Political focus on cafe bars criticisedThe controversy about cafe bar licences and the tension between the Government parties is distracting from the real issue, according…Wed Jun 15 2005 - 01:00
Gardai arrest 14 in Sligo murder inquiryGardaí in Sligo who are investigating the murder of a 26-year- old man shot in the centre of a busy street last month have arrested…Thu Jun 09 2005 - 01:00
Sligo's 'Dickensian' kidney unit replacedTaoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday opened a €2 million renal dialysis unit at Sligo General Hospital that will replace a facility…Sat May 21 2005 - 01:00
McBreartys hopeful after talks with Ahern over tribunal costsThe McBrearty family said last night that they were "very optimistic" following a meeting with the Taoiseach about their campaign…Sat May 21 2005 - 01:00
Manager to adopt Traveller accommodation schemeSligo county manager Hubert Kearins is set to become the first local authority manager in the State to use his executive powers…Mon May 16 2005 - 01:00
Murdered Traveller 'an innocent victim'The young man murdered in the centre of Sligo town last week had been the innocent victim of a terrible crime, mourners at his…Tue May 03 2005 - 01:00
Sligo man shot in front of partner and babyThe man gunned down on a Sligo street on Thursday was shot in front of his partner and their small baby, it has emerged.Sat Apr 30 2005 - 01:00
Man dies in Sligo shootingA young man who was shot in the head as he sat in a parked van on one of the busiest streets in the centre of Sligo town died…Fri Apr 29 2005 - 01:00
Boy killed in accident namedThe three-year-old boy, who died at the weekend after being struck by a car in the seaside village of Rosses Point, Co Sligo, …Tue Apr 26 2005 - 01:00
Farm safety warning over children on tractorsMinister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan pleaded yesterday with farmers not to allow small children to travel in tractor cabsTue Apr 05 2005 - 01:00
English couple killed by fire in Sligo 'picture postcard' homeGardaí in Co Sligo were last night still trying to contact the relatives of a couple who lost their lives in an overnight fire…Thu Mar 10 2005 - 00:00
Ex-Brother jailed for 180 indecent assaultsA former Marist Brother and teacher, jailed yesterday for eight years for 180 counts of indecent assault on six schoolboys, was…Thu Mar 10 2005 - 00:00
Fundraisers aim to buy €1m MRI scannerMayo's goodwill Three fundraising groups are set to harness the goodwill of the people of Mayo in an attempt to provide a €1…Tue Mar 08 2005 - 00:00
'Eco-tourism' resort seen as threat to batsA rare species of bat could be put at risk by a proposed €150 million "eco-tourism" resort beside the Lough Key Forest Park in…Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Families of suicide victims organise seminar in LeitrimAn estimated 400 people, many of whom have been bereaved by suicide, are expected to attend a seminar on the issue in Co Leitrim…Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Ancient high cross recreated for US siteDonegal sculptor Brendan McGloin has undertaken the daunting task of recreating an ancient high cross which was carved on the…Mon Feb 14 2005 - 00:00
Save Leitrim group to test electoral bill constitutionalityThe President, Mrs Mary McAleese, is to be asked to examine the constitutionality of the Electoral Amendment Bill which will …Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
Court to study use of minors in tobacco sale casesA District Court judge has asked the High Court to consider whether the use of minors by the Health Service Executive to detect…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Sligo hospice not admitting in-patientsThe North-West Hospice in Sligo has not been admitting in-patients since the beginning of the year, but reports that the facility…Fri Jan 21 2005 - 00:00
Former brother is guilty of assaultA former Marist brother was yesterday found guilty of 180 counts of indecent assaults against six young boys at a Sligo national…Thu Jan 20 2005 - 00:00
Housing list doubles in SligoThe number of people on the housing list in Sligo has doubled in six years - yet there are many vacant houses in the city which…Tue Jan 18 2005 - 00:00
Elderly may be forced to pay for transport schemeElderly people living in isolated areas may be forced to pay for a Government-funded transport scheme even though they are legally…Mon Jan 17 2005 - 00:00
Herd owner ordered shooting of 65 deer in Sligo after complaintsGardaí are not carrying out an investigation into an overnight deer cull in which some 65 animals were killed on the orders of…Wed Dec 29 2004 - 00:00
Sligo traffic congestion 'harming' businessTraffic congestion in Sligo is crippling local businesses, according to a new survey which found that gridlock is having an adverse…Wed Dec 29 2004 - 00:00
