Eastern Harps GAA club is fifty years old this year. Ocean FM Sport joined the birthday celebrations, which began in earnest on Wednesday night with the launch of the Sligo club's new Strategic Plan.

February has been a difficult month for Donegal on and off the pitch. But for our podcast trio this week of Paddy McGill, Conor Breslin and Alan Foley (Sports Editor of the Donegal Democrat), it's clear that the current Donegal GAA Academy situation is the most worrying issue of all right now...

Former Tanaiste, Mary Coughlan, has encouraged more women to enter politic, and supported moves to have more women contest next year's local elections. She's one the speakers at a seminar on the matter in Donegal Town tomorrow

Trad and folk legend, Karan Casey releases her 9th solo album this week and we chat ahead of her US and Irish tour which includes the Hawk’s Well on April 23rd.

Maeve McGowan, the curator of Ladies Night at the Hawk’s Well next week, fills us in on an eclectic lineup that includes Pauline McLynn, Marie Mullen, Miriam Needham & Sandy Kelly

Businesses in Counties Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim have been invited to the first in a series of enterprise conferences, which is to take place in ATU, Letterkenny, on 3rd March next. Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney, has been outlining the relevance of the event and how regional businesses can avail of Govt supports and services

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney, has said the death of Joe McMorrow while sleeping rough on the streets of Sligo is a tragic loss and that nobody should be dying on the streets in a sleeping bag. The Minister had been listening to the outpouring of anger on the North West Today show after Joe was found dead in a doorway on Tuesday morning

A young man has told how he's being forced to sleep in a disused factory in Sligo, as he has nowhere else to go. He's reluctant to avail of a night shelter offered to him based on past experiences, and says all he's been given by the local authority is a sleeping bag

A recent survey carried out shows that the death rates in Ireland increased by 42% compared with four years ago. Aontu leader, Peadar Tobin, has been consistently calling for an investigation into this, while funeral director, David McGowan, says there was a huge spike in deaths in January of this year

Susan visited Mullaghmore in Co Sligo on Sunday last, and says there were substantial numbers of people doing likewise. However, she cannot understand why there were no local hotels or restaurants open

Gardai continue to investigate eight burglary incidents across Counties Sligo and Leitrim in the past week - one listener says it many cases, the victims have only themselves to blame, as they put too much personal information on their social media pages