North West Today

Three of the five children sexually abused by a Sligo man outline the horrendous details of what they experienced. Last Friday, Noel Farrell was jailed for 20 years at the Central Criminal Court for the abuse. The children had also been locked in a bedroom without food and forced to drink their urine. Jessica, Helen and Christopher have been brave enought to speak out

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The Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois has issued a clarification over a letter he sent to parishoners and clergy directing that Churches should stop hosting wakes. Bishop Paul Connell insists he has NOT banned removals from taking place in Churches. The Diocese covers all of South Leitrim and part of North Leitrim - Fr Roy Donovan and funeral director David McGowan discuss

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A Sligo Town bus driver has described the Town's S1 bus service as a shambles, with buses in a shocking state of repair. In a e-mail to the North West Today show, the driver claims the service has not been feasible for years, and that the buses are subject to contstant breakdown, with drivers subjected verbal abuse as a result

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Parents of students attening the Gaelscoil in Sligo, along with staff, are intensifying their efforts to have a new school provided, despite its exclusion from the latest Dept of Education school building programme. Consultant physician, Dr David Tansey, who intends sending his children to the Gaelscoil, has again written to the Education Minister to outline the dire need for a new school

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Kerry GAA legend Pat Spillane revealed his daily practice of accessing daily online Catholic Masses on national TV at the weekend and revealed that the Mass at Rathcormac in Co Sligo is one of his favourites of all - beacuse of the sermons of the parish priest - Canon Tom Hever has been reaction to Spillane's endorsement

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It's 8 years today since the muder of 20 year old Jimmy Loughlin outside his apartment at Connolly Street in Sligo. Fr Vincent Connaughton, who presided at Jimmy's funeral mass, has been remembering him and says the Loughlin family will continue to fight to get rhe answers they want relating to the attack

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Sharon was one of the patients whose planned hip replacement surgery at Sligo University Hospital was suddenly cancelled this week. Five procedures were cancelled after another leak in the orhtopaedic theatre which had been closed last year because of a leaking roof. She says these things would not be allowed happen anywhere else in the country

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This week's Friday Panel discuss the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the abolition of Town and Borough Councils, dumping at clothes banks, St Patrick's Day trips, social media restrictions for young people and much more. Guests are Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council Donal Gilroy and Bundoran businessman Diarmuid Doherty

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A young Sligo woman talks about her struggle to get a diagnosis of endometriosis

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On Wednesday Claire spoke to Laura Brady, mother of Jason who lives with Spastic Paraplegia, Type 26- an extremely condition.

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