North West Today

The Mayor of Donegal Town, Anna Gallagher, and writer and journalist Peigin Doyle are this week's Friday Panel guests. Topics discussed include the VAT reduction, one-off housing guidelines, developing local tourism, women in politics, the World Cup and...meeting Rod Stewart

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Former Leitrim referee and Chairman of the GAA County Board, Enda Stenson, says the physical attack on a referee this week at an Under 15 boys match in Co Clare is an absolute scandal. He says the GAA need to come down hard on all those involved, as such incidents are preventing the recruitment of younger referees

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A Sligo resident who previously organised a petition to call for CCTV cameras to be installed in Sligo Cemetery says those with family  members buried there might consider contributing to the cost of lighting and CCTV. Sligo Co Co has already ruled out CCTV due to data protection issues but Hilda says something is urgently needed because of the scale of anti-social incidents

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The man behind the voice on 'It Says in the Papers' on RTE Radio has written a new book about his life in Maugherow in Co Sligo for the past 34 years, during which he and his wife have developed a barren two-acre site into a home, a woodland and sanctuary for wildlife. John S. Doyle speaks about the inspiration for 'Salt Wind, Rising Water'

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The world's largest replica of a Spanish Galleon has now docked in Sligo after an emotional journey around the North West coast - the Galleon fired shots as it passed by Streegadh strand where three Spanish Armada vessels were shipwrecked in 1588. Dr Prannie Rhatigan, Chair of Spanish Armada Ireland, says it's wonderful to welcome the Galleon to Co Sligo

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This year's Sligo Relay for Life cancer fundraising event is to take place on 5th and 6th September, following on from the huge success of last year's event - teams and individuals are being asked to sign up to participate. Committee chair Ann Higggins and community fundraiser Monica McElhinney outllne more

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Church of Ireland Archdeacon, Patrick Bamber, has confirmed that there is a 'restoration levy' for commercial tour groups visiting WB Yeats' grave at Drumcliffe but insists there is no charge for members of the public -the levy is being used for upkeep of the site - but Yeats Society Director, Susan O'Keeffe, says the move may be counter productive as the number of bus tours to the site have decreased

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This week's Friday Panel discuss an early morning train service to Sligo, proposals for maximum temperature limits in the workplace, the promotion or not of local tourism, Hospital car parking charges, the World Cup and more. Guests are Sligo county councillors Thomas Walsh and Seamus Kilgannon

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Election posters should not be banned but there should be restrictions on their size and shape in future. That's the recommendation of the Electoral Commission, which has published the outcome of public consultation on the matter -  the Commission's Head of Research, Mary Clare O'Sullivan, outlines more

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A well-known WB Yeats author and scholar has described the decision to seek donations to visit the poet's grave at Drumcliffe as miserable and scraping the bottom of the barrel. Declan Foley, a native of Sligo, is an Australian-based author, editor, and scholar who focuses heavily on the Yeats family.

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