Locals and tourists arise and go to Sligo to celebrate 154th birthday of WB YeatsMinister of State for the Diaspora composed a piece of music, An Tur, for the occasionThu Jun 13 2019 - 17:57
Home help shortage makes carers ‘prisoners in their own homes’TD says it seems HSE ‘depending on people to die, or to get better’ before others assistedMon Jun 10 2019 - 05:25
Lower living costs and less traffic among reasons to move to northwest, survey findsStudy says 91% of 217 respondents recommend switch to Sligo, Leitrim and DonegalWed May 29 2019 - 11:00
Sligo County Council results: ‘Democracy has made statement,’ says Joe QueenanFine Gael and Fianna Fáil dominate, taking six and five seats respectivelyMon May 27 2019 - 15:14
Local election result may be challenged amid electoral fraud allegationsFine Gael makes complaint to gardaí amid surge in number of postal votes in SligoFri May 24 2019 - 19:54
Young Roscommon woman died of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, inquest findsGall bladder operation may have contributed to condition causing death of Katie Ryan (23)Thu May 23 2019 - 21:24
Honour Irish famine by showing empathy to suffering today, says VaradkarTaoiseach attends National Famine Commemoration in SligoSun May 19 2019 - 18:44
Suicide counselling service at risk: ‘If they think you care, they will care’Northwest Stop offers 24-hour service but can no longer survive on voluntary funding aloneThu May 09 2019 - 01:00
AG considers report into alleged covert surveillance in prisonsCharlie Flanagan said he is concerned by some of the findings of the reportFri May 03 2019 - 11:32
Minister promises new tech to counter drone smuggling into prisonsFifty packages thrown or flown into Wheatfield Prison in one week, conference toldThu May 02 2019 - 19:06
Breaking bread and barriers in Sligo as global kitchen serves up taste of the worldCurrent and ex-residents of direct provision centre hope project will lead to more job opportunitiesMon Apr 29 2019 - 12:59
Broadband plan needed to avoid ‘second class’ service, says Hogan‘It is clear the commercial sector has abandoned rural Ireland,’ says CommissionerSat Apr 27 2019 - 14:56
92-year-old in hospital for 70 days due to lack of home help hoursSligo cardiologist says man could do well at home with ‘just a bit of assistance’Sat Apr 27 2019 - 13:20
Parents fear physio cuts to hit son hard after ‘savage surgeries’Sligo boy Callum Woods had his therapy cut from three hours a day to one hour a weekTue Apr 23 2019 - 01:00
Locals form barrier as HSE moves to close Castlerea psychiatric unit‘It’s all about money,’ says family of one resident regarding closure of facilityMon Apr 22 2019 - 01:00
Relatives angry over planned closure of Roscommon psychiatric unitHSE to close Rosalie Unit in Castlerea, leaving 12 residents needing alternative careWed Apr 10 2019 - 20:44
Inquest opens into murder of settled Traveller in 2007Thomas Ward (23), an amateur boxer, was struck with ‘an axe-like object’ in SligoMon Apr 08 2019 - 13:57
Showjumper guilty of deception over sale of ‘wrong pony’ to familySeán Ewing said animal he received from showjumper Michael Kearins was inferiorMon Apr 01 2019 - 18:08
Man accused of deception over pony sale knew deal ‘dead in the water’Michael Kearins claims Terri Ewing agreed to take different animal when neighbour changed mindThu Mar 28 2019 - 18:44
Man who sourced ponies on DoneDeal ‘flabbergasted’ when they arrivedTeddy the Connemara mare was lame, and Spot the skewbald was ill, court hearsWed Mar 27 2019 - 21:41
How six Sligo siblings coped after losing their parents to cancerTheir parents died within 13 months of each other, but together they faced the adversityMon Mar 25 2019 - 07:01
Distraught Sligo locals obliged to boil water for almost a year‘I really believe that if it happened on the east coast it would have been sorted out long ago’Mon Mar 25 2019 - 00:11
Rooskey locals express relief at decision to scrap direct provision planDecision not to open centre at former hotel follows ‘difficulties with lease agreement’Thu Mar 21 2019 - 19:25
Protected structures at risk across country, says surveyorMany in danger of collapse because owners 'cannot afford' to preserve themFri Mar 08 2019 - 02:00
Why is it so hard to get farmers fit? The jogging and gym ‘stigma’The Moore Movers group in Co Roscommon promotes fitness for rural dwellersMon Mar 04 2019 - 06:30
