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Free Butterfly identification workshops on this weekend

Free Butterfly identification workshops on this weekend

Are you interested in taking part in an exciting monitoring scheme which contributes to National and International conservation policy and research? Would you like to become an expert on your local pollinators and how their numbers and communities change from year to year? If you answered “yes” to any of these, then why not come […]

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Eugene Murphy TD receives undertaking from Coillte to investigate flooding

Eugene Murphy TD receives undertaking from Coillte to investigate flooding

Deputy Eugene Murphy has received an undertaking from Coillte that they will fully investigate the issue of flash flooding in the wider Strokestown area. The Fianna Fail spokesperson for the OPW and Flood Relief said torrential rain in County Roscommon has caused widespread damage. Homes, roads and bridges in Strokestown, Curraghroe, Doughill, Tarmonbarry, Scramogue and

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Strokestown Park House wows American travel professionals

Strokestown Park House wows American travel professionals

Representatives of Pleasant Holidays – one of the largest tour operators in the United States – together with five of its top-selling travel agents, visited Strokestown Park House, as guests of Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland. Picture Credit: Edmund Boyle Pleasant Holidays launched Ireland as a new destination in January of this year, so the

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Scoil Mhuire Strokestown win Lidl Jersey Competition

Scoil Mhuire Strokestown win Lidl Jersey Competition

Scoil Mhuire Strokestown were one of 145 Schools throughout the country to win jerseys and Gaelic Games equipment through the Lidl LGFA Post-Primary Schools in-Store Competition. Picture Credit: Glynn’s Photography, Castlerea. The winning team are pictured above at the Lidl store in Roscommon town with their teachers Martina Finneran and Anne Marie Killilea and Heather

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Strokestown’s John O’Beirne not in the running for IFA Connacht Chair

Strokestown’s John O’Beirne not in the running for IFA Connacht Chair

Strokestown’s John O’Beirne not in the running for IFA Connacht Chairman after the nominees were announced a short time ago by IFA National Returning Officer Jer Bergin. Former Sligo County Chairman Eddie Davitt and former Mayo County Chairman Padraic Joyce will contest the position This was the outcome of the nomination process agreed at the

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Four Roscommon Festivals receive funding

Four Roscommon Festivals receive funding

Four County Roscommon festivals were among 218 festivals nationwide to receive funding today under the Second phase of the Fáilte Ireland 2016 Festivals and Events Programme. The 9th FIPS World Championships Boat Angling, which is taking place on Lough Ree at Ballyleague and Lanesboro is set to receive €8,000. Boyle Arts Festival is in line

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Roscommon students awarded IT Sligo Scholarships

Roscommon students awarded IT Sligo Scholarships

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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