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 A new RTE Radio 1 Documentary about life in Roscommon proved to be very popular.
#4 Roscommon Handball duo win Australian title
#2 The N61 set to close again between Tulsk and Four Mile House.
#3 and #1 The most read and third most read stories last week related to a Car Accident at Ardcarne which claimed the life of Dublin man Dylan Byrne RIP.
Five things you may have missed
RoscommonDaily.com has been nominated for Best Daily Web Only Publication in the Realex Payments Web Awards. Last year’s winner was Waterford Whispers and among this year’s nominees are BreakingNews.ie and Joe.ie
A campaign to maintain Lough Key Forest Park in full public ownership has been launched. You can find out more here.
Figures released by the Property Price Register showed that 285 property sales took place in Roscommon during the first six months of this year. The median house price (midway point of all the houses/units sold) was €64,000.
In related news, a survey by GeoDirectory showed that the average house price from the same period was €88,000.
Roscommon County Council received 42 litter and waste complaints in July. If there is illegal dumping in your locality you can report it to Roscommon County Council by calling 090-6637262 or emailing [email protected] .