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Blue Raincoat have built a reputation on pushing boundaries, of driving a pickaxe into previously unbroken ground, but few ventures were as ambitious as their endeavours this weekend gone. A Country Under Wave delivered 26 performances in 26 locations over two days (Saturday and Sunday, August 1-2) spread throughout the North West. Venues – from […]

Talented Sligo chef Ethna Reynolds was the big winner from Sligo at the Connaught heats of the Irish Restaurant Awards. Held on Tuesday evening in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Sligo, the awards named the best restaurants, gastro pubs and chefs in the province. Ethna Reynolds, who set up her own cafe, Nook, in Collooney […]

Sligo Jazz Project has devised a full programme of events to celebrate UNESCO International Jazz Day, Saturday 30 April. Music will run from 11am until late night in various Sligo venues, celebrating the many styles of jazz, from the modern to the more traditional, from swing to funk, from big band to string band. The […]

Published: 11:30 AM January 16, 2021    Edna Quinton, a resident at Harker House, has turned 100 and received her first Covid-19 vaccination. - Credit: Harker House A retired Norwich factory worker has marked her 100th birthday with a telegram from the Queen and her first coronavirus jab. Edna Quinton, a resident at Harker House care home, in Long Stratton, received her first dose of the vaccine on Friday, after celebrating the milestone birthday on January 10.  In her lifetime, the centen...