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Garda car parked outside St Mary's GAA grounds at Ballydoogan, Sligo. Pic: Donal Hackett.

News

Sligo Gardaí investigating two serious alleged sex assaults on teen girls

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Richard Kennedy.

Business

Richard Kennedy appointed to the chair of InterTradeIreland

The case was heard at Sligo Circuit Court sitting at Sligo Courthouse above.

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Man (21) sexually assaulted schoolgirl (14) at football field

Some of The Sligo Park Hotel’s long-serving staff - Left to Right. Niall Soden - Food & Beverage Team Leader; Geraldine Keaveney – Accounts Manager; Mary Halton – Human Resources Manager; Gerard Moore – General Manager; Tom Mc Cabe – Chef; Magda Szczegodzinska – Accommodation Supervisor.

Business

Sligo hotel thanks its staff for their long service

Judge Francis Comerford.

News

Defendant admits theft of €15k from elderly woman

Area along the potential greenway. Pic: Richard Webb

News

Extra funding is considered for Greenway

Ahamlish graveyard.

News

Land for new Sligo graveyards could be got by compulsory purchase orders

The case was heard at Sligo Circuit Court sitting at Sligo Courthouse.

News

Gardaí find stolen motorbikes at man’s home

Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA Ireland, Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar TD, Cian Collins Country Lead, Advantio and Ciarán McGloin, Non-Executive Director, Advantio at Government Buildings as Advantio announces the establishment of its European Cybersecurity HQ in Sligo with the creation of 40 jobs.

News

Cybersecurity firm to establish its European HQ in Sligo

Barry Young appeared before a Special Sitting of Sligo District Court at Sligo Courthouse last night.

News

Man (38) appears in court on a charge of directing a criminal gang

Sligo Courthouse

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Husband attacked his wife in home whilst holding scissors

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Coolaney, County Sligo.

County Council gets €3m for new footpath schemes and cycleways

Sligo's MacDiarmada Station.

Sligo councillors want faster trains on the Dublin line and the re-opening of the Western rail corridor

Gurteen, County Sligo.

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Habitual cannabis user (38) was supplying others

Adam Cooney pictured outside Sligo Courthouse.

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The 22 second hapless, chaotic, Sligo attempted robbery

Yours truly and Emma Quigley enjoying a taste of freedom on Saturday night.

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Frothy pints, laughter, smiles, as certs and masks fade into past

Garda car parked outside St Mary's GAA grounds at Ballydoogan, Sligo. Pic: Donal Hackett.

Sligo Gardaí investigating two serious alleged sex assaults on teen girls

The late Dr Karl Bödeker.

Tributes paid to German born Sligo town twinning figure

The case was heard at Sligo Circuit Court sitting at Sligo Courthouse above.

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Man (21) sexually assaulted schoolgirl (14) at football field

Sport

Sligo manager Tony McEntee. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile.

GAA

McEntee hopes the hard work pays off

John Mahon of Sligo Rovers during the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division match between Shamrock Rovers and Sligo Rovers at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Soccer

‘I hope you all saw what it meant to me’ - Mahon bids farewell to Sligo Rovers

Aidan Keena at The Showgrounds as he is unveiled as a Sligo Rovers player.

Soccer

Rovers fight off competition for Keena’s signature

Sligo Rovers signings Katie Melly and Amy Hyndman. Pic: James Connolly.

Soccer

Katie Melly and Amy Hyndman join Sligo Rovers

Soccer

Avant Money unveiled as sponsors of Rovers’ WNL team

Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch scored a late Sligo goal.

GAA

Sligo off to a flying start with victory over Mayo

Sligo hurling manager Pádraig Mannion. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

GAA

Mannion has his Sligo troops set for new season

Pat Spillane has joined Sligo. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile.

GAA

Positive boost as Spillane gets all clear to join Sligo

Business & Farming

Some of The Sligo Park Hotel’s long-serving staff - Left to Right. Niall Soden - Food & Beverage Team Leader; Geraldine Keaveney – Accounts Manager; Mary Halton – Human Resources Manager; Gerard Moore – General Manager; Tom Mc Cabe – Chef; Magda Szczegodzinska – Accommodation Supervisor.

Sligo hotel thanks its staff for their long service

Richard Kennedy.

Richard Kennedy appointed to the chair of InterTradeIreland

Ireland West Airport.

Passenger numbers at Ireland West down 77% on pre-Covid

Breaking News

Covid-19 support for 375 Sligo businesses

Carolanne Rushe

Sligo business woman scoops national award

Dr Brian O'Boyle with his new book.

How Ireland became one of the World’s biggest tax havens

Verus, Sligo has been nominated.

Nominations from North West for Apprentice of the Year

MEP Chris MacManus.

Online Christmas shoppers warned of a ‘nasty Brexit surprise’

Lifestyle

Exiting a bubble can create new stresses for people. Go slow but face your fears.

Creating your ‘new’ normal post-Covid

"Jack Your Body" - number one in the UK and Ireland in early 1987.

RETRO CHART 1987: First house music No. 1 was a one-hit wonder

We’re allowed touch people again aren’t we? It’s so long since I hugged someone outside my own family, I think I’ve forgotten how.

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Things are getting back to normal, but they’ll never be the same again

Sean Connery and Gert Frobe in Goldfinger (Thursday, ITV4, 8p.m.)

Top films to watch on TV this week

Pete removed a sewing needle from Freddie’s stomach.

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The sewing needle that caused a broken leg

The stunning Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX.

Motoring Extra Mercedes charges to the front

Milk Thistle has been taken as a trusted “folk” supplement for generations.

Naturally Healthy Supplements to help you keep your liver healthy

Ireland is composed of two separate halves that were welded together during a continental collision some 420 million years ago.

Nature Trail The island of Ireland is made of two halves

Obituaries

The late Monsignor Travers.

Monsignor Travers’ 70 years of diocesan service

The late Fr Leo Flynn.

Fr Flynn’s strong devotion to Nigerian mission

The late Margaret Killoran.

Margaret Killoran was ‘a child that awoke the town’

The late Monsignor Cormac Burke at his computer where he loved writing his blog.

From Sligo to Nairobi - never forgetting Sligo Rovers

The late Maureen Deering.

Maureen’s life was devoted to family

The late Paddy McDonagh.

Renowed Riverstown fiddle player

Jimmy Neary in his bar and restaurant Neary's in Manhattan.

Jimmy lived the US dream

The late Charles H McCabe Jr playing County Sligo Golf Club, Rosses Point with grandson, Brian.

New Yorker who loved Sligo