Sligo mother installs much-needed lifebuoysA Sligo mother, whose two sons were drowned in the Garavogue on Christmas Eve in 1998, has won a long-running battle to give …Tue Dec 28 2004 - 00:00
Sligo thatched cottages delistedSligo councillors have voted to delist a number of thatched cottages in the county despite being warned they would be "the laughing…Thu Dec 16 2004 - 00:00
Special needs school a 'glorified factory'The Minister for Education, Ms Hanafin, has been asked to meet the parents of 13 special needs children in Co Leitrim who they…Thu Dec 09 2004 - 00:00
Clampdown on auctioneers' signs criticisedCouncillors in Leitrim claim a clampdown on unauthorised auctioneers' signs on roadsides in the country is making it more difficult…Wed Dec 08 2004 - 00:00
X marks the spot for Sligo's Tabby on the brink of stardomWord has it that at a recent wedding in Sligo the speeches were interrupted after an urgent message came through that the Tabby…Sat Dec 04 2004 - 00:00
Sligo's ban on phone masts 'a waste of time'Sligo County Council will continue its ban on the siting of mobile phone masts close to schools, hospitals, and population centres…Fri Dec 03 2004 - 00:00
Sligo manager threatens to withdraw staffSligo's county manager threatened to withdraw staff from a meeting of the county council yesterday, saying he would not allow…Tue Nov 30 2004 - 00:00
Life sentence for murder of Albanian womanA 26-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a young Albanian woman resident in Ireland.Fri Nov 05 2004 - 00:00
Prints found on murder victim's door lockThe fingerprints of a man accused of murdering a young Albanian woman were found on the lock of the bedroom door where her body…Sat Oct 30 2004 - 01:00
Accused told gardai he did not know murdered womanThe man accused of strangling a young Albanian woman in her Sligo flat in February last year told gardaí that he did not know…Fri Oct 29 2004 - 01:00
Murder accused went out with victim's relativeThe man accused of murdering a young Albanian woman in Sligo last year had been going out with a member of her extended family…Thu Oct 28 2004 - 01:00
Man laughed when telling of killingA man who strangled a 23-year-old Albanian woman in the bedroom of her Sligo home laughed as he told a friend he had killed her…Thu Oct 21 2004 - 01:00
Choral festival to welcome return of RomaniansA Romanian choir is visiting this year's Sligo International Choral Festival, five years after another "choir" from the same …Mon Sept 27 2004 - 01:00
An Taisce rejects call for reformThe chairman of An Taisce has reacted angrily to calls from a Fianna Fáil senator for "radical reform" of An Bord Pleanála and…Mon Sept 13 2004 - 01:00
Stand-off over who will dig graves in SligoThe mayor of Sligo has warned of the prospect of coffins being left at the gates of the town's cemetery, unless a stand-off over…Mon Sept 13 2004 - 01:00
Yeats summer school shows a son critical of his father's effortsJohn Butler Yeats, the barrister turned portrait painter, may have been bankrolled by his famous son when he moved to New York…Thu Aug 12 2004 - 01:00
Theatre 'blood suckers' attackedMoving the Abbey Theatre to O'Connell Street would be like putting Clonmacnoise into the centre of Croke Park, Ulick O'Connor…Tue Aug 10 2004 - 01:00
Poet resisted IRA order to shut the AbbeyYeats Summer School: William Butler Yeats and Eamon de Valera met for the first time early in 1933 when yet another crisis threatened…Wed Aug 04 2004 - 01:00
Sampling past and present days delightsYeats Summer School: William Butler Yeats regarded his early poetry as "a flight into fairyland from the real world" and once…Tue Aug 03 2004 - 01:00
Poet was a shy man who believed in fairiesYeats Summer School : When the poet Brendan Kennelly was a boy and staying with an aunt in north Sligo, he asked a man working…Mon Aug 02 2004 - 01:00
Youth surrounded by new paganism, Cardinal warnsYoung people in Ireland are being surrounded by a "new paganism" which, while outwardly very attractive, is leaving people without…Mon Aug 02 2004 - 01:00
Gardai treat Sligo death as suspiciousGardaí in Sligo are investigating the "suspicious" death of a man whose body was discovered beside a car-park in the town yesterday…Wed Jul 28 2004 - 01:00
Sligo hotel in action over noisy trains offered 'Hobson's choice'A Sligo hotel whose guests are regularly kept awake by noise from trains in the adjoining railway station were given what a judge…Tue Jul 20 2004 - 01:00
Warning on rate rise to pay for use of IrishThe public cannot be forced to bear the financial burden of enforcing new legislation on the Irish language, the Government was…Mon Jul 19 2004 - 01:00
Hotel takes Iarnrod Eireann to court because of noise problemTrains left running all night are keeping guests in a Sligo hotel awake, a court has been told.Wed Jul 14 2004 - 01:00
Pub to be prosecuted over smoking banA Co Leitrim pub is facing prosecution for a breach of the smoking banWed Jul 14 2004 - 01:00
