Ocean FM News Reports

A special edition of North West Today, live from Ireland West Airport Knock, to welcome visitors home for Christmas. Tommy Fleming provides the live music, as the flights from London-Stansted and Liverpool arrive in

Former Sligo Rovers captain Gavin Dykes gives his take on reports linking former Showgrounds favourite with a loan move to Shamrock Rovers from Celtic.

This week David and Francie from The Francie Boylan Show visited St. Brendan's National School in Cartron in Sligo to hear from the Children and Teachers. David and Francie were treated to some great Christmas songs, heard from some of the children what they were hoping to get from Santa and also got to chat with Ms. Hurley and Mr. Maye.  Enjoy! All Podcasts can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcast,...

Sligo Grammar School Head Coach James Gavin gives his reaction to a third consecutive Schools 'A' league title in Connacht, following Monday's 10-3 win over Summerhill College.

Sligo Grammar School senior captain Conor Creaven on Monday's 10-3 victory over Summerhill College in the first ever all-Sligo Connacht Schools 'A' league final. Several players from both schools are also team-mates at Sligo Rugby Club.

The Mayor of Sligo, Cllr Tom MacSharry, has confirmed that all parking charges in Sligo Town are suspended from today for the next two weeks, and no one will have to pay for parking. There has been confusion over an apparent two-hour limit on such free parking

Marian Harkin says lack of action on balanced regional development is the reason she voted against the election of Leo Varadkar at the weekend. While Marc MacSharry says he voted yes, as he didn't want to prompt a General Election, and has received assurances on services at Sligo University Hospital

The 'Arab' you see dressed in the Argentinian colours is none other than Eddie McHale of Sligo. Eddie was interviewed by an international TV station at one of the five matches he attended at the World Cup tournament in Qatar

Listen back to Ocean FM Sport's commentary from the second half of Sunday's All-Ireland junior club hurling semi-final in Darver, Co Louth, between Easkey of Sligo and Kilburn Gaels of London. Match commentary from Liam Maloney & Sligo senior hurling boss Padraig Mannion.

Four Masters minor captain Caolan Sweeney speaks to Conor Breslin after Saturday's 1-10 to 1-9 quarter-final win over Clan na Gael(Armagh) in the St Pau's Ulster minor football tournament.

EJ Sligoi All-Stars head coach Shane O'Meara gives his reaction to Saturday night's dramatic 93-90 home loss to DBS Éanna in the men's Superleague.

Ocean Drive With Saoirse Cummins Dec 7th

There's been confusion over the initiative being introduced by Sligo County Council from next Monday in relation to free car parking for the Christmas period. The free parking will only apply for a two hour period per vehicle, as Cllr Thomas Walsh has been explaining

Micheál Martin is replaced as Taoiseach tomorrow by Leo Varadkar. After his two and a half years as leader, ex-Fianna Fail councillor Seamus Kilgannon and Kieran Dineen differ on the impact he has had

The shooting dead of Co Donegal soldier, Sean Rooney, in Lebanon brings back memories of the deaths of three Co Sligo soldiers there in 1987 and 1989. Corporal Fintan Heneghan was also killed in that 1989 landmine explosion and his brother, Enda, has been reacting to the latest incident

Donegal GAA has a new Chairman, an operating loss for 2022 and a fresh mandate for to return to the U18 grade for minor football. Austin O'Callaghan looks back at some of the main talking points from Wednesday night's Annual Convention in Letterkenny.

Last show of the year is an In-house session with Leitrim Local, Martin Brunsden, of Hot House Flowers fame, And singer/songwriter, Branwen Kavanagh.

Rachel Connolly Fierce Fun Faces Manorhamilton Church Choir and Sligo orpheus Choir preform o Holy Night and Hark the herald

The rape victim who was a founding member of the Sligo Rape Crisis Centre in 1996 is among those who share their thoughts in a new book to mark the 25th anniversary of the Centre. The CEO of the Centre, David Madden, outlines more

Mary can't understand why Irish soccer fans don't generally support the England team - she insists politics must always be kept out of sport, and that the present England team and their manager are a credit to the sport

The car involved in a Garda patrol car ramming incident in Ballyshannon last week has now been recovered, and Gardai are appealing for information in relation to the matter. This week's On The Beat comes from Sergeant Angela Cummins of Sligo Garda Station

Ahead of Saturday's vote on the election of a new Taoiseach, TD Marc MacSharry has written to Senior Government Ministers seeking commitments to Sligo University Hospital. He says he 'looks forward' to hearing what the Minister for Health has to say, before Saturday's vote and then he will consider his options

Ocean FM's local Sports Review of the Year 2022 is on this Sunday, Dec 18th, from 2-7pm.

EJ Sligo All-Stars head coach Shane O'Meara gives his reaction to Saturday night's 97-82 win over Neptune in Cork, in the men's Superleague.

Mihai from Romania is currently sleeping on the streets of Sligo, having moved from Dublin and from Galway. He says Sligo is a safer place in which to be homeless and is hoping to find employment so he can get himself off the streets on these freezing nights