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A BUSINESS networking event brought together over 120 entrepreneurs, innovators and people with business ideas for a busy day of inspiring and motivational guest talks.

THE solo winner of Saturday’s €4 million Lotto jackpot still remains mystery after the ticket was sold in the Excel Stop Shop in Stephen Street.

ESSENTIAL oils are used to make rooms smell nice or are added to a bath for relaxing purposes but Sligo researchers have found that their antibacterial components make them efficient in treating hospital superbugs.

BARAK Obama suggested that he and the Westlife lads go out for a Guinness together when he met up with them at the Nobel Peace Prize celebrations last week.
The Sligo crooners had a career highlight when they sang at a concert in Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize celebrations and they met with the winner of the prestigious award, US president Barack Obama.

A GARDA officer from Gurteen in Sligo has lost his colleague after their car was hit by a vehicle in Donegal.

OCEAN FM’s Hits for Hospice was a resounding success this year with almost €7,000 raised so far for North West Hospice and Donegal Hospice.
On September 17 Ocean FM handed over the airwaves to the listeners to set the music agenda for the day to raise funds for both hospices.
Listeners pledged dentations to have their [...]

THIS year’s Santatown in Sligo Folk Park, Riverstown, promises to be a festive treat for all the family.
Since the first Santatown in 2002, the annual event has become a fixture in the diaries for many families from throughout Ireland in the build up to Christmas
Over the next few weeks the finishing touches to the winter [...]

By Teresa McGowan
Editor
IN a new campaign Sligo retails are taking hands-on action to protect the local economy and to stop cross border shopping.
Yesterday (Tuesday) Phelim O’Neill the man behind the FAIR DEALER campaign spent the day visiting close to 50 Sligo businesses and asking them to sign up to his initiative and vow to [...]

By Teresa McGowan
Editor
THIEVES got a taxi to a Sligo home and attempted to steal a car before fleeing in the same taxi when they were disturbed.
That’s according to Nancy Callaghan of Rathbraughan Park who was given the fright of her life last Sunday after she was roused awake by her security light at 3am.
She [...]

They are the hottest tickets in town, and thanks to the Sligo Post and the Football Association of Ireland, you can win a pair of tickets to the Ford FAI Cup final in Tallaght Stadium.
Sligo Rovers’ allocation of an estimated 4,500 tickets for the big game against Sporting Fingal on Sunday sold out in 24 [...]