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The Yeats International Summer School runs until next Friday

Poetry readings launch Sligo's 60th Yeats Summer School

The streets of Sligo have been resonating to the sound of poems written by William Butler Yeats.

Regional • 27 Jul 19

Gardaí at Enniscorthy Garda Station have thanked the public for their assistance

Man missing from Wexford area found safe and well

A 49-year-old man who had been missing in the Wexford area since Friday has been found safe and well.

Leinster • 14 Jul 19

Striking staff at Sligo University Hospital take to the picket line

Up to 400 support staff strike at Sligo hospital

Up to 400 support staff are involved in strike action at Sligo University Hospital today including house-keeping, catering and security staff as well as theatre operatives and multi-task attendants.

Connacht • 26 Jun 19

The North West Relocation Survey was carried out by national recruitment & HR services group Collins McNicholas

Less traffic & family key factors for moving north west

Access to schools, being closer to family and friends and less traffic are the three top benefits for people who have relocated to the North West of the country, a new survey showed today.

Business • 29 May 19

Joanne Devaney began shearing as a teenager on the family farm in Barnaribbon, at the foot of Benbulben mountain

Queen of the Shears looking forward to foreign conquest

At this time of the year, Joanne Devaney can be found shearing up to 200 sheep a day, six days a week as she prepares to represent Ireland internationally.

Ireland • 24 May 19

National Famine Commemoration takes place in Sligo

An event has been held in Co Sligo honouring the memory of over 40,000 people from the northwest who emigrated through Sligo Port between 1841 and 1851.

Ireland • 19 May 19

GW Plastics purchased Avenue Mould Solutions two years ago

230 jobs to be created at Sligo plastics firm

230 jobs are to be created at a plastics factory in Sligo town as part of a global expansion by its American owners.

Business • 22 Feb 19

The works will start south of the N4/N17 Toberbride Roundabout at Collooney

'Worst road' in Ireland set for €150m upgrade

A road in Co Sligo described as "possibly the worst" in the country is to undergo a €150 million upgrade.

Regional • 29 Jan 19

The defence applied to discharge the jury following a 10-day trial due to a segment on RTÉ's Prime Time programme

Trial collapse over Prime Time discussion of other case

A murder trial has collapsed at the Central Criminal Court due to the content of a current affairs programme, which the judge said was likely to have influenced the deliberating jury.

Courts • 05 Dec 18

Karl Collins was originally from Sutton in Dublin, but living in Bundoran in Donegal

Inquest hears mental health unit 'not fit for purpose'

The HSE has admitted that a mental health unit where a man took his own life while a voluntary patient was not fit for purpose.

Ireland • 12 Nov 18

The conference took place today in the Canis Major chapel (Pictures: Sligo Dracula Society/Facebook)

Academics find Dracula was partly inspired by Sligo

A cholera epidemic in Sligo was a source of inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula, academics told a conference in the town today.

Connacht • 10 Nov 18

Notice was put into effect on 5 February following the detection of cryptosporidium in the supply

Boil water notice affecting parts of Sligo, Mayo lifted

A boil water notice for customers supplied by the Lough Talt Public Water Supply in Co Sligo and part of Co Mayo has been lifted after being in place for over eight months.

Connacht • 25 Oct 18

One man was arrested and brought to Ballymote Garda Station

Man arrested after Sligo stabbing

A man sustained non-life threatening stab wounds in Sligo last night.

Connacht • 19 Sep 18

Plebiscite on name of Sligo town may be put on hold

Plans to hold a plebiscite in Co Sligo to change the official name of Inishcrone to Enniscrone, as is commonly used by local people, may have to be put on hold pending new legislation.

Sligo • 04 Sep 18

Sligo Coroner's Court was told that gardaí were not bringing any charges in relation to the fire

Father and son died due to smoke and gases in fire

A father and son who were killed in a fire in an apartment in Sligo town last year died as a result of inhaling smoke and fire gases, an inquest has found.

Connacht • 27 Aug 18

The illegal dump was discovered in the Lough Easkey area

Investigation into illegal dumping in Sligo

Sligo County Council is appealing for information to help find those responsible for an illegal dump site at Lough Easkey.

Connacht • 01 Aug 18

Gardaí say Paul Geraghty has been located

Man missing from Co Sligo found safe after appeal

41-year-old Paul Geraghty (also known as Pol Mac Oireachtaigh) from Tubbercurry, Co Sligo, who had been missing since Tuesday 26 June has been found safe and well after an appeal.

Connacht • 06 Jul 18

Phibro's new Sligo operation will involve the production of vaccines for the treatment of poultry diseases

150 Sligo jobs promised by animal health company Phibro

Up to 150 jobs are to be created in Sligo by Phibro, an animal health company headquartered in New Jersey in the US.

Business • 05 Jul 18

Arlene Arkinson, from Co Tyrone, disappeared after a night out in Co Donegal in 1994

Exhumed body not that of missing Arlene Arkinson

A body exhumed in Co Sligo is not that of missing Tyrone schoolgirl Arlene Arkinson, her family has said.

Crime • 15 Jun 18

Between its Dublin expansion and the creation of new roles in Cashel, this will bring DMS' commitment to jobs in Ireland to 150.

Two companies announce job openings

International Retail Solutions Company E3 Retail and international GRC firm DMS Governance will create over 40 jobs in both Sligo and Tipperary.

Jobs • 06 Jun 18

Abtran CEO Pat Ryan, Business, Enterprise and Innovation Minister Heather Humphreys and Enterprise Ireland CEO Julie Sinnamon

Abtran expansion to create 350 jobs in Sligo

Irish outsourcing firm Abtran has said it will create 350 new jobs in Sligo as it sets up its new regional operations centre in Finisklin Business Park.

Business • 05 Jun 18

Jimell Henry pleaded guilty to 11 charges at Sligo Circuit Court and she will be sentenced on 25 June.

Sligo garda passed information to known criminals

The judge in the sentencing hearing of a suspended Garda from Sligo who has admitted passing on information to criminals, said she has undermined the force and the reputational damage done is incalculable.

Courts • 29 May 18