“A disgraceful stunt being pulled by the Government” is what Michael Fitzmaurice TD has called the decision to force County Councils to find the cost of early pay restoration within their own funds this year. Commenting on the issue Michael Fitzmaurice says he believes it is certain to lead to severe cuts in many local
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Two Roscommon properties went under the virtual hammer at the latest Allsop On-Line Auction, which took place today – Wednesday, April 5th. The auction featured a range of properties from residential to commercial and the following is a round-up of how the Roscommon properties fared. A vacant a mid terrace retail unit at Carrick Retail
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The Minister for Communications, Climate Action & Environment Denis Naughten has today announced a new multi-annual scheme to provide financial support to people who want to upgrade their homes to an ‘A’ rating on the Building Energy Rating (BER) scale. The allocation of €5 million to the scheme this year will fund major energy efficiency
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has said that the National Broadband Plan has descended into a state of farcical chaos as hundreds of thousands of rural dwellers are to be left in limbo following Minister Naughten’s latest move to remove communities from the plan. Commenting on the issue Eugene Murphy said “Hundreds of thousands of
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Picture Credit: Conor McCabe Photography. Two Roscommon students were among 75 regional finalists who were acknowledged at the 2017 Doodle 4 Google finale in Google’s EMEA Headquarters in Dublin, yesterday. Doodle 4 Google is an annual competition which offers student the chance to see their art appear on the Google.ie search page. For this year’s
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Over 7,400 Homes and businesses in rural Roscommon are to benefit from eir Fibre Broadband by the end of 2018 following an agreement between eir and the Government. The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Denis Naughten TD announced details of a new investment by eir which will see 300,000 premises across Ireland have
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Local Politicians have expressed their disappointment at the temporary closure of St Josephs Mental Health Day Centre in Ballaghaderreen due to staffing issues. Service users at St Josephs Mental Health Day Centre will be facilitated at other nearby facilities during the closure. The Centre was previously closed in September 2013 for similar reasons. Commenting on
In support of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, BowelScreen – The National Bowel Screening Programme is highlighting that just 40 per cent of the eligible population are taking part in the free bowel screening programme, despite early detection providing the best chance of survival. Professor Diarmuid O’Donoghue, Clinical Director of BowelScreen, said: “The low numbers of
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy will introduce the Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2017 on the floor of the Dáil this Thursday. The aim of the legislation is to ensure local communities have the final say in any proposals for a county boundary change that affects them. The Bill places a requirement on the Minister for
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“All politicians in County Roscommon need to work together on the bill concerning the county boundary issue”. That’s the view of local Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice. Commenting on the issue Michael Fitzmaurice said “This week I am urging all Oireachtas members in county Roscommon, Senators and TDs, to support the Bill that is being proposed
The Citizens Assembly is inviting members of the public, representative groups and citizen organisations to make a submission to the Assembly on the second topic the Assembly will consider ‘How we respond to the Challenges and Opportunities of an Ageing Population’. The Citizens Assembly is an exercise in deliberative democracy, placing the citizen at the
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Picture credit: Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland The HSE and the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) have teamed up to raise public awareness of dementia through pharmacies across Ireland in a new campaign entitled Dementia Understand Together. Dementia Understand Together is a public support, awareness and information campaign aimed at inspiring people from all sections of society to
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has said the deadline for the external review into the Roscommon mental health service has been missed yet again “which simply beggars belief”. Commenting on the long awaited Roscommon Mental Health Service Report Eugene Murphy pointed out that the external review had commenced in August 2015 (which is over a
GMIT is inviting the public to attend a series of free digital learning events this week in its Mayo and Galway campuses as part of the national All Aboard 2017 initiative. GMIT is one of 16 higher education institutions hosting All Aboard 2017 in partnership with Ireland’s National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD has called on Minister Denis Naughten to take urgent action on the regulation of the Wind Energy Sector. Commenting on the issue Michael Fitzmaurice TD said “Over the past number of weeks we have seen many conferences taking place about wind energy but the reality is that that there are many communities
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