Roscommon folks star-struck as The Virginian rides into town for his homecomingJAMES DRURY sat on a stack of turf, pulled out a packet of Pall Malls and lit up as a neighbour joked that The Virginian might…Mon Aug 04 2008 - 01:00
Light is cast on writer's sergeant fatherJOHN McGAHERN's father, Frank, was the first person who walked the streets of Ballinamore, Co Leitrim, in uniform without being…Mon Jul 28 2008 - 01:00
Suicide group criticises HSATHE REFUSAL of the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) to become involved in the provision of "suicide first aid" in the workplace…Tue Jul 22 2008 - 01:00
Consultant claims cancer strategy based on wrong assumptionTHE BASIC assumption underlying the Government’s cancer strategy is wrong, according to a consultant oncologistTue Jul 01 2008 - 01:00
United front formed to save Sligo servicesMEDICAL EXPERTS in the northwest, who recently warned the Minister for Health that breast cancer survival figures could worsen…Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
MacSharry intervenes in dispute over Sligo cancer servicesFORMER TÁNAISTE and minister for finance Ray MacSharry has intervened in the controversy about the downgrading of cancer services…Thu May 29 2008 - 01:00
Hospital activists step up 'no' vote campaignHOSPITAL CAMPAIGNERS in Roscommon who are calling for a protest vote against the Lisbon treaty stepped up their campaign at the…Tue May 27 2008 - 01:00
Keane rules out Sligo cancer centreA CAMPAIGN to retain cancer services at Sligo General Hospital was dealt another blow yesterday when the director of the National…Tue May 20 2008 - 01:00
Lobby groups urged to unite against treaty over downgradingHOSPITAL CAMPAIGNERS: LOBBY GROUPS opposed to the downgrading of 23 hospitals around the State have been urged to unite in an…Wed May 14 2008 - 01:00
Body of missing hillwalker found at bottom of Sligo cliffTHE BODY of a missing hillwalker was discovered at the bottom of a 500ft cliff in north Sligo yesterday, 24 hours after he was…Wed May 07 2008 - 01:00
Future of Sligo cancer care remains unclearUNCERTAINTY ABOUT the future of cancer services at Sligo General Hospital is causing added stress for patients, according to …Tue May 06 2008 - 01:00
Councillors defy planners on houseSLIGO COUNTY councillors have for the first time in 16 years passed a controversial Section 140 motion despite a warning from…Wed Apr 16 2008 - 01:00
Deaths of Roscommon couple not considered suspiciousGARDAÍ INVESTIGATING the deaths of an elderly couple at their home in Co Roscommon do not suspect foul play.Thu Mar 27 2008 - 00:00
FF TD to 'consider his position' over cancer servicesA FIANNA Fáil TD said yesterday that he would "consider his position" if the plan to downgrade cancer services at his local hospital…Wed Mar 26 2008 - 00:00
Minister joins Sligo protestersMINISTER OF State for Health Jimmy Devins joined thousands of protesters at a silent candlelit vigil outside Sligo General Hospital…Sat Mar 22 2008 - 00:00
Removal of cancer services a 'moral' issueA SILENT vigil will be held outside Sligo General Hospital on Good Friday to highlight what a local consultant has described …Tue Mar 18 2008 - 00:00
Man who downloaded child pornography is jailed for three yearsA SLIGO-BASED computer programmer who downloaded almost 16,000 child pornography images depicting children as young as four, …Wed Mar 12 2008 - 00:00
TD seeks rezoning for 36 acres he and his brother ownA FINE GAEL TD is seeking to have 36 acres of land that he and his brother own zoned for the construction of a retirement village…Fri Mar 07 2008 - 00:00
Board blocks housing in historic areaA PROPOSED housing and commercial development in Tulsk, Co Roscommon, has been blocked by An Bord Pleanála on the grounds that…Thu Mar 06 2008 - 00:00
Sligo council in danger of abolition- chairmanSligo County Council is in real danger of being abolished, its chairman, Cllr Séamus Kilgannon, warned yesterdayFri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
Funeral held of Elaine McSharryPolitics and personal grief collided at Sligo Cathedral yesterday when former minister and EU commissioner Ray MacSharry bade…Fri Jan 25 2008 - 00:00
Former brother admits abusing boy 20 or 30 timesA former Marist Brother admitted abusing an eight-year-old boy "maybe 20 or 30" times over a four-month period, a court was told…Sat Jan 19 2008 - 00:00
Half farm injuries in northwest caused by animalsFarmers in the northwest are more likely to be injured by animals than by tractors or heavy machinery, new research shows.Tue Dec 04 2007 - 00:00
Eight arrested over Ward killingEight people were arrested by gardaí yesterday investigating the murder of 23-year-old Sligo man Tom Ward at Cranmore on August…Thu Nov 29 2007 - 00:00
Hundreds to protest outside Dáil in bid to save Sligo cancer servicesHundreds of cancer patients from the northwest will attend a protest outside the Dáil this morning as part of the ongoing campaign…Wed Nov 21 2007 - 00:00
