The Football Association of Ireland today (October 17) announced that ticket prices for the 2011 FAI Ford Cup Final will be set at €5 for children and €10 for adults. The game will take place at 3.30pm on Sunday, November 6, at Aviva Stadium and prices have been kept at the same affordable level as [...]
Sligo North Leitrim Susan O’Keeffe has urged the HSE and the Government to ensure that Meadhbh Mc Givern and patients in her situation in the future are safely transported home. HSE chief executive Cathal Mc Gee has given a personal assurance that Meadhbh will be transported home safely and this is to be welcomed. “That [...]
The former cojoined Benhaffaf twins, Hassan and Hussain, from Cork, who last year underwent a perilous 14-hour operation at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital to successfully separate them will, along with their family, be the guests of honour at this year’s TwinFest Ireland which will take place in Keash, Ballymote, County Sligo on Saturday 20th [...]
Fine Gael Senator for Sligo/North Leitrim, Imelda Henry, has today (Thursday) welcomed the announcement that a storm sewer will be constructed in the lower part of Pearse Road as part of the Water Services Investment Programme, at a cost of €1.14 million. “I am delighted with today’s announcement which will greatly benefit the water system [...]
The Legends are coming to Sligo as on Saturday August 6th in the Showgrounds when Manchester United Legends take on the Sligo Rovers Legends in Gerry Carr’s Testimonial. The Manchester United side will include some of the great players to have ever played for the club with an impressive haul of Premier League, FA Cup and [...]
Sligo woman Suzanne McGarry, won the Best Dressed title at the Galway Races with a red, vintage dress and show-stopping headpiece made by Lina Stein from Westport, Co Mayo. A gift from her husband last December, Suzanne’s hat featured red roses springing from a black-and-white trellis base with a pearl embellishment. Her simple dress, from [...]
Sligo Rovers 0 (Ireland) Vorskla Poltava 0 (Ukraine) Sligo Rovers broke new ground last evening when they came out of Ukraine with a scoreless draw against Vorskla Poltava. Not as traumatic as their trip in recent years to Albania, but the north west side are enjoying their globe trotting of recent times. This nicely sets up a [...]
The new further education and training authority SOLAS (Seirbhísí Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna) announced yesterday (27th July) by Minister for Education and Skills Ruairi Quinn is a positive move according to Sligo North Leitrim Senator Susan O’Keeffe. “SOLAS will provide staff of the VEC and FÁS a management structure that will provide direction to further [...]
Sligo Rovers are coming to Mayo as for the third year in a row the club will hold a Summer Camp in Bellaghy Park, Charlestown. The camp will run from Monday 25th July to Friday 29th July from 10:30am to 3:30pm each day and is open to boys and girls aged 5 to 16. The [...]
Following a very successful Sun Awareness Day in May, the Dermatology Unit at Sligo General Hospital is holding a second free Sun Awareness Day on Friday 29th July from 1.30pm to 4.30pm in the Quayside Shopping Centre in Sligo. Selene Daly, Dermatology Clinical Nurse Specialist said, “We were overwhelmed by the interest at the Sun [...]
The Showgrounds will be a hive of activity over the coming weeks as Uefa has confirmed that the major programme of works outlined by Sligo Rovers will ensure the ground meets the strict ‘Category 3’ criteria for the Europa League fixture. While this is excellent news for Rovers and their supporters, Chairman Michael Toolan outlined [...]
Donegal North East TD Charlie McConalogue has revealed that the government are closing the IDA’s Regional Office in Letterkenny. It will merge with the existing IDA office in Sligo. Deputy McConalogue commented: “This move is a real blow to Donegal. It is quite clear that the Government had no plans to announce the closure of the Regional [...]
Sligo Rovers set the pace for the weekend in the North West with an imnpressive 2-0 win over Shamrock Rovers at the Showgrounds. It was a wet Friday evening. The game was screened live on televison, but that still did not deter the big crowd that attended. Yesterday, Sligo GAA followers will be remembering back [...]
Coming off the back of their highly successful Easter Camps Sligo Rovers are delighted to announce the dates and details of their camps for the Summer. Sligo Rovers will be holding ten camps with camps in the Showgrounds, Charlestown and Enniscrone. In a recession busting move the club has retained the same prices as last [...]
Gardaí have issued a missing person’s appeal for a missing Sligo teen. 17-year-old Michael Glynn from Geldof Drive, Cranmore in Sligo, was last seen at midday last Wednesday. Michael is 5 foot 6 inches in height, with a slight build, blue eyes and short dark brown hair. When last seen he was wearing a blue and [...]
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