Private bus operators serving the Sligo area have reported being inundated with calls from people seeking alternative transport since the Bus Eireann strike began last Friday. And there were threats yesterday, Wednesday, that the dispute could escalate to involve other CIE companies, such as Iarnrod Eireann and Dublin Bus. The school transport service could also […]
Gerard Lyttle says Rovers can do much better with the squad they possess By Alan Finn THE new Sligo Rovers first team manager Gerard Lyttle may be new to the League of Ireland, but his interest in the club extends back to the 1990s. Lyttle, who began his playing career at Glasgow Celtic, revealed his […]
It is the first of its kind to be opened in the south of Ireland and is run by Mary McSharry. This week, the Sligo Weekender spoke with Mary and her colleague Victoria Stanek who is working primarily in Northern Ireland with Invisible Traffick in the battle against human trafficking. Sligo’s proximity to the border […]
Taking on any production is daunting. In the case of a Shakespeare adaptation, there is perhaps no production as daunting as “Macbeth”. For Killian Glynn, the man responsible for the adaptation and producing of the forthcoming ‘Scottish play’ for Where We Are Now festival in May, the story he wanted to tell would not leave […]
By Alan Finn SLIGO could have it’s very own man in the White House in the next year depending on the outcome of November’s presidential election in the United States. Donald Trump, who secured the Republic candidacy on Tuesday night, announced last weekend that Mike Pence, the Governor of Indiana, would be his running mate. […]