March 2016

Roscommon and District Football League Fixtures w/e March 20th

Roscommon and District Football League Fixtures w/e March 20th

Here are this weekend’s Roscommon and District Football League Fixtures for March 19th and 20th and there’s one County Roscommon team in action in the Connacht Junior Cup Saturday March 19th The Herald Premier Division (7.45pm) Cloonfad Utd v MD Town Norio’s Takeaway Division 1 (8pm) Ballinasloe Town B v Ahascragh United Sunday March 20th […]

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Roscommon County Council vacancies for Fire Fighter positions

Roscommon County Council vacancies for Fire Fighter positions

Roscommon County Council are inviting Applications from suitably qualified candidates for inclusion on a panel for the posts of Part-Time Retained Fire Fighter with Elphin Fire Brigade and Castlerea Fire Brigade. Applicants must ordinarily reside and work within a 2 mile radius of the Fire Station to which they are applying. Application forms and particulars

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Padraig Pearses host Health and Addiction Awareness Meeting

Padraig Pearses host Health and Addiction Awareness Meeting

Padraig Pearses GAA Club are holding a Health and Addiction Awareness Meeting in their Clubhouse – at Woodmount, Creagh on Monday next, March 21st, at 8pm. Speakers on the night include: Liam Curley – Addiction Counselling Expert Justin Campbell – Roscommon Senior Team Hurling Manager and Counsellor Niall McNamee – Current Offaly Senior Footballer and

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Roscommon Sport update March 16

Roscommon Sport update March 16

St Patrick’s Day is one of the reason’s where we have an earlier than usual Roscommon Sport update as there is additional action tonight and tomorrow: At 7pm Aoife McDonagh of St Comans Handball Club takes on Katie McCarthy from Limerick in the All-Ireland Ladies Junior B 40×20 Handball Final in St Coman’s Handball Alley,

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IFA hold positive Meetings with EU Rural Development officials

IFA hold positive Meetings with EU Rural Development officials

At a meeting in Brussels with EU Commission Rural Development officials this week, the IFA got assurances that amendments to Ireland’s 2014-2020 Rural Development Plan can be implemented. In a statement released a short time ago they called on Minister Coveney to implement all amendments without delay. IFA Rural Development Chairman, Flor McCarthy said that

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Michael Fitzmaurice meets with Fine Gael delegation

Michael Fitzmaurice meets with Fine Gael delegation

In a statement released this morning Roscommon Galway Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice confirmed that he and fellow Independent Alliance TD’s Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran and Sean Canney, met a Fine Gael delegation in Athlone yesterday. The Fine Gael delegation included Deputies Eoin Harris and Simon Coveney both sides outlined their positions on a number of issues.

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Roscommon Handball host successful Post Primary Blitz

Roscommon Handball host successful Post Primary Blitz

The fourth annual Roscommon Handball One-Wall Post Primary Schools Blitz was held for the second year in succession in the Meánscoil Mhuire gan Smál gymnasium in Roscommon Town. This fantastic venue provided three full size One-Wall courts which facilitated the completion of forty-four handball games over four hours. Five of the seven post primary schools

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Proclamation Day at Kilteevan NS

Proclamation Day at Kilteevan NS

Kilteevan National School invited parents and members of the local community to join in their impressive programme of events to mark Proclamation Day. Events began inside the School where 5th and 6th class pupils gave a summary of the event of 1916. Cormac Dolan follow this by reading the poem “Mother” by Padraig Pearse to

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