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Suicide Prevention

HSE urge Roscommon people to complete Suicide Prevention survey

In partnership with local organisations and community and voluntary groups, HSE CHO Area 2 (Galway, Mayo and Roscommon) are developing a Suicide Prevention Action Plan for counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. This is part of “Connecting for Life”, a national strategy which aims to reduce suicide in Ireland. The strategy sets out the Irish Government’s …

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Roscommon Solstice Choir to aid CFID Rescue 116 efforts

Update April 19th with details of new venue. Picture Credit: Glynn’s Photography, Castlerea. Roscommon Solstice Choir are to perform at a fundraising concert on Sunday April 23rd in aid of CFID (Comharchumann Forbartha Ionad Deirbhile) Rescue 116. Comharchumann Forbartha Ionad Deirbhile is a community development group which has been providing meals and refreshments to those …

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travel writing

Roscommon Students encouraged to enter Young Travel Writers Competition

A writing competition aimed at discovering Ireland’s best young travel writers has been announced by the organiser’s of the Immrama Festival of Travel Writing, which is set to take place in the heritage town of Lismore in county Waterford this June. Young Roscommon writers are now invited to write an 800-word short story about their …

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GMIT All Aboard 2017 Early Childhood Education

GMIT to host free digital learning events as part of All Aboard 2017

GMIT is inviting the public to attend a series of free digital learning events this week in its Mayo and Galway campuses as part of the national All Aboard 2017 initiative. GMIT is one of 16 higher education institutions hosting All Aboard 2017 in partnership with Ireland’s National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and …

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Roscommon Arts Centre

Roscommon Arts Centre to host two Photography events

Roscommon Arts Centre is delighted to present Project Cleansweep, a critically acclaimed body of work by RAC Contemporary Photography Award winner Dara McGrath. Project Cleansweep surveys the landscape of chemical and biological weapons in the British Isles and its continuing legacy, interrogating deliberate state and military encroachment into and appropriation (often secretive) of the landscape, …

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Roscommon Lamb Festival

Local artists and designers invited to exhibit at Roscommon Lamb Festival

Roscommon Lamb Festival 2017 is offering a unique opportunity for local emerging artists and designers to exhibit their work at the Festival over the May Bank Holiday weekend. The Exhibition, which is being hosted at Aras an Chontae (Roscommon County Counchil HQ) will be officially opened on Friday April 28th by Roscommon native and multi-award …

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Roscommon County Council to host Workshops Tidy Towns Seminar

Following on from the very popular Invasive Species/Japanese Knotweed and Pollinators Workshops held last year, Roscommon County Council with the support of the Heritage Council, is delighted to provide another FREE opportunity for anyone who missed out last year to come along to the annual Roscommon Tidy Towns Seminar which takes place in Áras an …

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