Ireland News » Sligo News Ireland » Sligo » Politics: Cllr Thomas Walsh added to Fine Gael election ticket in Sligo-Leitrim
News channel or source: https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/home/500844/cllr-thomas-walsh-added-to-fine-gael-election-ticket-in-sligo-leitrim.html
Published on: Tuesday 10 December 2019
Fine Gael councillor Thomas Walsh has been added to the party’s General Election ticket in Sligo-Leitrim, South Donegal and North Roscommon. Cllr Walsh, from Ballygawley, Co Sligo was added to contest ...
News Ireland » Sligo » Politics: Douglas Hyde, Ireland’s poet president who helped save the Irish language
News channel or source: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/irelands-poet-president-douglas-hyde
Published on: Tuesday 07 April 2026
While Michael D Higgins , Ireland's poet president, won the world's hearts and secured his second term President of Ireland, he’s not the first poet to have lived in Áras an Uachtaráin.