A section of the R367 from its junction with R377 in Castleplunkett village to its junction with L6520 in the townland of Milltown is set to be closed for five weeks. Image Credit: Google Maps The closure is to facilitate the permanently raising of a section of the road, which along with a large area …
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Roscommon is well above the national average when it comes to water leakages with rates as high as 65% across the county and the First Fix Leak Repair scheme still has a long way to go to remedy the situation- that’s according to Fianna Fail Deputy for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy. Figures recently released showed that …
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD says that plans by the Department of Agriculture for all Single Farm Payment applications to be made on-line from next year are “unfair on the many farmers who do not have a proper broadband service or do not know how to use a computer and any such system should be phased in”. …
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IFA Deputy President Richard Kennedy has said that following the agreement of dates for farm payments there can be no delays in the payment of more than €1.6bn to farmers in this most difficult year for the agricultural sector. At a meeting with the Department of Agriculture in Portlaoise, Richard Kennedy said the timelines outlined …
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Ballymoe FC invite members of the community and surrounding areas to the official opening of their new all-weather pitch by CEO of the FAI, John Delaney, this Saturday August 27th. Our underage teams, past players and the senior team will all be playing on the new pitch on the day. Games kick off at 12 …
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Minors Our girls travelled to Strokestown on Thursday evening last. The girls got off to a good start and the game changed hands on a number of occassions during the game. Unfortunately it was not to be our day, but the girls took great heart from the game. The next game is against St Brigids …
The Keith Revin’s Tyres sponsored senior team play St Brigid’s in round five of the championship next Saturday in Strokestown at 6-45pm. The junior team play Western Gael’s in round five of the championship next Friday evening at 8-30pm, Venue still TBC, check gaaroscommon.ie. The minor Boy’s play Kilmore/Shannon Gael’s in O’Rourke Park in the …
St Dominics 50-50 Draw The Club congratulates Jason Hannon, Roscommon, seller Liam Grimes, who won €1,001 in the Club’s weekly draw on Saturday 20th August. 50/50 draw next week, Saturday 27th August will be held in Coffeys, Lecarrow. You can sign up for the next 52 weeks (Cost €100) or 26 weeks (Cost €50) at …
National Heritage Week takes place between the 20th and 28th of August and there will be lots of things to do in Roscommon as well as nationwide. Each day, we’ll publish a list of the Heritage Week Events throughout Roscommon. Wednesday Lecture “Which Way Did They Go? The route of Táin Bó Cúailnge in Co. …
Hundreds of farmers are today (Tues) protesting outside the Civic Offices in Athlone to coincide with the OPW public consultation on the Shannon CFRAMS Flood Management Plan. Leading the protest, IFA President Joe Healy said farmers are very angry that no work has yet proceeded to avoid the recurrence of the severe floods of last …
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The cost of Rent in Roscommon has increased by an average of 5.3% during the past 12 months according to today’s report from property website Daft.ie Overall rent prices have increased by 11.5% since the “trough” or lowest level, compared to a 41.6% increase in Galway City. The good news, is that despite the increase …
Volunteer lifeboat crew with Lough Ree RNLI had one of their busiest periods ever over the past few days, receiving a total of seven callouts over five days to assist people on and around Lough Ree. The first callout for the lifeboat crew came from the Coast Guard shortly after two o’clock on Tuesday afternoon …
Results Kierans Pharmacy Stroke John Coffey won the Kierans Pharmacy Stroke played on Sun 7th August with a great score of 67 (77 gross) cousin Shane Kelly was second with 69, David McDermott picked up a bottle of Brut for Gross also with a 77 and Benny Boyle was third with 69 (where did that …
Results and Fixtures The Intermediate Team play the next round of the Championship against Clann na nGael next Saturday 27th August at 5pm in Enfield. Please support the team. The U.16’s play Michael Glaveys away in the next round of their championship on Sunday morning 28th next. Our u12’s were due play away to Oran …
Results and Fixtures Boyle U-12’s are currently going through a very busy schedule. The Division 1 team had Summer League victories over Strokestown and St Brigid’s and a one-point win over Clan na nGael in an exciting high scoring game. Our U-12 Division 5 team defeated Kilglass Gaels and lost to St Brigid’s by one …
