New €17m science building at IT Sligo named in honour of forgotten scientistEaskey man gave up his research for the Boer War after his findings were rubbishedMon Sept 01 2014 - 01:02
DeLorean back to the present as owners meetAn estimated 60-100 DeLorean cars from early 1980s survive in IrelandMon Sept 01 2014 - 01:00
120 water meters destroyed in ‘suspicious’ Sligo fireGardaí investigating cause of blaze which broke out in shed causing €20,000 damageMon Aug 25 2014 - 18:59
Carrick-on-Shannon mourns loss of MBNA call centreFrustration and disappointment for local businesses as 160 jobs goSat Aug 16 2014 - 01:00
Music fills Sligo’s streets for Fleadh CheoilSome 10,000 competitors to attend the week-long eventMon Aug 11 2014 - 01:00
Transplant and dialysis team eye golden chanceMore than 30 athletes are set to travel to the transplant and dialysis championships in Krakow, PolandFri Aug 08 2014 - 01:00
Leitrim County Council calls for end to drilling work by mining firm TamboranCouncillors vote unanimously to seek the intervention of Taoiseach and British prime minister David CameronFri Aug 01 2014 - 01:00
Grandfather’s gateposts saved from Rockingham open doors to artArtist Sean Rafferty has made an installation from the gateposts in Lough Key Forest ParkThu Jul 31 2014 - 01:00
Skeffington brothers were ‘great friends’, mourners toldPriest says boy with ‘bright sparkling blue eyes and big smile’ made big impression in schoolFri Jul 25 2014 - 16:00
Parents discover mortally wounded son (9) inside homeShane Skeffington believed to have stabbed brother before taking his own lifeTue Jul 22 2014 - 08:08
Hidden pregnancy hasn’t gone away, it just has another faceWhile Ireland may no longer be such a harsh place for unmarried pregnant women, the stigma persistsTue Jul 22 2014 - 01:00
Postmortems under way on brothers who died in Sligo incidentShock in rural community after child (9) found with stab wounds in TubbercurryMon Jul 21 2014 - 18:17
Widower says inquest into wife’s death ‘a cover-up’Solicitor tells Coroner family ‘stunned’ at what they saw as restrictive approachWed Jul 16 2014 - 14:11
Bishop asks parishioners to find men for priesthoodDr Kevin Doran ordained by his predecessor Bishop Christopher Jones in SligoMon Jul 14 2014 - 01:14
Dermot Healy laid to rest in Sligo amid music, dance and poetryWriter laid to rest yesterday in the company of poets and artists, musicians and singers, a president and, above all, his neighboursFri Jul 04 2014 - 01:01
Inquest into death of Indian woman after childbirth beginsDhara Kivlehan (29) died in Belfast four days after son was born in Sligo Regional Hospital in 2010Tue Jul 01 2014 - 01:00
Romance endures in Leitrim ballroomHall immortalised by writer William Trevor now reinvented as tourist attractionSat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
1916 relative says families should consider boycotting 2016 commemorationAnger among relatives of those involved in the Rising as they received no assurances they would be invited to the 2016 ceremonyMon Jun 16 2014 - 01:00
Irish teenage boys soak up the rays almost as much as girlsCalls for ban on sunbeds for under-18s as teenage boys, under pressure to sport a tan, put their health at riskTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
‘I feel overwhelmed and worthless. Can you give me a call?’Twenty years of battling feelings of worthlessness has led Hazel Larkin to be an ambassador for See ChangeTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Sligo Council results: FF take four of the outstanding five seatsCount concludes shortly after 3am with FF polling stronger than expectedMon May 26 2014 - 12:21
Abbey director warns of ‘paralysis’ over 1916 centenary plansFiach MacConghail suggests a UN general assembly be convened in DublinMon May 19 2014 - 01:00
Roscommon profile: Voters boiling angry over contaminated waterBoundary change puts Roscommon hopefuls in unfamiliar territorySat May 17 2014 - 01:00
