Month: August 2016

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Roscommon Handball Round-up August 16th

60×30 Junior Singles Connacht Semi-final Lisacul’s Denis Creaton had a very comfortable win in his 60×30 Junior Singles Connacht semi-final played in St. Coman’s last Saturday. Facing Leitrim’s Leo Logan, Denis started uncharacteristically fast, meeting the ball regularly, holding centre court and killing consistently in the right corner and Fenagh’s Logan never really recovered from …

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Maura Hopkins wants to see Government action on the rising cost of Motor Insurance

Senator Maura Hopkins has again raised the spiralling costs of motor insurance which is placing a massive burden on motorists which requires government action in a number of key areas. Speaking earlier the Ballaghaderreen native said “last week the CSO has found that motor insurance again this month jumped by almost 40% in July compared …

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Roscommon Schools to benefit from BT Young Scientist funding

BT Ireland today confirmed financial grants of more than €75,000 to secondary school students across Ireland that participated in this year’s BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE), one of the world’s largest and longest-running school STEM showcases. Picture Credit ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan The company also reaffirmed its commitment to providing travel and accommodation grants for …

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Eugene Murphy – “Town and Village Renewal Scheme needs to be an annual allocation”

Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon-Galway Eugene Murphy has hit out at critics of the Town and Village Renewal Scheme as he believes the €10million allocation will go some way towards injecting a well needed boost to local towns and villages throughout the country. “The fund will see over 200 villages and towns benefit and the …

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Ros Go Run

Ros Go Run 2016 on the starting blocks

The third annual Ros Go Run takes place on Sunday, September 4th in Loughglynn with runners from across Ireland raising funds for three organisations, MS Ireland, Éire Óg GAA and Lisacul Community Development. Starting from Éire Óg’s Club House, runners have a choice of two Athletics Ireland certified routes: a ten kilometre run around Lough …

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