Senator Frank Feighan described last Thursday’s meeting between Minister for Health Simon Harris, members of the Roscommon Hospital Action Committee and local Oireachtas public representatives as very productive. Senator Feighan facilitated the meeting in the Minister’s office at the request of the HAC. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those
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Dog Fouling is an inconsiderate and irritating litter problem and a new initiative was launched by Roscommon County Council in Lough Key Forest Park to deal with this problem. Picture Credit: Daniel O’Loughlin Green Dog Walkers is a non-confrontational, friendly way to change attitudes about dog fouling. It is a community based scheme that volunteers
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has welcomed the eight submissions under the first phase of the Town and Village Renewal Scheme and hopes the scheme will continue in the future. Deputy Murphy said “Total funding of €380,000 for County Roscommon will go some way towards injecting a well needed boost to local towns and villages
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Four Mile House based company Gilligan Farm Fresh Meats has received three prizes at Blas na hEireann, The Irish Food Awards. Their Honey & Mustard Bacon won the Bronze Award in the Bacon (Other products) category and their Mexican Beef Stir Fry won the Silver in the Beef (Other products) category. They also won the
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The rise in Roscommon House prices has continued with the average asking price now standing at €123,798 – that’s up 1.9% over the last three months. The good news for anyone wishing to buy is that Roscommon House Prices remain among the lowest in the country, according to today’s report from Daft.ie. In percentage terms that
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A brief round-up of the most read Roscommon news stories on roscommondaily.com during the past seven days. Our Five Most Read Roscommon News Headlines #5 Roscommon GAA Results from the previous weekend. #4 Roscommon memorabilia sells at auction. #3 Castlecoote top Roscommon Tidy Towns again – check out the full county placings here. #2 St
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD says that the latest report from the Comptroller and Auditor General shows once again that public money is being wasted across many departments. Deputy Fitzmaurice said “The news that the Public Services Card is to cost €60 Million instead of the budgeted €30 million is a case in point. The Government jet
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Eight towns and villages throughout Roscommon are being recommended for funding under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. As expected, the six towns which are part of the Town Team Initiative – Ballaghadereen, Boyle, Castlerea, Monksland, Roscommon town and Strokestown have all had their expressions of interest forwarded to the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional,
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy said that Minister for Health Simon Harris had reacted favourably to his proposal to introduce a Stabilisation Unit at Roscommon Hospital. Eugene Murphy was speaking following a meeting with the Hospital Action Committee, the Minister for Health and local Oireachtas members yesterday. Deputy Murphy complimented members of the HAC and
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The majority of this weekend’s Roscommon Ladies Football Fixtures are in the Under 14 Championships and Roscommon Ladies Football will be represented by Kilbride in the provincial Championship on Sunday./ Saturday 1st October , All games at 12pm. Under 14 Championship, Sponsored by Lawlor & Hynes Construction, Four Roads Division 1 Semi-Finals Clann na nGael
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD says that the latest delay in the provision of Rural Broadband is “totally unacceptable” and has called on the Government to expedite the process. Deputy Fitzmaurice says “The news this week that there is to be another delay in the provision of broadband is another serious blow to rural Ireland and a
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Senator Frank Feighan has said that Roscommon Hospital is actively addressing the parking difficulties currently being experienced at the hospital. Senator Feighan has been in ongoing discussions with the Roscommon hospital management about the issue. “The current parking issues are predominately as a result of the on-going increase in attendances of patients for day case
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD has said that former President Mary Robinson must be “living in cloud cuckoo land” following her comments proposing a reduction in meat consumption helping to reduce carbon emissions. Speaking earlier Fitzmaurice TD said “I read with incredulity today the comments of former President Mary Robinson, in the national media, when she proposes
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Connacht Rugby players John Cooney, Sean O’Brien and Rory Parata joined staff from the Saolta University Health Care Group and HSE for the launch of the Group’s flu vaccine campaign at University Hospital Galway. This year, the Saolta Group and the HSE are particularly requesting health care workers to get the flu vaccine to protect
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A number of items of Roscommon memorabilia were sold at auction in Kilkenny today. Two “Books of Survey and Distribution” for County Roscommon, which contain maps and details of land ownership, sold for €50. The remainder of the local items sold related to Roscommon GAA. A lot comprising of 5 GAA County History Books, including
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