Updated at 3:10pm Gardaí in Castlerea have thanked the public’s for their help in tracing the whereabouts of an elderly man who had been missing since yesterday. Original story Gardaí in Castlerea are appealing for the public’s help in tracing the whereabouts of an elderly man who was last seen driving a Silver Hyundai. The
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Enda Kenny was returned as Taoiseach a short time ago 59-49. Fianna Fáil and a number of Independent TDs, including Michael Fitzmaurice, abstained from the vote. The Dáil sitting will resume at 5:30pm at which time it is expected that the Ministerial appointments will be made. It has been rumoured that Denis Naughten could be
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A stretch of the N61, between the N5 junction at Tulsk Cross and the R368 Strokestown Road at Fourmilehouse, will be closed by Roscommon County Council next week to facilitate surveying works. The work is scheduled to take place from Monday to Friday ahead of an application by the Council to Transport Infrastructure Ireland for
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Maria Dignam from Glanduff NS, Kiltoom recently took the top prize in the Connacht/Ulster region of the Green-Schools Irish Water Poster Competition in the senior primary school category. Maria was presented with her prize at a ceremony in Dublin yesterday Wednesday. Picture Credit: Mark Stedman, Photocall Ireland This year’s Poster Competition theme was ‘Be Water
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A Roscommon man walked free from the Central Criminal Court earlier today after the State’s legal team dropped the murder charge against him. Matthew Gralton of Mount Prospect, Roscommon, who along with Ross Allen of Carrickmines and Clara, stood accused of murder for their alleged part in the killing of 47-year-old Christy Daly at Bog
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A group of young people from across Roscommon and East Galway met in Gullane’s Hotel Ballinasloe last week and established a Young Fine Gael branch for the newly established constituency of Roscommon-Galway. The meeting was attended by newly elected Senator Maura Hopkins and Young Fine Gael organisers David McLaughlin and Keelan Moran, who travelled to
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Following Maura Hopkins’ election to the Seanad last week the talk in local political circles turns to the Roscommon County Council seat that the Ballaghaderreen native has vacated. Local Members are set to meet over the coming weeks to nominate a replacement and among the names being discussed are former Councillors Liam Callaghan, who served
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As we enter the summer months with people more likely to engage in outdoor pursuits, the HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) is urging people to protect themselves against Lyme disease, an uncommon infection spread by infected biting tick. “Ramblers, campers, mountain bikers, and others who work and walk in forested or grassy areas must
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Newly elected Senator Maura Hopkins has pledged that she will use her new platform to be a voice in national politics for young people from the West of Ireland. She also confirmed that she will provide ‘ambitious’ and ‘sincere’ representation at Oireachtas level for the 7,000 Roscommon-Galway voters who gave her their No.1 votes in
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The Athleague Fuerty Heritage Group is calling on the public to look through their family collections for any Photos, Letters, Maps, Roll Books, Medals, Equipment etc. relating to the history of Athleague and Fuerty. The group are looking to photocopy, scan and record items brought to them for an exhibition of items relating to the
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The Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group is holding it’s first open day on it’s published Work Programme for 2016 at the Civic Centre in Athlone this Thursday, May 5th, from 11am to 3pm. Picture Credit: Defence Forces Members of the public and other interested parties are invited to attend what will be
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The Roscommon teams at Wednesday’s SPAR FAI Primary School 5s Connacht Final represented their Schools and county with distinction but narrowly missed out on honours. Milebush Park, Castlebar played host to Finals of the competition which saw 245 schools, 588 teams and 4,704 players took part throughout Connacht this year. Wednesday’s games saw these schools
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Eight students from CBS Roscommon – Colm Kildine, Kyran Rayner, Kenneth Kedian, John Cuttle, James Costello, Oisín Stephens, Luke Glennon and Keelan Neary, made it to the finals of the Health and Safety Authority’s (HSA) Multimedia Farm Safety Competition for post-primary students, which took place on Wednesday. At the Showcase and Awards ceremony in Dublin
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Roscommon Disability Support, in association with the HSE, are running a programme entitled “Self Care to Wellness” aimed at people living with a long term health condition. This programme will be delivered for six weeks, in sessions lasting 2 hours 30 minutes, where you will learn new skills to manage your health condition on a
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It is said that if 50,000 people in Ireland reduce food waste by just 1 kilogram per week, just over €1 million will be saved, and that’s the equivalent of over 5.7 million meals.” Another interesting statistic is that every family in Ireland wastes domestically approximately €700 a year on food. But fear not, the
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