Orla Hearns

Ambulance couldn’t access ill mourner in cemetery

by 12/08/20 7:47am

A Ballina Municipal District councillor is demanding that Mayo County Council attend to health and safety issues at the local Leigue Cemetery. Fine Gael councillor John O’Hara was outraged after the ambulance service could not access the graveyard to attend...

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EweTube: Local village takes sheep festival online

by 10/08/20 3:26pm

  A south Sligo-based virtual sheep festival is set to showcase the creative side of Ireland’s shepherds. Just one year after its successful inaugural run the Cloonacool Sheep Festival in south Sligo is set to go virtual. Set at the...

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Saints and sanitisers: Mass returns, but not as we know it

Mass — like every other form of public gathering — has changed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. On...

Sunday, 09/08/20 - 7:36am Read More

Excitement as 3,000-year-old discovery is made in Swinford

Archaeological excavations undertaken as part of the Cloongullaun Bridge Realignment Scheme on the N26 near Swinford have revealed the presence...

Saturday, 08/08/20 - 12:58am Read More

‘Joe Brolly is a person in pain’: Scathed Ballina life coach pays for Mass to be said for GAA pundit

A Ballina-based life coach has enrolled GAA TV pundit Joe Brolly as a member of the Knock Shrine Friends Association,...

Thursday, 06/08/20 - 3:54pm Read More

€3m investment will counter past neglect of tourist hotspot

Enniscrone bathhouse and beach
Sligo County Council is focusing its attention on the popular beach resort of Enniscrone and the west Sligo area in...

Thursday, 06/08/20 - 1:30am Read More

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Ballina saddened by passing of Nan Carr

Wednesday, 05/08/20 - 5:40pm

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Ballina hotel to be part-demolished in major new development plan

Saturday, 01/08/20 - 1:09am

Sligo family launch novel mask selfie cancer fundraiser

Friday, 31/07/20 - 4:46pm

Exciting plans for new 60km Mayo greenway receive major boost

Wednesday, 29/07/20 - 2:54pm

Meals on Wheels: Lockdown Ironman helps put food on the table

Wednesday, 29/07/20 - 7:48am

Sky’s not the limit for Ballina girl’s fundraising

Tuesday, 28/07/20 - 2:10pm

Crossmolina artists share lockdown perspectives in festival exhibition

Friday, 24/07/20 - 12:24pm

Online petition to rename Ballina bridge gaining traction

Friday, 24/07/20 - 10:42am

Friday Night Live… a novel live-streaming event from the heart of Ballina

Thursday, 23/07/20 - 2:40pm

Differing views in Ballina on how to honour Big Jack’s memory

Thursday, 23/07/20 - 7:29am

Easkey to shine a beacon of hope with “Illumination” event

Tuesday, 21/07/20 - 6:06pm

N59 re-opens to traffic following crash on Crossmolina Road

Tuesday, 21/07/20 - 3:38pm

Jack’s legacy lives on in Ballina’s team spirit

Tuesday, 21/07/20 - 3:17pm

Brace yourselves people, cameras to roll on second Rooney book

Friday, 10/07/20 - 4:44pm