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31 August 2010
The death of a Riverstown woman at the weekend brings the fatality toll to seven on a notorious section of the N4 Sligo – Dublin road in recent years.
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31 August 10
Ballymote 1-15 Shamrock Gaels 0-06
WITH Mark Irwin and Peter Lyons, scorers of 1-4 and 0-7 respectively, whirling menacingly and Conor McGowan, the defender, mopping up assuredly, Ballymote sorted out Group Four with a swagger on Saturday evening at Markievicz Park.
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Editor's views

01 September 2010
They were an odd thing to find at 9am on a Thursday morning. A pair of women's high heels, left sitting on a grass verge beside a busy car park, the obvious remnants of a hectic night out.
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21 July 2010
It is a blot, not a blight. Just like one swallow doesn't a summer make, Sligo's recent capitulation against Down in the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Qualifiers shouldn't define Galway native Kevin Walsh's second campaign in charge of one of the country's underachievers.
Ben Bulben

01 September 2010
Last week a Sunday paper had two articles which demonstrate our politicians past and present inability to put proper facilities to educate our children at the top of their list.
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