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High-flying Sean… If national media reports are accurate, Rossie-born business giant Sean Mulryan is set to join the board of Ireland West Airport (still known to most of us as Knock). According to the Sunday Independent, Oran native Mr. Mulryan will be ratified as a new member of the board in Knock in the very near future. The ‘Sindo’ quotes a source who says: “Sean is passionate in his support for the West of Ireland. So he was only too happy to be asked…it’s quite a coup
(for Knock).” The newspaper also reports that when the Ballymore Properties founder’s group exited Nama last year, it had repaid all of its €3.2bn gross debt. Impressive! Here at the Roscommon People, we’re delighted that, post-recession, this famous but low-key Rossie is flourishing again in business. Sean Mulryan is of course a strong supporter of ‘Roscommon causes’ – and that includes putting his financial support behind Roscommon GAA teams.
South Roscommon woman set for Royal showdown Michelle Killilea (26) is Roscommon’s representative in the 2017 Blue Jean Country Queen Festival which is organised by Meath Macra na Feirme. The 28 ladies contesting the event will be arriving in Athboy, Co. Meath, the home of the Blue Jean Country Queen Festival, on Friday, 2nd of June for what promises to be a memorable weekend. We wish Michelle the very best of luck! On Saturday Michelle and her fellow Queens will take part in the much-anticipated Street Carnival, while the winner of 2017 Blue Jean Country Queen title will be announced at midnight on Sunday, 4th of June. The winner receives prizes to the value of €1,000 from main sponsor Athboy Credit Union, and the title of Blue Jean Country Queen 2017.
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‘Hospice Sunflower Hero’ awards for local women Nuala Rogers and Agnes Murray both received a ‘Sunflower Hero’ award from RTE’s Mary Kennedy for their outstanding dedication to Mayo/ Roscommon Hospice Foundation. Agnes and Nuala from Ardsallagh Mor, Roscommon both saw the need for hospice care when they founded the Roscommon Support Group. They were among 23 volunteers across the country honoured for their contribution to hospice care. The presentation took place in the Mansion House, Dublin at the national launch of Hospice Sunflower Days. This annual fundraiser for the hospice
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Under Section 37 of the Forestry Act, 1946, it is illegal to uproot any tree over ten years old or to cut down any tree of any age (including trees which form part of a hedgerow), unless a notice of intention to fell or uproot trees has been lodged at the Garda Station nearest to the trees at least 21 days before felling commences. This notice of intention must be given in writing on a form known as a Felling Notice which may be obtained from any Garda Station. Upon receipt of a completed Felling Notice, an Order prohibiting the felling of the trees is issued. This protects the trees in question while consideration is given to the issuing of a Felling Licence. The Act provides for two types of Felling Licence namely a General Felling Licence and a Limited Felling Licence. The requirement for a Felling Licence for the uprooting or cutting down of trees does NOT apply where: • The tree in question is a hazel, apple, plum, damson, pear, or cherry tree grown for the value of its fruit; • The tree is standing within one hundred feet of any building other than a wall or temporary structure; • The tree is standing in a county or other borough or an urban district (that is, within the boundaries of a town council, or city council area). Other exceptions apply in the case of road construction, road safety and electricity supply operations. Penalties for illegal felling can be severe, ranging from fines of up to a maximum of €63.49 per tree,
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If the children met in a schoolyard… Monday/Tuesday Many of the children had received their tickets for the concert as Christmas presents, the reporter from Newstalk said. It was Tuesday morning – and Manchester, the UK, and every decent person in the world was feeling sick, devastated and heartbroken after evil and innocence collided. Over 21,000 fans, mostly teenagers, attended the Ariana Grande concert. Excited kids, enjoying life. Concert tickets tightly gripped. Christmas presents. Proud parents not far away. Special times. Tragically, an evil man was plotting and many young lives would cruelly be shattered. What happened in Manchester is incomprehensible to
ordinary, decent people all over the world. The suicide bomber murdered 22 people, maimed many more, devastated families, smashed dreams and left scars that will last for generations. These terrorists that are waging war on the world, mostly in the name of Isis, are evil, brutal, despicable killers with no regard for democracy or humanity itself. (The outrage (and media coverage) has of course raised an issue. I know that many people are being killed in wars all over the world and I also know that we had more than our share of bloodshed on this island in the past. At times like this we are also reminded that Governments have been responsible for the deaths of civilians, including small children, often with little of
the public outcry that follows attacks such as the despicable one in Manchester. And yes, there should be no hierarchy of victims. The killing by governments of innocent people, invariably attracting less publicity – and often crudely described as ‘collateral damage’ – does, after all, cause similar heartbreak as that caused by the barbaric Isis). After the deeply worrying reports on Monday night, we awoke on Tuesday to the horrible disruption of normal life that terrorism causes, and to that grim tally of dead and injured. Normal life upended by evil. A British General Election campaign paused by terror, Manchester in shock, families anguished, hearts broken for the innocent young fans of Ariana Grande.
And yet, as ever, life must go on. We grieve for the great people of Manchester. The civilised world must redouble its efforts to defeat the terrorists. We owe that, and our ongoing commitment to freedom and common decency, to the memory of the kids who went into the Manchester Arena with their concert tickets, their youthful innocence, their hopes and their dreams. And, back to the victims the world over. What’s so sad in this divided and troubled world is that ordinary, decent people know that if the eight-year-old victims of Manchester this week, of Northern Ireland in the past, or of Syria today, were to meet in a schoolyard, they would play together without prejudice, seamlessly merging into a group of new friends.
Thursday There was a capacity crowd in the fabulous Roscommon Arts Centre tonight for a charity concert in aid of the Patient Comfort Fund (for cancer services) at University College Hospital, Galway. Master of Ceremonies (and also performing) was Vincent Pierse, Ballymurray’s famous Seanchaí. There was some great singing and music courtesy of local artists and excellent Irish dancing by four talented young members of the Brian Geraghty School of Dancing. Vincent himself entertained the ‘full house’ with two great, meandering stories from bygone times and the audience lapped it all up. Central to the variety show was a stirring series of songs from the excellent Vinegar Bill. On the subject of the local group, we were delighted to hear that Vinegar Bill won an online vote to be selected to support Nathan Carter in Kiltoom on Friday, June 2nd. Congratulations to event organiser Vincent Pierse and all involved. It was a very enjoyable evening and all for an extremely good cause. Stephen Cunningham, Jason Bownes and Catherine Stritch pictured after Cloonfad United won the Norio’s Takeaway & Diner Division One Cup Final against Dysart FC in Lecarrow last Saturday. Being honest, I don’t approve of Kevin ‘Boxer’ Picture: Andrew Fox
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Moran graduating to Minister of State status this week. It’s nothing personal against Athlone’s man of the moment – I just don’t approve (unless in exceptional cases) of first-time TDs being catapulted so quickly into ministerial office. Ministers should be appointed on merit… not because of geography, gender, it being ‘their turn’, who they are friends with, etc. Is Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran actually the most suitably qualified person to become Minister of State at the OPW this week? I doubt it, though I don’t doubt he will give it his all! My point is a general one. I just think making first-time TDs ministers before they are the proverbial wet week in the Dáil isn’t good practice. When was the last time a ‘first-time teacher’ became Principal or Deputy Principal moments after they first sat behind their desk? Mind you, I do think ‘Boxer’ fully deserved to be elected to the Dáil last year after he had shown tremendous leadership in flood-hit Athlone. And he hasn’t put a foot wrong since he got there; and, now that he has the ministerial jersey, I wish him good luck in it. And, trust me, this is a positive piece about Boxer (as I say, my ‘TD to Minister in less than
60 seconds’ gripe is a general one, nothing to do with him personally) because I thought Deputy/Minister Moran was a revelation on the Late Late Show tonight. The story he told presenter Ryan Tubridy was all about humanity and put the world of politics firmly into the background. Boxer spoke with great openness about his struggles with depression and the challenges he has faced due to dyslexia. This was compelling stuff and it reflected magnificently on Boxer the man. Well done to him for going public on these issues. I am glad things have worked out so well for him and I am particularly glad that he has spoken out, because what he has publicly stated can only help other people.
Sunday On Sunday, two worlds collided; Match of the Day made its exit for this season, The Sunday Game made its 2017 debut. Match of the Day is always special and there were goals galore on Sunday, but there was a sense of anti-climax. Chelsea had won the
title the previous week, the relegation trap door had claimed its victims, and most of the European places had been determined. On Sunday, Liverpool took the final Champions League spot with a nerveless, joyous win over Middlesbrough, while Arsenal turned up at the altar only to find they had, for once, been jilted. Despite his tendency towards smugness, I quite like the MOTD host, Gary Lineker. Regular panellist Alan Shearer has improved greatly over the years, but he does lack charisma; if he was a door to door salesman he’d hardly get beyond ‘Good morning.’ Ian Wright, his partner on Sunday, is, I suspect, a lovely bloke, but he is a desperately limited analyst. There was no such lack of passion or enthusiasm in the RTE Studio earlier in the day when Cyril Farrell, Ger Loughnane and Henry Shefflin took their ringside seats for a hurling classic. The epic battle between All-Ireland champions Tipperary and underdogs Cork was surely one of the greatest games of hurling of all time.
