Anti-fracking group asks farmers to consider refusing survey accessGeophysics professor says that the Love Leitrim campaigners’ claims are ‘off the wall’Wed Jul 22 2015 - 01:00
Divers recover four Spanish Armada cannonsThree more guns off Sligo coast to be brought ashore after lying submerged for 400 yearsTue Jul 21 2015 - 01:00
No surprise in Sligo about new documentation over WB Yeats’s burial‘Nothing will change for Drumcliffe’ according to former Yeats Society chief executiveMon Jul 20 2015 - 01:00
A bad day for Ben Bulben as Yeats performance abandonedMountain-top staging of Yeats’s ‘Purgatory’ called off due to heavy rainfallSun Jul 19 2015 - 16:00
Retired bishop sounds warning over west of Ireland’s futureTowns in west much more ‘socially and economically alive’ decades ago than todayFri Jul 17 2015 - 19:23
Cabinet to meet in Lissadell House next weekMeeting will mark 150th anniversary of the birth of WB YeatsTue Jul 14 2015 - 19:22
Poets and fans gather for WB Yeats celebrations in Sligo‘Absolutely Fabulous’ actor Joanna Lumley declares Sligo has stolen her heartSun Jun 14 2015 - 13:43
Edna O’Brien says she is ‘increasingly astonished’ by YeatsWriter the guest of honour at Nobel dinner, at start of Yeats festival in Sligo to mark 150 years since his birthFri Jun 12 2015 - 01:04
Funeral tributes for Bishop Thomas FlynnCardinal Brady led clergy members who paid their respects to retired Bishop of AchonryMon Jun 8 2015 - 01:00
Carrick’s Kurds relish a life more ordinary after years as refugeesThe community of Kurds came to Leitrim in 2006 under a UN-resettlement programmeSat May 30 2015 - 01:00
Ovarian cancer: ‘I don’t know what stage I was at. I was afraid to ask’Notorious as a ‘silent killer’, the symptoms of ovarian cancer can be very difficult to detectMon May 25 2015 - 08:00
‘We all have regrets’, says Prince Charles in SligoMullaghmore tragedy helped him understand the widespread suffering, he saysWed May 20 2015 - 15:21
Inquest hears woman (86) had to bang on table to call nursesCoroner Eamonn MacGowan returned a verdict of death by medical misadventureMon May 11 2015 - 17:00
Kenny congratulates Cameron on ‘stunning victory’Taoiseach says newly elected British PM ‘wants to stay in European Union’Sat May 9 2015 - 19:27
Taoiseach heckled by anti-water charge protesters in SligoAbout 100 people turn backs on Enda Kenny and US ambassador at Civil War eventSat May 9 2015 - 17:54
Loss of up to 70 jobs at Sligo firm a ‘devastating blow’Elanco says 30-day consultation phase being held to help employees ‘understand changes’Wed Apr 29 2015 - 16:20
Sligo council calls on Government to pay Lissadell billCouncil paid own costs in right-of-way case and was directed to pay 75% of owners’ costsTue Apr 21 2015 - 01:00
FF selects MacSharry, Scanlon to run in Sligo-LeitrimChoice of two Sligo-based candidates provokes concern among party grassrootsSat Apr 18 2015 - 10:10
Walk to recall Famine victims offered flight or starvationWalk from Roscommon to Dublin honours the ‘missing 1,490’ Strokestown tenantsSat Apr 18 2015 - 01:00
Leitrim men’s group fears closure after almost 20 yearsDepartment accused of being ‘hell bent’ on closing scheme that combats social isolationMon Mar 30 2015 - 01:00
Woman who died after giving birth saved lives through organ donationHusband of Sally Rowlette speaks about decision to help others to live after his wife died the day after giving birth to their fourth childThu Mar 26 2015 - 17:30
Staff at Sligo college to stage second strike over NUIG mergerStaff at St Angela’s college say they would be effectively demoted from ‘lecturers’Mon Mar 23 2015 - 19:40
Spike Milligan material to be revealed at Sligo festivalSongs written by the Goon were found by actor daughter Jane who will perform themMon Mar 23 2015 - 00:22
Enda Kenny presents Barack Obama with hand-printed Yeats for St Patrick’s DayPoetry volume presented by Taoiseach to president made by grandniece of 1916 leaderTue Mar 17 2015 - 23:13
Arigna pays tribute to miners on 25th anniversary of coal mines closingEx-miners, now guides, recall savage working conditionsSat Mar 14 2015 - 01:00
A week in my . . . infection control room: ‘Rings and watches can be major carriers of bacteria’Joanne Flanagan is the infection prevention and control nurse specialist at the Blackrock Clinic in DublinThu Feb 26 2015 - 07:00
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 3 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 8 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 4 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 3 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 1 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 1 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 8 2014 - 16:07