Johnny O’Neill RIP The Clann na nGael family and local community were saddened to learn of the passing of Johnny ‘Jago’ O’Neill. Johnny was laid to rest in Drum Cemetery on Tuesday and the Club formed a guard of honour at his funeral Gaelic 4 Mothers and Others Our “Mother’s & Other’s” headed to the […]
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Local Minister Denis Naughten has welcomed the introduction of a new law which will remove the Natural Heritage Area designation on the Suck Callows. Commenting on the news Denis Naughten said “The fact that the Callows were designated could have delayed the removal of blockages in the river which contributed to recent flooding so this
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The Saolta University Health Care Group, which is the group responsible for Roscommon Hospital and the other public Hospitals in the West and North-West, has published its 2015 Annual Report. As one would expect the report included a variety of facts and figures in relation to Roscommon Hospital – Roscommon Hospital has 63 Inpatient Beds
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Kilglass Gaels GAA Club offer its condolences to the Conboy family Rooskey on the death of Maureen Conboy whose funeral took place during the week. May she rest in peace. County Final Replay The Junior A County Final Replay between Kilglass Gaels v Creggs takes place in Strokestown on Saturday 22nd October @ 4p.m. Once
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Ballaghaderren native and Aussie Rule star Pearce Hanley has joined the Gold Coast Suns from the Brisbane Lions as part of a three-way trade. Picture Credit: Darren England / The Courier-Mail Hanley, 27, had clocked up 129 senior appearances over his nine seasons in the AFL. In addition he featured in the top five of
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St Dominics GAA 50-50 Draw The Club congratulates Anita O’Reilly, c/o Department of Education Seller: Noel Joyce, who won €1,227 in the Club’s weekly draw on Saturday 15th October. 50/50 draw next week, Saturday 22nd October will be in Kellys, Lecarrow. You can sign up for the next 52 weeks (Cost €100) or 26 weeks
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Local Politicians have spoken out on the recent Affordable Childcare Scheme announcement as it doesn’t benefit parents of children who are not in full time day care. Fianna Fail TD Eugene Murphy said that “Only a minority of parents avail of full time day care (27%) for their children and therefore the childcare plans outlined
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Buccaneers Under 20s 36 Greystones 13 Buccaneers U-20’s made a winning start to life in the J.P.Fanagan Leinster League Division 2 when they put in a splendid second half performance to defeat Greystones 36-13 at Dubarry Park, Athlone, on Sunday. These young Pirates showed terrific courage and composure to retrieve a 13-0 half-time deficit to
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Roscommon Windows won the top prize in the 2016 Roscommon LEADER Partnership SICAP Enterprise Awards, which were held in the Abbey Hotel, Roscommon earlier this evening. Picture Credit: facebook.com/roscommonwindows Roscommon Windows, which is based just off the Athlone Road in Roscommon town, was founded by Athleague native and 20 year industry veteran Donal Haughey. Twelve
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Roscommon County Council have announced that the L-1635, which links Oran and Ballintubber Village is set to close for almost a month to facilitate the upgrade of the Oran Ballintubber Group Water Scheme. The L-1635 will be closed from its junction with the R-367 in Ballintubber Village to its junction with the L-6662. The close
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Local Minister Denis Naughten is encouraging older people to apply for the Fuel Allowance, as the new fuel allowance season gets underway in advance of the winter. “The Fuel Allowance scheme is designed to assist pensioners and other very low income households to meet the cost of their heating needs during the winter season,” explained
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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 The surprise news that Nigel Dineen had withdrawn from the Roscommon Senior Football Team Manager Race. #4 Castlerea student Katie Kenny
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD says that a new report highlights the major gaps in the quality of mobile phone coverage in rural Ireland. Commenting on the report Michael Fitzmaurice said that it has “once again supported something that I have been highlighting for some time; that there are major gaps in the quality of signal being
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Fixtures and Results * U20 Championship : Sunday 23rd October at 12pm in Ardcarne/Ballyfarnon. St. Michaels / St. Ronans vs St Faithleachs. * U14 Girls D3A Championship: Hard luck to our U14 girls who lost their D3A Championship Final by a point. Result: St Faithleachs: 2-5(11)St.Croans: 1-9(12) Team: C. Hussey, C. Carroll, A. Trimble, N.
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Western Gaels GAA Lotto Draw date 15/10/16. Number Drawn: 15-19-26-33. No Jackpot Winner. Next Draw Venue: The Sideline Next Draw Date: 22/10/16 Next Jackpot: €4,200. Results and Fixtures U 20 Mens Team: Our U 20 team opened their Div 1 championship campaign with a heavy defeat to Strokestown on sunday morning last. It was an
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