
Formerly conjoined twins are guests of honour at festivalWell-known Irish twins Hussein and Hassan Benhaffaf will be guests of honour at the third annual Twin Fest in the Co Sligo village…Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
'Moone Boy' double act: Thumbs up for O'Dowd at screeningBEFORE THE screening Chris O’Dowd said he wouldn’t watch it as he’d be watching the crowd, nervously waiting for their reaction…Mon Aug 13 2012 - 01:00
Struggling council faces 'pretty awful' cutsSLIGO COUNTY Council may have to face the “pretty awful proposition” of having to take life guards off its beaches and dim public…Fri Aug 10 2012 - 01:00
Sligo may need €10m State injectionTHOSE WHO refuse to pay local taxes should not receive State grants, according to independent consultantsWed Aug 08 2012 - 01:00
Condition of Yeats's holiday home a 'scandal'THE DIRECTOR of the Yeats International Summer School has described the crumbling condition of a childhood holiday home that …Thu Aug 02 2012 - 01:00
Yeats was 'conflicted' about death of close friend Lady GregorySUMMER SCHOOL: HAD SHE lived longer, Lady Augusta Gregory might have tempered the increasingly strident political views WB Yeats…Tue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Yeats school and festival under wayA GRANDDAUGHTER of the poet WB Yeats last night welcomed students to the opening of the 53rd Yeats International Summer School…Mon Jul 30 2012 - 01:00
Heartfelt careWithout a machine, funded by charity, Colette Dunphy’s son might not have survivedTue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Poetry in motion on Yeats Day boat tripAT THE Yeats statue outside a bank in Sligo, Paul Murray was blowing up balloons and trying to explain to a tourist what Yeats…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
McGahern annual tribute detects green shoots in workTHE VIOLATION of the Irish countryside that occurred during the Celtic Tiger may have partly accounted for a change in emphasis…Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00
Notions on culture criticisedTHE PROFESSOR of modern history at University College Dublin, Prof Diarmaid Ferriter, who resigned from the board of the National…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Order threatens withdrawal of servicesTHE NUN in charge of the religious order which runs Wisdom Services, a facility for more than 200 people with intellectual disabilities…Tue Apr 24 2012 - 01:00
Nuns fear for future of support serviceTHE FUTURE of more than 200 people with intellectual disabilities, who are cared for by nuns and live in accommodation provided…Wed Apr 18 2012 - 01:00
Section of sand dunes at Strandhill eroded by last year's stormsSEVERE STORMS in November and December last year eroded about 500 metres of a section of sand dunes at Strandhill, Co Sligo, …Wed Apr 11 2012 - 01:00
Sligo County Council agrees €1m cut to annual budgetSLIGO COUNTY manager Hubert Kearns yesterday cited “uncertainty regarding income from the household charge” when he called on…Tue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00
MBNA credit card arm soldBANK OF America has sold its Irish credit card portfolio to Apollo Global Management less than a year after selling its Spanish…Thu Mar 22 2012 - 00:00
Mayor was overseas when house was burgledGARDAÍ ARE investigating a burglary at the family home of the mayor of Roscommon – who like Minister for Justice Alan Shatter…Thu Mar 22 2012 - 00:00
Thinking inside the box: Leitrim man hangs out over ShannonSOME PEOPLE will do anything to get a better view of the St Patrick’s Day parade.Sat Mar 17 2012 - 00:00
Minister warned council of dissolutionSLIGO COUNTY Council is on the verge of abolition, several members warned yesterday during a heated debate, after a recent critical…Tue Feb 14 2012 - 00:00
David (11) over the moon to play lead in O'Dowd comedyHE ONCE played Bashful in a local production of Snow White but 11-year-old Leitrim schoolboy David Rawle seemed anything but …Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
Priest at funeral of Leitrim student pleads for end to 'senseless' assaultsTHE PRIEST officiating at the funeral Mass of Leitrim student Andrew Dolan yesterday questioned why so many people no longer …Sat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Hospital to close if funding not foundST JOSEPH’S private hospital in Sligo, known locally as Garden Hill, will close on January 21st unless investment of €250,000…Sat Dec 31 2011 - 00:00
Nurturing hopeCHILDREN WHO were destined to die have been given a lifeline thanks to the efforts of an Irish overseas development agency which…Tue Dec 20 2011 - 00:00
