Local Politicians have spoken out on the recent Affordable Childcare Scheme announcement as it doesn’t benefit parents of children who are not in full time day care. Fianna Fail TD Eugene Murphy said that “Only a minority of parents avail of full time day care (27%) for their children and therefore the childcare plans outlined …
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Buccaneers Under 20s 36 Greystones 13 Buccaneers U-20’s made a winning start to life in the J.P.Fanagan Leinster League Division 2 when they put in a splendid second half performance to defeat Greystones 36-13 at Dubarry Park, Athlone, on Sunday. These young Pirates showed terrific courage and composure to retrieve a 13-0 half-time deficit to …
Roscommon Windows won the top prize in the 2016 Roscommon LEADER Partnership SICAP Enterprise Awards, which were held in the Abbey Hotel, Roscommon earlier this evening. Picture Credit: facebook.com/roscommonwindows Roscommon Windows, which is based just off the Athlone Road in Roscommon town, was founded by Athleague native and 20 year industry veteran Donal Haughey. Twelve …
Roscommon County Council have announced that the L-1635, which links Oran and Ballintubber Village is set to close for almost a month to facilitate the upgrade of the Oran Ballintubber Group Water Scheme. The L-1635 will be closed from its junction with the R-367 in Ballintubber Village to its junction with the L-6662. The close …
Local Minister Denis Naughten is encouraging older people to apply for the Fuel Allowance, as the new fuel allowance season gets underway in advance of the winter. “The Fuel Allowance scheme is designed to assist pensioners and other very low income households to meet the cost of their heating needs during the winter season,” explained …
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A brief round-up of the most read Roscommon news stories on roscommondaily.com during the past seven days as well as some which you may have missed. Our Five Most Read Roscommon News Headlines #5 The surprise news that Nigel Dineen had withdrawn from the Roscommon Senior Football Team Manager Race. #4 Castlerea student Katie Kenny …
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD says that a new report highlights the major gaps in the quality of mobile phone coverage in rural Ireland. Commenting on the report Michael Fitzmaurice said that it has “once again supported something that I have been highlighting for some time; that there are major gaps in the quality of signal being …
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Fixtures and Results * U20 Championship : Sunday 23rd October at 12pm in Ardcarne/Ballyfarnon. St. Michaels / St. Ronans vs St Faithleachs. * U14 Girls D3A Championship: Hard luck to our U14 girls who lost their D3A Championship Final by a point. Result: St Faithleachs: 2-5(11)St.Croans: 1-9(12) Team: C. Hussey, C. Carroll, A. Trimble, N. …
Western Gaels GAA Lotto Draw date 15/10/16. Number Drawn: 15-19-26-33. No Jackpot Winner. Next Draw Venue: The Sideline Next Draw Date: 22/10/16 Next Jackpot: €4,200. Results and Fixtures U 20 Mens Team: Our U 20 team opened their Div 1 championship campaign with a heavy defeat to Strokestown on sunday morning last. It was an …
Athleague retain Senior title Congratulations to Athleague who retained their Roscommon Camogie Senior title in Rockfield on Saturday after a fantastic game against Four Roads. They now move forward to represent Roscommon in the All Ireland Junior Club series. First up though, they take on Cappataggle in the Connacht Intermediate Cup final on Saturday at …
A public meeting will be held in Durkin’s Bar and Restaurant, Ballaghaderreen this Wednesday, October 19th, to debate how a €440,000 community fund should be used to benefit the locality. The money was raised by the people of Ballaghaderreen over the past 30 year and had originally been earmarked for a Swimming Pool. In April …
Ballymoe FC 1 Brazukas 0 The senior team continue to lead the way in the Premier Division as they maintained their 100% start to the season with a 1-0 win over Brazukas in Ballymoe. In what looked liked turning into a frustrating afternoon resulted in all 3 points when John Connaughton slid the ball to …
Kilbride GAA Lotto The lotto draw was held on Saturday night. There was no winner of the €2,100 jackpot. The numbers drawn were 7,11,24 & 29. The five €20 drawn were FDK Ltd., c/o David Hickey; Thomas Kenny, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway; Pat Haggart, c/o Foxe’s Bar; Ann Furlong, c/o Red Parrot; Caoimhe Gormley, Derrane. The …
The U12′s play Western Gaels this Saturday in the Keenan Cup semi-final in Frenchpark at 11am. Condolences The club express sympathy to the Mullins family, Abbeytown,Boyle on the death of Maurice’s brother in Castletownbere, Co. Cork. Nursery Programme Following a very successful Registration evening the GAA Nursery Programme will commence on Monday 17th October 2016 …
Roscommon LEADER Partnership are hosting the 2016 SICAP Enterprise Awards in the Abbey Hotel, Roscommon tomorrow (Monday) afternoon. The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) aims to reduce poverty and promote social inclusion and equality through local, regional and national engagement and collaboration. Its vision is to improve the life chances and opportunities of …
