Day: 19 February 2016

Roscommon Sports Round-up for Feb 19-21

Here’s your Roscommon Sports Round-up for Feb 19-21 This post will be updated throughout the weekend. Live updates, including half-time scores etc, will be published on twitter.com/RoscommonDaily Sunday Last updated 8pm Gaelic Football O’Rourke Cup – Adult Football League Division 1 Roscommon Gaels 2-6 Pádraig Pearses 0-7 St Brigid’s Gaa Club Kiltoom 2-12 Western Gaels …

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Action needed to address housing crisis – Fitzmaurice

“There are many initiatives that the Government and local authorities can take to address the housing crisis in this country” That’s the view of Roscommon-Galway Independent candidate Michael Fitzmaurice. “Firstly, funding needs to be put in place to refurbish the void local authority houses that are dotted all round the country.It is also a fact …

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Need to overhaul farm penalties – Naughten

There is a need to overhaul farm penalties due to the significant variations in penalties applied by the Department of Agriculture following on-farm inspections across the country, claims Roscommon Galway independent candidate Denis Naughten. “Figures revealed in randomised on-farm inspection data obtained from the Department of Agriculture shows that there is a massive variation in …

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Rural Development

IFA outraged by pig price drop

IFA National Pigs Committee Chairman, Pat O’Flaherty said IFA is completely outraged at processors’ decision to drop pig prices today. He said, “Prices now being paid to farmers are simply not sustainable and this price drop will be the final straw for many. At an average price of €1.34/kg and production costs at €1.58/kg, how …

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Removal of maternity outreach disappoints Naughten

Independent election candidate Denis Naughten has expressed his disappointment at the removal of maternity outreach services from Roscommon Town. The weekly outreach maternity clinic had been operated by Portiuncula Hospital from the Primary Care Centre in Roscommon Town where expectant mothers could avail of all their antenatal requirements, from booking to delivery. However, news broke …

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