Local priests have been reacting to the new Framework Document for a return to Catholic mass and the sacraments during the Covid-10 pandemic. Fr Pat Lombard of St Anne's in Sligo and Fr Eddie O'Gallachoir of Kilcar discuss

This week's Health Slot with Rob Wood, Superintendent Pharmacist with the Cara Pharmacy Group. As well as dealing with listener questions, Rob addresses the issue of less public engagement with primary and secondary health care services during Covid-19

Mary Sheridan from Carrick on Shannon is the sole carer of her daughter, who is an adult with learning disabilities. Mary, like many other carers, is frustrated at the lack of indication of when vital respite services will again be made available to them

This Week:

(1 min) Hawk's Well Director, Marie O’Byrne, speaking about the National Campaign For the Arts.

(11:54 mins) Award-winning ex-RTE journalist, Susan O’Keeffe, gives us a brief on the Yeats Society Sligo and its upcoming festival.

(19:12 mins) Poet Brian Leyden reads his provocative new prose piece, Mansplaining WB Yeats. 

www.oceanfm.ie/arts for more.

Arts North West is a weekly, magazine arts show that covers everything creative in the region. Featuring the best of music, theatre, storytelling, with the best of talent from Sligo, North Leitrim & South Donegal. Produced and Recorded in The Glens Arts Centre, Manorhamilton. It is supported by Pobal, The Arts Council & Leitrim County Council.

Presented by Glens Artistic Director, Brendan Murray, it aims to afford artists of all disciplines the opportunity to engage with the community during this lockdown season.

It's survived 2 World Wars, the Great Depression, the Spanish flu, but Manorhamilton publican and councillor Felim Gurn, believes the coronavirus challenge facing his pub, which has been in operation since 1880, is the toughest yet. He's been reacting to the conditions under which pubs can re-open on 29th June

The huge fire which engulfed the Greenstar Recycling Depot at Finisklin in Sligo yesterday afternoon was contained to just one building by Sligo fire crews, despite the dangers of it spreading. Acting Chief Fire Officer Marian Coakley has been describing what happened

(Pic Rory O'Brien)

How to keep your garden in tip-top shape as we return to more normal Irish June weather is discussed on this week's Gardening Time with Feeney's Garden Centre. While Liam Feeney also answers listener's queries on a range of issues

Sinn Fein's Arthur Gibbons has defended the local authority co-option system, which will see him become the newest member of Sligo County Council next Monday. He replaces Chris MacManus, who himself has been 'co-opted' as an MEP, replacing Matt Carty

Those involved in the Black Lives Matter protest in Sligo insist they were responsible in their participation in the event and that social distancing regulations were adhered to, Up to 150 took part in the event outside City Hall on Friday afternoon last

Donegal county board chair Mick McGrath joined Ocean FM Sport to give his reaction to the GAA's return-to-play announcement on Friday, and how, or if, it might alter the structure of the Donegal Club Championships.