Ireland West Airport

Kiltoom resident is the 10 millionth passenger at Ireland West Airport

Yesterday,Friday July 1st, Ireland West Airport welcomed the 10 millionth passenger to use the airport since it officially opened in 1986. The honour fell to Lorna Conway Hynes, who lives in Kiltoom. Lorna and her parents, Margaret and Seamus Conway from Ballina was travelling to Edinburgh with Flybe for a wedding, when she received the

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Ballintubber

Ballintubber hosts Eileen Óg Festival and Heritage weekend

Ballintubber is currently playing host to a month of cultural, historical and musical events to coincided with arrival of American archaeologists and students who will be residing and working in the area. The festivities were launched on June 25th and feature something for everyone including “Day in the Bog”, Traditional Music Song and Dance and

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National Heritage Week

Roscommon groups reminded to register for National Heritage Week

Roscommon groups who intend participating in National Heritage Week are reminder to register their event on www.heritageweek.ie by Sunday July 10th to ensure it is included in the printed Roscommon Event Guide. Celebrating the stories of people and place over 100 years, this year National Heritage Week runs from 20-28th August. This year’s theme is

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Maura Hopkins

Maura Hopkins says People needing Rehabilitation aren’t being treated fairly

Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins stated that people who require rehabilitation are not receiving an adequate service and not being treated fairly. Speaking in the Seanad yesterday, Senator Hopkins expressed her deep frustration that a very high proportion of people suffer needless disability because of a lack of such services. 25,000 people in Ireland every

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Ballaghaderreen Wind Farm Community Fund Sliabh Bawn Wind Farm

Gaelectric launches 4.0 MW Ballaghaderreen Wind Farm

Renewable energy and energy storage group, Gaelectric, has officially launched its ninth operating wind farm today at Roosky, 2.5km south of Ballaghaderreen. Picture Credit: Irish Wind Energy Association Roosky is a 4.0 Megawatt wind farm comprising of two German-made Enercon turbines. It will generate sufficient renewable power to provide 10,800 megawatt-hours of electricity which is

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