Roscommon County Council Terry Leyden

Senator Terry Leyden “Bill will provide statutory basis for registration of wills”

Current Affairs, News

Fianna Fáil Senator Terry Leyden has introduced legislation in the Seanad aimed at providing a clear statutory basis for the registration of wills. Picture Credit: Glynn’s Photography, Castlerea. The ‘Registration of Wills Bill 2016’ will enable a person making a will, or their solicitor, to register the details of a will with a central authority. …

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Clann na nGael

Clann na nGael GAA News update August 18th

Club News, Local News, Monksland Drum Cornafulla Bealnamulla

Clann na nGael 0-12 St. Brigid’s 1-6 This 4th round of the Roscommon Senior Championship brought out the best in Clann and produced excellent performances from our star players. The team were well kitted out in their new jerseys, kindly sponsored by Supermacs and Matrix Bathrooms. Donie Shine and Cathal Shine showed our county management …

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Lamb Prices cattle prices Regional Veterinary Laboratory €10 per ewe sheep scheme Identification Tags Smart Farming Irish Cancer Society Roscommon IFA Factory Prices milk prices Flood Management Farm Payments Sitka spruce Roscommon Farmers electricity prices Sheep Scheme Cattle Sheep Fencing Scheme GLAS and TAMS Payments ANC Payments Fuel Prices Basic Payment Scheme application Beef Data and Genomics Scheme

Minister cannot rely on improving milk prices to relieve farmers’ cash flow

Farming

IFA National Dairy Committee Chairman Sean O’Leary says that the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed must show much greater urgency to introduce the IFA proposed low cost, flexible cash flow loans with built-in repayment breaks, as improving milk prices this month and beyond will not suffice to solve farmers’ 2016 cash flow difficulties. “Most farmers …

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Eugene Murphy Tarmonbarry Portiuncula

Eugene Murphy – 20 minute ambulance turnaround target continues to be missed

Current Affairs, Health, News

New figures released to Fianna Fáil show that virtually all hospitals continue to miss the 20 minute turnaround time for the majority of ambulance calls with Galway only recording an 8% success rate while Portiuncula only had a 15% success rate. The figures were for May 2016. Fianna Fail TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy said, …

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Eugene Murphy Tarmonbarry Portiuncula

Eugene Murphy “Lack of strategy preventing refurbishment of vacant houses”

Current Affairs, News

Eugene Murphy says that new figures show that the Department of Housing has failed to approve funding to refurbish approximately 1,449 housing units that are currently vacant. Deputy Murphy said that new information obtained by Fianna Fáil through a series of Freedom of Information requests to each Local Authority, shows a lack of progress in …

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Roscommon Galway Election Results Enda Kenny ECMI Group Water Schemes Orkambi Tax Relief on Health Insurance Citizens Assembly Vacant Property Scheme Valuation Services Action Plan for Rural Development CLÁR Funding Michael Fitzmaurice Denis Naughten Leaving Cert Roscommon Mental Health Insurance Premiums diesel prices PAYE rebate budget Affordable Childcare Scheme Athlone Boundary Joan Burke Finian McGrath

“No need for students to panic about Leaving Cert results” Michael Fitzmaurice TD

News

Michael Fitzmaurice TD has moved to reassure students who are collecting their Leaving Cert Results today adding that they “shouldn’t panic because there is something out there for everyone”. “Even if the results are not what the student was hoping for there are plenty of alternative ways to get the third level and other options …

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Roscommon Pool League

Roscommon Pool League AGM

Other sports, Sport

The Roscommon Pool League AGM will take place in An Bothar Rua, Elphin, next Wednesday August 24th at 9pm. All teams from the season gone by are urged to attend and new teams are also welcome. If your interested in entering a team or have any questions call David 087-4136355 or Darren 087-9332818.