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 9 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 8 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 4 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 3 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 5 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 Sep 27 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 Sep 13 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 Sep 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 4 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 3 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 2 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 2 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
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
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
New Sligo-Cork rail link studiedA working group established to examine the feasibility of reopening a rail link which would effectively link Sligo with Cork …Sat Jun 12 2004 - 01:00
Cervical cancer on riseScreening: The incidence of cervical cancer in Ireland is worsening and for the first time is higher than in Britain because…Tue Jun 8 2004 - 01:00
State-of-art maternity unit lies idle as health board awaits fundingTwo new delivery suites at Letterkenny General Hospital are being used as offices because the Department of Health has not yet…Tue Jun 8 2004 - 01:00
Plea for price rise to reduce alcohol abuseA plea for a significant increase in the price of alcohol was one of the key recommendations to emerge yesterday from a forum…Fri Jun 4 2004 - 01:00