The best and most comprehensive local news can found at the websites of the two prominent local newspapers, The Sligo Champion and The Sligo Weekender. The two websites are up-dated every Wednesday and they include everything from editorials to local community news.

There are a number of web sites available that will allow you to check your local weather. Some of the best ones are set out below. OnlineWeather.com is probably the best. The site by Met Eireann has just been launched and it plans to build on the existing site over the coming months.

Unusual town park opened in the grounds of Sligo IT  June 2001

A traditional system for learning the Irish alphabet by the use of names of trees is the basis for a new landscaping scheme at Sligo Institute of Technology. The list used was compiled by Ballymote native Canon Andrew Donlevy, who went on to become head of the Irish College in Paris, and the idea originated with Dr Breandan MacConamhna, the institute director who collects antiquarian Irish language books. Some eight thousand trees will be planted and eightenn limestone seats will be placed along a walkway beside the stream in the college grounds, with each seat being inscribed with a letter of the alphabet. The project will mark Dr Macconamhna's retirement from the post of director at the beginning of June.

Ecumenical service held in Sligo in thanks for FMD protection May 14, 2001

A unique ecumenical service was held in St Mary's Cathedral in Sligo on Sunday night to give thanks for God's protection against foot and mouth disease and to ask for that protection to continue. The event was organised by the chairman of Sligo IFA Joe Coulter who also initiated a fund to help those farmers in Louth worst affected by the outbreak there.

Listen to Eileen Magnier, RTE's North Western Corrospendent, report from the service - 28K RealAudio

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Doherty makes investment call
A cross-border economic strategy is needed to address under-investment in the north west region of Ireland, it has been claimed by Sinn Fein's Pat Doherty

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Residents angry over refusal of tax deal to Strandhill village.

Of 102 towns around the country that applied for incentives under the Department of the Environment's town renewal scheme, only two were rejected. One of those was Strandhill in Co Sligo. The rejection has added to the frustration and disappointment felt by Sligo county councillors, Strandhill businesses and residents who feel their village has again been shunned by the government.

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What Top of the Pops magazine said about Kian Egan's attack in Sligo
"Kian Westlife Attacked"

Poor Kian Westlife was attacked by a gang on Sunday night in his home town of Sligo, just 24 hours before he was due to perform a homecoming concert with the band at the Point in Dublin. The muscular muso had a rare night off from the stresses of the 'Life's current tour, and had gone out for a drink with some friends at Sligo nightclub 'Toffs'. When the happy gang stopped for a kebab on thir way home, they were approached by a group of men, one of whom shouted out: "How would you like to play at the Point with a black eye?"

They then attacked poor Kian, knocking him down. He was later taken to hospital for treatment. Kian told the Mirror: "I'm shocked by the attack...I'm going on stage for the first time in front of my home crowd and it's all been ruined."

Ancient tomb captured both Sun and Moon Thursday, April 8, 1999

An ancient Irish tomb may have been built with a light chamber aligned not only to the Sun, but to the Moon as well.