Sligo student found dead in apartment namedJamie Shaw (23), was a first-year performing arts student at IT Sligo from BelfastTue Feb 24 2015 - 17:31
St Angela’s College staff back strike over NUIG mergerTUI says issues at Sligo college include plan to demote many from ‘lecturer’ to ‘university teacher’Mon Feb 23 2015 - 18:53
Storm washes Armada wreckage on to Sligo beachLow tides at Streedagh this weekend may expose more wreckageFri Feb 20 2015 - 22:38
Minister announces Lissadell’s 1916 Rising and Yeats celebrationsWomen involved in 1916 Rising ‘were almost written out of the historical record’Thu Feb 19 2015 - 22:29
Minister for Education asked to intervene in row over college mergerJan O’Sullivan asked to get involved in row over merger of St Angela’s College Sligo and NUI GalwayThu Feb 19 2015 - 01:02
Staff at St Angela’s ‘angry’ over aspects of merger with NUIGConcern expressed over lack of consultation with union representativesTue Feb 17 2015 - 01:00
Sligo County Council facing cuts to library services as it prepares to meet MinisterCouncil deputation facing uphill battle to convince the Minister to sanction fundingTue Feb 03 2015 - 01:35
Heart-breaking message from four children to Leo VaradkarSeán Rowlette and Michael Kivlehan had meeting with Minister about safety of maternity servicesMon Jan 26 2015 - 20:01
Sligo mansion to be transformed into tourist destinationSoftware developer’s pledge to restore Hazlewood House is welcomed by heritage societyMon Jan 26 2015 - 01:00
Husbands of women who died in childbirth to meet Leo VaradkarSally Rowlette and Dhara Kivlehan died after giving birth at Sligo Regional HospitalTue Jan 20 2015 - 18:48
‘Mental health professionals should be on the spot, in the schools where students areA week in my guidance counsellor’s roomThu Jan 08 2015 - 10:00
Mass to be celebrated in St Mel's for first time since 2009 fireBuilding transformed following €30m restoration projectSat Dec 20 2014 - 13:30
Irish Lives: Bryan Rooney master fiddler and ‘Godfather’ of traditional musicTG4 documentary shows why fiddler Bryan Rooney is so reveredSat Dec 20 2014 - 01:00
HSE apologises to Sally Rowlette’s family for her ‘tragic death’Second apology comes two weeks after public apology was issued to them through PR firm and mediaTue Dec 16 2014 - 22:09
Sally Rowlette inquest returns medical misadventure verdictTwo months ago a jury recorded the same verdict in respect of Dhara KivlehanThu Dec 04 2014 - 01:28
Sally Rowlette ‘lost the opportunity of having a life'No reference in hospital’s computerised records to Ms Rowlette’s history of HELLPWed Dec 03 2014 - 00:58
Husband of woman who died after birth gives evidenceInquest hears Sally Rowlette (36) died in Sligo the day after her fourth baby was bornMon Dec 01 2014 - 21:03
Sally Rowlette’s husband recalls last kiss goodnight to childrenMother who died after birth ‘never suffered from any illness prior to her death’Mon Dec 01 2014 - 12:47
Kenny does not want to close Sligo council, members toldDepartment questions whether draft budget a ‘credible step to financial recovery’Mon Nov 24 2014 - 22:01
Illustrator draws on Yeats’s love life for her new bookAnnie West’s book ‘Yeats in Love’ has irreverent drawings of the poet’s four proposalsSat Nov 22 2014 - 01:01
Taoiseach’s car attacked after scuffles erupt in SligoProtest leaders had urged crowd to ensure picket remained peacefulTue Nov 18 2014 - 09:03
Man who fired at gardaí during Sligo siege ‘went daft’Michael O’Connor reloaded a shotgun on 23 times during Sligo siegeThu Nov 13 2014 - 15:13
Ireland’s oldest man Luke Dolan dies at 108Tributes paid to Roscommon man who credited long life to boiled eggs and sugary teaMon Nov 10 2014 - 20:08
Roscommon stonecutter owes a lot to pope’s decree . . . and noseBarry Feely reflects on his family’s 230 years of making headstonesSat Nov 08 2014 - 16:07
Sligo water protesters say minor concessions won’t fool peopleCrowd of 4,000 directs anger at Taoiseach in demonstration against new chargesSat Nov 01 2014 - 18:09
Could you be Ireland’s latest millionaire?Most common refrain in Leitrim today was “it wasn’t me” as speculation mounts who the winner might beSun Oct 26 2014 - 20:43
