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Roscommon Women urged to ‘Share the Wisdom’ on cervical smear test programme

Roscommon Women urged to ‘Share the Wisdom’ on cervical smear test programme

Health

Picture Credit: Marc O’Sullivan Women aged 25-60 and living in Roscommon, are being called upon to support the Pearl of Wisdom campaign which is jointly championed by CervicalCheck – the National Cervical Screening Programme and the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA). The campaign was officially launched by campaign ambassador, RTE broadcaster Maura Derrane, just ahead […]

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Roscommon County Council allocated €11.7 million for Road works

Roscommon County Council allocated €11.7 million for Road works

Current Affairs, News

Roscommon County Council has been allocated over €11.7 million to carry out maintenance and improvement works on regional and local Roads. The news came as part of an announcement by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, of a €324 million investment programme in regional and local roads. Speaking this afternoon the

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Eugene Murphy TD – “Hike in commercial rates is another nail in the coffin for businesses in rural Ireland”

Eugene Murphy TD – “Hike in commercial rates is another nail in the coffin for businesses in rural Ireland”

Business, Current Affairs

Businesses throughout Counties Roscommon, Longford and Leitrim are being subjected to crippling rates which is another nail in the coffin of trying to do business in rural Ireland- that’s according to Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy. Eugene Murphy pointed out that the annual rate of valuation or indicative multiplier for County Roscommon for

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Transition Year students encouraged to enter Go Places with Bus Eireann

Transition Year students encouraged to enter Go Places with Bus Eireann

Education, Things to do

The deadline is fast approaching for Bus Éireann’s exciting new competition for Transition Year students, Go Places with Bus Éireann, which is running for the first time in the current academic year, 2016/2017. Picture Credit: Jason Clarke With seven weeks left to enter, participating students will be in with a chance of winning one of

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Mixed reaction to Government’s Action Plan for Rural Development

Mixed reaction to Government’s Action Plan for Rural Development

Current Affairs

There has been a mixed reaction locally to the contents of “Realising our Rural Potential: The Action Plan for Rural Development” which was launched earlier The Action Plan for Rural Development is the first ever whole-of-government strategy aimed at delivering real change for people living and working in rural Ireland. The Plan contains 276 actions

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IT Sligo Careers Fair returns on February 1st

IT Sligo Careers Fair returns on February 1st

Education, Things to do

Several of Ireland’s most dynamic companies will visit the IT Sligo Careers Fair on Wednesday, February 1st, to showcase their graduate employment opportunities. The IT Sligo Careers Fair, which will run from 11am to 3pm, will span a range of industry sectors including Engineering, Computing, Digital Technology, Accounting and Science. The 53 confirmed exhibitors include

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Eire Og GAA update January 23rd

Eire Og GAA update January 23rd

News

Eire Og GAA Lotto The Numbers drawn were 6-15-30-34. There was No Jackpot winner. The €20 winners were P McCrann, James Dolan, Loughglynn Church, Tom Gorman, Martin Mangan. Next week the Jackpot will be €5,800 and the Draw will be held in Creaton’s Loughglynn. Eire Og GAA Membership Membership is now due and all members

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Maura Hopkins – Extra resources and staffing for special Education needs is “Very Positive

Maura Hopkins – Extra resources and staffing for special Education needs is “Very Positive

Current Affairs, Education

Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins the news that the Government is to provide 900 extra resource teachers and an extra €18 million to implement a new model for the allocation of resource teachers to support children with special educational needs “is very positive”. Commenting on the issue Maura Hopkins said, “Minister Bruton has informed me

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Stretch of N60 Ballinlough – Castlerea Road to be closed

Stretch of N60 Ballinlough – Castlerea Road to be closed

Ballinlough Cloonfad Granlahan, Castlerea, Local News, News

Roscommon County Council have announced that a section of the N60 between Ballinlough and Castlerea is to be closed for over three weeks to facilitate an upgrade of the road surface. The section of the N60 in question is from it’s junction with the R361 (Williamstown Road) in Castlerea to its junction with the L1603

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Senator Keith Swanick wants Ireland to recognise and commemorate our Independence Day Bill

Senator Keith Swanick wants Ireland to recognise and commemorate our Independence Day Bill

Current Affairs

Fianna Fáil Senator Dr. Keith Swanick has proposed the introduction of a Declaration of Independence Day Bill to formally recognise the meeting of the first Dáil and the Declaration of Independence made on 21st January 1919. Senator Dr. Keith Swanick says that the proposed legislation, which has received very positive feedback from Party members across

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Roscommon LEADER awarded 18 extra Rural Social Scheme places

Roscommon LEADER awarded 18 extra Rural Social Scheme places

Current Affairs

The Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar has announced that an 18 extra Rural Social Scheme places have been allocated to Roscommon LEADER Partnership. The announcement will bring the total number of places on Rural Social Scheme administered by Roscommon LEADER Partnership to 167. The Rural Social Scheme provides a supplementary income for low-income farmers

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Michael Fitzmaurice TD – Waiting List initiative welcome, but a drop in the ocean

Michael Fitzmaurice TD – Waiting List initiative welcome, but a drop in the ocean

Current Affairs, Health

Michael Fitzmaurice TD has given a cautious welcome to yesterday’s news that some patients who are waiting over 18 months for medical procedures are to be treated in private Hospitals. Michael Fitzmaurice said that he proposed that this course of action should be taken almost two years ago and added that “much more needs to

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“Widespread confusion over commercial rates could have been avoided” – Murphy

“Widespread confusion over commercial rates could have been avoided” – Murphy

Business, Current Affairs

Widespread confusion over commercial rates valuations could have been avoided if the Valuation Office had explained the new system to business people throughout County Roscommon prior to the delivery of letters last week- that’s according to Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy. Commenting on the issue Deputy Murohy said “There was widespread anger, frustration

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