Sligo airport move to cost 'over €70m'It would cost over €70 million to relocate Sligo airport from its existing site in Strandhill, according to the chairman of the…Thu Nov 08 2007 - 00:00
Taoiseach facing revolt from FF grassroots in LeitrimThe Taoiseach is facing an embarrassing revolt from Fianna Fáil grassroots in Leitrim where senior party members have threatened…Fri Nov 02 2007 - 00:00
Woman's false rape claim bad for victims, says judgeA young woman who admitted making a false allegation of rape was told by a judge yesterday that her actions would make things…Wed Oct 31 2007 - 00:00
25,000 music lovers embrace Sligo LiveAn estimated 25,000 music lovers packed the streets of Sligo over the Halloween weekend as the Sligo Live festival generated €…Tue Oct 30 2007 - 00:00
Devins criticises cancer strategyMinster of State at the Department of Health Dr Jimmy Devins has said he is "absolutely outraged" at the Health Service Executive…Tue Oct 23 2007 - 01:00
Driver dies when his schoolbus collides with van in RoscommonA schoolbus driver who was a cousin of President Mary McAleese died in a collision in Co Roscommon yesterday.Thu Oct 04 2007 - 01:00
Three generations of Flatleys at Sligo festival of musicThree Michael Flatleys came together in the centre of Sligo town yesterday for the launch of the Sligo Live Festival 2007.Fri Sept 14 2007 - 01:00
Young and old benefit from arts schemeOlder people who participated in an across-the-generations arts programme in Co Sligo experienced less illness as a result, according…Fri Sept 07 2007 - 01:00
Gardaí open murder investigationGardaí in Co Roscommon have launched a murder investigation following confirmation that a man whose body was found in the garden…Sat Aug 25 2007 - 01:00
Inquiry as man's body is found in gardenGardaí are investigating the death of a 46-year-old man whose body was discovered in the front garden of his home on the outskirts…Fri Aug 24 2007 - 01:00
Mourners linger at grave of murdered TravellerThere was singing and intermittent applause as hundreds of mourners, many dressed entirely in black, lingered for hours yesterday…Sat Aug 18 2007 - 01:00
Legal challenge over beach right of waySligo County Council is facing a High Court challenge over its proposal to erect a fence at Culleenamore beach near Strandhill…Fri Aug 17 2007 - 01:00
Priest calls for calm at removalThe family of the young Sligo man, murdered outside his parents' home earlier this week, have been urged to remain calm in the…Fri Aug 17 2007 - 01:00
Death in Sligo now a murder inquiryGardaí in Co Sligo have officially launched a murder investigation into the death of Tom Ward (23), who died on Monday night …Wed Aug 15 2007 - 01:00
Yeats director lectures KiberdThe director of this year's International Yeats Summer School has criticised two former directors of the school for their interpretation…Thu Aug 09 2007 - 01:00
Yeats group plans to host permanent exhibitionThe organisers of Sligo's annual International Yeats Summer School unveiled ambitious plans yesterday for a permanent exhibition…Wed Aug 08 2007 - 01:00
Festival celebrates legendary harpist as superstarTurlough O'Carolan was an international superstar hundreds of years before U2 and Riverdance, Fianna Fáil MEP Sean O'Neachtain…Mon Aug 06 2007 - 01:00
Blunt-force trauma caused deathThe remains of a man murdered in his Enniskillen home by his wife and her lover were discovered 10 months later in a Leitrim …Thu Jun 14 2007 - 01:00
President takes trip down memory laneWhen Paddy Leneghan went back to school after 70 years yesterday, his daughter Mary predictably stole the show.Wed May 30 2007 - 01:00
Sligo - North LeitrimFianna Fáil took two of the three seats in this newly-drawn constituency where the much anticipated battle for the final seat…Mon May 28 2007 - 01:00
No ID problems for island presiding officerThe poll clerk was briefly taken aback when a man proffered his passport at the polling station at Aphort national school on …Tue May 22 2007 - 01:00
Former Labour TD resigns from partyA former Labour Party TD yesterday tendered his resignation from the party citing serious concerns about the direction it has…Thu May 17 2007 - 01:00
Sand a threat to ancient Sligo churchCampaigners have vowed to save a crumbling 12th century church on the edge of the Atlantic at Strandhill, Co Sligo, which has…Mon May 07 2007 - 01:00
Prison officers seizing phones often 'assaulted'Prison officers seize hundreds of mobile phones from inmates every year but they are regularly spat at, assaulted, bitten and…Thu May 03 2007 - 01:00
Boyle anger at rejection of hotelAn Bord Pleanála's rejection of a 120-bedroom hotel on the shores of Lough Key near Boyle, Co Roscommon, has been met with anger…Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
