Sligo County Council is set to write to the Department of Enterprise over the ongoing controversy with a number of local festivals and the collapse of tickets.ie.

The ticketing website ceased trading shortly after the June Bank Holiday weekend, leaving the Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival and the Cowboys and Heroes Festival down hundreds of thousands of euro in revenue. 

The Government is now facing pressure to urgently address what safeguards can be put in place to ensure something like this never happens again. 

Leas Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council and Fine Gael Cllr Thomas Walsh says these events also be must be supported in the time ahead: 

 

Sligo County Council is set to write to the Department of Enterprise over the ongoing controversy with a number of local festivals and the collapse of tickets.ie.
The ticketing website ceased trading shortly after the June Bank Holiday weekend, leaving the Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival and the Cowboys and Heroes Festival down hundreds of thousands of euro in revenue.&nbsp;
The Government is now facing pressure to urgently address what safeguards can be put in place to ensure something like this never happens again.&nbsp;
Leas Cathaoirleach of Sligo County Council and Fine Gael Cllr Thomas Walsh says these events also be must be supported in the time ahead:&nbsp;
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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.