Friday, November 3, 2017

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Roscommon

Breath

Roscommon meeting hears calls to develop community cars idea to combat drink-driving

A newly established volunteer group is hoping to set up community cars in rural areas under a local lotto funded scheme. The group hosted a...
Garda

Gardai investigating alleged assault in Roscommon’s Walk area

Gardaí in Roscommon are appealing for any information relating to an assault in the town last Friday night. A man is reported to have been...

Minister denies new 2040 plan will prevent one-off homes in Shannonside region

A suggestion that the new national framework plan 2040 could limit the number of one-off homes built in the Shannonside region has been rejected...
Garda

Man arrested in Wexford and charged following Roscommon scam

A man is due in court later next month charged in connection with a scam that allegedly conned an elderly Roscommon man out of...
Driver

Driver who killed two Roscommon women in road crash jailed after September incident

A man who killed two Roscommon women in a road crash over twelve years ago has been jailed after being involved in another crash,...
Agribusiness

Roscommon company shortlisted for major agribusiness award

A family run Roscommon business has been shortlisted in this year's Agribusiness Awards to be held in Dublin on the 9th of November. Bio-Friendly Ltd...
RWC

Ex-Connacht rugby president still hopeful for Ireland’s 2023 RWC bid

A former president of Connacht rugby believes Ireland's hopes of staging the 2023 Rugby World Cup are not over yet. It was confirmed earlier this...

Roscommon council pays almost €2 million for goods and services

Roscommon County Council paid €1.98 million for goods and service in the last three months, including over half a million euro to one road...

Castlerea duo in charity swim for Cork child

Two Roscommon people are taking part in a charity swim next Saturday in aid of a child who has moved to the Netherlands to...

Valuable machinery destroyed in massive Frenchpark fire

It’s estimated that several hundred thousand euros’ worth of damage was caused in a massive fire at Frenchpark on Saturday night. Shortly after midnight, a...

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...

Irish Athletes Need to Get Tougher

Patsy McGonagle has admitted he is concerned about the future of Irish athletics as his 25-year management of the Irish team comes to an...

Mullinalaghta Advance In Leinster Championship

Mullinalaghta 1-14 Eire Og 1-7 Mullinalaghta scored a seven point victory over Carlow side Eire Og to secure progress to the quarter-final of the AIB Leinster senior...

Jimmy Moore

Jimmy Moore 11 Cappagh, Mohill, Co Leitrim and formerly of Leeds, England. Tuesday October 31st suddenly at Sligo University Hospital. Deeply regretted and sadly missed by Nikki,...

Christina Glancy (Nee Fannon)

Christina Glancy (Nee Fannon) Chapel Street, Elphin, Co Roscommon and late of Emlagh, Castlerea. Thursday November 2nd peacefully. Beloved wife of the late Bertie and mother of...

Noel Farrell

Noel Farrell. Brickeens, Kenagh, Co. Longford. Wednesday, November, 1st suddenly at his home. Reposing at his home in Brickeens, tomorrow (Fri) from twelve noon until two o’clock...

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...

PODCAST: X Factor star Mary Byrne interview

X Factor Mary Byrne joined Joe Finnegan in our Monaghan studios for an in-depth interview on Thursday's programme. Discussion her music career, her weight-loss and...