At the recent launch of the Healthy Campus initiative at IT Sligo three 4th year Public Health and Health Promotion students have announced their national step challenge campaign in the college in line with Smarter Travel. The Marchathon is the annual Smarter Travel Campus Walking Challenge that runs in the…

Despite unfavourable weather forecast the Spring Walk Series got off to a great start last week with close to seventy walkers taking to the Sligo trails for two very enjoyable and sociable walks. The Series kicked off on Wednesday last with the Killaspugbrone Coastal Trail in Strandhill while a second…

As we look for ways to shift a few of the pounds we put on over the recent holiday, no doubt many of you will take to walking in the coming weeks. And while there are some great benefits to getting the heart rate up and stretching the legs, there…

The Yeats Society recently announced details of their upcoming Yeats Winter School between 26th-29th January next. So this week, in the company of newly appointed Director of the Yeats Society Susan O’Keeffe, we bring you the 5 best Yeats walks in Sligo. All of these walks are located near areas…

A leading Sligo doctor has called for the development of a national clinical programme focussing on the benefits that physical activity can have on our mental health. Dr Owen Mulligan, Executive Clinical Director of Sligo Mental Health Services says that, while the mental health profession has long recommended activities like…

“Let’s not only get Sligo walking, let’s get the world walking in Sligo,” were the final words spoken at the launch of the new Sligo Walks website and video at Sligo Airport, Strandhill on Friday last. Those words were spoken by Deirdre Lavin of the Sligo Sport & Recreation Partnership,…

SligoWalks.ie, a website which outlines over 60 different marked walking routes in Sligo, was officially launched this week. The walks, which feature some of the most scenic routes in the country range from coastal routes to upland and hill walks, including the newly redeveloped Sligo Way, which covers a 10km…