The Sligo Champion

07/12/2025

Sligo musician and songwriter Jason Mills is celebrating a surge of creative success from the “man cave” studio at his home in Ballisodare, where he has penned a series of Christmas tracks now proving hugely popular.

Mills, who developed his love of music as a child with guidance from Georgie Gorman, has released two festive songs — Christmas Cheer and Under the Tree - along with Rarin’ to Go, which has attracted over 23,000 hits on social media and continues to gain momentum across Spotify, iTunes, Alexa and local radio.

After a decade performing with several bands on the Sligo music circuit, Mills stepped back from gigging earlier this year to focus on writing and recording from his home studio, describing the process as both creatively fulfilling and good for mental wellbeing.

Read more: https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/news/from-his-man-cave-at-his-house-sligo-musician-has-penned-christmas-songs-which-are-proving-to-be-a-big-hit/a1147106745.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=seeding

07/12/2025

Sligo teacher Rachel Gaffney had double cause for celebration after achieving ‘top of her class’ status at the 25th annual Hibernia College conferring ceremony, held at Dublin’s Convention Centre recently

Sligo teacher Rachel Gaffney had double cause for celebration after achieving ‘top of her class’ status at the 25th annual Hibernia College conferring ceremony, held at Dublin’s Convention Centre recently, and at which the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Sci...

06/12/2025

It is 50 years since the great Mickey Kearins and Sligo walked in the shadow of Paradise when they won their first Connacht SFC title since 1928.

It is 50 years since the great Mickey Kearins and Sligo walked in the shadow of Paradise when they won their first Connacht SFC title since 1928.

06/12/2025

For one Sligo man, music is the breath of life as he celebrates the release of two Christmas songs and a third which has 23,000 hits on social media.

For one Sligo man, music is the breath of life as he celebrates the release of two Christmas songs and a third which has 23,000 hits on social media.

05/12/2025

Balymote and Culfadda is remembering with fondness a well known primary school teacher and former President of the Irish National Teachers organisation who has passed away.

05/12/2025

Titled 'Francisco de Cuéllar - Lost Sailor of the Armada' it was written by Sligo historian and Armada enthusiast Eddie O'Gorman and features all of the main characters in de Cuéllar's historical account.

A new digital audio play based on the letter of a Spanish Armada survivor will be streamed live on the internet on Thursday 4th December at 8pm.

05/12/2025

Sligo GAA legend Mickey Kearins has reflected on his celebrated playing career, fifty years on from the county’s landmark 1975 Connacht Championship victory.

Regarded by many as Sligo’s greatest ever footballer, Kearins spoke about the highs and lows of his time in the black and white, the teammates who shaped an era, and the significance of finally securing a Connacht medal after years of near misses.

Now 82, the former All-Star also voiced his support for the GAA’s new rules, saying they have “improved the game immensely” and would have suited his own style of play.

Read more: https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/sport/gaa/sligos-greatest-ever-footballer-mickey-kerins-reflects-on-his-playing-days-and-how-he-approves-of-new-rules/a368611369.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=seeding

05/12/2025

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05/12/2025

At a large family home in coastal Sligo, four brothers and a sister are sizing up the next steps after the death of their father (Lalor Roddy). The old man’s shadow looms large.

Siblings, wills and old ­grudges – this Irish comedy-drama is perfectly timed for the one holiday each year when families are forced back in under the same roof and expected to make nice.

04/12/2025

County Sligo was proudly represented by two students at the National Europe Direct Soapbox Final held at the Royal College of Physicians, Dublin, on Monday, 1 December.

04/12/2025

Rail was the big winner for the West in the National Development Plan Review for 2025 along with the Eastern Garavogue Bridge but upgrading of the N17 and the N15 are on the long finger with motorists having to put up with any more years of tortuous drivng. Paul Deering reports

Sligo can look forward to work starting on the Eastern Garavogue Bridge in 2026 but it will be years before the county sees a start on upgrading both the N17 and in particular the N17.

04/12/2025

People who are supported by HSE Disability Services’ Ballytivnan Training Centre are taking part in an inspiring new art exhibition called Sligo’s Dream Horizons.The exhibition opened in the ATU Library, Sligo on Tuesday 25th November 2025.