Sligo council debates rights of waySLIGO COUNTY Council has a strong case in its pending High Court battle with the owners of Lissadell House over rights-of-way…Tue Apr 07 2009 - 01:00
Downturn 'leads to surge in bullying'THE ECONOMIC downturn has led to a surge in bullying in the home that affects at least one in six households, according to a …Wed Apr 01 2009 - 01:00
Sligo acute assessment centre speeds careA NEW ACUTE assessment unit in Sligo General Hospital is seeing 98 per cent of patients within 15 minutes, according to the Health…Tue Mar 17 2009 - 00:00
Would Yeats recognise his 'land of heart's desire'?The 50th International Yeats Summer School takes place this year, but some feel that the locality he loved is apathetic, if not…Sat Mar 14 2009 - 00:00
Yeats-link 19th century house could face demolitionA LANDMARK 19th century house overlooking Sligo port, once owned by W B Yeats’s grandparents, is under threat.Sat Mar 14 2009 - 00:00
Fighting on the home frontElderly patients are allegedly being moved from one nursing home to another against their wishesTue Mar 03 2009 - 00:00
Planning for Sligo development turned downA PLANNED neighbourhood centre on the outskirts of Sligo town, comprising 324 houses and apartments, a creche, a supermarket, …Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Councillor refuses to appear at inquirySLIGO’S LONGEST serving borough councillor is refusing to appear before a formal investigation into allegations of bullying and…Thu Feb 05 2009 - 00:00
Yeats would be pleased by tourist trail, says HeaneyVINCENT RAFTERY remembers as an 11-year-old boy “still in short trousers” leaving the Mall school in Sligo to gaze at the pomp…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
Meeting fails to resolve Lissadell disputeTHE OWNER of Lissadell House has told Sligo county manager Hubert Kearns and senior council officials that they had put a €12…Thu Jan 29 2009 - 00:00
Mother gets seven years in jail for abuse of childrenSENTENCE: A WOMAN was told yesterday that she had destroyed the lives of her six children who “from the moment they were born…Fri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
'Children were failed by everyone around them'JUDGES REMARKS: Judge Miriam Reynolds was speaking as she sentenced a Co Roscommon mother to seven years in prison after she…Fri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
'House of horrors' mother admits incestTHE 40-YEAR-OLD mother who has admitted two charges of incest told a Garda sergeant that the family home was a “house of horror…Thu Jan 22 2009 - 00:00
Mother to be sentenced on neglect charges todayTHE MOTHER of six children who were forced to live in a filthy home, where mice ran on top of urine-drenched beds and where …Thu Jan 22 2009 - 00:00
Mother due to be sentenced on neglect chargesThe mother of six children who were forced to live in a filthy conditions in a home where there was rarely food, is due to be…Wed Jan 21 2009 - 00:00
Council wants to meet owners of Lissadell HouseSLIGO COUNTY Council yesterday rejected suggestions that it was not treating with urgency the controversy over alleged rights…Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Lissadell owners to take council to courtTHE OWNERS of Lissadell House yesterday issued High Court proceedings against Sligo County Council just days after the historic…Thu Jan 15 2009 - 00:00
Doctors hoping to meet Cowen on transfer of cancer unitHOSPITAL CONSULTANTS and GPs in the northwest are hoping to meet Taoiseach Brian Cowen to make the case for the retention of …Mon Jan 12 2009 - 00:00
Tourism boss offers to mediate in Lissadell rowTHE CHAIRMAN of Fáilte Ireland North West has offered to mediate in the row which has led to the closure of Lissadell House.Sat Jan 10 2009 - 00:00
Historic house to be closed over rights of way disputeLISSADELL HOUSE, the childhood home of 1916 leader Countess Markievicz, will be closed to the public from next Monday amid an…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Sligo cancer services talks this weekendCONSULTANTS IN the northwest will step up their campaign to prevent the transfer of breast cancer services from Sligo General…Thu Jan 08 2009 - 00:00
Ahern urged not to deport Serbian family of sevenMORE THAN 1,200 people have signed a petition urging Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern not to deport a Serbian family based in…Fri Jan 02 2009 - 00:00
Funeral of garda brother-in-law of Seán DohertySEVERAL HUNDRED people attended the funeral Mass of former garda Thomas (Tom) Nangle in his native parish of Geevagh, Co Sligo…Wed Dec 31 2008 - 00:00
Houses planned for historical estatePLANNING PERMISSION has been sought for a €100 million development at the site of Hazelwood House in Sligo, one of Ireland's …Mon Dec 29 2008 - 00:00
Call for Sligo's main street to reopen to trafficTWO YEARS after Sligo’s main street was pedestrianised amid much controversy local councillors have called on the county manager…Wed Dec 17 2008 - 00:00
