Ocean FM News Reports

Sunday evening, Arts House at 8pm: We’ll hear about the launch of the latest volume of Sligo Field Club’s journal on this coming Thursday at 5:30pm in Liber Books in Sligo.

We’ll also hear about Ballyshannon’s Colaiste Cholmcille’s production of their musical ‘We Will Rock You’ that will run from Nov. 27th to Nov. 30th.

But first to the Middle East, to Gaza, that narrow strip of Mediterranean coastline bordered by Israel and Egypt. It is 15 miles long by 7 miles wide, but is home to two million Palestinians. So what’s life like for the ordinary people who struggle to live in Gaza? That’s exactly what Ballyshannon, Co Donegal man Garry Keane went to find out - - and the result is the documentary film ‘Gaza’, of which he is producer and director. The film has won best documentary at the Barcelona Film Festival, was shown at the Sundance Film Festival and is Ireland’s entry for the Oscars. Garry tells us about both the documentary and the place, Gaza.

And we also have arts news.

Sligo boxer Dean Clancy joined Ocean FM Sport's Austin O'Callaghan in studio on Sunday to reflect on his national senior elite title win - and the complicated qualification route to the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

On this week's Friday Panel, former General Election candidate, Bernie O'Hara, former Detective Garda and GAA official, Eddie McHale, and Con Darcy of Citizens United. Charging OAPs on trains, the demise of rural pubs, drink driving limits, Black Friday, and rural broadband are among the issues discussed

McLean's Pub in Ballinfull in North Sligo is to be the latest rural pub to shut its doors. It's been a public house since 1971, and been a family business since 1951. Proprietor Hugh McLean says it's a sad occasion for him

The CEO of Sligo County Council, Ciaran Hayes, has dismissed any suggestions that the McGinley family were offered financial incentives to vacate Connaughton Road car park. Mr Hayes has outlined a raft of significant developments which are now taking place to enhance Sligo Town and County, and has paid tribute to the co-operation he is receiving from staff, councillors and from local community groups

How do we 'fix the fixtures' in club football and hurling? Well, not the way the GAA's new taskforce is going about it - that's according to the Club Players Association, which has withdrawn from the Fixtures Task Force Group. The CPA's Michael Higgins joins Austin O'Callaghan to explain why they have walked away.

Also - Donegal's Jamie Brennan, Eoghan Bán Gallagher and Mick McGrath on the county's 2020 plans; Benny Guckian on his appointment as the new Leitrim minor football manager - and Sligo boxer Dean Clancy bids for national elite title glory in Dublin this weekend.

Ocean FM's Weekly Business Show.

Coming up on this mornings Up and Running. We are joined by Michelle O Boyle the new President of the Irish Law Society, Declan O Brien from Adolex joins us in Studio. We catch up with Brendan Tierney who tells us about his businesses and his very successful Comedy Festival.

It's been claimed the traditionally strong various Irish County Associations and Irish Centres in the UK are becoming a thing of the past. Long time London emigrant, Mick Kearns, orginally from Geevagh, says very few young people see the need for such organisations

This week:

Eamon Harvey on the Cara Bundoran Run 2020. For more: http://carabundoranrun.com

(9min 10 secs) Tina Pommer on the Slow Food Adventure Event at The Organic Centre Rossinver on 30th of November. For more: https://www.theorganiccentre.ie

Members of the McGinley family, the business community, Sligo County Council, and the public have all been reacting to the sudden departure of the family from Connaughton Road car park last evening. The families have now been accommodated in Finisklin, bringing the 36 year old saga to an end