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Wretched afternoon for Sligo Ladies in Donegal

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:52:00 GMT

Donegal 6-19 Sligo 1-08
IN the early stages of this Bord Gáis Ladies National Football League Division Two clash at Páirc Tír Conaill, Donegal Town, last Sunday, Sligo looked as if they were in for a saunter in the spring sunshine.

Effort shows that Rovers must be taken seriously

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:50:50 GMT

AT times it wasn’t pretty. At times it wasn’t cohesive. And yet there was enough class on display on Saturday night last to make you believe Sligo Rovers have what it takes to be biting at the heels of the top three when the Airtricity League reaches a conclusion next Autumn.

Grammar are within reach of the year’s big prize

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:49:42 GMT

SLIGO Grammar School gave further evidence of their power and ability when they scored a resounding 45-13 Connacht Schools Senior Cup semi-final victory over Gallen Community School in Ferbane on Tuesday last.

Defeat for Ursuline College in Connacht Senior ‘C’ final

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:48:27 GMT

SLIGO’S Ursuline College were left down and out in last Friday’s Connacht Ladies Football Post Primary Schools Senior ‘C’ Championship final.

Saint Attracta’s earn All-Ireland final place in schools basketball

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:47:30 GMT

SAINT Attracta’s Community School, Tubbercurry, qualified for the Basketball Ireland All-Ireland Schools League Girls U-16 ‘C’ final following their 15-points defeat of Presentation College, Wexford, 43-28, last Thursday at the National Basketball Arena.

Summerhill aiming to further ‘A’ rebirth

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:46:26 GMT

HAVING taken the scalp of St Jarlath’s College, a Galway secondary school synonymous with success in Colleges GAA, not just provincially but nationally, and having emerged from a tightrope semi-final against St Muredach’s College (a thrilling tie that went to extra-time), Summerhill College’s Senior Gaelic footballers must feel that this could be their year.

What will ‘B’ will ‘B’ for Tubber outfit St Attracta’s

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:44:36 GMT

EVEN if St Attracta’s Community School have been down this road before, there is nothing matter-of-fact about manager Anthony Brennan’s outlook ahead of Saturday’s Connacht Colleges Senior ‘B’ Championship decider in Charlestown.

Oscar Traynor exit for the Sligo-Leitrim League

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:41:19 GMT

THERE was penalty shoot-out heartbreak for the Sligo-Leitrim & District Junior Soccer League representative side in their Oscar Traynor Inter-League Cup quarter-final at MacSharry Park last Sunday afternoon.

Mullen injury adds another worry to the campaign

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:39:33 GMT

SLIGO’S efforts to rebound from last Sunday’s off-colour showing against Wexford has been dealt a fresh blow with the loss of midfielder Eugene Mullen to a collarbone injury.

Sligo caught cold in Wexford

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:34:36 GMT

SLIGO turned in one of their poorest displays for some time when they suffered a seven-points defeat to Wexford, 3-07 to 1-06, in a mediocre Allianz GAA National Football League Division Three tie at Wexford Park on Sunday.

Cook doesn’t blame ref for spot-kick call

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:33:06 GMT

PAUL Cook declined to criticise referee Anthony Buttimer following the Cork official’s controversial decision to award a penalty, from which Shamrock Rovers equalised, in Saturday’s Airtricity League Premier Division opener at The Showgrounds.

Dubious penalty gets Shams out of jail against energetic Rovers

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:23:36 GMT

Sligo Rovers 1 Shamrock Rovers 1
OH that every home game would be like this, albeit with a winning outcome.

Minister to crack down on legal highs in June

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:47:29 GMT

Minister of State for the National Drugs Strategy, John Curran has welcomed a cabinet decision to ban some products sold in the controversial ‘head shops’.

Parking rogues will be pursued across the border

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:45:04 GMT

Motorists from Northern Ireland who have flaunted southern parking fees and tolls will now be pursued across the border by the respective departments of transport.

‘We only need 20 councillors’ - Queenan

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:43:09 GMT

A Fianna Fail county councillor has called for a drastic reduction in the number of public representatives in Sligo.

Hotelier says the banks have him ‘against the wall’

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:41:12 GMT

The owner of two hotels in Sligo has said that the present difficulties being experienced by the hotels industry was the greatest he had ever faced.

Oscar-nominated Irish film gets Sligo screening

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:40:13 GMT

ON March 16, Hollywood and Sligo will be closely linked when Paul Young, a native of Boyle, Co Roscommon and producer of the Oscar Nominated ‘The Secret of Kells’, will be in town for a special showing of his film at 9pm in the Gaiety Cinema.

Sligo hotel rooms are dearer than in Dublin City

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:38:48 GMT

Sligo hotel room prices were the third highest in the country last year, according to a new survey.

Lots of positives from Save Our Shops meeting

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:36:52 GMT

TRADERS, landlords, politicians, employees and civil servants attended the Save Our Shops meeting on Thursday last organised by the Fair Dealers committee and chaired by Sligo Weekender CEO Brian Feeney.

