The Sligo Champion

07/09/2025

An online survey inviting parents and guardians to share their views on how best to protect young people in the digital world has been launched.

A new online survey inviting parents and guardians to share their views on how best to protect children and young people in the digital world was launched recently with a local councillor expressing the belief it is vital that parents in Sligo are to the fore in the discussion around creating a safe...

07/09/2025

A busy day in Sligo, where two of her sister live, for Presidential hopeful Catherine Connolly came to a conclusion when she addressed a large crowd in The Glasshouse Hotel

A busy day in Sligo, where two of her sister live, for Presidential hopeful Catherine Connolly came to a conclusion when she addressed a large crowd in The Glasshouse Hotel.

07/09/2025

Sligo will host an Alzheimer’s Memory Walk on Sunday, September 21st at Doorly Park

Sligo will host an Alzheimer’s Memory Walk on Sunday, September 21st at Doorly Park.

06/09/2025

An application has been lodged with Sligo County Council by Voya Seaweed Baths seeking planning permission for a new development that will include outdoor sauna facilities

An application has been lodged with Sligo County Council by Voya Seaweed Baths seeking planning permission for a new development that will include outdoor sauna facilities.

06/09/2025

Gerard Gorman, now in his mid-60s, was sent to the school as a boarder in 1970, largely to satisfy his father’s aspirations that if it was good enough for the local doctor’s kids, it was good enough for his.

What none of the family knew was that at the age of 11, going on 12 years old, Gerard was being subjected to a harrowing cycle of molestation and r**e in which a predatory pa******le priest, Fr Malachy Finnegan, hunted a child who blamed himself for assaults he could not comprehend or explain.

Gerard kept the abuse a secret for over 40 years, finally admitting to a counsellor what had happened. In 2022, he felt ready to tell his story in a memoir, So Young: The Taking of My Life By the Catholic Church, co-written by his brother Damian.

That story is now coming to the stage in a unique theatrical event called Boy, that somehow manages to be hopeful and full of light despite the darkness at the core of it.

Find out more 👉 https://tinyurl.com/hfajxabh

Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo

06/09/2025

The 23-year-old, accused of damaging a 50” television and front glass door of a pub, had his case adjourned for two months.

A 23-year-old man before Sligo District Court charged with damaging a 50” television and front glass door of a pub in Co Sligo had his case adjourned for two months to come up with compensation.

06/09/2025

There are just two weeks left to see Extra Alphabets, a major exhibition by acclaimed Irish painter Mairead O’hEocha, on view at The Model until Saturday, September 20

There are just two weeks left to see Extra Alphabets, a major exhibition by acclaimed Irish painter Mairead O’hEocha, on view at The Model until Saturday, September 20.

06/09/2025

There was lots to celebrate at the recent Community Games finals, with young athletes from Sligo in impressive form

There was lots to celebrate at the recent Community Games finals, with young athletes from Sligo in impressive form.

06/09/2025

This September 18 to 21 event will see the largest offering so far from the local festival that started in 2019

At the recent launch of the 2025 Cloonacool Sheep Festival it was announced that this year’s event would feature a visit for the President of the Irish Farmers Association and an attempted world record. This September 18 to 21 event will see the largest offering so far from the local festival that...

05/09/2025

Meet Órla Nic Con na Búille from Carrick-on-Shannon!

After being forced to leave teaching in Dublin due to housing costs, she found her calling with Conradh na Gaeilge - now traveling across 11 counties delivering interactive Irish language workshops to secondary school students.

"I love being able to make a difference," says Órla, who covers everywhere from Donegal to Offaly, inspiring young people to embrace our native language.

Read our full interview here: https://tinyurl.com/3ff54juh

05/09/2025

A 33-year-old man has been sent forward to Sligo Circuit Court charged with one count of possession of a knife at Sligo Bus Station

A 33-year-old man has been sent forward to Sligo Circuit Court charged with one count of possession of a knife at Sligo Bus Station.

05/09/2025

A courageous West Sligo woman, who braved bullets and bombs in the Spanish Civil War, is being celebrated in a new documentary by a County Leitrim film-maker

A courageous West Sligo woman, who braved bullets and bombs in the Spanish Civil War, is being celebrated in a new documentary by a County Leitrim film-maker.