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Political focus on cafe bars criticised

The 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 inquiry

Gardaí 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 replaced

Taoiseach 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 costs

The 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 scheme

Sligo 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 baby

The 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 shooting

A 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 named

The 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 tractors

Minister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan pleaded yesterday with farmers not to allow small children to travel in tractor cabs

Tue Apr 05 2005 - 01:00

English couple killed by fire in Sligo 'picture postcard' home

Gardaí 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 assaults

A 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 scanner

Mayo'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 bats

A 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 Leitrim

An 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 site

Donegal 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 constitutionality

The 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 cases

A 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-patients

The 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 assault

A 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 Sligo

The 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 scheme

Elderly 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 complaints

Gardaí 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' business

Traffic 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 lifebuoys

A 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 delisted

Sligo 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 criticised

Councillors 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 stardom

Word 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 staff

Sligo'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 woman

A 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 lock

The 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 woman

The 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 relative

The 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 killing

A 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 Romanians

A 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 reform

The 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 Sligo

The 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 efforts

John 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' attacked

Moving 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 Abbey

Yeats 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 delights

Yeats 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 fairies

Yeats 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 warns

Young 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 suspicious

Gardaí 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 Irish

The 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 problem

Trains 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 ban

A Co Leitrim pub is facing prosecution for a breach of the smoking ban

Wed Jul 14 2004 - 01:00
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