The new Roscommon County Council Civic HQ, Áras an Chontae, will be officially opened on Friday June 17th, by Deputy Denis Naughten, Minister for Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources. This Open Day is an opportunity to visit the new Civic Headquarters – which has been built for the people of Roscommon to meet their
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Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon-Galway Eugene Murphy has urged people to be aware of changes to the passport application process which has resulted in delays in the system. He is warning people to ensure that they leave extra time to apply to ensure that they receive their passports on time. Deputy Murphy commented, “Traditionally this
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The Westbound carriageway of the M6 Motorway will be closed for the next three days to facilitate Pavement Repairs. The Carriageway will be closed for the stretch between Junction 13 Athlone West and Junction 14 Ballinasloe East, from 1am tomorrow (Monday 30th May) 11pm on Wednesday 1st June. Westbound Traffic will be diverted off the
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Boyle’s Frank Feighan and John O’Mahoney, based in Ballaghaderreen, are among Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s 11 nominees to Seanad Eireann, which were confirmed moments ago. Former Roscommon-South Leitrim TD Feighan was previously elected to the Seanad in 2002 and served until 2007, when he was elected as a TD. He was re-elected in 2011 and in
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The 2016 Táin March Festival gets under in Rathcroghan on Sunday morning with a re-inactment and mock battle followed by the first leg of the March- a 25km walk between Rathcroghan and Scramogue. The Táin March Festival is a family-friendly celebration, tracing the route of Queen Meabh and her army in their attempt to seize
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Roscommon County Council officially launched their new corporate identity and logo at the monthly council meeting on Monday 23rd May. The move to the new Civic Headquarters marks the launch of a modern era of doing business and connecting with communities. The launch of the new logo will complement and emphasise a new appetite for
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Gardaí recently announced details of 355 new speed camera locations throughout the country which will be monitored from midnight tomorrow, Friday May 27th. The new locations of Speed Cameras in Roscommon are as follows: N61, Between Barrybeg and West Athlone. N61, Between Boyle and the N4 Junction. N4, A 3.8km strech at Ardcarne, either side
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Headstrong, the non-profit organisation supporting young people’s mental health in Ireland, have announced that Jigsaw Roscommon will re-open in July. In a statement released a short time ago they again stated their disappointment at the temporary closure of the service in February due to difficulties in recruiting new staff, adding that they strongly believe that
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Michael Fitzmaurice has welcomed the news that the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has extended the deadline for the sowing of Wild Bird Cover, under the GLAS Scheme, by two weeks. Speaking a short time ago he said “I have been informed today that in connection with the GLAS Scheme 1 and 2, that the
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The Literary Festival for children, the BookWorms Festival makes a welcome return to Roscommon next month. Last year’s inaugural festival proved so popular with youngsters that this year it’s back and it’s even bigger! The festival runs from Wednesday 8th – Saturday 11th June with events taking place all around Roscommon town including Roscommon Arts
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The Minister for Health Simon Harris announced today (Wednesday 25th) that Boyle is one of 14 Primary Care Centres in Ireland which have been approved for construction. Construction start up activities for all of the 14 sites is expected to commence from May 30th with a timeline for completion of 12-24 months. Service commencement for
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The Shannon CFRSM Study will hold a Public Consultation Day tomorrow, Thursday 26th May, from 2pm to 7.30pm in Athlone Civic Centre, Church Street, Athlone. The event is for the Preliminary Shannon Catchment-wide option to manage flood risk including summer flooding in the Shannon Callows. All residents and farm and business owners in the affected
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Michael Fitzmaurice has hit out at Ulster Bank following the news that the bank is set to sell off a range of distressed loans including 900 owner-occupier mortgages that are on the brink of repossession. The loans are part of a sell-off of a portfolio valued at €2.5 billion. Just under two-thirds of the set
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The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) have today, Wednesday 25th May, urged road users to take extra care as the number of tractors, trailers and other farm machinery using the roads increases. The appeal comes as farmers around the country avail of the improved weather conditions to bring in the
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One of the key cultural themes of the last few years has been the revival of ‘authenticity’, and the belief that where you see hand crafted lettering you see a human being. The craft of hand-painting signs has been undergoing a revival and as a result GMIT has developed a course to cater for students
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