Ocean FM News Reports

In The Garden is back for the new gardening season - Liam Feeney of Feeney's Garden Centre will all the advice you need to get your garden in shape this spring

ATU Sligo men’s soccer team are celebrating an intervarsities Challenge Cup title after they defeated NRC Coleraine 2-1 in a dramatic Challenge Cup final, played at Athlone Town Stadium on Tuesday. Speaking to Ocean FM Sport's Ronan Flanagan after Tuesday’s final, ATU Sligo manager James Lawlor paid tribute to the team’s character:

Derek from Killybegs, who does a bit of writing himself, says he's appalled at the decision to re-edit some of the famous Roald Dahl books to remove language that the publishers believe could now be offensive. Thus 'fat' becomes 'enormous', and the Oompa Loompas are small 'people', not small 'men'

New legislation which could mean a 1 2 year jail sentence for anyone who attacks a Garda will do nothing to prevent it happening. That's according to former local Garda Gerry Murphy - while Sinn Fein's Martin Kenny says lack of resource and the morale issue still need to be tackled

Gardai are appealing for information in relation to recent burglaries at Kinlough in Co Leitrim and Dromard in Co Sligo. Sergeant Enda Browne of Manorhamilton Garda Station has details on this week's On The Beat

There were long traffic jams to various beaches across the North West last night as people tried to view another Northern Lights display- however, they were disappointed, as Kenneth McDonagh of the Donegal Weather Channel explains

Landlords will continue to leave the market if there is to be an extension by Government to the evictions ban. Tommy Breheny of the Oates Breheny Group says he believes landlords are being unfairly demonised in the current debate over homelessness and most involved are small landlords

The PRO of the Donegal Ladies GAA Board, Danielle Loughrey, has outlined in detail why she's opposed to the new LGFA policy which would allow transgender girls and women play Gaelic football. She insists there was no widespread consultation on the matter and 'up to 90%' of those associated with the sport are against it

The first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine was marked by the Ukrainian community at an event in the Peace Park in Sligo last Friday evening - at which families told of the desperate attempts to leave the country when war broke out, and of their desire to return to be re-united with relatives and friends

Tina Beirne joins Austin in studio to round up the week's youth soccer news in Sligo/Leitrim.

Two games in and four points on the board. It's reasonable to assume that most Rovers fans would have taken that before the start of the season. We hear from last Friday night's hat-trick hero Max Mata. Dónal Ryan, who went to the game 'as a punter' reports back on what the trip was like.

Donegal LGFA footballers suffered a heavy 5-11 to 0-1 loss to Cork in Mallow in Sunday's Lidl NFL Division 1 clash. Manager Maxi Curran spoke to reporter Paul Jenkins.

Leitrim senior football manager Andy Moran spoke to reporters after Sunday's 2-22 to 0-13 win over 12-man Carlow in Division 4.

Sligo manager Tony McEntee assesses Sunday's 1-10 to 0-4 win over London in their Division 4 league game in Ruislip - a fixture which was also a dress rehearsal for April's Connacht Championship clash at the same venue.

Listen back to Saturday's All-Ireland senior 'B' colleges football semi-final between St Attracta's Community School (Tubbercurry) and Abbey CBS (Tipperary) as described by Austin O'Callaghan and Stephen Henry.

Listen back to the full match commentary of Saturday's All-Ireland colleges senior 'A' football semi-final between Summerhill College (Sligo) and St Brendan's (Kerry) at Tuam Stadium.

Listen back to the closing stages of Saturday's All-Ireland senior 'A' colleges semi-final in Tuam Stadium, as described by Ocean FM Sport's Austin O'Callaghan and Keelan Waters.

Sligo Rovers hat-trick hero Max Mata gives his reaction to Jessica Farry and Ronan Flanagan after Friday night's 3-2 win against UCD in Dublin.

This week's Friday Panel discuss the latest political poll, St Patrick's Day trips, the cost of living package, the burglary spree across the NW, transgender girls playing GAA. Guests are former councillors Veronica Cawley and Seamus Kilgannon

The Labour Party leader, Ivana Bacik, says she's hopeful the Labour Party can increase its local authority representation in the North West in next year's elections - the party currently have no councillors in Counties Sligo or Leitrim. She will host a Town Hall public meeting in Sligo on Monday evening next

Simon Waugh, head coach of the Coláiste na Carraige girls U16 basketball team, spoke to Austin O'Callaghan after Thursday's All-Ireland league title win in Dublin, where they beat Coláiste Dun an Rí (Cavan) 44-36.

Simon Waugh on Coláiste na Carraige's All-Ireland basketball title success Paddy McGill, Conor Breslin & Alan Foley on the Donegal GAA Academy "We've come because we heard about the Harps" - Eastern Harps GAA Club at 50

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