Sunday, November 5, 2017

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    Sunday Sports with Benny O’Brien

Leitrim

Several Operation Transformation events in region

People across the Shannonside /Northern Sound region will be out walking in their hundreds this morning as part of Operation Transformation. The get-fit programme on...

Special IFA ANC meeting to be held in Carrick next week

Farmers in Leitrim and surrounding counties are being urged to attend a special IFA Meeting in Carrick on Shannon next Monday night if they...
Property tax

REVEALED: Over €8million collected in property tax in Shannonside region in 2016

New figures show that €8.3 million in local property tax was collected in the Shannonside region last year. In Roscommon, there was a 98 per...

Fracking ban could be in place by summer

Sligo-Leitrim TD Tony McLoughlin is hopeful that a bill that he sponsored to ban fracking in Ireland will be passed by the Dail before...

Shannonside schools to receive over €1million euro for I.T upgrade works

Schools in the Shannonside region are set to receive funding of over €1million euro under a new government scheme to improve their I.T facilities. The...

Leitrim and Longford councils taking legal action on planning regulations

Leitrim and Longford county councils are taking four legal actions against people who allegedly breached planning regulations last year. Details released to Shannonside FM also...

Over 2,500 new cars sold in Shannonside region last year

New car sales in 2016 were the highest they've been in eight years. 146-thousand vehicle were bought - an increase of 17 percent on 2015. Roscommon...

VistaMed begins construction in Carrick – but Lidl refused planning

Construction has begun on the extension to the VistaMed manufacturing facility in Carrick-on-Shannon, as plans to create up to 200 jobs continue. Early in 2016,...

New CCTV system expected for Carrick-on-Shannon

A new CCTV system is expected to be rolled out in Carrick-on-Shannon in 2017 to cut down on the growing number of assaults and...

Only 28 unfinished estates in Leitrim

The chief executive of Leitrim County Council is claiming there will be less than 20 ghost estates in the county by the end of...

Mohill exit and Davis steps down

Leitrim champions Mohill were knocked out of the Connacht senior football championship at a quarter final stage after a 5 point defeat to Castlebar...

PODCAST: Saint Brigids win the Roscommon senior county final

  St.Brigids retained the Hudson Bay Hotel Roscommon Senior football title with a dramatic five point win over Roscommon Gaels. They won by 3-13 to...

Daly Brothers Back In Roscommon Panel

A number of high-profile Roscommon footballers have been invited back to pre-season training having missed last year’s campaign. The Irish Times reports that quoting Roscommon manager...

Bridie Corcoran

Bridie Corcoran Leinster Terrace, Athlone and formerly of Ardmullen, Curraghboy, Athlone, Co. Roscommon and Retreat Nursing Home, Athlone. Saturday, November 4th, peacefully at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe. Reposing...

Mary Killion (nee Egan)

Mary Killion (nee Egan) Lower Curramore, Kiltoom, Athlone Co Roscommon and formerly of Menlough, Ballinasloe Co Galway Saturday, November 4th, peacefully at home surrounded...

James (Jimmy) Killian

James (Jimmy) Killian Lismoy, Newtownforbes, Co. Longford. Friday, November 3rd, peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. Pre-deceased by his loving wife Kathleen. Sadly missed and...

PODCAST: Saint Brigids win the Roscommon senior county final

  St.Brigids retained the Hudson Bay Hotel Roscommon Senior football title with a dramatic five point win over Roscommon Gaels. They won by 3-13 to...

PODCAST: Are today’s kids lazier than their parents’ generation?

A survey shows that only 33 per cent of today's parents require their children to do chores in the home. In contrast, 83 per cent...

LISTEN: Friday’s panel discussion

The Prime Time investigation into the standard of rental properties and the political crisis in the North were among the topics of Friday's panel...