LATEST: A Fianna Fáil Councillor for Sligo Town has said members of the Garda Representative Association had "no other choice" than to engage in action over the serious health and safety issues at their station.

Gardaí in Sligo are investigating a fatal road traffic collision involving a motorcyclist and a car.

Gardaí have arrested two men following a robbery at a pharmacy on Cranmore Road in Sligo town.

"She struggled so hard, I knew I had to kill her, kill her, kill her,” he said.

Two Sligo men have appeared at an out-of-term sitting of the Special Criminal Court charged with membership of the IRA.

A garda before the courts on seven counts of disclosing information obtained in the course of her duties was further charged yesterday under the Data Protection Act.

A garda has been charged with illegally disclosing information and possession of cocaine.

A murder suspect was put on suicide watch on the orders of a judge yesterday.

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Top musicians will remember murder victim Martin “Matt” Kivlehan at next week’s All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Sligo.

A female garda has been arrested in Sligo over drugs-related activities.

A man has been accused of a series of gross sex offences against a child.

Gardaí have arrested two men over an assault in Sligo overnight which left a man with serious injuries to his face.

The trial of a man accused of murdering a pensioner in his home has heard blood matching the deceased’s was found on a candlestick holder and a drawer.

A 30-year-old Sligo man accused of murdering a pensioner in his home told gardaí he hit him and tied him up.

Two men have been arrested in connection with a drugs seizure in Co Sligo.

A 29-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the murder of Eugene Gillespie in Sligo.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Eugene Gillespie in Sligo Town say the man being questioned in connection with his death must either be released or charged later today.

Detectives in Sligo have arrested a suspect over the violent murder of pensioner Eugene Gillespie.

Gardaí are trying to trace the final movements of 67-year-old Eugene Gillespie before he was “brutally murdered” by burglars at his home in Sligo town.

A murder investigation has been launched after an elderly man died following a violent attack and robbery in his home in Sligo.

A post mortem examination is due to be carried out today on the body of an elderly man who died after he was seriously assaulted in his home in Sligo Town.

A man in his 60s has died in hospital tonight after he was assaulted during a robbery at his home in Sligo.

Gardaí in Sligo are investigating an aggravated burglary which occurred at a house in the town.

A man in his 20s has died following a motorbike accident in Ballygawley, Co Sligo last night.

The brother of Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is to be extradited to the North to stand trial on allegations that he sexually abused his daughter.

Gardaí in Sligo are now questioning a woman in connection with an armed robbery at a post office in Riverstown yesterday morning.

Gardaí are appealing for the public's helping in searching for three men who've gone missing this weekend.

Gardaí have issued a missing person's appeal for a third man.

Cannabis worth around €44,000 has been found following the search of a premises in Sligo.

A MIDDLE-AGED man suffered serious head injuries after he challenged his drinking buddy to hit him during a daylight brawl in Sligo.

A Sligo woman who fraudulently claimed her dead father’s pension for six years has been given a 12-month suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Two men were being questioned today after a third so-called “head shop” was hit by fire.

Police in the North say they do not know when exactly they will be able to question Liam Adams about allegations that he sexually abused his daughter.

The jury in the Melissa Mahon murder trial has heard that there was contact between the accused's mobile phone and the girl's mobile on the day she went missing from the care of the Health Service Executive.

The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering 14-year-old Melissa Mahon has heard that a hypodermic syringe and a bottle marked 'caustic soda' were found in his house following his arrest.

A 34-year-old man is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at a housing estate in Sligo last night.

A 43-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested by gardaí investigating the disappearance of a teenage girl in Sligo.

A GARDA told the High Court yesterday that a man had a reputation as a drug dealer and money lender before he was allegedly libelled by a newspaper accusing him of being a Traveller “drug king”.

Gardaí have arrested six people in connection with the murder of 23-year-old Tom Ward in Sligo.

A man is today fighting for his life after a stabbing in Sligo.

Three men were being questioned today after gardaí swooped on a suspected drugs gang in Co Roscommon.