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 Roscommon GAA Results from the previous weekend.
#4 Confirmation of the two nominees for the vacant Roscommon Senior Football Team Management position.
#3 Witnesses sough after Roscommon town resident dies in Ballygar accident.
#2 Tremane GAA honoured their Connacht Championship winning stars of 1976.
#1 And the most read item here last week was:
Details of 4 Roscommon Properties which are set to go under the Hammer at next Allsop Auction
You can catch up on our round-up of the weekend’s local sports news here.
Other Roscommon news stories you may have missed – The week in numbers
21 – There were renewed concerns last week that Bus Eireann’s Athlone to Westport Route, known as Route 21 could be in danger of closing due to poor passenger numbers. It serves Kiltoom, Knockroghery, Ballymurray, Roscommon town and Castlerea.
30 – RHS Home Care, based in Roscommon town, is creating 30 news jobs throughout the province.
65+ – Kilkenny Animation studio “Cartoon Saloon” , headed up by Boyle man Paul Young, is set to increase it’s workforce from 85 to at least 150 people over the next 18 month.
94,105 – Figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the average price of a house sold in Roscommon between January and July this year was €94,105.
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72,350 – The least expensive postal district in the country to buy a house is F45 -‘Castlerea’, with an average dwelling price of €72,350.