[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":119},["ShallowReactive",2],{"pub-archive-ireland-the-sligo-champion":3},[4,20,29,38,47,56,65,74,83,92,101,110],{"id":5,"timeStamp":6,"permaLink":7,"coverFilename":8,"aspectRatio":9,"publicationDate":10,"hasStory":11,"storyTitle":12,"storyLinkPage":11,"storyLinkKey":13,"storyDescription":14,"countrySlug":15,"countryName":16,"publicationName":17,"publicationSlug":18,"status":19},3425318,"2026-04-09 08:56:22","https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-sligo-champion/20260408","2026/04/08/ireland-the-sligo-champion",0.7676190476190476,"2026-04-08 00:00:00",1,"Early morning gridlock on the main roads in and out of Sligo","281505052777687","Main approach roads to Sligo saw considerable tailbacks on Tuesday morning as a protest against the rising cost of fuel took place.\r\nThough not organised by any single group and not endorsed by any national bodies, a number of hauliers and farmers took...","ireland","Ireland","The Sligo 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00:00:00","Mother dies in N15 crash while husband is critically injured","281483577886061","A family has been left devastated following a single vehcile crash on the main Sligo to Donegal Road (N15) in the early hours of Monday morning.\r\nThe crash at Grellagh, Castlegal, Co Sligo at 3.30am left one woman dead and her husband (both in their...",{"id":57,"timeStamp":58,"permaLink":59,"coverFilename":60,"aspectRatio":9,"publicationDate":61,"hasStory":11,"storyTitle":62,"storyLinkPage":11,"storyLinkKey":63,"storyDescription":64,"countrySlug":15,"countryName":16,"publicationName":17,"publicationSlug":18,"status":19},3377042,"2026-03-05 07:53:48","https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-sligo-champion/20260304","2026/03/04/ireland-the-sligo-champion","2026-03-04 00:00:00","Cancelled orthopaedic surgeries ‘a systematic failure’","281483577872065","Sligo County Council are to write to Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill in relation to the issues that have caused operations to be cancelled on three separate occasions over the past year at Sligo University Hospital.\r\nThe matter was raised...",{"id":66,"timeStamp":67,"permaLink":68,"coverFilename":69,"aspectRatio":9,"publicationDate":70,"hasStory":11,"storyTitle":71,"storyLinkPage":11,"storyLinkKey":72,"storyDescription":73,"countrySlug":15,"countryName":16,"publicationName":17,"publicationSlug":18,"status":19},3367491,"2026-02-26 13:38:49","https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-sligo-champion/20260225","2026/02/25/ireland-the-sligo-champion","2026-02-25 00:00:00","Angry parents fed up of waiting for school","281487872824880","Parents of pupils attending Gaelscoil Chnoc n Ré have vowed to keep the pressure on politicians until their promised new school is delivered.\r\nAt a public meeting in the Southern Hotel on Monday night, parents, teachers and pupils spoke of the 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Joint...",{"id":93,"timeStamp":94,"permaLink":95,"coverFilename":96,"aspectRatio":9,"publicationDate":97,"hasStory":11,"storyTitle":98,"storyLinkPage":11,"storyLinkKey":99,"storyDescription":100,"countrySlug":15,"countryName":16,"publicationName":17,"publicationSlug":18,"status":19},3337484,"2026-02-05 06:30:47","https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-sligo-champion/20260204","2026/02/04/ireland-the-sligo-champion","2026-02-04 00:00:00","Anger in schools as they’re left out in cold","281483577815021","Sligo is one of only four counties with no projects included in the Government’s announcement of 105 priority projects for the next two years.\r\nThere’s big disappointment for the Ursuline College which had hoped to be included and even a delegation 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