One of a group of people arrested and charged in connection with an alleged cocaine-extraction laboratory has been refused bail.

The scene of the double killing of two elderly brothers, Jack and Tom Blaine, at New Antrim St, Castlebar, Co Mayo.

The Chief Executive of the Health Insurance Authority Liam Sloyan says the effect of the health insurance levy on premiums is hugely overstated.

A former Mayo player who had his nose broken by an opponent minutes after a club championship match has called on players, clubs and GAA officials to tackle the problem of violence in the GAA.

Sligo chairman Cyril Feehily is in the dark about whether Kevin Walsh wishes to continue for a fifth term in the Yeats County hot seat.

Another substantial drop in private health insurance numbers is expected by the year end with 75,000 people dropping out of the system, it has emerged.

CONSUMERS can save money on private health cover on the website of the Health Insurance Authority (HIA), according to the organisation.

FAMILIES facing spiralling health insurance costs could cut the price of the service significantly through a rarely mentioned loophole in the system, it has been claimed.

Sligo 0-11 Cork 3-13

Sligo 0-11 Laois 1-15

Galway, Laois, Down and Wexford all enjoyed wins in Division 1B of the Allianz NFL today.

A man arrested in connection with the murder of a Raphoe cattle dealer was taken to a remote station to ensure senior gardai involved in the case could not “interfere” with him, it was claimed today.

A young Donegal woman today described the movements of her boyfriend’s car to the Morris Tribunal today on the night local cattle dealer Richie Barron was killed.

Clare have won their first ever Bank of Ireland SFC qualifier as, helped by the sharp shooting of corner forwards Denis Russell (1-06) and Michael O’Dwyer (0-05), they brushed aside Sligo 1-15 to 1-07 at Cusack Park, Ennis to progress to round two.

Sligo 1-15 Roscommon 2-16 (after extra-time)

NEXT Saturday’s replay between Sligo and Roscommon will be decided in the old-fashioned Gaelic football way — with the more dominant midfield emerging from the battle.

Roscommon 1-10 Sligo 0-13

AS winter turned to spring, Dessie Sloyan could hear the familiar whispers in the wind. They have been a constant of late in the Yeats County. Barstool murmurs abound about this being Sligo's last chance.

Sligo 1-14 Meath 3-7

Sligo 1-11 Galway 1-11

SLIGO All-Star Eamon O’Hara says manager Peter Ford, who resigned as team boss yesterday, cannot be held to blame for the county’s disappointing showing in this year’s Bank of Ireland Football Championship.

OPINIONS might be mixed on the championship’s second chance system, but its capacity to throw up unusual pairings is undeniable.

Mayo 0-14

Sligo's influential forward Dessie Sloyan will be out of action until March after picking up a painful knee injury.

Armagh 1-16 Sligo 0-17

Fourteen-man Sligo staged a heroic fightback to force a replay in a brilliant Bank of Ireland All-Ireland football championship quarter-final at Croke Park.

THEY will start arriving down today, the tangerine army who have spent the last four years believing their team is the best in the country.

Sligo 1-14 Tyrone 0-12