Three Roscommon properties sold at the latest Allsop Auction in Dublin today. Two of the three Roscommon properties were in Castlerea. A mixed use Building comprising of two Retail Units and a Three Bedroom Apartment sold for its reserve of €100,000. A Two Bedroom Apartment at Riverwalk, Castlerea which had a reserve price of €20,000
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49 Italian senior citizens visited The Upper Shannon Erne Region, comprising of Cavan, Leitrim, Longford and Roscommon from September 20th to 23rd as part of an EU LAKtive Tourism project. The aim of the project was to design and develop a specific tourism product focused on senior target groups travelling in low/medium seasons towards small
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A new vaccination service to protect adults against shingles has been launched by Boots Ireland; one of the first pharmacies in Ireland to provide this service. Broadcaster Mark Cagney was on hand to officially launch the service and encourage over 50s to protect against the disease. New research revealed almost one in five people aged
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD is proposing a change to the terms and conditions for Farmers applying for the Fair Deal Scheme for Nursing Homes Deputy Fitzmaurice said “The situation for many elderly farmers is that they may have become ill before having a chance to transfer their farm to a family member. When they apply for
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A leading hydrologist and ‘turlough expert’ has indicated that there is a case for compensating farmers whose lands become designated flood plains in a bid to tackle the ongoing flooding issues in the country. Picture Credit: Mick McCormack Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, Paul Johnston believes that while flood defence
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A national initiative to help build support for charities by giving these organisations an opportunity to demonstrate their impact and commitment to transparency through short online videos has been launched at the Mansion House in Dublin today. Picture Credit: Maxwell Photography The Better Together Campaign is coordinated by The Wheel, the national representative body for
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The 2016 SuperValu Tidy Towns winners were announced at a ceremony in Dublin Castle today (Monday). Skerries in County Dublin was named Ireland’s Tidiest town but there was plenty to cheer about for the Roscommon Tidy Towns Committees. In the Ireland’s Tidiest Village category Castlecoote scored 324 points, just two behind category winner Birdhill from
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The Careers Office in GMIT will host its Annual Careers Fair on Monday next, October 3rd, at the Dublin Road (Galway) campus from 12 noon to 3pm. Over seventy companies and organisations will have stands at the event which is aimed at GMIT students and graduates. The programme of events and activities will include CV
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A nationwide schools’ campaign to educate and raise student awareness of littering was launched by Minster for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Denis Naughten in Castlerea today. Picture Credit: Glynn’s Photography, Castlerea Bin It! features an actor-led workshop visiting secondary schools across the participating local authority areas. The workshop is geared towards first year students
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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 Roscommon GAA Results from the previous weekend. #4 Confirmation of the two nominees for the vacant Roscommon Senior Football Team Management
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Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has expressed his disappointment at the removal of the Six Nations Rugby Championships from the “free to air designation list” by Minister Denis Naughten. Under the Broadcasting Act 2009, the Minister for Communications may designate sporting and cultural events as being of major importance to society and that events so designated
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Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins has said she is very happy that Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald has been able to secure additional funding for Garda Text Alert Groups. Senator Hopkins said “ I have met with a large number of people across the constituency involved in text alert groups. Hearing people describe the positivity the text
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Councillor Domnick Connolly has called for action to be taken now in order to avoid a repeat of last year’s flooding issues which affected many areas of the county. Councillor Connolly said “In relation to the flooding problems in the county, Minister Sean Canney was very attentive to the problems in various different locations when
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Last Saturday the surviving Members, and next of kin, of the ‘A’ Company, 35th Infantry Battalion of the Defence Forces who served at the Siege of Jadotville were presented with a Unit Citation for bravery. Picture Credit: Defence Forces The Siege of Jadotville took place in the Congo in September 1961 and lasted six days.
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy, has expressed his outrage over waiting list figures that show that 78,499 patients are now waiting for in-patient / day case surgery. Eugene Murphy said “Waiting lists for hospital procedures have been on a persistent upward trend for some two years now. The corresponding figure for August 2014 was 53,431
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