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More than we bargained fo: Maybe it’s the changing climate

TD’s personal experience : A local TD says his own mother’s d

Clock face removed in nic: The Roscommon Fire Brigade were calle

Peatlands funding to bene: Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins

Blood Bike fundraiser set: A shared cause, and indeed, a c

News…at a glance - Septem: Thank you from Hospice! Mayo/Rosc

€173,100 funding for loca: Funding of €173,100 for public librar

Celebrate Culture Night w: Roscommon Women’s Network invites you

‘It’s a good town to do b: Klassic Cleaners’ proprietor, Liam

Late ‘Rocket’ saves the d: All-Ireland Masters Shield Fina

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TD’s personal experience of A&E ‘c…

September 20, 2018 by Paul Healy

A local TD says his own mother’s difficult experience in a local A&E Unit last weekend has further brought home to him the extent to...

Clock face removed in nick of time!

September 20, 2018 by Paul Healy

The Roscommon Fire Brigade were called to St. Coman’s Church in Roscommon town on Tuesday in order to remove one of the four clock faces...

Blood Bike fundraiser set to be one ‘g…

September 20, 2018 by Miriam Kerins

A shared cause, and indeed, a common quest for change, is usually what motivates people to volunteer for a charitable organisation. However, while Galway-based Blood...

Clock face removed in nick of time!

Blood Bike fundraiser set to be one ‘groovy’ event!

Klassic Cleaners celebrates 25 years in business

Dan Dooner It’s 25 years to the day (September 20th, 1993) since the Stephens’ family took over the dry cleaners on Church Street in Roscommon town. Earlier this week Liam Stephens...

Williams to open exhibition by local artists
Solas Art Gallery in Ballinamore is proud to present two Solo Shows by local artists Mary Wilson and Colleen Quinn…
Arts Centre’s Autumn Theatre Programme kicks off
Roscommon Arts Centre is ready to kick-start its Autumn/Winter season of events and they begin their season of theatre with…
‘God has been very good to me’
Fr Norman (97) on his travels from India to Donamon… and still driving the UK motorways! Still driving the highways, byways…

Late ‘Rocket’ saves the day for Rossies

All-Ireland Masters Shield Final Roscommon 1-5 Mayo 1-5 Those Roscommon supporters who ventured to Drumlish last Saturday would have been forgiven for holding out little hope as Emmet Collins stood 13 metres, ball...

I’m back…so what did I miss?
I go away for a week and it kicks off all over the place! Roy Keane swears at Harry Arter…
Game of the Weekend: Champions too strong for Gaels!
Hodson Bay Hotel Group Roscommon SFC Group A St. Brigid’s 1-12 Roscommon Gaels 0-10 Both sides may have been through to the knockout…
Roscommon GAA and Club Rossie launch ‘Win a House in Dublin’ fundraiser
Roscommon GAA, with its commercial and fundraising arm Club Rossie, in partnership with long-standing supporter Sean Mulryan and his company…

A quality home – next to a golf course!

Readers are advised of a final opportunity to acquire a quality family home which is in a prime location in Roscommon town, at Golf Links Road. Opposite Roscommon Golf Club...

Bargain of the Week
Hughes & Company have for sale at Cloontymullen, Roscommon an attractive cottage, known locally as the ‘Fisherman’s Cottage’. Pat will…
Aurivo’s plans for €26m investment in Ballaghaderreen
Aurivo, the globally-focused Agribusiness headquartered in Sligo, has laid the foundations for its upgraded Dairy Ingredients facility in Ballaghaderreen, Co…
Final offers invited for luxury residence
Property Partners Earley are inviting final offers this week for a luxury four-bedroomed bungalow residence of approx. 1,500 sq.ft. known…

Factories are ‘crippling farmers’

IFA National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods has accused the cattle factories of “crippling” cattle farmers financially with “their obsession to cut beef prices and swell their own pockets”. He said...

Lamb trade at a critical juncture, says IFA
IFA National Sheep Chairman Sean Dennehy said the lamb trade is stable with factories paying €4.80 to €4.90/kg and some…
Countdown to 152nd annual Strokestown Agricultural Show
The Percy French Hotel in Strokestown was the venue for the launch of the 152nd Strokestown Agricultural Show recently. A…
‘Flavours from Heart of Ireland’ food fair to attract crowds
The ‘Flavours from the Heart of Ireland’ food fair will return to the Strokestown Show once again this year and…

After seven-year itch, Creggs return to rugby top flight

It’s a lovely Sunday afternoon, and out here in Creggs we can sense something different in the air. It’s all because, after an absence of seven years, our rugby team...

Is Leo’s bare-bones LDA plan boldly going nowhere?

Last week, leaping about as if they were auditioning for the lead in Riverdance, Leo and Eoghan, displaying their best posh boy grins, left the luxurious environs of Leinster House...

A welcome win for decency over thuggery

When ‘Traditional old salt-of-the-earth decency’ met ‘Young, spoilt, pathetic thieving thugs’ in Cork on Saturday, the odds favoured the latter. I was delighted therefore to see the...

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