53% of outlets in study sold cigarettes to childRETAILERS HAVE been accused of “dishing out cigarettes like sweets” to underage customers, following a survey in the northwest…Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Life-saving 'Act Fast' campaign curtailed over costTHE PROPORTION of stroke patients attending one west of Ireland hospital within the crucial three-hour timeframe almost quadrupled…Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
OPW head defends abbey restorationTHE HEAD of the Office of Public Works yesterday defended a glass corridor, which is a striking feature of a €2 million conservation…Tue Dec 13 2011 - 00:00
Roscommon council calls for 'fracking' banCAMPAIGNERS HAVE welcomed the unanimous decision of Roscommon County Council calling for a ban on the method of shale gas extraction…Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Residents in doubt over future homesÁINE CAMPBELL says that when the subject comes up, her 70-year-old father just closes his eyesTue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Sligo Rovers return with FAI Cup for second time in a rowTHE ROVERS returned last night to a home-coming with a touch of deja vu about it, as Sligo Rovers brought the FAI Cup home for…Tue Nov 08 2011 - 00:00
100 jobs to be lost at MBNA before saleCOMMUNITY LEADERS have called for clarity on whether there is a deliberate strategy to reduce the workforce at the MBNA credit…Tue Nov 08 2011 - 00:00
Annual Hyde gathering told State aids private landlords 'to obscene degree'THE IRISH obsession with owning property is certainly connected with our history of dispossession, “but that’s no excuse for …Sat Nov 05 2011 - 00:00
Man charged with arson over house fire in Boyle in which girl (5) diedA MAN has been charged with arson following a house fire in Boyle, Co Roscommon, in which a five-year-old girl died earlier this…Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Dana to see campaign 'through to the end'DANA ROSEMARY Scallon said she was determined to see her campaign “through to the end” as she canvassed in Sligo, Mayo, Galway…Mon Oct 17 2011 - 01:00
Mass card seller jailed on child porn chargeA BUSINESSMAN who ran a Longford-based company selling Mass cards has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being unanimously…Sat Oct 15 2011 - 01:00
Community grieves at funeral of girl (5) killed in house firePINK BALLOONS hung from the lamp posts in Boyle, Co Roscommon, as the community said goodbye yesterday to a little girl who loved…Wed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
180km trip for cancer patientSLIGO WOMAN Catriona McGoldrick who tomorrow faces a 180km round trip to Galway for a mammogram, has outlined the stress such…Tue Oct 11 2011 - 01:00
Fire victim (5) was taken from blazeTHE FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl who died in a house fire in Boyle, Co Roscommon, in the early hours of Monday had initially been taken…Thu Oct 06 2011 - 01:00
Home of mayor attackedGARDAÍ ARE investigating an attack at the family home of Roscommon mayor Eugene Murphy, during which white crosses and posters…Wed Sept 28 2011 - 01:00
Parish priest warns about gas extraction threatPEOPLE IN the west of Ireland have been urged by a parish priest to inform themselves about the controversial gas extraction …Fri Sept 09 2011 - 01:00
Gas fracking would 'split community'THE CONTROVERSIAL method of gas exploration known as fracking is set to divide communities across the northwest if it gets the…Sat Sept 03 2011 - 01:00
Government doing 'everything possible' to save 750 bank jobsMINISTER FOR Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation Richard Bruton travelled to Carrick-on-Shannon yesterday to assure the 750-strong…Thu Sept 01 2011 - 01:00
The credit crunch hits CarrickMBNA, now Bank of America, was once ranked Europe’s best employer, but this week its Irish staff are in fear of losing their …Sat Aug 20 2011 - 01:00
Confidence that MBNA credit card operations can be soldMOST PEOPLE in Co Leitrim last night refused to contemplate the possibility of what was being termed “another Dell”, as the 750…Tue Aug 16 2011 - 01:00
Rally opposes hospital downgradeHUNDREDS OF people attended a protest against the downgrading of emergency services at Roscommon County Hospital organised by…Mon Aug 15 2011 - 01:00
Inquiry into patient files found in binAN INVESTIGATION by the Health Service Executive is under way into the discovery of the medical files of about 100 patients in…Fri Aug 12 2011 - 01:00
Opposition to septic tank inspectionsMANDATORY INSPECTIONS of septic tanks will be “bigger than the rod licence issue” in rural Ireland, it has been claimed, as a…Wed Aug 10 2011 - 01:00
Pigs get the chop in wild boar festivitiesTHERE WERE dark mutterings about health and safety regulations, not to mention animal rights activism, in the seaside village…Mon Aug 08 2011 - 01:00
