
As Ireland’s elite swimmers return home with their biggest haul of medals ever from a European Short Course Championships, what inspiration might our younger local swimmers take from that? We chat to some them from County Sligo Swim Club.As the PDC World Darts Championships begin in London, we visit the Sligo Youth Darts Academy on the Mail Coach Road, where close to 100 young players have found the perfect environment to throw darts and learn about the sport.The beanie hats are back!Leitrim’s 50 miles challenge returns in the New Year. County LGFA Chairperson Kathy Butler joins us for more on that.And - Sligo Tennis is getting ready to celebrate its 40th birthday with a big celebration bash - and a name change. We’ll play a few rallies with Tomás Kelly and Siobhan Parker.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 11, 2025
43 min

We go Davey Drifting with the Ballinafad family who are accomplished competitors in one of the fastest growing motorsports around right now.2025 has been a landmark year for the Gurteen Celtic and Arrow Harps women’s soccer teams. The two Sligo-Leitrim clubs won the two main cup and shield titles in Connacht. They were honoured last weekend by Sligo County Council.ATU Sligo women’s gaelic footballers underline Sligo LGFA’s growing prominence by winning beating UCD to win third level football’s Quill Cup - we get reflections from manager Liam Gilmartin.Plus - the north Sligo trio cometing for Ireland this weekend at the 2025 World Junior Surfing Championshps in Peru.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 4, 2025
42 min

Part two of the recent Sligo GAA Celebration Dinner of the county’s Connacht Championship winning team from 1975.The event, at Sligo’s Clayton Hotel, marked the 50th anniversary of that breakthrough success as surviving members of the team, along with family and connections of those deceased panel members gathered for a night of nostalgia.Contributions from Mickey Kearins, Des Kearins, Paddy Henry, Matty Hoey Mick Laffey, the match referee Tommy Mora and others.Journalists Jim and Leo Gray, twin brothers, who reported on Sligo’s Connacht Championship run in 1975 for the Sligo Champion newspaper, are also part of the conversation.From The Clayton Hotel in Sligo, here is Part 2 of Sligo GAA’s 1975 celebration dinner,Introduced by Sligo GAA Communications Officer Padraig McKeon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 23, 2025
56 min

Seven games to go in the League of Ireland - Can Sligo Rovers put their FAI Cup humiliation behind them and keep it between the ditches on the road to Premier Division safety? We’ll hear from manager John Russell on the programme.For Roisin Molloy and Athlone Town, their European adventure has come to an end. We’ll hear from the Gurteen woman.Collooney handballer Travis Gibbons is celebrating the biggest win of his young career: An All-Ireland minor title at Croke Park..Plus - we pay a visit to North Sligo Athletics Club's 400,000 euro track on the eve of their big Culture Night fundraiser in Grange.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 18, 2025
37 min
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