Jobless figure is up by just one!

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:35:41 GMT

The number of people signing on in Sligo rose by just one person in the past month.

First prison officers get IT Sligo degrees

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:34:16 GMT

THE first graduates of a ground-breaking course for prison officers at IT Sligo were conferred with their degrees at a ceremony last Friday attended by the Minister for Justice Equality and Law Reform Dermot Ahern.

Scenic Clooncoose Bog now a rubbish black-spot

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:32:35 GMT

Large-scale dumping of household waste, tyres and electrical goods is taking place at Clooncoose Bog near Ballymote, destroying this scenic area popular with fishermen and walkers.

Deal secures 120 jobs at Fort Dodge laboratories

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:06:28 GMT

There was some good news on the jobs front in Sligo yesterday, Monday, with the announcement of a deal which will secure the jobs of around 120 workers at the Fort Dodge Laboratories animal health products plant at Finisklin.

Melissa’s mother says HSE let her child down

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:01:18 GMT

The mother of Sligo teenager Melissa Mahon who was killed while in the care of the Health Service Executive has accused the service of failing the tragic teen.

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:40:11 GMT

A NEVER-SAY-DIE attitude was the key ingredient in Summerhill College’s tremendous 3-07 to 0-11 extra-time victory over St Muredach’s College, Ballina, at Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry, last Sunday – a win that secured the Sligo town secondary school a place in the Connacht Colleges Senior ‘A’ Championship decider for the first time since 1985.

Sligo-Leitrim prepare for Oscar Traynor Cup agenda

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:38:36 GMT

FRANK McGarry, manager of the SligoLeitrim & District Junior Soccer League representative squad, has praised the players’ attitude since Sligo-Leitrim returned to inter-league action in this season’s Oscar Traynor Inter-League Cup.

Summerhill’s fairytale is ruthlessly stopped

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:37:37 GMT

IT WAS always going to be a tall order for an inexperienced Summerhill College last Wednesday – appearing in their first ever Connacht Schools Senior Cup semi-final – to overcome the might of three-ina-row seeking defending provincial title-holders, Coláiste Iognáid of Galway.

Walsh expects a tough challenge in Wexford as Sligo resume campaign

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:36:27 GMT

SLIGO Senior team manager, Kevin Walsh, is taking nothing for granted ahead of his side’s Allianz GAA Football National League Division Three away fixture against Wexford this Sunday (Wexford Park, 1pm) following their break from action the previous two weekends.

Sigerson delight for Tubber’s Kelly

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:35:50 GMT

TUBBERCURRY’S David Kelly played a significant role in Dublin City University’s Sigerson Cup triumph last weekend.

Sligo U-16s reach Connacht decider

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:34:45 GMT

SLIGO powered their way into the final of the Connacht U-16 League with a superb team performance and a 22-0 win against a strong Buccaneers outfit at Hamilton Park, Strandhill, on Sunday.

International darts event leaves local fans enthralled

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:33:51 GMT

THE Six Nations Darts Cup reached a thrilling climax in the Sligo Southern Hotel on Sunday afternoon as England and Wales met in the final and one well-known darts star produced a stunning nine-dart finish.

Saint Attracta’s prepare for a hectic sporting week

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:32:21 GMT

FOR Saint Attracta’s Community School, sport is the buzz word this week as three of the Tubbercurry-based secondary school’s squads compete in high-profile Ladies Football, Gaelic football and basketball fixtures.

No predictions, please

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:30:12 GMT

LAST season’s FAI Ford Cup finalists, Sligo Rovers, should not be considered as contenders for the Airtricity League Premier Division title, says manager Paul Cook.

Comfortable home result pleases manager

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:28:34 GMT

ANY complaining about a 3-0 home win would be churlish.

Rovers savour appetister before the year’s main dish is served

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:25:27 GMT

AS an appetiser to the season’s main course – which starts next Saturday night with the visit of Shamrock Rovers to The Showgrounds – last Saturday’s 3-0 demolition of an understrength Cliftonville was a tasty one.

Hurlers endure frustrating day

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:19:17 GMT

SLIGO’S hurlers endured another bleak result in this year’s Allianz-sponsored GAA Hurling National League when falling by eight points, 1-15 to 0-10, to Fingal last Sunday at Markievicz Park.

Sligo will be one of first to get ‘filmless’ x-rays

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:27:27 GMT

SLIGO General Hospital has been selected as one of the first four hospitals in the country to have a new national electronic system of x-rays and scans installed.

New route demanded for east bridge

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:25:35 GMT

Sligo Borough Council has instructed the County Manager to come up with alternative routes for the Eastern Garavogue crossing.

Bar thieves threw safe down stairs

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:23:41 GMT

Thieves who broke into a long-established west Sligo bar tried to smash a heavy safe by throwing it down the stairs.

Rathbraughan is getting unfair rap

SligoWeekender.ie — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:22:29 GMT

A RESIDENT of Rathbraughan Park housing estate in Sligo has claimed that house prices there were being driven down by the unfair reputation which the estate has gained locally.