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The journey of four budding TY entrepreneurs from Colaiste Muire, Ballymote, Luke Ryan, Joshua McGill, Ruadhán Sheerin, and Seán Sweeney, has been remarkable since their triumph as Senior category winners and best Business Report winners at the county final of the Student Enterprise Awards.

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A number of American journalists got to sample Sligo’s great outdoors over the past week as part of a trip with Tourism Ireland.

A group who organise an annual fundraising week which helps struggling individuals and families in the North West is hoping to raise awareness of a new, growing problem. The housing crisis has seen an increase in people seeking the help of the North West Simon Community who currently assist up to 30 families in Sligo. […]

An Irish filmmaker and his friends took up the challenge to travel the longest defined coastal route in the world. Testing the electric Tesla Model X, the West of Ireland's charging infrastructure, and having a blast along the way this group of friends had an incredible adventure along the Wild Atlantic Way. 

View from the DUrsey Island cable car. Photo: Pól Ó Conghaile Its not what youd expect to find at the tip of the Beara Peninsula - a cable car to Dursey Island. The tide is too strong at Dursey Sound for boats, hence the unusual method of getting across. The journey takes about 10 minutes, and once you set foot on the island, just enjoy the walks and views. Although people do live on Dursey, there are no hotels or B&Bs to stay overnight (there arent any shops or restaurants either, so make su...

Bloom time If you dream of filling your home with your own cut flowers, gifting website and flower farm Bell Meadow has introduced a flower seed collection that will help you realise that ambition. It contains 11 seed packets (each with detailed growing instructions on a card to keep for reference) including sweet peas, cornflowers and marigolds. These are all suitable for beginner growers and will attract pollinators to your garden. Bell Meadow’s Maria Ryan suggests starting the sweet peas ...