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The Sligo Champion, 28 Oct 2026

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ArticleGur­teen loc­als ‘not briefed’ on wind tur­bine

A pub­lic forum to dis­cuss a pro­posed com­munity wind farm scheme in Gur­teen res­ul­ted in mem­bers of the local com­munity speak­ing out against the devel­op­ment in the ‘strongest pos­sible terms’. Approx­im­ately 30 mem­bers of the local...

Gur­teen loc­als ‘not briefed’ on wind tur­bine

ArticleCel­eb­rat­ing suc­cess: Calry’s Claudia receives Mas­ters in Account­ing

Claudia Gon­ley, Calry Co Sligo (right) with Colleen Hughes, Lat­ton, Co Mon­aghan who Received a Mas­ter of Sci­ence in Account­ing dur­ing Day Two of the Autumn Gradu­ation Cere­mon­ies in DCU (Dub­lin City Uni­versity).

Cel­eb­rat­ing suc­cess: Calry’s Claudia receives Mas­ters in Account­ing

ArticleHEARTFELT TRIBUTES ON THE PASSING OF MONSIGNOR DEVINE AGED 95

Warm trib­utes have been paid to Monsignor Michael ‘Ricky’ Dev­ine on his passing at age of 95. A former Sum­mer­hill Col­lege past pupil and teacher, he was a pas­sion­ate sup­porter of Sligo Rovers all his life, attend­ing his first game in 1948 and...

HEARTFELT TRIBUTES ON THE PASSING OF MONSIGNOR DEVINE AGED 95

ArticleRail U-turn lies ‘firmly’ at the door of the Taoiseach

Fol­low­ing ques­tion­ing by a num­ber of Sen­at­ors and TDs, includ­ing Sligo’s Nessa Cos­grove, Irish Rail has con­firmed that its ambi­tion to see the West­ern Rail Cor­ridor fully reopened has been spiked by the Taoiseach and Depart­ment of...

Rail U-turn lies ‘firmly’ at the door of the Taoiseach

ArticleChance to enjoy our beau­ti­ful, his­toric walks this Hal­loween

Sligo is steeped in her­it­age that goes back to the very earli­est set­tlers. Did you know that the pas­sage tombs at Car­row­keel pred­ate New­grange, for example? When the early farm­ers and their ancest­ors roamed the Sligo coun­tryside they must...

Chance to enjoy our beau­ti­ful, his­toric walks this Hal­loween

ArticleSky-high rents promp­ted Louth couple to trans­form derel­ict Leitrim cot­tage on a shoes­tring

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was a derel­ict cot­tage in Leitrim being ren­ov­ated into a com­fort­able home without a massive budget. Louth couple Tara Tine, who runs the pop­u­lar Ditch Witch You­Tube chan­nel, and David Bellew, moved to...

Sky-high rents promp­ted Louth couple to trans­form derel­ict Leitrim cot­tage on a shoes­tring

ArticleSligo a hub for new emer­gency flood-response equip­ment

Coun­cil­lor Marie Cas­serly has wel­comed the announce­ment that Sligo has been selec­ted as one of five stra­tegic loc­a­tions nation­ally for new emer­gency flood-response equip­ment. She has thanked Min­is­ter of State Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran for his...

Sligo a hub for new emer­gency flood-response equip­ment