North West Today

Zoologists at the National Museum have been described the significance and excitement of the discovery of a Greenland shark, washed up at Finisklin in Sligo last weekend. The shark is believed to have been around 150 years old and it's the first recorded stranding of this species of shark on the Irish coast

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Ardara-based Senator Eileen Flynn says she was too terrified to attend last week's fuel protests because of the presence of so many tricoour flags at them. She claims members of far right organisations took over many of the protests to try and use them to their advantage

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Margaret Gallagher operates five school buses in Co Donegal, but says she won't be able to do so for much longer because of the escalating price of fuel. It has already meant her having to raise the price per child for school travel - Margeret took part in last week's fuel convoy protests

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John Gurhy, a native of Riverstown in Co Sligo, now resident in Chicago, has campaigned for Donald Trump in his two Presidential campaigns of 2016 and 2024. He now says he disagrees with a lot of what Trump has done and said, inlcluding his war with Iran and his crtiicism of Pope Leo, but still supports him, as he is creating a stronger US economy

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Junior Minister Independent TD Marian Harkin has defended her decision to vote confidence in the Government in yesterday's vote, during which Minister Michael Healy-Rae resigned . She says the Government is trying to do its best for the people. Fine Gael Junior Minister Frank Feighan believes the Government remains stable despite Healy-Rae's departure

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Rachael Scanlon was in her late 30s when she acquired sudden onset Functional Neurological Disorder, of FND. It began when she experienced sudden seizures, and the loss of the ability to walk. She describes what happened, and what has happened since, with the assistance of the FND Ireland charity

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The founder of the famous Boys of Ballisodare Festival, Philip Flynn, has paid tribute to the late Moya Brennan of Clannad fame. Philip says Moya's and Clannad's Sligo musical connections date back to very early days in their careeer and they played at every one of the Ballisodare Festivals from 1977 to 1982

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One local woman's frustration at being forced to cancel an urgent hospital appointment in Dublin due to the fuel protests - she's been waiting 14 months for such an appointment. She says she still supports the cause for which people are protesting, but that the ordinary citiizen should not be affected in such a manner

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Junior Minister Marian Harkin says she is 'hugely disappointed' with the resumption of fuel price protests in Sligo this morning, despite the Government announcement of measures to address the crisis. Minister Harkin says she does not understand what the protesters are trying to achieve, and insists the Government measures represent the best package per head of population within the EU

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This week's Friday Panel discussion is dominated by the fuel price protests of the past week - our panellists offer their views, as well as Donald Trump threats of annihilation of Iran, modular home and the housing crisis, the Artemis moon mission and how the upgrading of the Sligo Rail was secured in the 90s - guests are Jim Lawlor and Kevin Comiskey

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