Chris O’Dowd: ‘I was not aware Roscommon had enslaved me’Moone Boy creator accepts freedom of Roscommon before crowd in BoyleWed Oct 22 2014 - 21:01
Martin says he will lead FF into next general electionCommenting on the outcome, Luke Ming Flanagan said a seed had been plantedMon Oct 13 2014 - 00:33
Independent candidates record byelection surprisesAnti-Austerity Alliance tops SF in Dublin SW; Independent beats FF in Roscommon-South LeitrimSat Oct 11 2014 - 22:00
Michael Fitzmaurice wins Roscommon South-Leitrim byelectionIndependent candidate defeats Fianna Fáil’s Ivan Connaughton on seventh countSat Oct 11 2014 - 21:54
Jobs and water charges dominate campaigningTaoiseach Enda Kenny took to campaign trail in Roscommon-South LeitrimTue Oct 07 2014 - 10:49
Rowlette inquest: ‘It’s hard when you have to wait for answers'Hearing into Sligo hospital death to be held in DecemberWed Oct 01 2014 - 09:33
Michael Kivlehan: ‘I don’t feel angry – it has gone past anger. I have got answers’Dhara Kivlehan’s husband to set up foundation for bereaved parents who lose a partnerWed Oct 01 2014 - 08:56
Jury finds Kivlehan death due to medical misadventureJury reach unanimous verdict and call for national database of critical-care bedsTue Sept 30 2014 - 01:00
Dr Peter Boylan tells Kivlehan inquest of deficiencies in careExpert witness gives evidence on final day of hearing into woman’s deathMon Sept 29 2014 - 17:30
Consultant ‘did not mean to offend’ Dhara Kivlehan's husbandNurse denies telling Michael Kivlehan to ‘stop eavesdropping’ on doctorsSat Sept 27 2014 - 01:00
Nurse denies telling Michael Kivlehan to stop ‘eavesdropping’Inquests hears of angry exchanges between staff and husband of seriously-ill womanFri Sept 26 2014 - 14:33
Kivlehan not seen by specialist for 60 hours after diagnosisDelay after diagnosis ‘not appropriate’ but did not affect overall care, inquest toldFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:00
No ICU bed could be found for seriously ill woman, inquest hearsWoman died in Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast of multi-organ failure a week after her first baby was born in Sligo Regional HospitalThu Sept 25 2014 - 01:00
Woman had renal failure six days before death, inquest hearsDhara Kivlehan died in Belfast a week after giving birth at Sligo Regional HospitalWed Sept 24 2014 - 14:03
Wife was ‘unrecognisable’ hours after baby was bornHusband of Dhara Kivlehan says consultant told him she would be ‘fine’Tue Sept 23 2014 - 01:00
Mortality rate due to Hellp syndrome less than 1% in west, court toldPathologist said it was the only case he had come acrossTue Sept 23 2014 - 01:00
Wife was ‘unrecognisable’ after giving birth, husband tells inquestDhara Kivlehan died in a Belfast hospital after being airlifted from Sligo Regional HospitalMon Sept 22 2014 - 15:05
‘It is ridiculous the water is contaminated and it is ridiculous if we have to pay for it’‘If we were not about to have a byelection there would be damn all talk in the Dáil about our water problems’Fri Sept 19 2014 - 01:00
Sligo’s historic Markree Castle up for saleFamous guests at Francis Johnston-designed castle include Johnny Cash and Tom WatsonThu Sept 18 2014 - 11:11
Council votes against fracking despite warning Minister may overturn clauseLeitrim and Cavan councillors to meet Alex White on hydraulic fracturing for gasTue Sept 16 2014 - 01:02
Naturists get a bum deal in Ireland, delegates toldTwenty five countries represented at International Naturist Congress in LeitrimThu Sept 11 2014 - 20:47
Prehistoric pit discovered on Coney Island beachA box-like structure built from large stone slabs may have been used for bathing or cooking during the Bronze AgeThu Sept 11 2014 - 01:00
State has history of turning blind eye, Joan Burton tells Humbert SchoolIreland refused to see or hear when it came to hiding women, children in institutions, Tanaiste saysFri Sept 05 2014 - 01:00
Situation ‘fragile’ despite strong economic data, says KennyGovernment not in position to ‘write large cheques’Tue Sept 02 2014 - 16:26
