August 2016

Maura Hopkins welcomes Town and Village Renewal Scheme

Maura Hopkins welcomes Town and Village Renewal Scheme

Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins has welcomed the Town and Village Renewal Scheme which was launched earlier this week by the Minister for Regional, Rural, Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphries TD. Senator Hopkins said, “As Government spokesperson in the Seanad with responsibility for Regional and Rural development I am very happy that this […]

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Castlerea Celtic’s  Dominic Bligh selected for Ireland Squad

Castlerea Celtic’s Dominic Bligh selected for Ireland Squad

Castlerea Celtic’s Dominic Bligh has been selected in the preliminary Ireland Squad for next month’s UEFA Regions Cup Qualifiers in Italy. Picture credit: Brendan Moran / SPORTSFILE Yesterday Manager Gerry Davis announced the 30 man squad which will be whittled down to 18 players for the qualifiers. Ireland’s qualifying group contains teams from Italy (hosts),

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Eugene Murphy – €200,000 Flood funding is “only a drop in the ocean”

Eugene Murphy – €200,000 Flood funding is “only a drop in the ocean”

The Fianna Fail Junior Spokesperson for the OPW and Flood Relief, Deputy Eugene Murphy has welcomed the allocation of €200,000 for flood relief works throughout County Roscommon but warns that it is “only a drop in the ocean” of what is actually required. “Roscommon County Council has been allocated 200,000 to help alleviate flooding problems

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Minister Denis Naughten confirms €200,000 for Roscommon flood works

Minister Denis Naughten confirms €200,000 for Roscommon flood works

Roscommon County Council has been allocated €200,000 for flood works throughout the county, Minister Denis Naughten has confirmed. The works will directly address the flooding of homes and property which occurred last winter and is on foot of detailed work performed by a team of dedicated staff at Roscommon County Council. This involved inspecting the

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Something for everyone at Roscommon Races Family Evening

Something for everyone at Roscommon Races Family Evening

Were you on the gamble at the Roscommon Races last Tuesday, August 2nd?It always pays to go racing at Roscommon. Next Monday, August 15th, there’s more reasons than ever, with it being family day, bargain price admission, free entertainment for children, fashion competitions for women and men, top class racing, music, special student price, and

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Minister out of touch with ordinary people says Michael Fitzmaurice TD

Minister out of touch with ordinary people says Michael Fitzmaurice TD

“Minister Pascal Donohue’s statement this week on pensions shows the disconnect between some of our politicians and the ordinary people on the ground. That’s the view of Roscommon-Galway Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice. Deputy Fitzmaurice continued “Minister Donohue reckons that people should be providing for their own pensions, and that’s all very fine coming from a

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St Faithleachs GAA News update August 11th

St Faithleachs GAA News update August 11th

Western Gaels 5-13 St Faithleachs 0-14 The Senior’s were defeated in the Senior Championship on Sunday. Team: A.Manning, D.Harrison, C.Gunn, D.McCormack, J.Walsh, B.Murtagh, M.Cox, D.Rooney, A.McCormack, K.Farrell, C.Murtagh, H.Kenny, D.Murtagh, D.Hussey, A.Dooney. Subs: D.Murray, B.Scally, C.McCormack, S.Ormsby, J.Hussey. Next game takes place on Saturday 13th in Ballyleague against St.Croans at 7pm. Junior Ladies Championship The

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Waiting lists for Speech and Language Therapy ‘Unacceptable’ – Eugene Murphy

Waiting lists for Speech and Language Therapy ‘Unacceptable’ – Eugene Murphy

New figures obtained by Fianna Fail show that there are over 1,000 people on waiting lists for Speech and Language Therapy in the Galway, Mayo and Roscommon area and this has been harshly criticised by Eugene Murphy TD. The latest figures made available by the HSE show that nationally 14,047 people were waiting for a

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