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CBS Roscommon among those in Masita GAA All-Ireland Finals action

CBS Roscommon among those in Masita GAA All-Ireland Finals action

The Hurlers of CBS Roscommon are among the latest batch of top quality GAA students look to make the grade in hurling and football following the launch of the 2016 Masita GAA All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Championships in Croke Park yesterday. The next few weeks will mark a crescendo finish to an exciting season of

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Revelations at St Asicus Day Care Centre Meeting

Revelations at St Asicus Day Care Centre Meeting

Approximately 150 people from the greater Keadue area attended last night’s public meeting which was called to save St Asicus Day Care Centre. The meeting was organised by family members of those who attended the facility and among the attendees were local TDs, Councillors and Community Activists from throughout the county, however no members of

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FAI Child Welfare Workshop in Ballaghaderreen

FAI Child Welfare Workshop in Ballaghaderreen

Picture credit: David Maher / SPORTSFILE The FAI are hosting a Child Welfare Workshop at Ballaghaderreen Community Park on Tuesday 22nd March. The course will run from 7-10pm and the cost is €10 per person. For further details please contact Adrian Carberry, FAI Football Development Officer for Roscommon on 086 045 5957 or email [email protected]

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Ballintleva Handball Alley chosen for Adopt a Monument scheme

Ballintleva Handball Alley chosen for Adopt a Monument scheme

Ballintleva Handball Alley is among five monuments throughout the country which have been chosen in Ireland’s first-ever Adopt a Monument national competition. Over 90 community groups around the country applied to adopt a monument through the scheme, which has been organised by the Heritage Council in conjunction with Abarta Heritage to support public access to

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Elphin Community College represented at presentation

Elphin Community College represented at presentation

Three students from Elphin Community College were among 6,000 Post Primary students from across the country who attended the presentation of flags and proclamation packs by the Defence Forces in Croke Park on Monday. The event marked the conclusion of the “Flags for Schools” programme, an initiative by the Thomas Francis Meagher Foundation, the Defence

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