Contingency plans made to recall Ministers from St Patrick’s Day travels over BrexitTaoiseach confirms plan in Sligo at launch of new stretch of road where 30 have diedFri Feb 22 2019 - 18:45
Mother says she was woken to ‘every parent’s worst nightmare’ at 4amSean Egan (17) died after a car crash in Co Sligo in March 2016Fri Feb 22 2019 - 10:58
Barber hopes to emerge a cut above in Roscommon council electionPakistan-born Sajjad Hussain hopes to be first Asian person to win local authority seatMon Feb 18 2019 - 06:00
Rooskey anti-racism rally organisers accused of blackening village’s nameTensions at No to Racism event in Co Roscommon as gardaí investigate recent firesSun Feb 17 2019 - 17:33
No time frame for new Sligo Garda stationLocal Fine Gael TD says he hopes the budget fallout from the new children’s hospital will not impact on the stationThu Feb 14 2019 - 22:08
Truck driver who killed council worker had sleep apnoea, court hearsJudge bans driver for seven years, accepting he had undiagnosed sleep apnoea and did not deliberately put public at riskTue Feb 12 2019 - 20:56
World’s longest motor neurone survivor celebrates 86th birthdayIrishman Andy McGovern recalls contact with the late Prof Stephen HawkingMon Feb 11 2019 - 01:00
On the nurses’ picket line: ‘We are in it for the long haul’‘We are very resolved..... it has to continue, it has to finish,’ INMO member saysThu Feb 07 2019 - 16:16
Chef, barber, dog groomer make up unlikely mix for sell out Vicar Street show‘You hear ads on the radio for all these big names playing in Vicar Street and I can’t believe we will be there’Mon Feb 04 2019 - 01:00
Sligo nurses’ strike: ‘The system is a disgrace. And it’s the patients who are suffering’Nurses at Sligo University Hospital say staff shortages adding to increased pressureWed Jan 30 2019 - 13:56
John Perry fails to get nomination to run for Fine Gael in Sligo local electionsFormer minister says imposing a geographical rule for selection ‘is a denial of the most basic element of representative democracy”Wed Jan 23 2019 - 20:33
Sligo on Brexit: ‘Now it feels more like a game of Russian roulette’Business people in Sligo think the Government was right to press for the backstopTue Jan 22 2019 - 03:23
Retired garda alleges serious assault at Strokestown evictionAngry scenes at court after Donegal man charged with violent disorder remandedFri Jan 18 2019 - 18:18
Locals assemble as they battle to save Gurteen post officeVillagers warns of 30 job losses if planned closure on January 31st goes aheadMon Jan 14 2019 - 01:02
Anti-racism rally in Rooskey hears calls for end to direct provision‘We are all the one race, the human race’, rally which followed suspected arson attack on hotel earmarked for asylum seekers hearsSun Jan 13 2019 - 17:00
Hikers putting 5,000-year-old Co Sligo cairn at riskSligo County Council urges protection of landmark reputed to be Queen Maeve’s graveSun Jan 13 2019 - 12:42
‘People in Rooskey are not racist’: Locals dismayed at asylum centre fireMinister ‘deeply concerned’ over fire at disused hotel earmarked for asylum seekersFri Jan 11 2019 - 20:56
Fire damages Rooskey hotel earmarked for asylum seekersFire may have been started deliberately in reception of Shannon Key West HotelThu Jan 10 2019 - 22:28
Boyle – a struggling rural town with big plansGreenway linking the town with Lough Key Forest Park a priority for local development teamThu Jan 03 2019 - 01:01
Sligo village laments post office closure: ‘We took our troubles to Eileen’Locals say post office is also an advice centre, tourist office and occasional medical centreSat Dec 29 2018 - 00:33
‘Everyone is friendly’: Ballaghaderreen and the refugee crisisRoscommon town and reception centre get set to welcome 22 more Syrian familiesThu Dec 27 2018 - 01:27
Speakers jeered as over 1,200 protest against Roscommon evictionLocal councillor Paddy Kilduff says event in Strokestown taken over by rival factionsSun Dec 23 2018 - 18:39
Hundreds protest in Castlerea over men’s alleged assault by gardaGarda Ombudsman investigating incident in which two men and a garda were injuredSun Dec 16 2018 - 19:33
TD calls for calm after eight security guards injured in eviction house attackNumber of vehicles set on fire and dog killed after overnight attack in Co RoscommonSun Dec 16 2018 - 13:24
First part of €1bn fund allocated to 18 rural communitiesVaradkar says money will facilitate all parts of Ireland to share in State’s prosperityFri Nov 23 2018 - 19:09