Boyle Arts Festival are delighted to announce that former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese will open the eagerly anticipated 2016 Visual Art Exhibition, in King House, Boyle, this Thursday July 21st at 8pm. By Brendan McGee Picture Credit: Brian Farrell Professor McAleese will also officially open the 2016 Boyle Arts Festival and this will be …
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The Irish Cancer Society and the Irish Farmers’ Association have joined forces to remind farmers, farm families and outdoor workers of the importance of protecting their skin to reduce the risk of skin cancer. Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in Ireland with over 10,000 cases of skin cancer diagnosed every year, …
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Fianna Fail Deputy Eugene Murphy has called for the gates at Parteen and Melick on the River Shannon system to be opened in a bid to alleviate the threat of summer flooding as water levels in the Clonown and Athlone area have risen significantly in recent weeks. Deputy Murphy who is the Fianna Fail Junior …
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PGA Qualifier at Carrick Golf Club The stableford competition for The PGA Tankard and a place at The PGA Tournament in Royal Tara in September played on Sun 10th July was won by Martin Carrington with 41 points (Pictured Above). Since this competition is all about the winner the minor places don’t matter, but for …
Senior Ladies On Sunday morning the Sheraton hotel sponsored Clann na nGael senior ladies played their third championship match versus St Brigids. The game was played in near perfect conditions although sun cream was needed. Both teams battled hard and it was neck and neck with neither wanting to give an inch. Both teams missed …
Western Gaels Lotto Results Number Drawn: 14-15-17-25. No Jackpot Winner. €20 Winners · Pauline Gibbons · Ashling Collins · Aoife O’Callaghan · Rory Duffy · Aletia, Tony, Kerry, Emma Next Draw Venue: The Goal Post Next Draw Date: 23/07/16 Next Jackpot: €5,400. Thanks to all our patrons who support our lotto on a continuing basis. …
Boyle GAA Lotto Jackpot won! Padraig Sweeney from Drumshanbo was the lucky winner of our Club Lotto jackpot of €11,900 at the most recent draw which took place in Clarke’s Bar. Padraig purchased his lotto envelope in Better Buys, The Crescent, Boyle. We congratulate Padraig and his wife Joan on their good fortune. The €20 …
Tulsk GAA 50-50 Draw Congratulations to Larry Owens, winner of €372 in the 50/50 draw held on July 10th. Thanks to the Gaelic4Mothers&Others team of sellers. Bill Callaghan and his selling team are on duty this week. Welcome The club welcomes our new Parish Priest Fr. John Gannon to Tulsk and wishes him every success …
St Barrys 1-11 Padraig Pearses B 1-11 A late, converted penalty by Ronan Mitchell salvaged a hard fought draw in the Adult Men’s Division 4 league game against Padraig Pearses this evening. After an even first half, St Barry’s seemed to have wrestled control of the game in the third quarter, but missed scoring chances …
St Michaels GAA Annual Golf Classic Our annual Golf Classic fundraising event will be held at Carrick-on-Shannon golf club on Saturday next, 23rd July with a limited number of tee times available on Friday evening. Once again the format will be a three ball scramble at a cost of €90 per team. Book on line …
A brief round-up of the most read Roscommon news stories on roscommondaily.com during the past seven days as well as some which you may have missed. Our Five Most Read Roscommon News Headlines #5 Our Connacht Final Replay preview, featuring facts, figures, ticket details and more. #4 Roscommon County Council has been allocated over €220,000 …
Roscommon County Council recently granted planning permission to construction 70 homes in a new development at Cloongowna Townland, Monksland. The site is located North-East of the estate known locally as Monksfield and Monksfield Park The development will consist of 20 x Two Storey Semi-Detached, 3 Bedroom Dwellings, 30 x Two Storey Semi-Detached, 4 Bedroom Dwellings …
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Following this afternoon’s announcement that Saturday’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Round 4A game between Roscommon and Clare is to be played in Pearses Stadium a large number of supporters have voiced their dis-satisfaction at venue choice. Supporters have taken to various platforms and momentum is now gathering behind a campaign by supporters to get the …
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Donamon native Peter Varley won the first prize in the IFAJ-Rabobank Digital Media Award category at the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) Awards in Germany. Peter, who is the Buildings and Environment Specialist with the Irish Farmers Journal, won the prize for his multi-media piece entitled “Watch: Mating precision as 500 ewes serviced in …
Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy has said the ownership of the State sponsored broadband infrastructure under the National Broadband Plan is irrelevant as the priority should be focusing on bringing high speed broadband to rural towns and villages which are being left behind. “In my opinion the debate about whether the National Broadband …
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