I'm excited to present the Mother's Day edition of my popular Sligo Gift Guide! If you're searching for the perfect gift for your mammy, or the mother figure in your life, or even if you are looking to treat yourself to something special, you'll find plenty of inspiring ideas here. The best part? You'll be... Continue Reading →
The Range is coming to Sligo
Update. The Range opened on April 4th, and you can read all about it here. When it was announced that Homebase had gone into liquidation in Ireland, and The Range bought the assets, there was a lot of speculation about the Sligo store, and if The Range would open in the Homebase unit in the... Continue Reading →
Ripples at The Riverside Hotel, Sligo, are now serving Açaà bowls
Açaà bowls are my favourite breakfast, and it's great to see them available in Sligo. The kind people at Ripples at The Riverside Hotel, kindly invited me to try one, because I mentioned them in my Sligo Food News blog post. Firstly, Ripples is a gorgeous place. It's bright and airy, and on a sunny day... Continue Reading →
Sunday Thoughts
Happy Sunday, this week is an even better Sunday because it’s a bank holiday weekend for St. Patrick’s Day, so today feels like a Saturday. I keep waking up at around 6am, possibly due to the mornings getting lighter, or the birds tapping on the roof, or maybe I need my B12 levels checked. Anyway,... Continue Reading →
A Taste of Sri Lanka – Curry Night in The Glasshouse, Sligo
I'm not often out at night, but it was Clublandia last night, and Jono was there. I usually hang around waiting for him. When I saw that The Glasshouse was launching their curry night, that sounded like a plan for dinner, and it wasn't just dinner, it was an experience. The table was covered in... Continue Reading →
ATU Launches Period Promise – Nail the Stigma
I’ve written about the Atlantic Technological University Period Promise Campaign before, I heard Yvonne Kennedy, the Healthy Campus coordinator at ATU Sligo, speak about it at the Sligo Women in Business Network event in September. You can read that blog post here. On March 4th, 2025, ATU Sligo launched Period Promise, the first campus-wide Healthy... Continue Reading →