Sligo Weekender - 2021-01-14

• Staff at Sligo hospital say: We’re under pressure immense
• ROVERS LOOK TO FUTURE
• John Lee’s stories of joy and of sadness
• Brewing the best at Coffee Lab
• Midwife Mary ‘delighted’ to get first Covid-19 jab in Sligo
• Finbarr Filan on government town centres advisory group
• Referrals to virus test centre in Finisklin hit 500 each day
• Council hopes low traffic levels will ease disruption as roadworks shift to junctions
• Markree weather station had highest number of ground frost days in 2020
• Increase in demand for mental health support at family centres
• Tomorrow is deadline for N17 upgrade submission­s
• Appeal by mountain rescue team after January call-outs
• Tributes paid at meeting to Paul Byrne
• Book defence is rejected – Classiebaw­n abuse stories ‘implausibl­e’
• I’ll avoid the virus and see what’s in the newspapers
• NEWS ROUND-UP
• Sligo students (and a teacher!) get Young Scientist recognitio­n
• NEWS ROUND-UP
• Smashing car windows on list of public order charges
• Peter’s Atlantic dips for very good cause
• DISTRICT COURT ROUND-UP
• There is sadness in hospitals, and there was many a night I left crying
• New Western Distributo­r Road has opened to traffic
• Grey diesel hatchback most popular choice for new cars in Sligo last year
• Viability report on reopening of railway elicits a divided reaction
• Pandemic has been ‘catalyst’ for house purchases in Sligo
• Billy recalls famous Cheltenham win on his 90th birthday
• Sligo’s Linda Kearns: Escape from prison, an IRA training camp ...then the Civil War
• Farmers ‘will look hard’ at land access indemnity changes
• IFA launches its ‘be safe and secure in 2021’ campaign
• Concerns as Britain begins divergence on food standards
• ICSA calls for scrapping of the 5% beam nitrates reduction requiremen­t
• BDGP extension deadline looming
• High uptake of scheme extensions is announced
• MAKE SURE TO TAG THE SLIGO WEEKENDER IN YOUR FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER POSTS!
• QUIZ OF THE WEEK
• New support for those who are living with heart failure, including 900 Sligo people
• Turning to CNN again and taking sneaky beach walks
• SLIGO SPORT AND RECREATION PARTNERSHI­P: Update SSRP wants Sligo to feel good about exercise in 2021
• Patience is the new sport
• We’ll have to get used to
• Meet the Leitrim legend who has been putting his heart into trying to make Sligo a stronger county
• ‘Sligo’s problem has never been a lack of quality’
• Chairman hails Rovers’ new link with Everton FC
• Kilmore gig for ex-Sligo boss Taylor
• Ex-Bit O’Red manager has Alzheimer’s
• Bit O’Red goes blue

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