Roscommon County Council and Irish Water have announced that due to a major burst Watermain at Cloverhill consumers in the areas listed below, served by the Roscommon Central Regional Water Supply Scheme, will experience a supply outage from now (11am) until approximately 4pm. Areas affected: Lisagallon Cloverhill Ballydooley Rockfield Ballinacreeve and surrounding areas. A further
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Athleague based media company Mimar Media and their film “50 Shades of Tae” are representing Ireland at the Jameson Empire Awards which have just got under way at The Grosvenor House Hotel, London. “50 Shades of Tae” is contesting the Done in 60 Seconds Category, where film-makers were challenged to whittle down a movie plot
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The 2016 Roscommon Easter Parade was officially launched recently and is set to be a spectacular display on what will undoubtedly be a very busy weekend in the county. Speaking at the launch Chairman John Doorly noted that the town is set to be a “hive of activity on Easter Sunday. We’ve the parade which
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A report in today’s Sunday Independent claims that Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway Michael Fitzmaurice is set to be appointed as Minister for Agriculture in a Fine Gael led minority Government. It is said that Mr Kenny believes a government programme with a strong rural renewal package will secure the support of Mr Fitzmaurice, Independent Alliance
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The search for a Kiltoom man missing from Galway will enter it’s 10th day tomorrow. The man, in 30s, was last seen entering the water at Wolfe Tone Bridge, Galway City, at 6pm on Thursday March 10th. Anyone wishing to volunteer for the search is asked to present themselves at Calasanctius College, Oranmore at 9am
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Searches will resume at 9am tomorrow for a Kiltoom man missing from Galway for over a week. The man, in 30s, was last seen entering the water at Wolfe Tone Bridge, Galway City, at 6pm on last Thursday week, March 10th. Members of the RNLI and Oranmore Maree Coastal Search Team have been involved in
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“The news that the League of Credit Unions” has offered the Government €5 billion to fund social and local authority housing is a very interesting development and it needs to be looked at seriously and also in the context of the re-organisation of the Credit Union sector” that’s the view of Michael Fitzmaurice TD for
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Roscommon County Council are inviting Applications from suitably qualified candidates for inclusion on a panel for the posts of Part-Time Retained Fire Fighter with Elphin Fire Brigade and Castlerea Fire Brigade. Applicants must ordinarily reside and work within a 2 mile radius of the Fire Station to which they are applying. Application forms and particulars
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Padraig Pearses GAA Club are holding a Health and Addiction Awareness Meeting in their Clubhouse – at Woodmount, Creagh on Monday next, March 21st, at 8pm. Speakers on the night include: Liam Curley – Addiction Counselling Expert Justin Campbell – Roscommon Senior Team Hurling Manager and Counsellor Niall McNamee – Current Offaly Senior Footballer and
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A multi faceted approach is needed to solve the “very serious and worsening” housing crisis says Roscommon Galway Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice. In a statement released a short time ago he said “The very serious and worsening crisis that we have in the housing sector will not be easy to solve and it will have
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Pupils and Staff from Abbeycartron NS Elphin joined with schools all over Ireland to celebrate Proclamation Day yesterday. The Proclamation of Independence was read by children in the school and then the Irish Flag was raised by Lt. Hugh Lynn, who is an Officer of the Army Reserve and a Teacher in the school. The
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The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (DAHG) is continuing the Structures at Risk Fund for 2016 and groups in Roscommon are being invited to make applications through Roscommon County Council. The purpose of the Structures at Risk Fund (SRF) is to assist with works to safeguard structures protected under the Planning and Development
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In a statement released this morning Roscommon Galway Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice confirmed that he and fellow Independent Alliance TD’s Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran and Sean Canney, met a Fine Gael delegation in Athlone yesterday. The Fine Gael delegation included Deputies Eoin Harris and Simon Coveney both sides outlined their positions on a number of issues.
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The fourth annual Roscommon Handball One-Wall Post Primary Schools Blitz was held for the second year in succession in the Meánscoil Mhuire gan Smál gymnasium in Roscommon Town. This fantastic venue provided three full size One-Wall courts which facilitated the completion of forty-four handball games over four hours. Five of the seven post primary schools
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Kilteevan National School invited parents and members of the local community to join in their impressive programme of events to mark Proclamation Day. Events began inside the School where 5th and 6th class pupils gave a summary of the event of 1916. Cormac Dolan follow this by reading the poem “Mother” by Padraig Pearse to
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