Pat Lam has made five changes to the Connacht side to face Zebre away in Round 15 of the Guinness PRO12. Ireland international Kieran Marmion returns to the backline and links up with AJ MacGinty at half back. Wing Niyi Adeolokun will play his 10th game this season in a pacey back three with Tiernan …
Independent election candidate Denis Naughten has expressed his disappointment at the removal of maternity outreach services from Roscommon Town. The weekly outreach maternity clinic had been operated by Portiuncula Hospital from the Primary Care Centre in Roscommon Town where expectant mothers could avail of all their antenatal requirements, from booking to delivery. However, news broke …
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Roscommon Raiders are hosting their first Youth trials in the Kilbride community centre this Saturday, February 20th, from 12-1pm. The team is aimed for boys aged between 7-15 years and membership is €40 per player (Maximum of 20 players) and training runs for ten weeks with a possibility of twelve weeks. The club intended to …
Buccaneers away to leaders St Marys Buccaneers face a really stiff test on Saturday when they travel to Templeville Road to take on Division 1B leaders St. Mary’s Colleg in an enticing Ulster Bank League match, kicking off at 2.30 p.m. The Dubliners are looking good to make an immediate return to the top flight …
Photo: Oran’s Deirdre Regan receives her IT Sligo Sports Scholarship award from the Institute’s Registrar, Colin McLean. Photo Credit: Seán Mullery Two Roscommon students were among 32 IT Sligo Students to have been awarded new Sports Scholarships, which will develop their skills and make them ambassadors for the Institute in competitions at home and abroad. …
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The unfair discrimination against farm families and small businesses in the ‘Fair Deal’ Nursing Home Support Scheme must be addressed before it undermines the viability of such businesses, forcing people to sell the farm or close the business, states Denis Naughten. “There is unfair discrimination against family farmers and small businesses under the current scheme …
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IFA National Sheep Chairman John Lynskey said this week’s announcement by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney committing to a specific new support programme for the sheep sector is positive. He said IFA is campaigning hard for a new €20 per ewe targeted support for sheep farmers and has made this a priority issue in the current …
The Annual IFA Farm Income Review, compiled by IFA Economist Kevin Kilcline shows that National Farm Income in 2015 is estimated to have fallen over 3% or €75m on 2014. The fall in aggregate National Farm Income in 2015 was driven by a sharp fall in milk prices and dairy farm incomes. While there was …
Denis Naughten has asked the HSE to meet with Headstrong to try to find an interim solution to allow the Jigsaw service to continue to operate from the start of next month. He described the suspension of the Jigsaw service for young people as “a serious blow for mental health services in County Roscommon and …
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Headstrong have released a statement confirming that the temporary closure of Jigsaw Roscommon is due to an inability to fill the key position of Clinical Coordinator, rather than a reduction or withdrawal of funding for the service – which many locals felt was the reason when reports initially surfaced on Wednesday night. Independent Candidate for …
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Pictured above are (L-R): Bryan Barry, Acting General Secretary; Jer Bergin, IFA National Chairman; Tom Tynan, Cabinet of EU Commissioner Phil Hogan; Pierre Bascou, Head of Direct Payments DG Agri; Gerry Gunning, IFA Rural Development Executive; and, Liam MacHale, IFA Director of European Affairs. IFA this week met with the EU Commission in Brussels to …
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Fianna Fáil General Election candidate for Roscommon-Galway Shane Curran says the Government is being disingenuous when it claims that the proposed Roscommon boundary change and proposed changes in other counties are the result of an independent recommendation. “The Boundary Commission, which is independent, is being informed by Fine Gael and Labour’s long term planning framework.” …
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Independent candidate for Roscommon Galway Michael Fitzmaurice has said that “It has come to my attention that the Jigsaw Roscommon, which has been providing a free counselling service to young people in the 15-25 age-group is to close at the end of this month.” “The service had been an excellent development for Roscommon because it …
The value of the racing industry in Roscommon as well as the west and midlands region was highlighted at the Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) Future Focus Racecourse Roadshow held in the Abbey Hotel last night. The managers of Ballinrobe, Galway, Kilbeggan, Roscommon and Sligo Racecourses spoke to the gathered politicians, trainers, industry representatives and the …
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Roscommon Galway election candidate Denis Naughten has called for the extension of medical cards to all those diagnosed with cancer, regardless of age. “While I welcome the step previously taken by Minister Varadkar to give all children diagnosed with cancer a medical card, the fact is that cancer does not discriminate by age. Everyone diagnosed …
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