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The Burlington Teen Tour Band perform outside City Hall.

News

Ontario’s finest band brings colour and music to the streets of Sligo

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Popular County Sligo priest celebrates golden jubilee of his ordination
The Spanish St Patrick’s Day parade with the big Sligo input
John Russell admits he’s ‘not a fan of astro pitches’ as Sligo Rovers players pick up injuries on Derry City’s artificial surface
Pictures show lots of glamour at the annual St Mary’s GAA Club dance dance in Sligo

Left: Patrick Irwin and right: Alan Toal

Courts

exclusive Fears mobster Patrick Irwin will try to retake control of West of Ireland drug scene after arrest over brutal attack on lawyer Alan Toal

Orla and Gareth McSharry attended St. Mary’s GAA Club Dinner Dance.

News

Pictures show lots of glamour at the annual St Mary’s GAA Club dance dance in Sligo

The unveiling of the newly commissioned portrait of Nora Niland at the Niland Gallery. Pic: James Connolly.

News

Sligo’s Niland Gallery unveils new portrait of Nora Niland as part of new exhibition

Sligo's Seán Carrabine scored Sligo's second goal.

GAA

Sligo just one game away from promotion from Div 4

Niamh Keaveney performed at 'A Night for Stan' at the Hawk's Well Theatre.

News

Farewell concert to retiring iconic Sligo music figure Stan Burns

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Over €8m paid to Sligo landlords in various housing rental schemes last year

Nando Pijnaker tries to get in the way of Jamie McGonigle in Friday night's draw between Derry City and Sligo Rovers at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Soccer

Sligo Rovers’ Nando Pijnaker and Max Mata face 30 hour journey to return home for international duty

Members of the Carty family pictured at Sligo St Patrick's Day Parade

News

Pictures show Sligo’s St Patrick’s Day Parade enjoyed by thousands

The Four Courts, Dublin.

News Premium

County Leitrim solicitor ‘unable to deal’ with client account deficit reported to be in excess of €500k

Sligo Rovers' Max Mata celebrates his fifth of the season. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Soccer

Max mata scores fifth of the season as Sligo Rovers draw with Derry City

News

Eugene Foley presents Fr. Tommy Towey with a painting of a Ballisodare scene; including the new cemetery in the foreground, Ballisodare bay and Knocknarea in the background; to mark the Golden Jubilee of the parish priest’s ordination.

Popular County Sligo priest celebrates golden jubilee of his ordination

Brian Kearney with his granddaughter Kate O’Dowd-Kearney at the Oriheula Costa parade, Cabo Roig, Alicante, Spain.

The Spanish St Patrick’s Day parade with the big Sligo input

The Burlington Teen Tour Band perform outside City Hall.

Ontario’s finest band brings colour and music to the streets of Sligo

Orla and Gareth McSharry attended St. Mary’s GAA Club Dinner Dance.

Pictures show lots of glamour at the annual St Mary’s GAA Club dance dance in Sligo

The unveiling of the newly commissioned portrait of Nora Niland at the Niland Gallery. Pic: James Connolly.

Sligo’s Niland Gallery unveils new portrait of Nora Niland as part of new exhibition

Niamh Keaveney performed at 'A Night for Stan' at the Hawk's Well Theatre.

Farewell concert to retiring iconic Sligo music figure Stan Burns

ATU (l-r), Sahar Takallou, Regina Barrera Vilchiy, Sahar Attari and Mahokh Jamshidand at the Institute of Guidance Counsellors National Conference at ATU Sligo.

Psychologist David Coleman talks of Covid fallout for our youth at Sligo conference

Calry Parish Church, The Mall, Sligo has been allocated funding under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2023 for conservation works to the bell tower.

Preserving Sligo’s historic buildings with vital funding for repairs

Sport

John Russell and Max Mat acknowledge the fans after drawing 1-1 with Derry City on Friday night. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile.

Soccer Premium

John Russell admits he’s ‘not a fan of astro pitches’ as Sligo Rovers players pick up injuries on Derry City’s artificial surface

Sligo's Seán Carrabine scored Sligo's second goal.

GAA

Sligo just one game away from promotion from Div 4

Nando Pijnaker tries to get in the way of Jamie McGonigle in Friday night's draw between Derry City and Sligo Rovers at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Soccer

Sligo Rovers’ Nando Pijnaker and Max Mata face 30-hour journey home for international duty

Sligo Rovers' Max Mata celebrates his fifth of the season. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Soccer

Max mata scores fifth of the season as Sligo Rovers draw with Derry City

Dillon Walsh of Summerhill College in action against Caolan Donnelly of Omagh CBS during the Masita GAA Post Primary Schools Hogan Cup Final match between Summerhill College Sligo and Omagh CBS at Croke Park in Dublin. Pic Stephen Marken/Sportsfile.

