The Sligo County Board has been responding to concerns raised about ongoing problems with parking in the areas around Markievicz Park. PRO Padraig McKeon says the Board fully understands the frustrations of local residents and of cyclists and will continue to co-operate to ensure parking regulations are not breached on match days

Residents living along the Calry Road in Sligo have expressed their anger and frustration at the huge volumes of traffic being diverted along the road, as a result of roadworks taking place on the N16 Sligo-Manorhamilton Road. Josephine Mannion says there was traffic mayhem along the road yesterday with articulated trucks being forced to reverse back up the road

Vandals set alight playground equipment at Scoil Ursula national school in Sligo at the weekend, damaged the school polytunnel and goalposts. Pupils Abbey and Daithi Joyce have spoken of their upset at what happened, while teacher Clara Ryan reflects on the fact it's the second time such an incident has occurred

It's emerged that a large number of calls for the RNLI locally are to rescue Eastern European people who get into difficulty while in the region who do not fully understand water safety warnings. Bundoran's Killian O Kelly, water safety manger with the RNLI, says with a large of Ukrainians now living locally, it's important to provide them with safety messages

On this week's In The Garden, Liam Feeney of Feeney's Garden Centre advises on how to restore your evergreen shrubs and trees after winter damage. And answers a full array of listener queries

Well known TV war correspondent, Fergal Keane, is to launch a programme of writing and research workshops in Sligo Library tomorrow evening. He'll be conversation with Susan McKay, the new writer-in-residence at the Library, who's been outlining more about the event

The famous Duffy's Circus is planning to come to Sligo at Easter - but can't a venue. An appeal has now gone out for a suitable location, with all the previously-used sites unavailable, as David Duffy outlines

The Gardai have been urged to issue fines to those who park illegally in the areas around Markievicz Park in Sligo on GAA match days. Joan Swift of the Sligo Cycling Campaign has welcomed Sligo GAA's raising of awareness of the issue, but says more needs to be done to safeguard pedestrians, cyclists and local residents

The new Atlantic Technological University, ATU, comes into being next Monday - incorporating IT Sligo, Letterkenny IT and GMIT. Ahead of the official launch, IT Sligo has organised a special carnival event for this Sunday as a way of thanking everyone for their support since opening in 1970

Sligo businessman, John McKeon, proprietor of Pet Stop, along with his work colleagues, are overseeing deliveries of supplies to Ukrainian refugees donated by people from the region. He's been speaking from the Polish-Ukrainian border where he says the scenes he witnessed were very upsetting