North West Today

Former Sligo-Leitrim Fianna Fail TD John Ellis claims ex-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was set up after a video recording of him commenting on immigrants was posted online. Ellis says he has sympathy for Ahern and was only putting across views that many Irish residents hold, but are afraid to express for fear of being called racist

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The rise in the numbers of fatatlies on our roads has unfortunately highlighted the whole area of  personal injuries and personal injury claims and what dependents might do in cases of fatal injury accidents. Carolne McLoughlin, Partner with Callan Tansey Solicitors, discusses

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A Donegal tour guide insists the development of superpubs in Donegal Town is not the way the Town needs to go in terms of tourism and threatens to destroy its reputation as one of the 'coolest places on the planet'. Derek Vial of Tour Donegal has been reacting to a planning application by McCafferty's Bar to expand its premises in the town

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Mystery still surrounds the discovery of the body of a man on the shore at Tullaghan in North Leitrim 40 years ago. The heavily tatttooed body was found on 1st May, 1986, and despite an exhumation, still remains unidentified. Former Garda diver, Jim Brennan, has had a long-time interest in the case

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Brooke Coleman was the subject of a sexual assault in her home village of Gurteen two years ago -  the man responsible has been jailed for two years. She's given a detailed inteview on how traumatic the entire experience has been for her - while her mother, Jessica, speaks of the devastation of parents being told their daugher was sexually assaulted

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Lydia is preparing to send her son to school in Co Sligo but says she is shocked that there is only one non-denominational school in the county, whereas there are 62 Catholic schools and 5 Church of Ireland. She claims this is a form of discrimination and exclusion as she does not want to send her son to any school which has a religious ethos

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This week's Friday Panel discuss the arrival of more IPA residents in Sligo, possible retrictions on vape shops, banning social media for under 16s, the latest political opinion poll and Government peformance, the concept of kid's courts to crack down on speeding, and Ireland's Eurovision boycott. Guests are former Sligo Mayor Marcella McGarry and Fine Gael Cllr Fergal Nealon

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9 year old Aaron Langan of Laghey in Donegal has the rare muscle-wasting condition of DMD - Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. His family are appealing to the HSE and authorities to facilitate access to a drug which would slow his condition. His father, Dermot, outlines more

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A significant number of 160 IPAS residents who are being accommodated in Cahersiveen in Co Kerry are being moved to accommodation in Sligo. The IPAS residents were informed of the move by letter in the past few days, which has prompted a campaign in Cahersiveen to keep them where they are

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The parents of the three 13 year-old boys seriously assualted by a property developer at Collooney in 2024 have said the violence used in the attack was shocking and beyond comprehension, and now want time to be allowed heal. Cathal O'Connor was senteced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to the assaults, while Simon Cavanagh of Collooney was given a 2 and a half year suspended sentence

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