Ballaghaderreen Cycling Club in association with Reachout.com are hosting a Charity Cycle this Sunday, May 22nd. Reachout.com provides an on-line support network for the mental wellbeing of young adults up to 25 years of age. There are three routes on offer, catering for all levels of ability – a 100km Cycle will get under way …
Centra ambassadors Henry Shefflin, Austin Gleeson, Podge Collins and Seamus Hickey lined out Monday in CLG Na Fianna in Glasnevin as Centra announced the extension of its sponsorship of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship to 2019, in support of Centra’s ongoing Live Well programme. Picture credit: Ramsey Cardy / SPORTSFILE The Live Well initiative encourages …
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The second leg of “Paths to Freedom”, which forms part of the Roscommon Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme, takes place in King House, Boyle tomorrow, Friday May 20th. Fronted by RTE presenter and historian Dr. Myles Dungan, the Paths To Freedom programme brings together a team of broadcasters, authors and key academics with important things to …
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St Nathy’s College Ballaghaderreen is the latest venue for the Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town Roadshow which takes place tomorrow, Friday May 20th, from 4pm. The Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town programme aims to bring local businesses, education, sports and cultural organisations together, boosting the participating town’s economic activity and tomorrow’s event will feature 90 …
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Roscommon and Leitrim will battle it out for a place in the Connacht Senior Football Championship Semi-Final when they meet in Pairc Seán Mac Diarmaida, Carrick on Shannon on Sunday at 3:30pm. Picture Credit: James Molloy / Connacht GAA Leitrim are seeking their first Connacht championship win over Roscommon since 2000 when they won by …
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A round-up of Wednesday’s stories from the Roscommon Sports scene: Congratulations to the County Under 16 Ladies team on their 6-28(46) to 2-2(8) win over Leitrim in the Connacht B Final. Elsewhere, the County Under 17 Hurlers were defeated 3-21 to 2-6 by Galway City & West in Round 3 of the Celtic Challenge. In …
Michael Fitzmaurice TD has this evening announced that he is leaving the Independent Alliance. The only member of the grouping not to support Enda Kenny’s nomination for Taoiseach, his future in the group has been under consideration since the new government has been formed. In a statement released a short time ago he said “I …
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Connacht Rugby CEO Willie Ruane was in Dublin today to publicly launch the province’s Vision & Strategy document for 2016 – 2020. Picture Credit: ©INPHO/James Crombie Ruane was joined by Connacht’s head coach Pat Lam, academy manager Nigel Carolan and club & community manager Eric Elwood for the launch that took place at the Aviva …
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Stylist and presenter Marietta Doran will be the celebrity judge at the SuperValu Ladies Day at Roscommon Racecourse on Monday, July 4th. For the second year in a row, six SuperValu shops in the region have come together to sponsor the annual Ladies Day event which attracts large crowds every year. The winner of the …
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There are three Semi-Finals, two Finals and a host of League games to look forward to in the Roscommon and District Football League and Cups over the next five days. Wednesday 18th May Roscommon and District Football League Division 1 Cup Semi-Finals (8pm) Shiven Rovers v Ahascragh Utd Glen Celtic v Brazukas Thursday 19th May …
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Michael Fitzmaurice has called on the media to listen in detail to the comments made by David Hall of the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation at the Dail Committee for Housing yesterday. Deputy Fitzmaurice said “There was was controversy with the comments of David Hall yesterday in which he said that Minister Noonan is in support …
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD says that the Irish Government should not interfere in the forthcoming EU “Brexit” referendum and allow the British people to make up their own minds. “The British people should be given time and space to make up their minds on what they should do about EU membership. My own view is that …
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Figures released by the UK Department of Health yesterday showed that 25 women gave Roscommon addresses at UK abortion clinics in 2015. According to the UK Department of Health figures, the number of women giving Irish addresses at abortion clinics has decreased from 6,673 in 2001 to 3,451 in 2015, a decline of 48%. This …
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Teams round-up It has been a quiet week on the playing fields. Elphin-Ballinameen U-16 Training continues on Fridays, all players are asked to be on the field for 7pm. The Elphin-Ballinameen U-14s travelled to the Connacht GAA Centre, Bekan on Saturday morning where they took part in a training session with Ballyhaunis U-14s. This was …
St Dominics 50-50 Draw The Club congratulates Tina Gilleran, Kellybrook, Knockcroghery. Seller team captain Tom Gilleran who won €1,170 in the Club’s weekly draw on Saturday 14th May. 50/50 draw next week, Saturday 21st May will be in Murrays, Knockcroghery. You can sign up for the next 52 weeks (Cost €100) or 26 weeks (Cost …
