Tributes are flooding in today for the late Monsignor Michael Devine, better known as Fr 'Ricky' Devine who has died at the age of 95.

Monsignor Devine passed away peacefully at the Summerville Health Care Nursing Home in Strandhill yesterday.

He has been described as was a pioneering educator at Summerhill College in Sligo where he worked for two decades making a special contribution to the development of sport in the school and in the Sligo area.

Sligo Rovers Chairman Tommy Higgins was one of the first pupils to have been taught by Fr Devine in Summerhill and has been fondly remembering his former teacher and friend:

Tributes are flooding in today for the late Monsignor Michael Devine, better known as Fr 'Ricky' Devine who has died at the age of 95.
Monsignor Devine passed away peacefully at the Summerville Health Care Nursing Home in Strandhill yesterday.
He has been described as was a pioneering educator at Summerhill College in Sligo where he worked for two decades making a special contribution to the development of sport in the school and in the Sligo area.
Sligo Rovers Chairman Tommy Higgins was one of the first pupils to have been taught by Fr Devine in Summerhill and has been fondly remembering his former teacher and friend:

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Broadcasting to Sligo, North Leitrim and South Donegal.
North West Business Park, Collooney, Ireland
102.5-105FM

Text/WhatsApp us on 00353 83 3500 530 
Telephone 00353 818 365 500 / 00353 71 91 18100 (9am to 6pm Mon to Fri)

Ocean FM is a multi award winning local radio station that broadcasts to the Northwest of Ireland. The station covers the area of South County Donegal, North County Leitrim and County Sligo.

The current CEO of the station is Niall Delaney and the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) lists their target audience as 'being all age, socio-economic and ethnic groups across the community'. The station currently employs 22 full-time and 30 part-time staff.