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Asked about a recent spate of break-ins in County Roscommon, Taoiseach Enda Kenny says he has full confidence in the capacity of the Gardaí in Roscommon to chase down the perpetrators. Mr. Kenny said he hopes the criminals responsible for break-ins and burglaries in Roscommon will be brought before the courts soon. He also hailed the role of the community text alert system. Mr. Kenny was replying to Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy who raised the issue of rural crime with particular reference to the high number of burglaries in the Tulsk/ Roscommon area in the past week. Deputy Murphy informed the Taoiseach: “There have been ten reported break-
ins in my constituency of Roscommon-Galway over the past number of days and I can tell the Taoiseach about a half dozen more that people have not reported because they count them as minor. Rural Ireland is getting a raw deal on security and people are upset. Old people are worried, and I do not want to scare them, but many small businesses are being targeted as well. “I want to know when the Taoiseach is going to implement what he said in the Programme for Government. When are we going to have real security in rural Ireland?” asked Deputy Murphy. In his response to Deputy Murphy, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny said that the Government seriously funded Operation Thor, which “took many gangs
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PCP E220D Avantgarde A/T, Canvasite Blue, Beige Lth, Sat Nav, 2K ...... ₏623 ₏50,950 C220D EST AVG A/T, Palladium Silver, Biege Lth,Rev Cam, 3K....... ₏525 ₏42,950 C180D AMG A/T, Obsidian Black, Black Lth, 18� AMG Alloys, 5K ..... ₏495 ₏39,950 CLA 220D Urban A/T, Night Black, Beige Lth, Bluetooth, 2K ............. ₏470 ₏37,950 A180D Urban, Polar White, Black Leather, Rev Cam, Bluetooth,1K.. ₏352 ₏27,950 CLA 180D Urban, Orient Brown, Beige Lth, Rev Cam,Bluetooth,1K.. ₏415 ₏32,950 GLC 220D 4Matic, Night Black, Beige Lth, Rev Cam, Bluetooth,12K ₏562 ₏45,950 C220D COUPE A/T, Brilliant Blue, Biege Lth,162 Reg, Sat Nav, 6K.. ₏470 ₏37,950 GLA 200D STYLE A/T, Night Black,162 Reg, Beige Lth, Cam, 6K..... ₏441 ₏34,950 B180D A/T Style, Jupiter Red, Biege Lth, Rev Cam,162 Reg, 7K...... ₏404 ₏31,950 CLS220D A/T Sport, Black, Beige Leather, Bluetooth, Alloys, 21K ............. ₏40,950 E220 CDI A/T Avantgarde, Tenorite Grey, Beige Leather, 152 Reg, 21K .... ₏34,950 E220 CDI A/T Avantgarde Coupe,Black,Beige Lth,Park, H/Seats, 23K ....... ₏32,950 E200 Bluetec Elegance, Dolomite Brown,Beige Lth,152 Reg, 23K.............. ₏32,950 E200 CDI Avantgarde A/T, Black, Beige Leather, Bluetooth, Alloys ............ ₏32,950 E220 CDI A/T AMG, Obsidian Black, Black Leather, AMG Alloys, 20K ....... ₏32,950 E220 CDI A/T Avantgarde, Tenorite Grey, Beige Leather, 142 Reg, 37K .... ₏29,950 E300 A/T Hybrid Avantgarde, Palladium Silver, Beige Leather, Alloys, 56K ₏29,950 E220 CDI A/T Avantgarde, Iridium Silver Met, Beige Lth, Alloys, 59K ......... ₏27,950 E200 CDI A/T Avantgarde, Tenorite Grey, Beige Lth, Bluetooth, Alloys ....... ₏24,950 A180 CDI A/T AMG Sport, Night Black, Black Lth, 142 Reg, 24K ............... ₏23,950 CLS250 CDI A/T, Obsidian Black, Beige Lth, Wood, Bluetooth, 65K .......... ₏29,950 E350 CDI A/T Avantgarde, Canvasite Blue, Beige Lth, Light Pack, 66K ..... ₏28,950 E250 CDI A/T Avantgarde, Grey Met, Beige Leather, Parktronic, 58K ........ ₏24,950 C200 CDI Man Avantgarde,Palladium Silver, Beige Lth,132 Reg, 73K ....... ₏18,950 ( &', %OXH (IÀFLHQF\ 0DQ &DYDQVLWH %OXH *UH\ /WK $OOR\V . ₏19,950 E220 CDI A/T Estate AMG, Diamond Silver, Black Lth, AMG Alloys, 58K ... ₏23,950 E220 CDI A/T Elegance, Black, Leather, Light Pack, New Spec, 66K ........ ₏21,950 C200 CDI Manual, Night Black, Black Leather, Alloys, 82K ......................... ₏16,950 E220 CDI A/T CoupÊ AMG, Polar White, Black Leather, AMG Alloys ......... ₏18,950 E200 CDI A/T Classic, Iridium Silver Met, Black Lth, Bluetooth, 48K .......... ₏17,950 E200 CDI A/T Classic, Tenorite Grey, Grey Lth, Bluetooth, 72K .................. ₏15,950 C200 CDI A/T AMG Sport, Polar White, Black Half Lth, AMG Alloys ........... ₏15,950 S320 CDI A/T, Tanzanite Blue, Beige Leather, Memory Seats, Xenons ...... ₏18,950 E200 CDI A/T Avantgarde Man, Black, Leather, Xenons, 75K .................... ₏13,950
Quality Used Volkswagen Volkswagen Passat 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011
PCP Highline BE 1.6 TDI 120BHP, Indium Grey, R-Line, Leather, 1K...... â‚Ź381 â‚Ź35,950 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 120BHP, Indium Grey, Cruise,Parktronic, 1K ... â‚Ź321 â‚Ź31,950 Highline 1.6 TDI 120BHP, Tungsten Silver, Half Leather, 1K ........... â‚Ź299 â‚Ź31,950 Highline 1.6 TDI 120BHP, Pure White, Leather, Sports Pack, 1K .... â‚Ź429 â‚Ź31,950 Highline 1.6 TDI 120BHP, Pure White, Leather, Sports Pack, 11K .. â‚Ź266 â‚Ź27,950 Highline 1.6 TDI 120BHP, Tungsten Silver, Leather, Sports Pack ... â‚Ź267 â‚Ź27,950 &RPIRUWOLQH 7', %KS 5HĂ H[ 6LOYHU 5HJ 7HFK 3DFN . â‚Ź258 â‚Ź26,950 Highline 1.6 TDI 120Bhp, Tungsten Silver, Leather, Xenons, 37K .. â‚Ź254 â‚Ź24,950 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 120Bhp, Tungsten Silver, Bluetooth, 29K ........ â‚Ź199 â‚Ź21,950 Highline 1.6 TDI 120Bhp, Tungsten Silver, Bluetooth,H/Seats, 46K. â‚Ź194 â‚Ź21,950 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 120Bhp, White, Winter Pack, Alloys, 32K ........ â‚Ź208 â‚Ź21,950 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 120Bhp, Black Pearl, Bluetooth, 20K ............... â‚Ź202 â‚Ź21,950 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 105BHP, Fluid Brown, 142 Reg, 36K ............... â‚Ź206 â‚Ź18,950 Bluemotion 1.6 TDI 105Bhp, Urano Grey, Bluetooth, Cruise 60K .... â‚Ź195 â‚Ź17,950 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 120Bhp, Pearl Black, Alloys, Cruise Control, 49K ........ â‚Ź15,950 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 105Bhp, Fluid Brown, Alloys, Cruise Control, 69K ....... â‚Ź15,950 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 105Bhp, Pearl Black, Alloys, Crusie Control, 56K ........ â‚Ź15,950 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 120Bhp, Pearl Black, Alloys, 132 Reg, 71K ................. â‚Ź15,950 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 105Bhp, Silver, Alloys, Cruise Control, NCT, 39K ........ â‚Ź13,950 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 105Bhp, Grey, Alloys, Cruise Control, NCT .................. â‚Ź13,950 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 105Bhp, Silver, Alloys, Cruise Control, 62K ................. â‚Ź12,950 Comfortline 2.0 TDI A/T 140Bhp, Black Pearl, Alloys, CD, NCT .................. â‚Ź11,950 Trendline 1.6 TDI 105 Bhp, Fluid Brown, Alloys, CD, NCT ........................... â‚Ź9,950
Volkswagen Passat CC
PCP 2015 Sport 2.0 TDI 150BHP, Urano Grey, Sat Nav, Leather 152 Reg,18K. â‚Ź255 â‚Ź28,950 2014 Sport 2.0 TDI 140Bhp DSG, White, Full Leather, Bluetooth, 50K...... â‚Ź196 â‚Ź21,950 2014 6SRUW 7', %KS %ODFN 3HDUO $OOR\V %OXHWRRWK ([WUDV â‚Ź19,950
Volkswagen Tiguan
PCP
2017 Highline 2.0 TDI 150Bhp, Atlantic Blue, Alloys, Bluetooth, 1K ........... â‚Ź321 â‚Ź34,950 2016 Sport 2.0 TDI 110Bhp, Wild Cherry, Leather, Alloys, 13K .................. â‚Ź259 â‚Ź27,950 2015 6SRUW 7', %KS 5HĂ H[ 6LOYHU $OOR\V 3DUN $VVLVW . â‚Ź270 â‚Ź23,950
Volkswagen Jetta 2017 2017 2017 2014 2012 2010
PCP Highline 2.0 TDI 110BHP, Platinum Grey, Bluetooth, Sat Nav, 1K..... â‚Ź259 Highline 2.0 TDI 110BHP, Platinum Grey, Bluetooth, Sat Nav, 1K..... â‚Ź259 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 110BHP, Black Pearl, Bluetooth, Alloys, 1K ...... â‚Ź255 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 105BHP, Black Pearl, Bluetooth, Alloys, Cruise. â‚Ź164 Trendline 1.6 TDI 105Bhp, Grey Met, Alloys, Parking Sensors 63K............. Comfortline 1.6 TDI 105Bhp, Black Met, Cruise Control Alloys, NCT...........
â‚Ź25,950 â‚Ź25,950 â‚Ź24,950 â‚Ź14,950 â‚Ź11,950 â‚Ź8,950
Volkswagen Beetle & Up!
PCP 2017 Take Up! 1.0 60Bhp, Tungsten Silver, Bluetooth, Demo................... â‚Ź176 â‚Ź12,950 2014 %HHWOH 'HVLJQ 7', 3RSS\ 5HG $OOR\V ([WUDV â‚Ź176 â‚Ź16,950
Volkswagen Touran 2017 2014
Comfortline 1.6 TDI 115Bhp BM, Atlantic Blue, Rev Camera, 1K..... â‚Ź330 â‚Ź33,950 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 105 Bhp, Limestone Grey, 7 Seats, Bluetooth . â‚Ź228 â‚Ź18,950
Volkswagen Sharan 2010
Highline 1.9TDI A/T, Navy Met, 7 Seats, Cruise Control, Air Con, NCT....... â‚Ź8,950
Volkswagen Polo 2017 2015 2015 2012 2010
PCP
Trendline 1.0 60BHP 5 DR, Titanium Black, Bluetooth, Alloys, 1K.... â‚Ź162 &RPIRUWOLQH '5 5HĂ H[ 6LOYHU %OXHWRRWK &UXLVH . â‚Ź137 1.0 60Bhp 5 DR, Mayan Blue, Bluetooth, Alloys, 27K ...................... â‚Ź150 Comfortline 1.2 TDI 5 DR, Carmen Red, Alloys, NCT, 61K .............. Comfortline 1.2 5 DR, Black Pearl, Alloys, NCT, 78K .......................