Redevelopment of Sligo gets go-aheadTHE LONG-AWAITED redevelopment of Sligo city centre, which has been in the pipeline for more than a decade, finally got the …Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Welcome for court request to postpone expulsionTHERE WAS a guarded welcome among supporters of Nigerian woman Pamela Izevbekhai yesterday when the European Court of Human Rights…Wed Dec 10 2008 - 00:00
Nigerian family given civic receptionNIGERIAN WOMAN Pamela Izevbekhai last night thanked the people of Sligo for their love and support at a civic reception hosted…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Owners threaten to close LissadellTHE OWNERS of Lissadell House, the ancestral home of Countess Markievicz, have warned they will not keep it open as a tourist…Wed Dec 03 2008 - 00:00
Some 50% of carers of the elderly are over 60MORE THAN half of the carers of elderly people with dementia or other mental health illnesses are aged 60 or over, new research…Tue Dec 02 2008 - 00:00
Elderly fearful of taxing fee hikeBy reducing tax relief on nursing homes, the Government has added to the difficulties elderly people now faceTue Dec 02 2008 - 00:00
Some over-65s omit their tablets to avoid side effectsSOME ELDERLY people deliberately don't take their prescribed medication because of the side effects while a sizeable proportion…Tue Dec 02 2008 - 00:00
Civic reception for Nigerian womanTHE MAYOR of Sligo is to host a civic reception this week for locally-based Nigerian woman Pamela Izevbekhai and her two daughters…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Sligo GPs to disregard HSE noticesFAMILY DOCTORS working in the catchment area of Sligo General Hospital say they will disregard notices from the Health Servive…Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
One out of three outlets sold cigarettes to a minorHEALTH OFFICIALS in the northwest have urged sales assistants and publicans to be vigilant after a survey found that one out …Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
Farmers vent anger at Budget cutsTHE LIVELIHOODS of 20,000 farmers from the west of Ireland have been put in jeopardy by Government funding cutbacks, it was claimed…Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
3,000 students protest against fees in SligoAN ESTIMATED 3,000 students protested against the proposed re-introduction of third-level fees in Sligo.Thu Nov 13 2008 - 00:00
Sligo council hit by walkout over 'bullying'SLIGO COUNTY manager Hubert Kearns has said no further meetings of the local borough council will be convened "until acceptable…Mon Nov 10 2008 - 00:00
Event celebrates career of John HealyJOHN HEALY was horrified at the complacency and apathy of the Irish political establishment when hundreds of thousands of his…Mon Nov 03 2008 - 00:00
John Healy' s legacy celebrated in home townJOHN HEALY would be delighted that a Government department is to be located just a few metres from his family home in Charlestown…Sat Nov 01 2008 - 00:00
Consultant claims HSE head of cancer strategy is 'dictatorial'A SLIGO-based hospital consultant has accused the HSE head of cancer strategy, Prof Tom Keane, of being "dictatorial".Wed Oct 01 2008 - 01:00
Geevagh honours men who defied landlordA CO Sligo community came together yesterday to remember an era when local farmers clashed with landlords against a backdrop …Mon Sept 15 2008 - 01:00
Ex-miners to pursue claim against State over ill-healthHUNDREDS OF former coal miners have united to press their case for compensation for illnesses caused by working conditions in…Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
Artists erect 'warning signs on the landscape'THE PURSUIT of profit has inspired dramatic physical changes in the Irish rural landscape which is being "destroyed in front …Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
Brazilian woman died after single stab wound to heartTHE YOUNG Brazilian woman whose body was found in a house in Roscommon town last week suffered a single stab wound to the heart…Fri Aug 29 2008 - 01:00
Fund to send body of woman home to Brazil is set upA SPECIAL fund has been set up in Roscommon to help fund the repatriation of the body of a young Brazilian woman who was fatally…Thu Aug 28 2008 - 01:00
Campaign against shift of services intensifiesCAMPAIGNERS OPPOSED to the transfer of breast cancer services from Sligo General Hospital (SGH) will intensify their campaign…Tue Aug 26 2008 - 01:00
Man (36) opts to have murder trial in SouthA MAN charged with the murder of Jean Quigley at her Derry home last month has opted to have his trial in the Republic.Sat Aug 16 2008 - 01:00
Man (80) refused rescue after landslides left him strandedMOUNTAIN RESCUE: AN 80-YEAR-OLD MAN slept through a series of landslides which cut off his mountain home in Arigna on the Sligo…Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
Assisted learning stables set to closeRIDING SCHOOL: AN AWARD-winning Sligo stables which has become a haven for almost 100 children and adults with a range of physical…Thu Aug 14 2008 - 01:00
