Last night I went along to the Knocknarea Arena at the IT Sligo for the final night of Shane Filan's You and Me tour. The night was in aid of the Donal Parsons Trust. Donal Parsons is a little boy who lives in Strandhill, Co. Sligo. In October 2013 Donal was diagnosed with Stage 4... Continue Reading →
SHANE FILAN IS “DOING IT FOR DONAL”!
SHANE’S HOMECOMING GIG TO HELP LOCAL BOY WITH RARE CHILDREN’S CANCER Knocknarea Area, Sligo – 5th December 2014 Shane Filan and his band will be performing their final gig for their highly successful current “You & Me” tour back in Shane’s home town, for a local boy, Donal Parsons, who is currently fighting Neuroblastoma, a... Continue Reading →
Clever dogs and a clever chicken
Today was a really lovely day. Little Wings Bird Sanctuary organised Cinderella performed by dogs. Autumn above was Cinderella, she and all the other dogs were just brilliant. Very talented dogs and owners. There were the ugly sisters (aw bless), Fairy Godmother, the wicked stepmother and they all went to the ball. I took some... Continue Reading →
Cannonball Ireland in Sligo
It's been an exciting couple of days in Sligo. The Cannonball Run Ireland paid a visit. It was great to see 150 supercars in our beautiful county, it was in aid of the Make-a-wish charity. It was a bit mad seeing Chewbacca hanging out of a Maserati!! I'm not a big fan of the smell... Continue Reading →
Rock the boat
I have some kind of phobia about boats...well no I suppose I don't. Boats would be great if they didn't move...but they do and I'm going to be in one for quite a few hours tomorrow on Lough Gill taking photos of the brave souls swimming the lake in aid of North West Hospice. I... Continue Reading →
Sligo Samaritans
A very different post for me but I want to highlight the great work that the Samaritans do. I have a friend who volunteers with the Sligo Samaritans and he told me a bit about the work he does: I am a volunteer with the Sligo Samaritans and it's such a strange, challenging but positive... Continue Reading →