â‚Ź15,950 â‚Ź13,950 â‚Ź12,950 â‚Ź11,950 â‚Ź7,950
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2016 2012 2012 2011 2010
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PCP +LJKOLQH 7', '5 %KS 5HĂ H[ 6LOYHU %OXHWRRWK . â‚Ź277 Highline 1.6 TDI 5DR 110Bhp,Pure White,Bluetooth, P/Sensors,1K. â‚Ź277 Highline 1.6 TDI 5DR 110Bhp, Deep Black Pearl, Bluetooth, 1K ..... â‚Ź277 Highline 1.6 TDI 5DR 110Bhp, Tungsten Silver, Bluetooth, 1K ......... â‚Ź277 Highline 1.6 TDI 5DR 110Bhp, Indium Grey, Bluetooth, 1K .............. â‚Ź277 Edition R 1.6 TDI 5DR 110Bhp, Pure White, Bluetooth, 1K .............. â‚Ź271 GTD 2.0 TDI 184 Bhp, Carbon Grey, Bluetooth, Sat Nav, 19K ......... â‚Ź415 R-Line 1.6 TDI 5 DR 110Bhp, Pure White, Alloys, Bluetooth, 13K ... â‚Ź282 Edition R 1.6 TDI 110BHP, Pure White, Bluetooth, Sat Nav, 13K ..... â‚Ź254 Highline 1.6 TDI 110Bhp, Pure White, Pan Roof, Sat Nav, 29K ....... â‚Ź262 Highline 1.6 TDI 105BHP, Pure White, Sat Nav, Bluetooth, 50K ...... â‚Ź264 Highline 1.6 TDI 105BHP, Limestone Grey, Sat Nav, Bluetooth, 29K â‚Ź242 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 110BHP, Limestone Grey, Bluetooth, 26K ........ â‚Ź233 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 105BHP, Black Pearl, Bluetooth, 27K ............... â‚Ź244 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 5 DR, Tungsten Silver, Cruise,Bluetooth,51K.... â‚Ź245 Trendline 1.6 TDI 5 DR, Limestone Grey, Crusie, Bluetooth, 41K .... â‚Ź207 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 105Bhp 5 DR, Tungsten Silver, Bluetooth, 41K. â‚Ź198 BlueMotion 1.6 TDI 105Bhp 5 DR, Carmine Red, Alloys, 68K .......... â‚Ź180 Comfortline 1.6 TDI 5 DR, Tornado Red, Alloys, Bluetooth, 132 Reg.......... Trendline 1.6 TDI 105Bhp, Black Pearl, Alloys, Cruise, Bluetooth, 52K ..... Trendline 1.6 TDI 5 DR, Black, 1 Owner, Alloys, 49K .................................
â‚Ź27,950 â‚Ź27,950 â‚Ź27,950 â‚Ź27,950 â‚Ź27,950 â‚Ź26,950 â‚Ź34,950 â‚Ź24,950 â‚Ź23,950 â‚Ź22,950 â‚Ź21,950 â‚Ź21,950 â‚Ź20,950 â‚Ź20,950 â‚Ź17,950 â‚Ź16,950 â‚Ź16,950 â‚Ź15,950 â‚Ź13,950 â‚Ź15,950 â‚Ź11,950
Quality Used Skoda Skoda Superb 2017 2017 2017 2016 2015 2015 2014 2014 2012
PCP Style 1.6 TDI 115BHP, Brilliant Silver, Bluetooth, Alloys, 1K .............. â‚Ź246 Ambition 1.6 TDI 110BHP, Brilliant Silver, Bluetooth,1K...................... â‚Ź249 Ambition 1.6 TDI 110BHP, Metal Grey, Bluetooth, Alloys, 1K ............ â‚Ź249 Ambition 1.6 TDI 110BHP, Brilliant Silver, Bluetooth, 162 Reg, 8K .... â‚Ź250 Style 1.6 TDI DSG, Metal Grey, Bluetooth, Alloys, 20K ..................... â‚Ź209 Style 1.6 TDI DSG, Black Pearl, Bluetooth, Alloys, 30K .................... â‚Ź209 Elegance 1.6 TDI 105BHP, Race Blue, Bluetooth, Alloys, 34K .......... â‚Ź209 Elegance 1.6 TDI 105BHP, Magnetic Brown, Bluetooth, Alloys, 31K.. â‚Ź211 Ambition 1.6 TDI DSG 105BHP, Rio Red, 142 Reg, Alloys, 67K ....... â‚Ź192 Style 1.6 TDI 105BHP, Black Magic, Bluetooth, Alloys, 66K .............. â‚Ź197 Style 1.6 TDI 105BHP, Cappuccino Beige, Bluetooth, Alloys, 31K..... â‚Ź154 Elegance 1.6 TDI 105BHP, Cappuccino Beige, Bluetooth, 32K ......... â‚Ź153 Ambition 1.6 TDI 105BHP, Black Magic, Bluetooth, Alloys, 40K ........ â‚Ź202 Ambition 1.6 TDI 105BHP, Silver Met, Bluetooth, Alloys, 45K ........... â‚Ź203 Ambition 1.6 TDI 105BHP, Candy White, Bluetooth, Alloys, 60K ...... â‚Ź202 56 7', %KS 5DFH %OXH %ODFN 6SRUWV 6HDWV ([WUDV . Ambition 1.6 TDI DSG 105Bhp, Cappuccino Beige, Bluetooth, 60K ............. Ambition 1.6 TDI 105Bhp, Rosa Red, Alloys, A/Con, NCT............................. Ambition 1.6 TDI DSG 105Bhp, Cappuccino Beige, A/Con, NCT .................
Skoda Citigo
â‚Ź26,950 â‚Ź25,950 â‚Ź25,950 â‚Ź22,950 â‚Ź20,950 â‚Ź20,950 â‚Ź18,950 â‚Ź17,950 â‚Ź16,950 â‚Ź16,950 â‚Ź16,950 â‚Ź16,950 â‚Ź16,950 â‚Ź16,950 â‚Ź16,950 â‚Ź16,950 â‚Ź12,950 â‚Ź9,950 â‚Ź9,950
â‚Ź12,500
2017 Rapid Sport 1.6 TDI 116BHP, Black Magic, Bluetooth, Alloys, 1K .... â‚Ź212
â‚Ź23,950
Skoda Rapid Other Makes & Models BMW 2016 2014 2014 2013 2013 2011
IX 20 1.6 CDTI, Brown, Alloys, Bluetooth, 26K ................... â‚Ź12,950 , &5', ([HFXWLYH (VWDWH %ODFN 0HW %HLJH /WK . â‚Ź16,950 , 7', 6OHHN 6LOYHU ([WUDV $OOR\V 1&7 . â‚Ź12,950 , '5 6OHHN 6LOYHU ([WUDV $OOR\V 1&7 . â‚Ź7,950
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â‚Ź17,950
Mazda 2014 5 2.0 TDI 7 Seater, Black, Alloys, Bluetooth, 59K .............. â‚Ź15,950
2010 &RRSHU '5 &KLOL 5HG $OOR\V ([WUDV . â‚Ź8,950
Nissan 2013 -XNH 7', 0HWDO *UH\ $OOR\V ([WUDV . â‚Ź12,950 2011 4DVKTDL '&, 6LOYHU 0HW &RQQHFW ([WUDV . â‚Ź11,950
Opel 2016 2013 2011 2010
,16,*1,$ &'7, %+3 (OLWH :KLWH ([WUDV â‚Ź22,950 INSIGNIA 2.0 CDTI 130BHP, Black Met, Alloys, 77K ........ â‚Ź11,950 INSIGNIA 2.0 CDTI 130BHP SE, Gold, Alloys, 73K .......... â‚Ź9,950 $675$ 6( '5 *UH\ 0HW ([WUDV . â‚Ź6,950
Peugeot 2010 3008 1.8 HDI Sport, Silver, Alloys, NCT, 39K ..................... â‚Ź8,950
Renault 2013 0(*$1( ' *7 &RXSH :KLWH ([WUDV $OOR\V . â‚Ź11,950 2012 0(*$1( ' *7 &RXSH '5 6LOYHU ([WUDV $OOR\V . â‚Ź9,950 2012 CLIO 1.2 3DR, Gold, Alloys, NCT, 51K ............................... â‚Ź6,950
Suzuki 2008 SX4 1.5D, Grey, A/Con, CD, NCT, Alloys, 88K .................... â‚Ź5,950
2012 2XWEDFN ; 7', &DEULGH *UH\ $OOR\V ([WUDV â‚Ź14,950 â‚Ź38,950 â‚Ź32,950 â‚Ź30,950 â‚Ź37,950 â‚Ź22,950 â‚Ź22,950 â‚Ź19,950 â‚Ź18,950 â‚Ź13,950
PCP â‚Ź148
2017 Citigo Ambition 1.0MPI 60BHP, Brilliant Silver, Alloys, 1K .............
2015 2014 2012 2011
Subaru
PCP Ambition 2.0 TDI 190BHP, Lazer White, Sat Nav, Bluetooth, 1K ........ â‚Ź409 Style 1.6 TDI 120Bhp, Business Grey,Leather,Sat Nav,Bluetooth,1K.. â‚Ź284 Ambition 1.6 TDI 120Bhp, Magneitic Brown,Leather, Bluetooth, 1K .. â‚Ź295 Style 2.0 TDI DSG 190Bhp, Business Grey, Leather, Bluetooth, 3K .. â‚Ź392 Combi Ambition 1.6 TDI 120Bhp, Lava Blue, Leather, Bluetooth, 45K â‚Ź253 2.0 TDI 140Bhp, Grey Met, Beige Leather, Bluetooth, E/Seats, 32K.. â‚Ź261 Ambition 2.0 TDI 140Bhp, Silver Met, Leather, Bluetooth, 44K .......... â‚Ź230 Elegance 1.6 TDI 120BHP, Black Magic, Bluetooth, 142 Reg, 50K .... â‚Ź198 $PELWLRQ 7', %KS %ULOOLDQW 6LOYHU $OOR\V ([WUDV .
