Eileen Magnier

North West Correspondent

Charles Farrell appeared at Sligo District Court in relation to charges that he aggressively demanded a percentage of money in relation to an insurance compensation claim from two men

Former garda pleads guilty to demanding claim money

A 66-year-old former garda has pleaded guilty to two charges of demanding money with menaces.

Regional • 03 Nov 23

The incident happened at a service station on Mail Coach Road in Sligo town

Fourth charge over assault on boy in Sligo

A fourth teenage boy has been charged in connection with a serious assault at Mail Coach Road in Sligo on Tuesday.

Regional • 03 Nov 23

The incident happened at a service station on Mail Coach Road in the town

Three teenage boys appear in court over Sligo assault

Three teenage boys have appeared in court in Sligo charged in connection with an incident at a service station on Mail Coach Road in the town on Tuesday evening.

Connacht • 02 Nov 23

The scene of the alleged assault in Sligo town

Three teens arrested over assault of boy, 14, in Sligo

Gardaí investigating a serious assault on a 14-year-old boy in Sligo town yesterday evening have made two further arrests.

Connacht • 01 Nov 23

The teenager was transferred to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin

Investigation after teenager injured in Sligo incident

An investigation is under way after a teenage boy was injured in an alleged assault in Sligo town yesterday evening.

Connacht • 01 Nov 23

Una Joyce from Gaoth Dobhair, Co Donegal

Irish woman missing in Germany found safe

A Donegal woman who had been missing in Berlin since Saturday night has been found.

World • 31 Oct 23

Edwina Guckian is curator of the 'Amach - to the Fields' project in Co Leitrim

Leitrim landowners open door into local history

"Amach - to the Fields" - 21 doors, 21 townlands and 21 stories - is a unique project in Co Leitrim which aims to reconnect people to the land by telling stories about its history, folklore, the people who live and have lived there and much more.

Leitrim • 22 Oct 23

Barbary macaques are native to the Atlas Mountains in north Africa and the Rock of Gibraltar but they are a critically endangered species

Barbary macaque birth in Donegal 'hugely significant'

The birth of a baby barbary macaque monkey at the Wild Ireland sanctuary in north Donegal has been described as hugely significant internationally.

Ulster • 19 Oct 23

Marc MacSharry said that it has been an "extraordinary privilege" to serve in the Oireachtas since 2002 (File image)

MacSharry says he won't stand in next general election

Independent TD for Sligo-Leitrim Marc MacSharry has announced that he will not run in the next general election.

Politics • 18 Oct 23

A call by almost 80 GPs in Donegal for urgent action at the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital has been backed by a group of consultants working there

Donegal GPs call on Minister for Health to visit LUH

Doctors in Donegal have called on the Minister for Health to get into his car and drive to the county to see the situation at Letterkenny University Hospital for himself.

Ulster • 17 Oct 23