Events like Sligo Culture Night 'vital' in recessionTHE GOVERNMENT could lead Ireland out of the recession by supporting “the creative economy”, it was claimed yesterday.Fri Sep 11 2009 - 01:00
Sligo's main street to open to traffic again in DecemberSLIGO’S MAIN street, which was pedestrianised three years ago, will reopen to traffic before ChristmasWed Sep 9 2009 - 01:00
Council delays grant payments for 500 third-level studentsAN ESTIMATED 500 third-level students could face financial hardship following a decision to delay grant payments until the relevant…Wed Sep 9 2009 - 01:00
'Unprecedented hostility' over Lissadell motionsMAYOR OF Sligo Cllr Jimmy McGarry said yesterday that he had been subjected to “unprecedented hostility” in the county council…Tue Sep 8 2009 - 01:00
Warriors run from strand to hill to meet the queenHE MAY not have been spinning in her grave but Queen Maeve must at the very least have been dizzy on Saturday afternoon, when…Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00
Protest as new cancer cases shift from SligoTHE SCENE outside the main door of Sligo General Hospital was described by onlookers as akin to a wake yesterday as a trickle…Fri Aug 7 2009 - 01:00
TDs face pressure to oppose Government's health policiesTHE TWO Fianna Fáil TDs who resigned the whip in protest at the removal of cancer services from Sligo General Hospital face likely…Fri Aug 7 2009 - 01:00
Talk on McGahern and heroes of GAAON SATURDAY night at Croke Park Bono beamed out at a crowd of 80,000 fans and roared: “Thanks to the GAA for the use of the hall…Mon Jul 27 2009 - 01:00
Plenty still to talk about at 'McGahernland' summer schoolTHE LOCAL man serving coffee in the Dock arts centre in Carrick-on-Shannon threw his eyes to heaven and wondered how much more…Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Reopening of Lissadell House for two months welcomedTOURISM EXECUTIVES in the northwest yesterday welcomed the announcement that Lissadell House, the ancestral home of 1916 leader…Thu Jul 16 2009 - 01:00
Sligo mayor urges talks to end Lissadell House disputeWITH TOURISTS turning up to find the gates locked, the mayor of Sligo yesterday offered to facilitate round-table discussions…Tue Jul 7 2009 - 01:00
Call for memorial to be put up to citizens of Dublin killed in RisingTHE CITIZENS of Dublin have been pilloried in many accounts of the Easter Rising, a summer school in honour of one of the 1916…Mon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
Appeal after body found on beachGARDAÍ IN Sligo have appealed for help in identifying a man whose body was found on Rosses Point beach early on Tuesday morning…Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Nurses vote to accept Labour Court packageALMOST 700 nurses at Sligo General Hospital have voted by a wide margin in favour of Labour Court recommendations aimed at averting…Tue Jun 16 2009 - 01:00
Devins calls for clarification on cancer services after leaked letterFORMER JUNIOR health minister Jimmy Devins yesterday called for “urgent clarification” after revelations that the general manager…Fri Jun 12 2009 - 01:00
Nurses likely to accept ruling on disputeALMOST 700 nurses at Sligo General Hospital are expected to accept Labour Court recommendations aimed at averting further industrial…Thu Jun 4 2009 - 01:00
Day strike by nurses at Sligo hospitalONLY EIGHT nurses were on duty at Sligo General Hospital yesterday as members of the Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) and nursing…Fri May 22 2009 - 01:00
Row over efficiency of ambulance serviceTHE AMBULANCE service in Co Monaghan has come under scrutiny after the death of a 65- year-old man who collapsed at a birthday…Tue May 19 2009 - 01:00
Sligo's main street may re-open to trafficSLIGO’S MAIN Street may re-open to traffic almost three years after it was pedestrianised – despite the fact that close to €…Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Cancer cuts blight FF calling cardCOUNCIL PROFILE/SLIGO: FIANNA FÁIL candidates in Co Sligo did the unthinkable at the last local election when they bucked the…Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
HSE warns over nurses' strike at Sligo hospitalAN ALL-OUT strike by 700 nurses at Sligo General Hospital next Thursday will result in 318 acutely-ill patients and 22 who required…Sat May 16 2009 - 01:00
Sisters reunited after 60 years apartTWO SISTERS separated more than 60 years ago following a series of tragic family circumstances have been reunited after a lifetime…Thu May 14 2009 - 01:00
Nurses at Sligo hospital to stage one-day strikePATIENTS AT Sligo General Hospital are facing major disruption next week following a decision by nurses to stage a one-day strike…Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
Nurses vote to take industrial actionNURSES AT Sligo General Hospital have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in a dispute over bed closures and …Fri May 8 2009 - 01:00
Mixed reaction as some save on weekly shoppingCUSTOMERS: THE AIR was blue to match the balloons as drivers circled the Wine Street car park outside Tesco in Sligo yesterday…Wed May 6 2009 - 01:00
Recession may hit food safety standardsENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH officers in the northwest have expressed concern that the recession may affect food safety standards as …Tue May 5 2009 - 01:00
Cost of redeveloping Sligo arts centre falls by €1m due to slumpWORK HAS started on redevelopment of a Sligo arts centre which has had its price tag reduced by €1 million thanks to the slump…Tue Apr 14 2009 - 01:00
'People power' urged at Sligo cancer services rallyTHE THOUSANDS of people who marched in Sligo yesterday in support of local cancer services were urged to take heart from the…Sat Apr 11 2009 - 01:00
Sligo protest at transfer of cancer servicesCONSULTANTS AND family doctors opposed to the planned transfer of cancer services from Sligo General Hospital will address a …Fri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
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 7 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 1 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
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
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
Fighting on the home frontElderly patients are allegedly being moved from one nursing home to another against their wishesTue Mar 3 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 5 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
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
'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
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
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
'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 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 9 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 8 2009 - 00:00