Skoda Octavia 2017 2017 2017 2016 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2012 2012 2011 2011
Hyundai
MINI
Volkswagen Golf 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2013 2013 2011
)2&86 7'&, =HWHF %OXH 0HW ([WUDV $OOR\V . â‚Ź18,950 021'(2 7'&, 6LOYHU ([WUDV $OOR\V . 1&7 â‚Ź11,950 )2&86 '&, (GJH 6LOYHU ([WUDV $OOR\V . 1&7 â‚Ź10,950 FOCUS 1.6 TDCI Style, Black, Alloys, 67K, NCT ............... â‚Ź8,950 FOCUS 1.6 TDCI Zetac, Black, Alloys, 76K, NCT................ â‚Ź7,950
116D Sport A/T, Imperial Blue, Oyster Leather, Bluetooth, Alloys, 14K ......... ₏23,950 116D SE, Black Sapphire, Oyster Leather, Alloys, 142 Reg, 44K ................. ₏17,950 420D SE CoupÊ Manual, Mineral Grey, Beige Leather, Sat Nav, Alloys, 58K ₏27,950 520D SE Manual, Space Grey, Beige Leather, Sat Nav, 132 Reg, 65K ...... ₏21,950 114D SE, Black Sapphire, Bluetooth, Alloys, 37K ......................................... ₏14,950 520D M-Sport A/T, Black Sapphire, Oyster Leather, 19� Alloys ..................... ₏17,950
Citroen 2014 C4 1.6 HDI Grand Picasso 115Bhp, Red Met, (7 Seater) 60K ..................... â‚Ź16,950 2014 DS3 1.6D SPORT 90Bhp 3 DR, Grey/Purple Met, Bluetooth, 28K .............. â‚Ź13,950
Toyota 2016 2015 2014 2011 2010
Avensis 2.0 D4D, Grey Met, Bluetooth, Alloys, 10K............. â‚Ź23,950 Auris 1.4D 5DR, Bronze, Bluetooth, Alloys ................. â‚Ź16,950 Avensis 2.0 D4D Aura, Grey Met, Alloys, 34K...................... â‚Ź15,950 $YHQVLV ' ' *UH\ $OOR\V ([WUDV . â‚Ź10,950 $YHQVLV ' ' (VWDWH 6LOYHU $OOR\V ([WUDV . â‚Ź9,950
Volvo 2016 2014 2011 2011 2011
V40 2.0TD R-DESIGN, White, Half Leather, Rev Cam....... â‚Ź23,950 V40 1.6D 5 Door 115Bhp SE, Grey Met, Leather, 57K....... â‚Ź13,950 S40 SE 1.6 TDI, Black Stone, Alloys, NCT.......................... â‚Ź11,950 S60 1.6 Diesel, Black Stone, Alloys, NCT............................ â‚Ź10,950 S80 D3 E/S, Black Stone, Beige Leather, NCT.................... â‚Ź9,950
Commercial Vehicles Volkswagen Amarok 2017 V6 HIGH 224BHP, Indium Grey Met, Bluetooth ......... â‚Ź37,950 +VAT
Volkswagen Caddy 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2012 2011
+LJKOLQH 7', 7', %+3 5HĂ H[ 6LOYHU â‚Ź17,500 Highline TDI 2.0 TDI 102BHP, Black Berry ................ â‚Ź17,500 TDI 2.0 TDI 102BHP, Choice - Candy White, From ... â‚Ź13,950 TDI 2.0 TDI 75BHP, Candy White .............................. â‚Ź13,400 MAXI 1.6 TDI 102BHP, Cherry Red, 52K ................... â‚Ź12,750 MAXI 1.6 TDI 102BHP, Cherry Red, 40K ................... â‚Ź12,750 Trendline 1.6 TDI 102BHP, Deep Pearl Black, 37K ... â‚Ź11,950 MAXI 1.6 TDI 102BHP, Candy White, 152 Reg ......... â‚Ź10,950 1.6 TDI 102BHP, Choice - Candy White, From .......... â‚Ź9,700 1.6 TDI 75BHP, Candy White, Electric Pack, 74K ...... â‚Ź7,000 1.6 TDI 75BHP, Indium Grey, Reversing Camera ...... â‚Ź7,950
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Volkswagen Crafter 2017 35 LWB 140BHP HR (New Model), Candy White ...... â‚Ź28,500 +VAT 2017 35 LWB 109BHP HR, Candy White ............................ â‚Ź24,500 +VAT
Volkswagen Transporter 2017 PVL 2800 KG 102BHP, Candy White ......................... â‚Ź20,950 +VAT 2017 PVL 3000 150BHP, Candy White ............................... â‚Ź24,500 +VAT 2016 PVL 3000 140BHP, Chestnut Brown .......................... â‚Ź23,500 +VAT
Volkswagen Golf Van 2015 1.6 TDI 105 BHP, Black Pearl, Alloys, NCT, 40K ........ â‚Ź12,950 +VAT 2013 1.6 TDI 105BHP, Pure White, Alloys, NCT ................. â‚Ź7,950 +VAT
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Model A8 Range
Price
Monthly
3.0 TDI 262Bhp Quattro Tip SE Executive - Mythos Black, S8 Sports Pack, 20” Alloys, (Host of Extras) D-Reg, 0 Miles ........................
€945
€89,950
Monthly
A7 Range 171
3.0 TDI 218Bhp Quattro S-Tronic S-Line - Mythos Black, Full Leather, MMI Sat Nav, 20” Blade Alloys, MMI Sat Nav, D-Reg, 3K ......
€717
141
3.0 TDI 204Bhp Quattro S-Tronic S-Line - Floret Silver, Leather/Alcantara, MMI Sat Nav, 19”Alloys, Bluetooth, 57K .....................
€333
131
3.0 TDI 204Bhp Quattro S-Tronic S-Line - Ice Silver, Leather/Alcantara, 19” Alloys, MMI Sat Nav, Privacy Glass, 64K .....................
162 161
2.0 TDI 150Bhp SE A/T - Brilliant Black, Full Leather, MMI Sat Nav, Chrome Exterior Pack, H/Seats, LED’s, 18” Alloys, 5K .............
€231 €297
€37,950
2.0 TDI 190Bhp Full S-Line Manual - Mythos Black, MMI Sat Nav, Chrome Exterior Pack, H/Seats, LED’s, S-Line Alloys, 24K ..........
161
2.0 TDI 150Bhp S-Tronic SE - Choice From, Full Leather, MMI Sat Nav, Bluetooth, Chrome Exterior Pack, H/Seats, 13K .................
€231
€37,950
152
2.0 TDI 190Bhp S-Line A/T, Mythos Black, Full Leather, Xenons, MMI Sat Nav, 18” Alloys, H/Seats, 28K ......................................
€286
€35,950
152
2.0 TDI 150Bhp SE A/T - Chroice From Moonlight Blue/ Brilliant Black, Full Leather, Xenons, MMI Sat Nav, 18” Alloys, 21K ..........
€33,950
151
2.0 TDI 190Bhp S-Line A/T, Glacier White, Full Leather, (Black Edition), BOSE Sound System, 20” Alloys, 38K ..............................
€293 €339
151
2.0 TDI 150Bhp S-Line Manual - Misano Red, Full Leather, MMI Sat Nav, LED’s, 18” 7 Spoke Alloys, H/Seats, 23K ........................
€286
€33,950
151 151
2.0 TDI 190Bhp SE A/T - Tornado Grey, Full Leather, MMI Sat Nav, 18” Alloys, H/Seats, Bluetooth, 31K .......................................
€277
€33,950
2.0 TDI 150Bhp SE Manual Choice - Full Leather, 18”Alloys, Sat Nav, H/Seats, Parking Sensors, Bluetooth ..................................
€30,950
142 142
2.0 TDI 177Bhp A/T S-Line Avant, Quartz Grey, Full Leather, MMI Sat Nav, Xenon Headlights, Upgraded 19” Alloys, 28K ..............
€252 €246
2.0 TDI 177Bhp SE Manual Avant, Choice From, Full Leather, Upgraded Alloys, MMI Sat Nav, Bluetooth, H/Seats, 48K ................
€207
€26,950
141 141
2.0 TDI 177Bhp SE A/T - Moonlight Blue, Full Leather, MMI Sat Nav, H/Seats, Parking Sensors, 18”Alloys, 35K ...........................
€209 €
€26,950
141 141
2.0 TDI 177Bhp SE Manual - Brilliant Black, Full Leather, MMI Sat Nav, H/Seats, Parking Senors, 17” Alloys, 31K ........................
€25,950
2.0 TDI 177Bhp Manual SE - Choice From, Full Leather, MMI Sat Nav, H/Seats, Parking Sensors, 17” Alloys .................................
€208 €192
132
2.0 TDI 177Bhp Manual SE - Quartz Grey, Full Leather, H/Seats, MMI Sat Nav, 18” Alloys, Bluetooth, Parking Sensors, 37K .........
€147
€21,950
131 131
2.0 TDI 177Bhp Full S-Line A/T - Ice Silver, H/Seats, MMI Sat Nav, 18” Alloys, Bluetooth, Parking Sensors, 57K ...........................
€23,950
2.0 TDI 177Bhp Full S-Line A/T - Mythos Black, Full Leather, MMI Sat Nav, 18” Alloys, Bluetooth, Parking Sensors, 62K...............
€23,950
131
2.0 TDI 177Bhp SE Manual - Moonlight Blue, Full Leather, MMI Sat Nav, LED’s, Chrome Exterior Pack, 17”Alloys, 65K .................
€20,950
12
2.0 TDI 177Bhp Full S-Line Manual, Brilliant Black, Leather/ Alcantara, H/Seats, Upgraded 18” Alloys, Bluetooth, 70K ................
€19,950
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2.0 TDI 177Bhp SE Manual - Brilliant Black, Full Leather, 17” Alloys, Chrome Exterior Packs, H/Seats, Parking Sensors, 63K ........
€71,950 €37,950 €33,950
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2.0 TDI 177Bhp A/T SE - Brilliant Black, Full Leather, MMI Sat Nav, H/Seats, Parking Sensors, 17” Alloys, 65K .............................
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171
2.0 TDI 150Bhp Full S-Line - Mythos Black, Leather/ Alcantara, MMI Sat Nav Plus, 19” RS Spoke Alloys (Host of Extras) 0 miles ....
€297
€42,950
171
2.0 TDI 150Bhp SE Ultra - Choice From- Florett Silver/Brilliant Black, Full Leather, Bluetooth, D-Reg, 0 miles ...............................
162
2.0 TDI 150Bhp Full S-Line A/T - Mythos Black, Leather/Alcantara, 18” Alloys, MMI Sat Nav, Xenon Lights, 18K ............................
161
2.0 TDI 150Bhp Avant SE - Monsoon Grey, Full Leather, 18” Alloys, MMI Sat Nav, Bluetooth, Xenon Lights, 13K ...........................
161
2.0 TDI 150Bhp SE - Floret Silver, Full Leather, Bluetooth, 17” Alloys, MMI Sat Nav, Xenon Lights, 14K ........................................
