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All non-urgent elective procedures at Roscommon University Hospital hospital have been deferred. RUH is reverting to virtual outpatient clinics for the next two weeks

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 17 additional deaths related to COVID-19. 16 of today’s reported deaths occurred in

Poor weather condtions have rarely hampered the air ambulance helicopter in Athlone since it was set up in 2012. The service is manned by Defence

People are being urged to check in on elderly or vulnerable neighbours after an incident in Ballaghaderreen recently. The local Tidy Towns group has shared

A Status Yellow Low Temperature/Ice warning has been issued for all of Connacht, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Longford and Clare. The alert will come in

A judge has ordered Gardai to pay the costs of a Roscommon journalist whose mobile phone was seized by Gardai and who subsequently brought a

There's good news on the economy locally this week with a national recruitment company seeing a major increase in job postings for Roscommon over

Lus na Greine is Granard is set to move to a new premises later this year. The Family Resource Centre has signed a lease arrangement

817 people with Covid-19 are being treated in Irish hospitals this morning. Today, there's been an increase of 73 people on wards with

The re-opening of Mohill mart has been deferred by a week due to rising Covid numbers. The Aurivo managed facility was due to re-

The north Roscommon town of Elphin is hoping to set a trend this year by leaving their Christmas lights on until the end of this

A senior health professional working in the Shannonside region says people need to treat everyone they meet a possible Covid infection risk. 66 cases of

Tonight's set to be the coldest of the winter so far. Met Eireann says temperatures in the west and north could hit minus 7

Senior government ministers will meet today to consider closing schools until the end of the month. The cabinet sub-committee on Covid-19 will discuss