Pictured above are Michael Masterson (Left) aka “The Barber” being presented with his first Captains Prize from Carrick Golf Club Captain Damien Duignan (Right) which he won in Carrick Golf Club in August. Michael went round the final 9 in 32.5 shots giving him a 45 hole total of 167.5 to win by one from
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has called on Minister Michael Creed to extend the October deadline for slurry spreading given the severe weather experienced over the past few months, which has severely curtailed spreading activity. This was one of the issues which Eugene Murphy discussed with IFA officials during the IFA pre-budget briefing in Dublin
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD has put forward a series of proposals to the Government ahead of next Tuesday’s Budget, adding that immediate action is needed on several important farming issues. Speaking on Farming Michael Fitzmaurice said “It is imperative that the Departments of Finance, Social Protection and Agriculture recognise the problems that exist with regard to
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Our Senior Team will play Fuerty in the O’Gara Cup Semi Final this Saturday at 4pm in Enfield. St Croans 50-50 Draw Congratulations to last week’s 50/50 Draw winner Paula Gaughan winning €402. Tickets are available to purchase locally in pubs, shops and post offices. Upcoming Fundraiser St Croans GAA Club are holding its Annual
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County Final Kilglass Gaels play their most important game for a few years when they play Creggs in the Warm and Cosy Homes sponsored Junior Final in Strokestown on Sunday next at 2pm. The Club is looking forward to a large turnout of supporters and encourages as many families to display the club colours in
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St Dominics 50-50 Draw The Club congratulates Kate Walsh, Knockcroghery. Seller: Clay Pipe, who won €1,051 in the Club’s weekly draw on Saturday 1st October. 50/50 draw next week, Saturday 8th October will be held in Ned’s, Knockcroghery. You can sign up for the next 52 weeks (Cost €100) or 26 weeks (Cost €50) at
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Under 14 Girls win Our U.14 Girls played their Div.1 County Semi-Final against a strong Boyle team on Friday 30th of September. This showed to be a great game with excellent displays of football from both teams. Final score 9-19 to 2-8. The Clann na nGael girls will now play our near neighbours St. Brigid’s
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Following on from her critically acclaimed success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Maxine Jones is bringing her hilariously funny act ‘Now We Are 60’ to the Trinity Arts Centre, Castlerea. The gig, on Saturday October 15th is part of her nationwide tour and promises to be a night, full of belly laughs, not to be
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Large numbers of beef farms attended the Teagasc National Beef Conference which took place today, Tuesday, October 4th, in the Hodson Bay Hotel. Picture Credit: Clare Frances Photography The theme for the conference was putting “Practice into Profit” and speaking at the opening of the conference, Teagasc Director, Professor Gerry Boyle said: “Teagasc through its
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Senator Frank Feighan described last Thursday’s meeting between Minister for Health Simon Harris, members of the Roscommon Hospital Action Committee and local Oireachtas public representatives as very productive. Senator Feighan facilitated the meeting in the Minister’s office at the request of the HAC. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those
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Dog Fouling is an inconsiderate and irritating litter problem and a new initiative was launched by Roscommon County Council in Lough Key Forest Park to deal with this problem. Picture Credit: Daniel O’Loughlin Green Dog Walkers is a non-confrontational, friendly way to change attitudes about dog fouling. It is a community based scheme that volunteers
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has welcomed the eight submissions under the first phase of the Town and Village Renewal Scheme and hopes the scheme will continue in the future. Deputy Murphy said “Total funding of €380,000 for County Roscommon will go some way towards injecting a well needed boost to local towns and villages
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Our girls played Strokestown in the Semi -Final of the U14 Championship on Saturday morning last. It was a tight competition with little given by either side throughout the 60 minutes of the competition. There was blocks, hand passes, kick passes, carrying of balls and plenty of scores throughout the game, with an eventual winner
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Mens Results and Fixtures Hard luck to the Minor boys team who were defeated in the Minor Championship by Kilmore/Shannon Gaels on a scoreline of 5-5 to 0-13 The Junior B Mens team play Elphin B in the Junior B Championship on Saturday October 8th in Elphin at 5:30pm. The Under 14 boys play St.Brigids
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Four Mile House based company Gilligan Farm Fresh Meats has received three prizes at Blas na hEireann, The Irish Food Awards. Their Honey & Mustard Bacon won the Bronze Award in the Bacon (Other products) category and their Mexican Beef Stir Fry won the Silver in the Beef (Other products) category. They also won the
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