€261 €228 €249 €244
€38,950 €35,950 €35,950 €33,950
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2.0 TDI 120Bhp S-Line, Ibis White, MMI Sat Nav, Chrome Exterior Pack, 18” Alloys, Bluetooth, 25K ............................................
€175
€26,950
151
2.0 TDI 120Bhp SE/S-Line - Brilliant Red, Full Leather, MMI Sat Nav, Chrome Exterior Pack, Xenons, Bluetooth, 29K .....................
€178
€26,950
151
2.0 TDI 120Bhp SE/ S-Line - Mythos Black/Brilliant Red, Leather/Alcantara, 18” Alloys, Bluetooth, Parking Sensors ...................... 2.0 TDI 120Bhp Full S-Line - Brilliant Black, Leather/Alcantara, 18” Rotar Alloys, Bluetooth, (Black Edition) 51K ..........................
141
2.0 TDI 120Bhp SE - Mythos Black, Leather, Bluetooth, Parking Sensors, Chrome Exterior Pack, 17”Alloys, 57K ............................
€164 €198 €173
€25,950
141 141
2.0 TDI 120Bhp - Brilliant Black, Bluetooth, Parking Sensors, 17” Alloys, Chrome Exterior Pack, 41K ...........................................
€151
€20,950
€24,950 €21,950
Monthly
A3 Range 171 161
S/Back 1.6 TDI 110Bhp S-Line - Floret Silver, Leather/Alcantara Sports Seats, Xenon Lights, 18”Alloys, 0 Miles .............
€259 €
€32,950 €P.O.A
161
S/Back 1.6 TDI 110Bhp SE, Mythos Black, Leather/Alcantara, Bluetooth, 17” Alloys, Chorme Exterior Pack, 13K ............
152
Saloon 1.6 TDI 110Bhp - Choice From, Leather/Alcantara, Bluetooth, 17” Alloys, Crusie Control, Parking Sensors ........................
€203 €213
€25,950 €23,950 €25,950
Saloon 1.6 TDI 110Bhp S-Line - Sepang Blue, Leather/Alcantara Sports Seats, (Black Edition) 18” Rotar Alloys, 6K ........
151
Saloon 1.6 TDI 110Bhp SE A/T - Monsoon Grey, Leather/Alcantara, Bluetooth, 17” Alloys, Parking Sensors, 19K ...........................
€241
141
S/Back 1.6 TDI 105Bhp - Brilliant Black, Alcantara, Chrome Exterior Package, 17’’ Alloys, Bluetooth, Cruise Control .....................
€157
131
S/Back 1.6 TDI 105Bhp S-Line - Brilliant Red, Leather/Alcantara, Xenons Lights, BOSE Sound System, 18” Roatar Alloys ...............
12
3DR 2.0 TDI 150Bhp (New Model) - Monsoon Grey, Alcantara, Chrome Exterior Package, 16” Alloys, 43K .....................................
€18,950 €14,950 €13,950
Monthly
A5 Range 171
Coupe 2.0 TDI 190Bhp A/T S-Line Competition Pack - Sepang Blue, Leather/ Alcantara, MMI Sat Nav, 20” Alloys, 0 Miles ..............
€409
162
S/Back 2.0 TDI 150Bhp SE/ S-Line - Ibis White, Full Leather, 19” Rotar Alloys, Xenons, H/Seats, MMI Sat Nav, 13K.......................
161
S/Back 2.0 TDI 150Bhp SE - Ibis White, Full Leather, 18” Alloys, Xenons, H/Seats, MMI Sat Nav, 8K .............................................
€293 €298
151
S/Back 2.0 TDI 136Bhp SE - Mythos Black, Full Leather, 18” Alloys, Bluetooth, Parking Sensors, H/Seats, 43K ..............................
€301
141
S/Back 2.0 TDI 136Bhp SE - Brilliant Black, Full Leather, 18” Alloys, Bluetooth, Parking Sensors, H/Seats, 40K .............................
€232
131
S/Back 2.0 TDI 136Bhp SE - Brilliant Red, Leather/ Alcantara, 18” Alloys, Bluetooth, Parking Sensors, 50K ..................................
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€51,950 €37,950 €36,950 €30,950 €25,950 €22,950
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Q Range 142
Q7 3.0 TDI 204Bhp S-Line Quattro A/T, Ibis White, Leather/ Alcantara, MMI Sat Nav, Pan Roof, (Black Edition), 67K .....................
€
152
Q5 2.0 TDI 190Bhp SE Quattro A/T - Aluminum Silver, Full Leather, H/Seats, Xenon Headlights, Bluetooth, 19K ...........................
151
Q5 2.0 TDI 150Bhp SE Quattro Manual - Mythos Black, Full Leather, H/Seats, Xenon Headlights, Bluetooth, 24K ..........................
€355 €317
131
Q5 2.0 TDI 177Bhp SE Manual - Scuba Blue, Full Leather, Xenon Lights, MMI Sat Nav, Bluetooth, 18” Alloys ................................
€
161
Q3 2.0 TDI 120Bhp SE - Hainan Blue, Full Leather, H/Seats, 17” Alloys, Advanced Key, Bluetooth, 12K .........................................
€260
152
Q3 2.0 TDI 150Bhp Quattro A/T SE - Utopia Blue, Full Leather, Bluetooth, Xenon Headlights, Parking Sensors, 17” Alloys, 12K .....
€279
151
Q3 2.0 TDI 140Bhp SE, Utopia Blue, Full Leather, Bluetooth, Parking Sensors, 17” Alloys, 41K ....................................................
€229
162
Q2 1.6 TDI 116Bhp Full S-Line - Myhtos Black, Leather/ Alcantara, MMI Sat Nav, Xenon Lights 18’’Alloys, 1K ...............................
€283
€44,950 €39,950 €36,950 €25,950 €31,950 €33,950 €26,950 €33,950
Monthly
TT Coupe 162
2.0 TDI 184Bhp Sport - Alluminium Silver, Leather/ Alcantara, Xenons, Bluetooth, 18”Alloys, D-Reg, 1K .....................................
171
SB 1.0 TFSI 95Bhp SE - Brilliant Black, Black Alcantara, Media Pack, Bluetooth, M/F Steering Wheel, 0 Miles .....................................
€391
€41,950
Monthly
A1 Range
€179
€21,950
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‘We must be ready SPRING SAVINGS for possible terrorist attack’ – Fitzmaurice HUSQVARNA TS 38
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Following the terrorist attack in Manchester on Monday night – in which 22 people died – Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has warned that a similar atrocity could happen in Ireland. He said it would be extremely naive to think that such an atrocity could not happen here and that “we will have to be more vigilant than ever.” “The Gardaí and security services must tighten up on possible terror suspects who may be living here. There is no need for a knee-jerk or over the top reaction, however we need to step up security where it is needed. “Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald and the Garda Commissioner need to ensure that a review is carried out immediately into our ability to deal with any possible attack,” he said. Deputy Fitzmaurice described what happened in Manchester as “an outrageous atrocity” and said “our first thoughts must be with the families of those who
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HUSQVARNA LC253 S lost their lives and were injured in what was a senseless, vicious and cowardly attack on innocent young children and teenagers.” Senator Frank Feighan (Fine Gael) said that every Irish person stands in solidarity with the city of Manchester, which has been devastated by a vile act of terrorism. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their
families. Targeting a concert attended by young people, many of them teenagers, is plumbing new depths of depravity. “Manchester has a very proud Irish community, many of whom are from Roscommon and the West of Ireland. The Irish community, like so many others, have been rallying to help and offer support to those affected by this horrific incident.”
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Blackberry Hearing – dedicated to changing lives for the better More than two and half years ago, John Ryan and Dave Gleeson worked in a shared office complex in the small, charming village of Two Mile House, County Kildare. John and Dave’s business interests overlapped because they were members of the same business angel syndicate, a group that supported young technology companies with investment and expertise. Conversation and banter at a mid-morning coffee break one day led to a discussion on hearing aid prices. The matter arose when Dave produced a magazine article asking why hearing aids were more expensive than laptop computers. As they investigated further, Dave and John felt they could use their business expertise to offer a much more affordable hearing solution with a focus on customer care - this marked the birth of Blackberry Hearing.
The beginning The company started in 2015 by offering quality hearing aids at significantly lower prices than those available in the market. Prior to entering the market, Blackberry Hearing’s market research found that there was significant consumer dissatisfaction with pricing and after-care service. Added to this, the company found that many available audiologists had undergone just several weeks training by the companies seeking to employ them. In contrast, Blackberry Hearing chooses to employ only fully qualified, degree level audiologists. The difference was instantly recognisable, with customers attesting to the high quality of the Blackberry Hearing consultation. As a result, John and Dave feel their decision has significantly enhanced the hearing solution of their customers.
Company philosophy The focus for Blackberry Hearing has been on providing quality service, affordability, price transparency, and simplicity. Ultimately, this all amounts to ensuring the customer gets the best possible solution for their individual needs. To achieve this, the company has instilled an ethos where no stone is left unturned to ensure total customer satisfaction. From the outset, the company has set to demystify the process of acquiring hearing aids. Many of their prospective customers talked of how they had been unsure previously of pricing and felt under pressure to buy the most expensive hearing aids. Blackberry Hearing offers just two models with two prices and clearly outlines to prospective customers the end price before they start the consultation. This transparency has been a cornerstone of the company’s philosophy.
meet expectations. Wth its new Dinamico product range offering the latest available features, the company has adopted a variation of the old Ronseal slogan: ‘We do exactly as it says on the tin’.
