IT Sligo has recorded a 3 per cent increase in the number of CAO first round offers made to students in the region. Nationally, 52,289 applicants received an offer from one of Ireland’s third level institutions in round one on Monday with a noticeable surge in applications for course programmes linked to the economic recovery.
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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 Tourism is in line for a boost following a new campaign. #4 Our review of the GAA Club Football Championship
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The Rose of Tralee takes place this evening with the first half of the 32 hopefuls taking to the stage with Dáithí Ó Sé in a bid to take the crown. One Rose is standing taller than the rest in the betting and has shortened further for the crown as punters continue to back her.
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The Office of Public Works are hosting a public event to promote the consultation of the Draft Flood Risk Management Plans (Draft FRMPs) for Roscommon and Westmeath. Picture Credit: Defence Forces Press Office The event will be held in the Athlone Civic Centre, Church Street, Athlone tomorrow, Tuesday August 23rd, from 1pm – 2pm. Events
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Demand for Engineering, Computing, Design, Agriculture and Business degree courses in GMIT is higher this year (2016) compared to last, new CAO figures show. There has been a 60% increase in offers for Agriculture programmes at the GMIT Mountbellew campus, partly due to the addition of two new honours offerings – Business in Rural Enterprise
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD has called on the Minister for Health and the Junior Minister with responsibility for Mental Health to comment on why the Report into Roscommon Mental Health Services is nine months overdue. The Independent TD said “I have put down a Parliamentary Question to the Minister to find out why the HSE report
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Roscommon Rose Aisling McNeill has qualified for the live TV Finals of the Rose of Tralee and will appear on tomorrrow (Monday) night’s show. Picture Credit: twitter.com/roseoftralee The full list (in no particular order) of 32 Roses for TV are: MONDAY 22nd August – Kilkenny, New Orleans, Cavan, Kentucky, Monaghan, South Carolina, Ottawa, Germany, Cork,
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Roscommon County Council have announced that the R357, from Dysart Village to it’s junction with the Four Roads/ Curraghboy road (L2013), is to be closed to facilitate flood mitigation works at Lisseenamanragh,Dysart. The Road will be closed from 7:30am on Wednesday next, August 24th to 5pm on Friday October 21st. The following alternative Routes will
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Today, Friday August 19th, is the closing date to nominate your Doctor or Medical Centre for the GPBuddy.ie national GP Awards. Taking place in the Shelbourne Hotel on Thursday 15th September, the GPBuddy Awards will recognise the achievements and collaborative efforts of Doctors and healthcare professionals in community healthcare in Ireland. Speaking at the launch
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Senator Maura Hopkins recently addressed the Women for Election Summer-school in partnership with Facebook and used the opportunity to encourage female participation in politics. The Ballaghaderreen native was a guest speaker on a panel focused on reaching voters online and the use of social media in campaigning. Speaking at the event Maura Hopkins highlighted the
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Tourism Ireland has teamed up with Flybe and Ireland West Airport Knock, to promote flights to Knock from Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh and grow tourist numbers to Roscommon and the West of Ireland this autumn. The joint campaign will run in Britain during August and September. Working closely with airlines and airports to build demand
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The International Rose of Tralee Festival is currently under way and our reporter Cóilín Duffy caught up with Roscommon Rose Aisling McNeill ahead of her appearance in last night’s qualifying heat. Picture Credit: twitter.com/roseoftralee [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/278789750″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] There have been very positive reports from Aisling’s performance on stage and she has
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Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy has called for more progress on reforming the CAO system and broadening entry routes into 3rd level education. Deputy Murphy congratulated all of the students who collected their Leaving Cert results this week throughout Roscommon and Galway but he noted that there was tremendous pressure on young people
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Roscommon has just missed out on a place in the Top Ten Foodie Destinations which were announced by Restaurants Association of Ireland. The Foodie Destinations initiative was formed as part of the Irish Restaurant Awards 2014 but proved to be so popular it became its own entity in 2015. Its aim is to celebrate Ireland’s
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Fianna Fáil Senator Terry Leyden has introduced legislation in the Seanad aimed at providing a clear statutory basis for the registration of wills. Picture Credit: Glynn’s Photography, Castlerea. The ‘Registration of Wills Bill 2016’ will enable a person making a will, or their solicitor, to register the details of a will with a central authority.
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