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 It was said that up to eight parties were interested in the property however it was withdrawn from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
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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
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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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The first meeting of the Roscommon-East Galway Carers Support Network is set to take place in Hannon’s Hotel, Roscommon town on Wednesday next May 4th at 7pm. A number of volunteers have come together to establish a Carers Support Network in the area where it is estimated some 4,000 Carers provide essential home care services
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Farming bodies have reacted angrily to the news that the Department of Communications’ is experiencing delays in the bidding process for the National Broadband Plan. The National Broadband Plan had promised to deliver subsidised modern Internet to 750,000 rural homes and businesses by 2020. The awarding of the contracts was set to take place in
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Local TD Denis Naughten has welcomed the decision to introduce a new bail supervision scheme for young offenders, which will not only keep young people out of prison but is also a major step forward in further strengthening the monitoring of all those on bail. This bail supervision scheme, which will be piloted in the
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Roscommon GAA is issuing a final call for entries to their annual Gaeltacht Grant Competition which forms part of their promotion of the Irish language. Applications are invited from full time secondary school students living in County Roscommon and each grant is worth €200. It should be noted that successful candidates from 2014 and 2015
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Local TD Denis Naughten has sought an update from the HSE on the review of mental health services in County Roscommon which it commissioned last year. The review was ordered in part due to serious concerns over the operation of the service raised by Denis Naughten. An independent external team from Northern Ireland sought submission
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD has reacted to news that the implementation of the National Broadband Plan will be delayed saying that “There is not much point including the revival of rural Ireland in any future programme for Government if the broadband programme is held up for three to five years as we have been told today.”
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“Matthew’s Tale, the Fairie’s Gift” written by Susan Benedict and illustrated by Cora Mugan was launched in Roscommon County Library on Saturday last, April 23rd. Pictured at the launch were Aoife Mugan, Janet Maloney, Martha Hill, Carolyn Tunney (Assistant Librarian)) who launched the Book, Mary Tarmey, Matt Hennigan, Michael Mugan, seated. Susan Benedict (Writer) Cora
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To celebrate Poetry Day, this Thursday April 28th, a Menu of Poems called ‘Soul Food’ will be distributed throughout Irish hospital wards, waiting rooms and other healthcare settings for patients, visitors and staff to enjoy. Dani Gill with Maureen Kennelly, Colette Bryce and Margaret Flannery at Poems for Patience, UHG Picture Credit: David Ruffles The
Michael Fitzmaurice TD has said that figures contained in a report published by the Irish Cancer Society which show that public patients have to wait up to 25 times longer than private patients for cancer testing “is an absolute disgrace and a situation that will have to be tackled immediately by whatever Government is in
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