Changing lives for the better The primary focus of John, Dave and their dedicated team at Blackberry Hearing is on improving the lives of the individuals in their care. This is the main reason the company was founded, and it remains the most rewarding aspect of the entire venture to those who
deliver this service. “Research shows that people with hearing loss retreat from social interaction with family, friends, and colleagues with drastic results on their mental wellbeing. Changing people’s lives for the better at an affordable price is a really good feeling,” John says. Rita Foley, audiologist with Blackberry Hearing, says: “As an audiologist, it is my aim to provide the best possible service I can in terms of both the clinical assessment and vitally the care the customer receives. One
reason I am delighted to work for Blackberry Hearing is because they tick all the key boxes. “With its affordable prices and customer care philosophy, I can offer a very reliable and good customer care service, ensuring that each customer remains very happy with both their hearing aids and their new hearing experience.” Providing quality hearing solutions at about 40 per cent of the price of other retailers has meant that hundreds of people, who may otherwise have been unable to afford hearing aids, have had
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Before and after customer care With its strong customer care philosophy, Blackberry Hearing has expanded rapidly throughout rural Ireland, collaborating with pharmacies, opticians, and GPs to hold regular clinics. The business offers free follow-up care by appointment for the hearing aid lifetime. This is very reassuring for new and experienced users of hearing aids alike. With more than 50 clinics nationwide, the company hopes to expand further. Its simple customer first philosophy is paying off as positive customer referrals are contributing to a growing portion of the company’s customers. All consultations are free and Blackberry Hearing offers a 100 per cent refund if a customer feels their hearing solution does not
their lives changed for the better. So there you have it - the very best treatment, at the very best prices, by the best and most dedicated professionals in the field. It is little wonder that Blackberry Hearing continues to go from strength to strength. Locally, you can book a free hearing test and full consultation at Rosmed Pharmacy, Golf Links road, Roscommon town on (090) 666 5524. Alternatively, simply call Blackberry Hearing directly on (01) 6978470.
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Beware of scam salesman say Roscommon Gardaí Paul McDermott, Crime Prevention Officer with Roscommon Gardaí, is advising the public to be extra-vigilant following the activities of a man posing as a shoe salesman. On Thursday, 18th of May at 1.30 pm the ‘scam salesman’ called to an elderly man living in Fuerty, Co. Roscommon. The elderly man was outside in his yard when approached and asked if he was interested in buying a pair of shoes. The ‘salesman’ opened the boot of his car, which was full of boxes of shoes. He showed the man a pair of shoes and the elderly man agreed to buy them. When the elderly man took the cash out of his wallet to count it, the ‘shoe salesman’ snapped all of his cash from his hand, threw five pairs of shoes onto the ground, jumped in his car and sped off with the cash. The ‘shoe salesman’ is described as being male, in his late 30s to early 40s, well built,
with short black hair, a dark moustache and is described as “good looking with white teeth.” He was travelling in a “chocolate-coloured car” with either a 161 or 171 registration. Gardaí in Roscommon are appealing for anyone with information about the identity of this man to contact them at Roscommon and wish to warn
the public, particularly older persons, to be vigilant when dealing with callers purporting to sell items door to door. Gardaí say full use should be made of security door chains and door viewers and the public are advised never to remove all of the cash from their wallets or purses in front of a stranger at the door.
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The National Famine Walk will take place from Saturday, May 27th to Thursday, June 1st
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Feighan urging locals to become trainee Gardai A local Fine Gael Senator is encouraging people who may be interested in joining An Garda Síochána to apply without delay after Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald launched a new recruitment drive. The new recruitment drive for Garda trainees is now open for applications with a closing date of Thursday,
June 1st 2017. Fine Gael Senator Frank Feighan says there’s an opportunity here for people in Roscommon. He said: “I would encourage all those interested in joining An Garda Síochána to visit the website of the Public Appointments Service and submit their application at www.publicjobs.ie.”
An international group will follow in the footsteps of the tenants from Strokestown who were forced to emigrate to Canada during the summer of 1847. The National Famine Walk will take place from Saturday, May 27th to Thursday, June 1st, with President Michael D. Higgins greeting and sending them off at a commemorative event at Richmond Harbour, Clondra, Co. Longford. They will be walking along the Royal Canal in costume and invite people to join them for stretches of the route. The Famine walkers’ journey can be followed in real time at www.nationalfamineway.ie. “Strokestown Famine walkers will embark on the six-day trek of 155km and blaze a new National Famine Way walking trail along the Royal Canal between Strokestown and Dublin, 170 years after the individual emigrants’ original journey”, said Caroilin Callery of Strokestown Park and the Irish National Famine Museum. “We are inviting local people to join us for stretches of the journey”, she continued. The event recreates the journey of 1490 tenants from Denis Mahon’s estate at Strokestown Park, now the site of the Irish National Famine Museum. Their journey took place in May 1847 or ‘Black 47’, one of the worst years of suffering of the Great Irish Famine. All are welcome to join!
Sandra’s racing role! Former Grade 1 winning trainer Sandra Hughes will start a new role with Roscommon Racecourse on the 12th of June. Sandra, who plans to have her last runner at Down Royal next Friday, approached Racecourse Manager Michael Finneran and, after consulting with his board, he was pleased to offer what is effectively an ambassadorial role to Sandra, which involves entertaining sponsors and owners on race days. Mr. Finneran said: “Now that Sandra has handed in her licence, I was keen to offer this role to her. She brings a huge amount of experience with her and I spoke to my board and they were delighted to take her on for the remainder of the season. The role will involve entertaining and looking after sponsors and owners and it’s something that needs to be done. I am delighted that she has accepted my offer and I have no doubt that she will be a huge asset to us.” Speaking about her appointment, Sandra said: “To be honest, I wasn’t sure what I was going to do once the horses left the yard. Then this role came up and I was very keen to remain in racing and this offer comes at the perfect time for me. “I have been going racing for the last forty years and looking after owners and sponsors is very important and my role is to improve their race day experience. “I have always loved going racing to Roscommon. There is always a wonderful atmosphere there. The fixtures are well attended and I am thrilled to have been offered this role. I’ll do my very best to make it a success and ensure that sponsors and owners are well looked after.”
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Paul McGrath, former Irish soccer international, Senator Joan Freeman, founder of Pieta House and Conor Hayes, Londis Sales Director, pictured at the launch of Londis Climb for Joy.
Londis manager Mike ready for fundraising Climb for Joy! The manager of Timothy’s Londis PLUS, Abbeytown, Roscommon will join over 165 other Londis retailers and their friends and take part in Climb for Joy, which involves scaling Ireland’s highest mountain, Carrauntoohil in Co. Kerry on 27th of May in order to raise money and awareness for mental health charity, Pieta House. According to Mike Crean, Manager of Timothy’s Londis
PLUS, Abbeytown: “We are really looking forward to the climb this Sunday. Pieta House is a very worthy charity and it’s important to have this type of support in our community. Anyone who wishes to sponsor us and donate to Pieta House can do so in store.” Soccer legend Paul McGrath was on hand recently to lend his support for the launch of Climb for Joy and acknowledges the vital work Pieta
House carries out each day in local communities across Ireland by providing free and therapuetic care for people who are in suicidal distress and those with mental health issues. Londis is also delighted to announce that they have chosen Pieta House as its official charity partner. Londis has pledged to donate 1c to Pieta House on every sale of selected Londis Own Label products.
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‘May Madness’ Stock Clearance Sale at Centrepoint Autos Centre Point Autos are delighted to announce their upcoming four-day ‘May Madness’ stock clearance sale at Hodson Bay, Athlone. The sale will take place on Thursday, 25th of May-Sunday, 28st of May with massive reductions on all stock and also 20+ trade cars to clear at heavily reduced prices, available for viewing at our new fully equipped service dept. in Blyry Industrial Estate. Bookings can be made with Sharon on 090-6486412 or to Leon Smith on 086-8303030. Centrepoint Autos have extended opening hours all weekend during the sale: Thursday, 9 am-8 pm, Friday, 9 am-8 pm, Saturday, 10 am-6 pm and Sunday, 12 pm-4 pm. With all prices slashed, there will be something to suit all budgets including lower budget vehicles. To celebrate the launch of our new digital business cards, linked to our website, delivered straight to your phone, we will have a number of giveaways for our super sale weekend. Customers who purchase during the sale will be in with the chance to WIN one of our fantastic prizes by automatically entering into our free draw for a luxury family break at the Ocean Sands Hotel, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, a deluxe garden furniture set, a month free membership for Sastafied Fitness in Roscommon, free car services, free valets and many more prize giveaways on site. Win-
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Did you know that 27 people die of heart attacks in Ireland every day? Brian Larkin, Centrepoint Autos.
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Heartwave Cardio Screening is coming to Co Galway and Co Westmeath with the revolutionary Bpro pulse wave analysis device, providing affordable and accurate heart and artery screenings. The Bpro and A-Pulse Casp has been developed by Healthstats in Singapore and can calculate a person’s central aortic systolic pressure (CASP) (blood pressure closest to the heart) accurately and non-invasively. The A-Pulse has been validated in clinical trials to have an accuracy of 99.17%, as compared to the angiogram. The BPro Cardio Pulse-Wave screening measures the aortic pressure as well as the flexibility of your arteries. Screenings are carried out by a health stats certified technician and a full printout of the results are given on the day which can be brought back to your own GP or cardiologist if necessary. The procedure is non-invasive and completely pain-free. The cost of an individual BPro test is €50 per
adult with a 10% discount (€90) for a couple. Tphere is also a 20% discount for groups of 12 or more people e.g. Sports Clubs, Business Screening etc. Heartfelt Cardio Screening will bring the Bpro to the following venues in Co Galway and Co Westmeath over the next few weeks: • Thursday 25th May - Loughrea Spa Hotel, Loughrea, Co Galway • Tuesday 30th May - Corralea Court Hotel, Tuam, Co Galway • Wednesday 31st May - Prince of Wales Hotel, Athlone, Co Westmeath. Appointments are essential and are available from 10.45am until late. For further information or to make an appointment, please contact: Anna on 086 413 5555 or Jimmy on 0862 566 422.Email:heartfeltcardioscreening@ gmail.com Website:http://www. bproheartfeltcardioscreening.com/396161076.
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SEEKING Connaughtons Honora (Nora) Connaughton, our great grandmother, left Bookala (near Ballymoe) in 1871, telling her family she was going visiting. Instead, she sailed to the US, settling near Cincinnati, Ohio. If you are a Connaughton descendant, we would love to meet you while we are visting Ireland. - Mary Dillon Leonard - Patty Dillon Crosby - Sarah Crosby Campbell
Attending mass on Sunday, 28 May at 11:30 a.m. St. Bride’s Church, Ballintubber, Castlerea CONNAUGHTON GATHERING Monday, 29 May, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Gleesons Restaurant, Market Square contact:
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Judge Aoibhín Garrihy, students Conor McCormack, Aoife McLoughlin, Zara Hunt, teacher Siofra Cox, student Ruairi Tiernan from Mercy Secondary School, Co. Roscommon, and presenter Eoghan McDermott are pictured at the 2017 Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Awards in Dublin. RTÉ 2FM presenter Eoghan McDermott hosted the special awards ceremony at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre where over 1,700 students representing 63 primary and secondary schools from across Ireland gathered in celebration of the dramatic arts, special guests in attendance included Amy Huberman and Aoibhín Garrihy. The Awards were set up by Bord Gáis Energy to recognise and reward participation in drama in schools across Ireland. For more information on the 2017 winners please visit www.bgesta.ie
Convent scoops top theatre award!