GAA

Sligo’s Summerhill College defeated by Omagh CBS in All-Ireland Schools Hogan Cup Senior A final

The Summerhill College squad.

Soccer

Five star Rice College too strong for Summerhill College in Connacht final

Corach Rambler, with Derek Fox up, celebrate as they enter the winners enclosure after winning the Ultima Handicap Chase during day one of the Cheltenham Racing Festival at Prestbury Park in Cheltenham, England. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile.

Sport

Sligo’s Derek Fox lands a winner at Cheltenham Festival 2023

Johnny Kenny celebrates as he scores for Shamrock Rovers in the defeat to Derry City. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Soccer

Sligo native Johnny Kenny named in Republic of Ireland Under 21 squad

Business & Farming

AbbVie’s Country HR Director, Gary O’Mahoney is pictured receiving the Best Workplace Laureate award from Jim Flynn of Great Place to Work Ireland.

AbbVie’s tenth best work place award

Lorraine McDonnell

Sligo based company enters the home care market

Martin Holohan (right) making a presentation to Gerry Moore to mark his 30 years with the Sligo Park Hotel.

Manager Gerry Moore’s 30 year milestone with The Sligo Park Hotel

Eimear O’Grady, Sligo Chamber; John Reilly, LEO; Finola Howe ATU; Tara Rogers, President Sligo Chamber; Geraldine Courtenay, Sligo Chamber Skillnet; Ornagh Rynn AIB; Charlie Kane Manager, AIB. Picture: James Connolly

Finalists unveiled for Sligo Chamber of Commerce awards

Pictured at the launch was Allan Mulrooney, Interim Chief Executive, Western Development Commission, Andrea McBride, Head of the TCS Letterkenny Global Delivery Centre, Rachel Curran, Enterprise Ireland, Michelle Conaghan, Regional Manager, IDA Ireland North West Regionand John Fitzgerald, Chief Financial Officer, Cora Systems.

Sligo employers supporting initiative that encourages professionals to move west

Eimear O’Grady, Sligo Chamber; John Reilly, LEO; Finola Howe ATU; Tara Rogers, President Sligo Chamber; Geraldine Courtenay, Sligo Chamber Skillnet; Ornagh Rynn AIB; Charlie Kane AIB. Picture: James Connolly

Sligo Chamber unveils its business awards

Helen Mulholland.

Helen Mulholland of Sligo’s Lough Gill Distillery appointed Vice-Chair of Irish Whiskey Association

Aspire with Abbott in ATU Sligo: Una Parsons, Sean O’Hara, Dr Norah Patten, Aoife Wills

Abbott Sligo event outlines career opportunities through STEM education

Lifestyle

Ryan Tubridy did an amazing job and I’m sad to see him go.

Premium

Justine O'Mahony Opinion Ryan Tubridy’s successor on the Late Late Show? Mark my words, it will be a woman

Community is key to our human experience. It enables us to share interests, to support each other grow and to work together for the common good of the wider world.

Community is key to our human experience

Duffy on the cover of “Mercy” in the village of Porthdinllaen in North Wales.

RETRO TOP 10 CHART 2008: When Welsh singer Duffy had the whole world at her feet

Every time I visit someone else’s house there never seems to be the same amount of “stuff” as there is in our house. Where do they put it all?

Premium

Justine O'Mahony Opinion We’re never going to be able to keep the house tidy enough for people to want to buy it

Live and Let Die (Wednesday, ITV4, 8p.m.)

Top films to watch on TV this week

Many owners of overweight pets do not realise there’s a problem.

Premium

Pete Wedderburn Opinion Finding better ways of helping overweight pets

Sligo Food Trail.

Get a taste of prime Sligo fare on a mouth-watering food tour or go foraging

Take in some trad in Sligo.

Ensure your Sligo staycation hits the right note with a trad music session

Obituaries

Padraic Neary.

Padraic Neary’s sense of innovation, community spirit and opinions will be greatly missed in Tubbercurry

The late Fr Mac Gréill.

Tributes paid to social justice campaigner and Western Rail Corridor advocate Fr Micheál Mac Gréill

The late Fr Pádraig Flanagan.

Late Fr Pádraig was a racing fan not shy of technology, who made difference in Nigeria

Fr Roger McDonagh.

Gurteen’s Fr Roger had a love of laughter

The late Evelyn Mullaney.

The late Evelyn Mullaney’s long life in Tubbercurry

The late Peter Davey from Chaffpool, Co Sligo.

Peter Davey loved the theatre and stage

The late Pat Cosgrove from Ballinafad.

Pat Cosgrove was ‘a one in a million character’

The late Fr Leo Flynn.

Fr Flynn’s strong devotion to Nigerian mission