Month: December 2016

Athlone Boundary

Save Roscommon campaigners reject recommendation of Athlone Boundary Review

Current Affairs, News

The Roscommon Boundary Group, who ran the Save Roscommon campaign, have released a statement rejecting the Athlone Boundary Review Committee recommendation that the boundary change will occur in four years time if certain conditions are not met. In the statement they said that having completed an initial review of the recently published Report of the …

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Four in contention for Bank of Ireland Enterprising Town title

Business

Judging has concluded in the Bank of Ireland Enterprising Town Awards with Ballaghaderreen, Boyle, Castlerea and Roscommon town battling for the title. Picture Credit: Gerard O’Loughlin The aim of the Bank of Ireland Enterprising Town Awards is to promote enterprise by bringing business and community groups together to showcase the spirit of enterprise in their …

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Roscommon and District Football League Fixtures w/e December 4th

Soccer, Sport

This weekend’s Roscommon and District Football League Fixtures includes action at local and FAI Junior Cup level. Saturday 3rd December All games at 7:45pm. The Herald Premier Division Ballymoe FC V St. John’s Athletic Killeen Sportsgrounds RDFL Division Two Cloonfad United B V Castlerea Celtic B Moore United B V Shiven Rovers B Sunday 4th …

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Lamb Prices cattle prices Regional Veterinary Laboratory €10 per ewe sheep scheme Identification Tags Smart Farming Irish Cancer Society Roscommon IFA Factory Prices milk prices Flood Management Farm Payments Sitka spruce Roscommon Farmers electricity prices Sheep Scheme Cattle Sheep Fencing Scheme GLAS and TAMS Payments ANC Payments Fuel Prices Basic Payment Scheme application Beef Data and Genomics Scheme

Roscommon Farmers paying higher fuel prices according to IFA Survey

Farming, News

Roscommon Farmers are paying above the national average for Agricultural Diesel and Kerosene according to the IFA’s quarterly fuel prices survey,published earlier. IFA’s Inputs Project Team Chairman John Coughlan has reported increases in all fuel types surveyed in the most recent quarterly survey published by the Association. The results show that the cost of agricultural …

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Get Ireland Growing

€70,000 “Energia Get Ireland Growing ” fund now open for applications from Roscommon

News, Things to do

GIY in partnership with Energia announce ‘Energia Get Ireland Growing’ a €70,000 pool of funding available to community and voluntary organisations who can, from today until January 20th 2017 apply for grants, which will enable them to start or further develop a community food-growing project in their area. Picture Credit: Patrick Browne The Energia Get …

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tulsk festive market

Lots of Christmas Gift ideas at Tulsk Festive Market

Local News, Things to do, Tulsk Castleplunkett Kilmurray

The Tulsk Festive Market, in aid of St Fidelma’s Childcare Centre, Tulsk, takes place on Sunday December 11th in the Macra Hall, Tulsk from 10am to 5pm. The Tulsk Festive Market features a wide variety of stalls selling crafts and gifts, Santa’s Grotto (Booking required – click here) and a monster Raffle of over 50 …

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King House hosts final part of Radical Actions

Boyle, Local News, Things to do

A Seminar and screening form the third and final part of the international commemoration project, Radical Actions, at King House, Boyle tomorrow. Curated by Linda Shevlin, Radical Actions takes the form of an exhibition of Irish artists Kennedy Browne (Gareth Kennedy/Sarah Browne), Duncan Campbell, Jesse Jones & Seamus Nolan at RMIT Galleries, Melbourne Australia; the …

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