School triumphs at Student Theatre Awards
DAN DOONER
TEMPORARY CLOSING OF ROADS ROADS ACT 1993, SECTION 75 ROADS REGULATIONS 1994, ARTICLE 12 Roscommon County Council intends to close the road set out in the schedule hereunder for the period and the reason specified. Road to be closed: R371 Ballyleague to Scramoge Period of Closure: 9.30 am to 3pm on Saturday 15th July, 2017 Alternative Routes: N63 Ballyleague to Roscommon N61 Roscommon to Four Mile House R368 Four Mile House to Farnbeg And vice versa Reason for Closures: To facilitate the cycle event associated with The Two Provinces Triathlon. Objections in respect of the proposed closure may be made in writing to the undersigned to arrive not later than 5.00pm on Friday 16th June, 2017. Eugene Dwyer Head of Roads & Transportation Roscommon County Council Áras an Chontae Roscommon F42 VR98
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The Convent of Mercy Secondary School was last week announced as a winner at the 2017 Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Awards. The winners were revealed at a special awards ceremony at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on last Wednesday (17th) hosted by RTÉ 2FM presenter Eoghan McDermott. The Convent took home the top prize in the Best Musical Number category for their remarkable rendition of ‘Be Our Guest’ in the production ‘Beauty and the Beast’. The judges were dazzled by their performance and noted that the musical number had a surprise around every corner, which was anchored by brilliant performances. Convent of Mercy Secondary School also received a bursary from Bord Gáis Energy. Aoife McLoughlin, a fifth year student in Convent of Mercy, played Belle and CBS Transition Year student, Conor McCormack played Beast and both students spoke to Roscommon People earlier this week. Aoife McLoughlin said the entire cast was delighted with the award but it came as quite a shock. She said: “We are delighted because the Convent has never won anything like that before. They were nominated before but never won so we weren’t expecting much. We just wanted to see what it was like to go up and see it but then we weren’t expecting to win and we didn’t even know who was going up to collect the award!” The award reflects the hard work of all those involved in the production, students from both the Convent and CBS and of course music teacher Siofra Cox, and Ms. Madden, who also assisted with the production. “Ms. Madden has been involved for a quite a long time. She was thrilled and texted us to say congratulations. Ms. Cox was delighted too. We all put in a lot of work especially for ‘Be Our Guest’, that was probably the one that took the most work so to find out that it won an award was like it paid off,” said Aoife. Both Conor and Aoife admitted that while
A scene from the The Convent of Mercy, Roscommon’s production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ which was held at the end of November last year. Picture: Andrew Fox.
the production was hard work, it was time well spent. Transition Year student Conor said he was glad he took the advice of his girlfriend, Roisin Roddy, and got involved with the Convent’s production. “My girlfriend made me, eh, advised me to come up. She was ‘Babette’ in the play,” he said. “It was a lot of work and sometimes I was a bit tired, but I was happy I did it in the end. Everyone seemed to enjoy it!” Aoife, who’s in fifth year, added: “Not a lot of fifth and sixth year students do it. I don’t think anyone realises the amount of work you actually have to put in when you get a role like that but it wasn’t too bad and
I’d still go back and do it again!” The Convent of Mercy was one of 63 schools from across Ireland who joined special guests including actor and author Amy Huberman, Dancing with the Stars runner-up Aoibhín Garrihy, best-selling novelist Sinéad Moriarty, and writer and storyteller Dave Rudden at last week’s fourth Bord Gais Student Theatre Awards.
‘We weren’t expecting to win and we didn’t even know who was going up to collect the award!’ – Aoife McCormack
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Vision for Mental Health Change is blurred when it comes to Roscommon Another week, another story of a desperately ill person in crisis and clearly in dire need of help, understanding and compassion, being callously ignored and cast aside due to our Government not giving a rat’s ass about the lack of mental health services available in the Galway/Roscommon area. Yes folks, it seems we have reached the point in our county where the Government just doesn’t care whether or not we survive or die, further widening the divide between us and the rest of Ireland with our leaders’ laughable ‘Vision for Change’ being essentially blurred when it comes to you, me and our families’ mental health and wellbeing. And so, I have to ask you this readers: what is the psychology behind those people who keep voting for individuals and political parties whose ability to fulfil their pre-election promises suddenly falls short of their persuasive personalities and their enormous capacity to lie, utilising the murky bog of ‘spin’ as their post-election defence? Seriously, can someone enlighten me? Because I’d love to know. Of course I’m referring to a tragic incident that was reported across most media outlets last week whereby an offduty garda (an angel I’d say) bravely plucked an 18-year-old who had reportedly ‘tried to take her own life,’ from the River Corrib in Galway only to see this young person being allegedly re-
Robbie Glennon uses his hurley to shield his eyes from the sun as it began to set at the Roscommon & District Football League grounds during the Division 1 Cup Final between Dysart FC and Cloonfad United. Picture: Andrew Fox
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fused admission to University College Hospital Galway (UCHG). According to The Connacht Tribune ‘she was assessed in the back of an ambulance by a triage nurse and was deemed unfit to be admitted to the hospital.’ Now this situation is deeply worrying. At the time of writing there had been no comment by the hospital’s administration, so in order to remain balanced, I would really love to hear their side of the story because I’m sure there’s a reasonable explanation…well I would hope there is anyway. You see,
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while the Irish Independent reports the young woman was allegedly refused admission by a nurse who decided she was ‘intoxicated and wouldn’t cooperate,’ I am sure no caring health professional would be so hardened he/ she would ruthlessly turn away a potentially suicidal patient. And, while I am also sure that the health professionals at the hospital have wisdom and sound judgement that comes from years of experience, I’m reliably informed that this was no isolated incident, meaning come election time folks, we really do
need to make sure we do not once again fall into the trap of electing a group of eejits who could not care less about us and who refuse to stand up and take responsibility for their cull of essential mental health services in our county! While I’m at it…to Independent TD Mr. Kevin (Boxer) Moran…I’ve never met you, I don’t know you, but you’re a legend. Well done on publicly baring your soul and opening up regarding your battle with depression and literacy. I wish you and yours health and happiness.
Slán Leat Chairman Mayo I suppose I should say Slán Leat to our country’s well-known ‘high fiver,’ ‘photo bomber,’ ‘dad dancer’ and ‘air guitarist,’ Enda Kenny and wish him well in his retirement. While regular readers know I’ve had a love/hate relationship with the man who spent a record 15 years at the helm of Fine Gael, I think I’ve been fair and balanced enough in my comments when it came to giving him his due, congratulating him when I felt he’d done well and showing my displeasure when I felt he’d fecked up. For my part, while I was never a fan of his party’s politics, Enda did take over Fine Gael when it was on its knees and he took over the running of our country when it had gone to pot and we’d all but lost our sovereignty, bringing us back from the brink…kinda! You see, aul Enda did do some bad things in his time and while I hate to nag on and on about it, I simply cannot let go of the whole Roscommon A&E travesty and betrayal and see this as a major black mark against him, especially when I watch those dedicated locals who valiantly
and with great dignity, protest each weekend outside of our County Hospital’s gate. However, on the positive side (I’m trying hard to remain balanced here folks), unemployment was at 15 per cent – Enda now leaves it at an impressive six per cent, meaning he’s bequeathing a half-decent legacy on that front. I suppose I also have to acknowledge that in the end our former Taoiseach controlled his own exit and he managed to do it with his head held high and fair play to him for that. While he’s officially retired he won’t be stepping down ‘till 2nd of June when his successor, (i.e. Puppet Meister Merkel’s next lackey) takes the reins; God help us! Mind you, I have to say I wouldn’t want to be the one who leads our country into Brexit, so good luck to the new Chieftain and good luck to us. We’re gonna need it if we’re to survive what will be a rough and uncomfortable ride. As for Enda, I’m sure the alleged €2 million pension pot he’s getting will cushion his little tushie as he transitions from political life into pampered retirement. No Brexit woes for him!
Roscommon Town Active Retirement Association invites you to join them for a day trip to the National Stud and Japanese Gardens on Monday, May 29th. The bus is leaving the Church carpark at 9 am and there will be tea and scones en route as well as dinner in the evening. The cost is €50 and places can be booked by calling 086-8435562 or 086-1925411.
Padre Pio Pilgrimage to Tipperary The Padre Pio Pilgrimage to Holy Cross Abbey in Co. Tipperary will take place on Sunday, May 28th. A bus will leave The Crescent in Boyle at 8 am sharp. Enquiries to Moya on 071-9662110.
Ray Kirrane Memorial Cup in Castlerea Castlerea Celtic’s AstroTurf pitch will play host to the Ray Kirrane Memorial Cup on Saturday, May 27th. Mixed teams are optional for this fun tournament and there will be trophies for the winners and runnersup, sponsored by P. Newman Menswear in Castlerea. Teams of seven (made up of five players and two substitutes) cost €25. For more information contact Danny on 0868417264/087-2666989.
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NewsPeople FF & FG ‘abandoning Rural Ireland’ – Kerrane Sinn Féin in Roscommon have accused Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael of abandoning rural Ireland after those parties failed to support Sinn Féin’s Rural Equality Bill in the Dáil. Sinn Féin spokesperson for Roscommon Claire Kerrane said: “On Thursday, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael voted against equality and fair play for rural Ireland. Fianna Fáil have directly contradicted everything they like to say about defending rural Ireland. “The reality is that Fianna Fáil has abandoned rural Ireland and proof of it is how they voted with the government against this Bill which would ensure that public bodies would have to rural-proof their actions to ensure they did not adversely affect rural areas. “Lip service is one thing. Standing up for rural Ireland is another. Fianna Fáil is propping up Fine Gael no matter what. I am sure their rural TDs were red-faced as they voted against this measure in the Dáil and rightly so – they should be ashamed.” Cllr. Michael Mulligan added: “This is a sad day for Rural Ireland which, thanks to Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, will continue to play second fiddle to the big towns and cities. I hope the people of Roscommon have their eyes open when the next General Election comes around. Sinn Féin are the ones bringing forward legislation which aims to protect Rural Ireland, the rest could not care less.”
