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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A number of properties from County Roscommon went under the hammer at the latest Allsop auction in Dublin today. The star attraction in the lead up to the sale was the former Royal Hotel premises in Boyle. It was said that up to eight parties were interested in the property however it was withdrawn from …
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An Elphin student‘s solution to Ireland’s housing crisis has earned him a prestigious award from the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Robert Kelleher who is s a final year Quantity Surveying student at IT Sligo, received the Best Student Award at the recent Construction Futures event held in Derry, and organised by the CIOB (North …
Elphin Community College and Roscommon Community College have been allocated funding to carry out Electrical upgrades under the Department of Education’s Summer Works Scheme. The two Schools are among 62 Post Primary and 135 Primary Schools throughout Ireland to benefit from the first allocation of funding. Speaking about the announcement Minister O’Sullivan stated: “Of the …
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This post was updated throughout the count and featured the progress of all the Roscommon connections involved in elections to the 25th Seanad. Here’s a report on how the counts finished. Latest update:Thursday at 3pm Roscommon’s interest in the voting stage has now ended. It will be interesting to see if anyone from Roscommon is …
The diversity and range of career possibilities in engineering will be showcased at a special interactive event for students and jobseekers at IT Sligo on Thursday May 5th. The Engineering Expo is a free public event, bringing together leading national and international engineering practitioners along with training expertise in the sector, and schools from across …
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Michael Fitzmaurice says that the provision of visas for vets from Turkey and other countries is holding up the live export of Irish Cattle and the situation “needs to be addressed immediately” in order to help trade. “I am aware that markets for live exports of Irish cattle in Turkey and Egypt are ready to …
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