Congratulations to Damien Regan and Clive Flynn of Boyle Musical Society on winning the “Best Stage Management” Award at last night’s Association of Irish Musical Societies Awards Banquet. The Boyle Musical Society duo received The Margaret Doherty Trophy for their work on The Wizard of Oz. The Society also won runner-up Awards in the “Best
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Fianna Fáil Deputy for Roscommon/Galway, Eugene Murphy has called on the Government to recognise the work that family carers do and to ensure that people in receipt of the Carers Allowance are eligible for the full benefits in recognition of their service. Eugene Murphy has also called on the Government to tackle the lengthy waiting
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Castlerea Community School recently presented their Leaving Cert Awards at the Class Graduation Ceremony. Picture Credits: Glynns Photography, Castlerea. In addition, the proceeds of the 6th year Charity Fundraiser were presented by Head of 6th Year Mr. Joe Henry to Anne Lynch Director of Services for Console West of Ireland. Also in photograph Ms. Eileen
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To coincide with the official opening of the new Civic HQ, tomorrow (Friday June 17th) Roscommon County Council are hosting an open day at Áras an Chontae, featuring something for everyone. The Roscommon County Council Open Day gets under way at 11:30am with a series of special event and exhibitions. 11.30am – 1.30pm Taste of
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Eugene Murphy TD, the Fianna Fail Junior Spokesperson for the OPW and Flood Relief, says he is working in conjunction with Roscommon County Council to help alleviate the damage caused by flash flooding throughout North Roscommon this week. Deputy Murphy said that torrential rain in County Roscommon and some adjoining counties earlier this week has
Jobseekers have the opportunity to avail of a free college place in Science, Technology and Engineering-related courses at IT Sligo, thanks to the new Springboard+ 2016 programme. Springboard aims to help participants upskill to restart their career and get back to work. It is a Government-funded initiative which provides free, part-time, accredited training programmes for
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD says that the proposed increase in charges for bin collection is unjustified and is calling on Minister Simon Coveney to “intervene in the situation immediately”. The proposed nationwide increase is due to come into effect from July 1st as part of a “pay by weight” structure. In a statement released a short
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD is seeking clarification on the future management of the Monksland Primary Care Centre following speculation that it could be moved from the Galway/Roscommon/Mayo Community Health Organisation, known as CHO2 to CHO8, which covers Westmeath and many counties in north Leinster. The Roscommon Galway Independent TD commented “Prior to the election many politicians
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD has called on Environmental Lobby Groups to work with farmers and not against them in order to stop “needless objections”. The call comes following a series of objections by such groups to applications by Farmers to erect fencing on mountainous areas. In a statement released a short time ago Deputy Fitzmaurice said
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Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins has welcomed the announcement of 860 extra Special Needs Assistants by Minister for Education, Richard Bruton, adding that will benefit children within primary, post primary and special schools in Roscommon and Galway. “These SNA positions will be available for allocation to schools over the period September to December 2016. This
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AbbVie and IT Sligo have launched a new Sports Scholarship Programme to help Students reach their Leadership Potential New collaboration with IT, Sligo will see global biopharmaceutical company sponsor two Elite Level Sports Scholarships for the 2016/17 academic year Each Scholarship is valued at €2,000 Both students will be eligible for a paid internship with
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Aoife Duncan from Clonown, Athlone was recently awarded the Judges Spotlight Prize at the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland’s Future Makers Awards. Aoife, who is a 3rd Year student of Fine Art (Ceramics) at the Centre of Creative Arts and Media GMIT uses basic hand building techniques to create small-scale sculptural ceramic objects. The
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD has welcomed the news that the market for live export of cattle to Turkey is set to open. In a statement released last night Michael Fitzmaurice said “Having worked on the situation for the past number of weeks and months I am now very happy to be able to say that the
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Former Councillor Liam Callaghan has been elected by Fine Gael Delegate to fill the Boyle Municipal District seat on Roscommon County Council which was vacated by recently elected Senator Maura Hopkins. Liam Callaghan previously served as a County Councillor for the old Castlerea area from 2009 until losing his seat in the 2014 Local Election.
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Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon-Galway Eugene Murphy says Government departments must take urgent action to tackling extortionate motor insurance costs, following the passing of a Fianna Fáil motion in the Dáil last week. The motion called for the re-establishment of the Motor Insurance Advisory Board on a time limited basis, greater disclosure around policy renewal
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