The best places to eat in Roscommon were announced at the Connaught leg of the Irish Restaurant Awards, which took place at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Sligo earlier this evening. Speaking at the awards, Adrian Cummins, Chief Executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) said: “Now in their ninth year, the Irish
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Roscommon LEADER Partnership in association Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board are hosting a 48 week course leading to a qualification in eBusiness. The course will be held in Ballaghaderreen and is set to commence on Monday April 10th and the topics covered include the following: – eBusiness Studies – The Internet – Web authoring
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A Father and daughter artistic team from Keadue are the creative forces behind a new exhibition which has opened at Hyde Bridge gallery in Sligo. ‘Earth and Water’ is an exhibition of painting, photography and installation by James and Sally Maidment from Keadue, and seeks to convey and explore their fascination with skill, place, identity
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South Roscommon Singers Circle kicks off a busy month of activity with their regular “1st Saturday Session” on April 1st in Murray’s, Knockcroghery, with Special Guest Padraic King. Padraic is an amazing singer from Tuam and has been to the South Roscommon Singers Circle “1st Saturday session many times in the past, but as special
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Following on from the very popular Invasive Species/Japanese Knotweed and Pollinators Workshops held last year, Roscommon County Council with the support of the Heritage Council, is delighted to provide another FREE opportunity for anyone who missed out last year to come along to the annual Roscommon Tidy Towns Seminar which takes place in Áras an
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Following his acclaimed, multi-award winning production of “The Man in the Woman’s Shoes”, Mikel Murfi makes a much anticipated return to Roscommon Arts Centre on Tuesday 4th April with his new one-man follow up show, “I Hear You And Rejoice”. Late in his life, Pat Farnon, a cobbler and all-round contented man, marries the redoubtable
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The Roscommon Children and Young People’s Services Committee will host the launch of LGBT Friendly Roscommon 2017 on Tuesday next, March 21st in Hannons Hotel, Roscommon. This three strand LGBT Friendly Roscommon Strategy will be officially launched by Journalist and Activist Una Mullally. Una has recently been appointed by Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
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The Roscommon GAA Scór Sinsir County Finals take place tomorrow, Saturday March 11th, in the Kilbride Community Centre, and promise to be a great night of entertainment. Scór Sinsir is specifically for all GAA Club members who are age 17 and over as of the 1st January 2017. Members may represent their Club in at
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Strokestown Community Playground fundraising committee are delighted to introduce “The Eliminator” An Action packed, fun, multi-inflatable, activity event. “The Eliminator” includes fun and challenging games such as snake pit, human football, wipe out, bungee run, slippery sailing , gladiator jousting and many more. The eliminator had been described as “An Electrify knock-em-out team challenge where
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Picture Credit ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy Amanda Byram and David Gillick, members of the Vhi Support Team recently announced that the 2017 Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon is now open for entries! Celebrating 35 years, this year’s event will see over 35,000 women walk, jog or run through Dublin city on Bank Holiday Monday, 5th June 2017. To
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Calling all Roscommon writers: You are invited to celebrate National Poetry Day at lunchtime, in Boyle, Ballaghaderreen and Roscommon libraries. National Poetry Day takes place on Thursday 27th April and events will be held in the three libraries at 1.30pm that day. Light refreshments provided, and all are welcome. The theme this year is “movement,
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Sharon Mannion is a worrisome child. She worries about the end of the world; about giant meteorites hurtling from the sky and destroying everything in their path, starting with Roscommon, where she is from. She worries about failing to live up to the expectations of her ex-showband father and of her Midwest FM radio-loving mother.
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A free health information morning will be held in Drum Community Centre, Summerhill, Athlone on Wednesday next, March 15th. The event is organised by Drum Community Centre in partnership with local health and wellbeing practitioners. It aims to provide people with a chance to find out more about the various health and wellbeing services available
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Roscommon Further Education Centre are hosting two events this Thursday to celebrate the National Adult Learner Festival. “Come Scratch With Me” is an introduction to coding using Scratch, while “Become Smartphone Savvy” aims to help adults download apps, receive and send emails, surf internet, share video and photos from their smartphones. Both events are scheduled
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Picture Credit: Keystone/Getty Images The GAA Museum is hosting a fascinating series of talks at Croke Park from Thursday 29th June to Saturday 1st July examining the theme of ‘Sport and Politics’ and the effects they have had on one another since the 1870s. National and international leading experts in their field will discuss diverse
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