Fans of Roscommon Sport will have another hectic weekend with action at local, provincial and national level. Picture credit: Stephen McCarthy / SPORTSFILE There was a good start to the weekend for Roscommon representatives at the Roscommon Minor Camogie Team made it two wins from two when they defeated Kildare by 1-7 to 1-6 in
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Here are this weekend’s Roscommon and District Football League Fixtures for March 19th and 20th and there’s one County Roscommon team in action in the Connacht Junior Cup Saturday March 19th The Herald Premier Division (7.45pm) Cloonfad Utd v MD Town Norio’s Takeaway Division 1 (8pm) Ballinasloe Town B v Ahascragh United Sunday March 20th
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Searches will resume at 9am tomorrow for a Kiltoom man missing from Galway for over a week. The man, in 30s, was last seen entering the water at Wolfe Tone Bridge, Galway City, at 6pm on last Thursday week, March 10th. Members of the RNLI and Oranmore Maree Coastal Search Team have been involved in
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“The news that the League of Credit Unions” has offered the Government €5 billion to fund social and local authority housing is a very interesting development and it needs to be looked at seriously and also in the context of the re-organisation of the Credit Union sector” that’s the view of Michael Fitzmaurice TD for
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Roscommon County Council are inviting Applications from suitably qualified candidates for inclusion on a panel for the posts of Part-Time Retained Fire Fighter with Elphin Fire Brigade and Castlerea Fire Brigade. Applicants must ordinarily reside and work within a 2 mile radius of the Fire Station to which they are applying. Application forms and particulars
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Roscommon and District Football League Results for Wednesday March 16th and Thursday March 17th Wednesday March 16th The Herald Premier Division Cloonfad Utd 0-3 Castlerea Celtic Killeen Sports Ground Division 2 Moore United B 0-2 St. John’s Athletic B Thursday March 17th The Herald Premier Division Dysart FC 1-2 Ballinasloe Town St. John’s Athletic 0-3
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Padraig Pearses GAA Club are holding a Health and Addiction Awareness Meeting in their Clubhouse – at Woodmount, Creagh on Monday next, March 21st, at 8pm. Speakers on the night include: Liam Curley – Addiction Counselling Expert Justin Campbell – Roscommon Senior Team Hurling Manager and Counsellor Niall McNamee – Current Offaly Senior Footballer and
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St Patrick’s Day is one of the reason’s where we have an earlier than usual Roscommon Sport update as there is additional action tonight and tomorrow: At 7pm Aoife McDonagh of St Comans Handball Club takes on Katie McCarthy from Limerick in the All-Ireland Ladies Junior B 40×20 Handball Final in St Coman’s Handball Alley,
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At a meeting in Brussels with EU Commission Rural Development officials this week, the IFA got assurances that amendments to Ireland’s 2014-2020 Rural Development Plan can be implemented. In a statement released a short time ago they called on Minister Coveney to implement all amendments without delay. IFA Rural Development Chairman, Flor McCarthy said that
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A multi faceted approach is needed to solve the “very serious and worsening” housing crisis says Roscommon Galway Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice. In a statement released a short time ago he said “The very serious and worsening crisis that we have in the housing sector will not be easy to solve and it will have
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Pupils and Staff from Abbeycartron NS Elphin joined with schools all over Ireland to celebrate Proclamation Day yesterday. The Proclamation of Independence was read by children in the school and then the Irish Flag was raised by Lt. Hugh Lynn, who is an Officer of the Army Reserve and a Teacher in the school. The
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The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (DAHG) is continuing the Structures at Risk Fund for 2016 and groups in Roscommon are being invited to make applications through Roscommon County Council. The purpose of the Structures at Risk Fund (SRF) is to assist with works to safeguard structures protected under the Planning and Development
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There was a full clearance of Dry Cows at Monday’s sale in Elphin Mart Full clearance of Dry Cows Dry Cows sold for an average price of €1,176 – up from last week’s average of €1,129. Prices ranging from €760 up to €1,500 for a Charolais Cow weighing 855kg. In-calf Heifers There was a smaller
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In a statement released this morning Roscommon Galway Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice confirmed that he and fellow Independent Alliance TD’s Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran and Sean Canney, met a Fine Gael delegation in Athlone yesterday. The Fine Gael delegation included Deputies Eoin Harris and Simon Coveney both sides outlined their positions on a number of issues.
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The fourth annual Roscommon Handball One-Wall Post Primary Schools Blitz was held for the second year in succession in the Meánscoil Mhuire gan Smál gymnasium in Roscommon Town. This fantastic venue provided three full size One-Wall courts which facilitated the completion of forty-four handball games over four hours. Five of the seven post primary schools
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