Sligo profile: Focus on bread-and-butter issuesConstituency profile: Political observers slow to make predictions after changesThu May 15 2014 - 09:51
Bereft parents call for action over random attacks‘After 29 months and 21 gruelling court appearances, just one person was convicted of his manslaughter’Tue May 13 2014 - 01:01
Tax cuts a priority for Government - TaoiseachCoalition must ‘get a grip’ on issues that concern the public , Pat Rabbitte saysMon May 12 2014 - 17:54
Film-maker raises €100,000 to develop €4.5m 1916 filmThe focus will be on Leitrim man Seán Mac Diarmada, says film maker Kevin McCannMon May 12 2014 - 01:00
Kenny speaks of painful, slow, Famine deathsUnveiled memorial carries names of 1,490 from Stokestown who left on coffin shipsSun May 11 2014 - 19:02
Health and harmony grow the good lifeThe Warners’ Harmony Farm is open to people interested in self-sufficiency, goat-keeping and woodland managementTue Apr 29 2014 - 01:00
Sligo manager says ‘door open’ to Lissadell estate ownersHayes says council would try to facilitate owners if seeking to host more concertsTue Apr 29 2014 - 00:46
Lissadell owners say council report is a ‘whitewash’Sligo County Council faces a legal bill estimated at €5-7 millionMon Apr 28 2014 - 06:30
Hotelier halts auction of distressed farmCo Leitrim hotel owner cheered after stopping sale of neighbour’s propertyMon Apr 28 2014 - 01:23
Nurse accepts responsibility for taping patient’s mouthBimbo Paden has suffered guilt, remorse and anxiety since incident, court hearsThu Apr 10 2014 - 14:19
Sligo councillors expected to seek Government help with Lissadell costsLocal tourism and business representatives said it was crucial the estate reopened to the publicThu Apr 03 2014 - 01:00
Cancer society fundraiser opens door to night nursesDaffodil Day, which is taking place on Friday, has an ambitious target of €3.45 millionTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:00
NCAD lecturer turns daily commute into creative opportunityIrish Lives: Tony Murphy uses his daily five hours on the road to capture ‘abstract compositions’ by remote-control cameraSat Mar 22 2014 - 01:08
Anglers highlight fears for fish species if fracking goes aheadCavalcade of 50 boats on trailers driven through the centre of the Fermanagh townSun Mar 02 2014 - 19:32
Artists alive to Sligo’s alluring landscape and surfers drawn by the swellsWhile Sligo is awash with creative types, it’s also a hot spot for surfing royaltyMon Feb 24 2014 - 01:00
Man dies after falling while trying to gain access to hotelGardaí are investigating incident which they have described as a ‘tragic, freak accident’Thu Feb 13 2014 - 14:32
‘Gentle ways’ celebrated at Nealon funeral MassPriest recounts many ways the former minister of state had made his markSat Feb 01 2014 - 01:00
Retired priest calls for public inquiry into killing of Fr Niall MolloyMinister told that without inquiry ‘suspicion of cover up and collusion at a high level’ will festerMon Jan 27 2014 - 01:00
Councillors criticise failure to include Lissadell provisions in Sligo budgetLissadell legal costs the ‘elephant in room’ as county council considers 10% cut to budgetTue Jan 21 2014 - 01:00
Roscommon campaigners say living with pylons is even worse than anticipatedGroup criticise ‘confusion’ about cost of controversial 56km Flagford to Srananagh lineTue Jan 14 2014 - 01:00
Stark reality of everyday racism revealed in Sligo service reportsVictims urged to break silence and speak out on racist incidentsSat Jan 04 2014 - 01:02
Dangers of tanning downplayed, survey revealsResearch in Sligo schools shows general misconception about the harmful effects of the sun, sunbeds and tanningSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:01
Dual carriageway to replace perilous stretch of Sligo roadCampaigners have erected 30 white crosses - each marking the scene of a fatalityFri Dec 20 2013 - 01:00
Sligo woman died after giving birthInquest to be held into death of mother at Sligo General HospitalWed Dec 18 2013 - 01:00
