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.
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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...
The HSE is warning of a surge in hospital admissions as a result of the flu.
It says cases are rapidly rising, with 418 people presenting to hospital with the flu last week.
The extra number of people seeking is expected to place more pressure on the regions hospitals.
Earlier today there were 73 reported to be waiting on trollies in the two main hospitals in the North West.
According to the INMO there were 42 people waiting in Sligo a...
Health chiefs are working to open 10 more short stay beds at Ballyshannon Community Hospital by December 18th.
The 20-bed facility, which opened earlier this year, has only 10 beds in use so far due to staffing issues.
The move is aimed at easing pressure on Sligo University Hospital, which continues to face overcrowding.
Speaking to Ocean FM News Councillor Marie Casserly, who raised the issue at the Regional Health Forum, welcomed t...
ATU Sligo will contest Tuesday's Higher Education men's 'A' Premier Division final in intervarsities soccer when they take on UCD of the League of Ireland's First Division at Athlone Town Stadium.
Kick-off on Tuesday is at 5:30pm.
The ATU team includes a number of Sligo Rovers first-team squad members.
Ocean FM Sport's Austin O'Callaghan spoke with one of them, Conor Reynolds, and team manager Darragh Prendergast ahead of Tuesday's fi...
The well-known television personality and architect Hugh Wallace has died at the age of 68.
He was known for his role as a judge on the RTE programme Home of the Year.
His husband, Martin Corbett, wrote on Wallace's Instagram account that he passed away suddenly last night.
Wallace's company, Douglas Wallace Architects, are behind Tannery development on Cairns Hill in Sligo.
Garden designer and television presenter Diarmuid Gavin says ...
Junior Minister Frank Feighan spoke with protesters this morning and had pledged to do what’s in his gift to ensure the projects are fast tracked:
A motion was brought forward to todays sitting of Sligo County Council on the issue of schools across Sligo being underfunded by the Cathaoirleach of the Sligo Drumcliff MD Cllr Marie Casserly who says it’s now at a stage where it’s totally unacceptable:
A Fermanagh MLA says the local region is in shock following the death of two men in a road traffic collision over the weekend.
The men died following a crash involving a car and a Bus Éireann bus in Enniskillen.
The men, who were travelling in the car, died following the incident on the Derrylin Road shortly after 7 o'clock on Friday evening.
The Bus Éireann Expressway coach was en route from Dublin to Donegal at the time of the col...
Postive steps are being taken on lifeguard recruitment for the 2026 bathing season in Sligo.
Several Sligo beaches were said to be left without lifeguard cover during busy periods over the summer, raising serious public safety concerns.
Now it's been confirmed that a subsidised Beach Lifeguard Course will be running in County Sligo which reduces the usual 400 550 euro cost to 300.
Speaking to Ocean FM News Fianna Fail Cllr...
Tributes are being paid to former Donegal County Manager and Aodh Ruadh, Ballyshannon GAA personality Michael McLoone, who has died.
The late Mr McLoone served as Donegal County Manager for a sixteen year perioed between from 1994 until 2010.
During that time he oversaw a number of initiatives, including new Public Services Centres in Co. Donegal
He was also CEO of Beaumont Hospital in Dublin and was also on the board of the Healt...
A demonstration is taking place outside the Sligo County Council offices over a delay in providing a new Gaelscoil for Sligo Town.
Staff and pupils there are said to be teaching and learning in a substandard environment.
A new school building was promised some time back with little to no progress made on the project.
Teacher at the Gaelscoil Lynn Kilcoyne has been speaking to Ocean FM News:
A protest has taken place outside the offices of Sligo County Council over delays in various school projects in County Sligo.
There’s frustration locally over a long awaited extension for Grange post primary school for Sligo Town.
The school was promised an extension around 12 twelve years ago and so far progress is said to be slow.
The project has went to the next stage last Friday but there’s concern that it’ll be some time away ...
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