Ocean FM News Reports
Broadcasting to Sligo, North Leitrim and South Donegal. North West Business Park, Collooney, Ireland 102.5-105FM Text/WhatsApp us on 00353 83 3500 530 Telephone 00353 818 365 500 / 00353 71 91 18100 (9am to 6pm Mon to Fri) Ocean FM is a multi award winning local radio station that broadcasts to the Northwest of Ireland. The station covers the area of South County Donegal, North County Leitrim and County Sligo. The current CEO of the station is Niall Delaney and the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) lists their target audience as 'being all age, socio-economic and ethnic groups across the community'. The station currently employs 22 full-time and 30 part-time staff.
Episodes
Concerns have been raised over the lack of beds in Aras Breffni Nursing Home in Manorhamilton.
The nursing home currently holds 25 beds for patients across North Leitrim.
The orginal building had a capacity of 40 beds, which has led to increased waiting lists for patients.
Local councillor Felim Gurn says it's about time capacity was raised in the home:
A Gaeltacht school in south west Donegal is said to be unfairly left out of the DEIS programme.
Meentinadea National School in Ardara is currently excluded from the programme, even though every other school in the same area qualifies.
The Government initiative that provides additional resources to schools with a high concentration of students facing educational disadvantage.
This school is said to have served the local community for o...
A Donegal TD has claimed that even Santa is suffering from the cost of living crisis.
Sinn Fein Deputy Leader Pearse Doherty made the remarks during Leaders' Questions in the Dail today.
The comments related to the government's failure to introduce energy credits in the recent Budget.
The Donegal deputy said that people are being forced to count every euro:
A North West based Junior Ministers says the government’s new infrastructure plan will make it easier for people to construct houses in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal.
As a result of the plan It's going to be much harder for people to object to new developments.
The Coalition are aiming to cut red tape for decisions around projects like housing developments and roads.
The new plan will outline who is allowed to take a ju...
There's a warning that peak nights in Sligo over the festive season may result in some pressure on taxi services locally.
People are being advised to book and plan ahead as a big demand is expected over the next few weekends.
While the number of taxis in Sligo has reportedly increased, there may still be a shortage owing to the expected influx of people into the town.
Owner of Feehilys Taxi, Coach and Bus Hire in Sligo, Daithi Feehily...
The Transport Minister is facing calls to ensure Irish Coastguard Search and Rescue workers are protected.
A Sinn Fein motion brought forward in the Dail last night, calls for a number of immediate steps, the first of which is an urgent review of how 24-hour SAR duties are being recorded.
Crews are required to work 24-hour shifts, yet these shifts are being recorded as only 16.5 hours of duty time under Irish Aviation Authority appro...
It's been claimed that residents are being continuously terrorised in the Ballytivnan area of Sligo.
Anti-social behaviour is said to be an ongoing problem, with fireworks being set off daily in the area.
Some people living there are said to be losing their sense of security as a result.
Deputy Mayor of Sligo Borough Cllr Arthur Gibbons says it's a major concern that unfortunately is not confined to one area of Sligo:
A Leitrim Councillor has questioned the wisdom of a new directive which is advising households to keep amounts of cash at home in case of emergencies.
The directive was part of an update to public advising what to do during extreme events like power outages due to weather or cyber-attacks.
Normally people have been warned against keeping cash at home, especially older people.
Kinlough based Councillor Justin Warnock ...
A Local fishing representatives says the industry is facing ‘an Economic Armageddon’ ahead of a meeting with the Taoiseach this afternoon.
EU fisheries ministers will attend the next Fisheries Council meeting on 11 and 12 December, where 2026 fishing quotas will be agreed.
Brendan Byrne of the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association says that meeting will be the most important moment of the year for EU fishe...
Irish Water is under fire yet again for not prioritising upgrade work at Teelin in Donegal.
A large number of residents are said to be impacted regularly by water outages due to what's been described as sub-standard pipes.
While long awaited replacement works have taken place in Glencolmcille recently, questions remain over why there is not a focus on the Teelin area.
Irish Water has continuously stated that it's loo...
Well renowned vacancy rate figures for Sligo have been proven inaccurate.
The data released regularly by Geo Directory claims that Sligo continuously has the highest commercial vacancy rate in country.
However, Sligo County Council has undertaken its own study, which shows that the Geo Directory statistics are wrong, with many occupied units marked empty.
A more detailed report will be published by the Council in the...
A key meeting was held in Tubbercurry at the weekend over a number of local issues.
Questions are being asked over progress on a number of projects eat marked for the town, including the former Garda barracks and the health centre.
There’s also ongoing transport concerns including the lack of a local link catering to the area.
The meeting was attended by TDs and Cllrs.
Fianna Fáil Cllr Barry Gallagher is hopeful that following on f...
ATU is receiving €10.5 million in funding.
The money is set to go towards digital capacity, strengthening student engagement and supports, enhancing staff development and leadership, and accelerating progress on climate action and sustainability goals.
The investment is being mooted as a strong signal of balanced regional development and is part of a nationwide €65.8m investment in technological education.
Junior Minister Marian Harki...
There's concern that the North West is being side-lined in a new Garda initiative.
It comes as a high-visibility policing operation which is in effect in Dublin is set to be rolled out in other cities and large towns.
The plan was introduced in the Capital last year with extra Gardai deployed to the area and is said to have been a major success with a large drop in street crime recorded since.
Plans are now afoot to introduce the ope...
A Leitrim Beef Farmer say a recall of Brazillian beef from EU markets raises very serious questions about its production standards.
The recall follows the discovery of hormones in beef exported from Brazil to the EU.
It coincides with a report on the findings of an IFA /Irish Farmers Journal investigation on production standards for Brazilian beef.
Patrick is a beef farmer and a member of the Irish Beef and Lamb Associatio...
A North West representative of the GRA says it's their hope that tasers will be rolled out as soon as possible to front line members of An Garda Siochana.
Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan is expected to bring a memo to Cabinet today on the issue.
It's understood 128 frontline Gardai will be trained up, under a 6 month pilot project that could start as early as this week.
The plan would be introduced in three Garda division...
A local County Councillor and teacher has called for a public awareness campaign targeting class rooms in relation to the dangers of e scooter.
Leitrim independent Councillor, James Gilmartin has backed has backed calls which warn parents not to buy e-scooters for their children as Christmas presents,.
The Royal College of Physicians have also called for urgent action as its members deal with the fall out of accidents involving c...
The Government is under fire over the level of funding sanctioned to County Sligo under the Safety Improvement Schemes.
The latest allocation was €370,000 for the entire County.
There’s said to be a number of projects waiting for funding to progress but its thought the overall amount won’t go far enough.
Sinn Fein Cllr Thomas Healy has branded the allocation as a disgrace with many serious issues in the County that need to be urgen...
A local Consultant in Public Health Medicine is warning that the relatively low number of people receiving flu vaccinations is leading to the spread of the flu and placing extra pressure on our Hospitals.
The HSE has confirmed that nationally 418 people presented to hospital with the flu last week.
Yesterday the INMO trolley watch figures confirmed that there were 73 people reported to be waiting on trollies in the two ma...
The Sligo greenway project has been shelved.
Sligo County Council has confirmed that an alternative alongside route to the disused train line which had been under consideration is not feasible.
Risks, impacts and costs were all said to be factors which have led to the decision.
Late last year, Irish Rail ruled out the proposal to establish the greenway on the disused line itself.
The local authority has indicate...
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