Hopkins raises N5 project with Ross Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins emphasised strongly to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD the need to make the necessary capital funding available for the N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramogue project in the Seanad last week. Senator Hopkins stated: “The N5 is an essential piece of infrastructure for accessing the west. Residents in the area have expressed very serious concerns about safety on this section of road. I am very concerned by the high volumes of traffic, which use the road daily. I am also extremely concerned about motorists’ excessive speeds travelling through Frenchpark, Ballinagare, Tulsk and Strokestown. “Just last week, the section of road between Tulsk and Ballinagare was closed for several hours following a very serious road collision. And this is not unique; there have been frequent accidents along this section of road. “There have been four identified accident blackspots by Transport Infrastructure Ireland along this section of road. From a road safety perspective, urgent action is needed to deliver this project.” Minister Ross said: “The most convincing arguments around issues of this nature are the ones that concern safety. The Senator’s argument is compelling.”
Top European Anglers heading for Lough Ree Coarse Fishing Festival The most famous coarse fishing stretch of river in Ireland is hosting anglers from all over Europe on the bank holiday weekend in June for one of the best International fishing competitions staged on these islands. For the 3rd year in succession, the event is being staged by the Lough Ree Angling Hub at the hot water stretch beside the ESB Lough Ree power station at Lanesborough on the LongfordRoscommon border on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of June. With a cash prize of €3,000 this event is providing the largest cash prize pot for a three-day event on the Shannon system and the organisers have confirmed that 42 anglers from all over Ireland, the UK and abroad have already booked in to take part. “When we organised the first competition on the June bank holiday three years ago we had to re-establish the reputation of our town and the local fisheries with the anglers of the world,” said Philip Gordon of the Lough Ree Angling Hub, who is Director of the festival. “Coarse fishing was stronger here in the 1980s and ‘90s but we have now worked hard with Inland Fisheries Ireland and have ensured that the fishing quality has now reached an exceptional level again. “This year’s fishing was never better” Philip says. “We have had visitors from all over the world and once again we have encouraged our angling tourists to visit as many parts of the Longford and Roscommon fishing areas as possible while they are with us.” The event begins on Friday, 2nd of June with a draw for stands at 8 am at St. Mary’s Hall in Lanesborough. More details of the fishing locations will be released in the coming days.
Pictured at the launch of the Lough Ree Angling Hub International Course Fishing Competition were Brenda Madden, Bank of Ireland, John Devaney, Inland Fisheries Ireland, Fergal McIlgunn, Lanesboro Community College, Erin Reynolds, Bank of Ireland, Philip Gordon, Director of the Lough Ree Angling Hub International Course Fishing Competition, Ciarán Mullooly, Mary Tidwell and Orla Costello. Picture: Andrew Fox
“We would like to extend our thanks to Bord na Mona and to both Longford and Roscommon County Councils who have come on board once again to help promote angling tourism” said Hugh Keane, Chairman of the Lough Ree Angling Hub. “Last year we hosted anglers from all over the world when we staged the World Predator boat championships and we have now proven that we
can attract fishermen and women from 17 countries all over the globe.” Later in June the Lough Ree Angling Hub will host the new Lough Ree International Pike Classic, organised by Camlin & District angers, with two days of world class fishing on 24th and 25th of June. For details on either competition, please contact Debbie at 043-3321734 or email: loughreeanglinghub@gmail.com
Funding for Castlerea Demesne Playground An allocation of €14,000 will be awarded to Roscommon County Council for enhancements to Castlerea Demesne Playground. Minister Denis Naughten and Fine Gael Senator Frank Feighan have both welcomed the news. Minister Naughten said: “This significant grant from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs under the leadership of my Independent Cabinet colleague Minister Katherine Zappone, will be used to create new and creative play and recreation areas and upgrade existing play areas.” Minister Naughten also confirmed that Galway County Council was awarded €11,000 for the provision of accessibility upgrades to playgrounds in Tuam and Ballinasloe.
Senator Feighan said: “I am delighted Roscommon County Council has received this allocation for the enhancement of the playground in Castlerea.” Cllr. Paschal Fitzmaurice has also welcomed the funding. He said: “This funding will help with the refurbishment of the playground and Roscommon County Council have also given me a commitment to match the funding. “I want to thank the Council Team who worked on this application and kept me informed of its progress. This playground and the mini park area will provide a very safe and fantastic area for all our kids. The new car park planned at the rear of the pool will also help both facilities. It is planned to have the works completed by April 2018.”
Cllr. Paschal Fitzmaurice has also welcomed the funding for Castlerea Demesne Playground.
We’re backing Leo! Supporters of Leo Varadkar in the Fine Gael leadership election from the Roscommon-Galway constituency include Senator Maura Hopkins, former Fine Gael TDs John Connor (Frenchpark) and Paul Connaughton (Mountbellew); and Fine Gael party members Gerry Coffey (Granlahan), Michael Spellman (Kilteevan), Pat Tully (Roscommon Town), Paul Hickey (Castlecoote) and Richard Canny (Kiltoom).
Leo the man to lead us, says Maura Senator Maura Hopkins says her decision to choose between Fine Gael leadership candidates Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney was “particularly difficult” because she knows both men to be “exceptionally talented individuals with huge ability.” However she is very much supporting Mr. Varadkar and believes he has a strong, positive vision for Ireland. “Across all of the departments he has served in, I have known Minister Var-
adkar to be accessible and interested in working with us on the issues which affect our constituency. “Leo has been proactive in coming to the constituency on numerous occasions. He is compassionate and constructive with a strong positive vision for Ireland. Given the current government arrangement, the job of Taoiseach will require strong, calm and clear leadership. Leo will provide that leadership.”
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NewsPeople Sinn FĂŠin MEP to address public meeting on Brexit Sinn FĂŠin MEP Matt Carthy will officially launch his partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brexit strategy at a public meeting in Monksland on Thursday, 25th of May (8 pm). The meeting, entitled â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Standing Up for South Roscommonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, will also be addressed by Sinn FĂŠin Roscommon representative Claire Kerrane and will discuss the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposals to revitalise rural Ireland. Speaking in advance of the meeting Matt Carthy MEP said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brexit poses a huge threat to the future of the people of Ireland in terms of a land border on the island, the north being forced out of the single market, barriers to trade, potential devastation of agriculture, not to mention the implications for the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sinn FĂŠin has positive proposals on how Ireland and the EU can flight the economic impact of Brexit north and south.â&#x20AC;? Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Public Meeting will be held in the Monksland Community Centre at 8 pm.
Kilteevan Tidy Towns Coffee Morning
A coffee morning, cake sale and raffle will be held in Kilteevan Community Centre at 11 am on Sunday, 28th of May. Everyone is welcome. Come along and buy some delicious homemade treats and make it a special weekend. All proceeds are in aid of Kilteevan Tidy Towns. Kilteevan Tidy Towns is working very hard at the moment in an effort to do well in the 2017 competition. There has been a serious clampdown on littering in the area with volunteers on the alert across the community at all times. The committee is encouraging the community to use Roscommon County Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Low Cost Litter Line: 1850 L-I-T-T-E-R (54 88 37) or 090-6637260 if they are aware of illegal litter-
NEWSâ&#x20AC;Śat a glance Minister announces â&#x201A;Ź5m in regional funding for Start-Up Ecosystem Minister Mary Mitchell Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor visited the GMIT Innovation Hub (iHUB) last Thursday and announced â&#x201A;Ź5m in investment funding for an extension to the existing iHub (â&#x201A;Ź3m) and funding for New Frontiers Entrepreneur Development Programme for five years (â&#x201A;Ź1.8m). The Minister is pictured with a Nebuliser product for thoroughbred horses from a previous start-up client company, Nortev (www.nortev.com). Nortev started at the Galway iHubs a number of years ago and now export to 24+ countries from their base in Claregalway Corporate Park in Galway, and are a great example of how the GMIT iHub drives regional development.
nounce that their production of the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels has just been nominated for an AIMS award in the Best House Management category! Congratulations to Clare Kelly and to everyone involved. The Association of Irish Musical Societies awards weekend takes place in Killarney in June.
Roscommon branch to mark World MS Day
To mark World MS Day next Wednesday (May 31st) the members of Co. Roscommon branch of MS Ireland will hold an Awareness Day in Roscommon Bank of Ireland, The Square, Roscommon town from 10.30 am to 3.30 pm. All are very welcome to drop in for a chat and any donations to the local Multiple Sclerosis branch will be gratefully received. On Wednesday, MS Ireland nationally will join with other societies around the world to raise awareness of Multiple Sclerosis and mobilise the public around issues affecting people with MS and their families. The theme this year will be â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Life with MSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.
Evening of Prayer at Donamon Castle
Minister Mary Mitchell Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor; EI Regional Director Barry Egan; Head of Innovation & Enterprise George McCourt, and Declan Moran, Engineering Director, Nortev at the announcement of â&#x201A;Ź5m Enterprise Ireland funding for GMIT Innovation Hubs, Galway.
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There will be a St. Padre Pio Evening of Prayer at Divine Word Missionary Church at Donamon Castle, Co. Roscommon tomorrow (Friday, 26th) at 7 pm. Fr. John Mockler will be the celebrant and the service will include Holy Mass, Confessions, Holy Hour, and individual blessings. All are welcome.
Pro-life coffee morning in Gleesonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
A coffee morning and pro-life presentation will take place in Gleesonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Townhouse, Roscommon on Friday, June 2nd from 11 am to 1 pm. All are welcome.
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Four-gone conclusion… (but one still standing) PAUL HEALY
This photograph was taken in Roscommon Town about eight years ago, but a lot has changed since… Then-Leader of the Opposition, Enda Kenny, and then-Kenny loyalists and rock-solid Fine Gaelers (from left) Denis Naughten, Domnick Connolly and Laurence Fallon, were all smiles for the camera. Also all smiles was then-Kenny loyalist and stillKenny loyalist Frank Feighan, on right. However, when Kenny got into power (February 2011) to begin a six-year stint as Taoiseach which ends in the coming days, everything changed… When Kenny and his Health Minister, James Reilly, u-turned on a clear commitment that, once in office, they would retain Roscommon A&E, it was decision time for stunned Fine Gael representatives in Roscommon. Then-Deputy Frank Feighan’s decision to stay within the party has, to put it mildly, been well documented. Despite the public outcry, all sitting Fine Gael councillors in Roscommon stayed with the party, with the exception, that is, of Laurence Fallon and Domnick Connolly.
On Wednesday, July 6th, 2011, Deputy Denis Naughten voted against the Fine Gael/Labour Government (on a motion concerning emergency services at small hospitals). He immediately lost the party whip. On Monday, July 11th, Cllrs. Fallon and Connolly announced they were quitting the party over the A&E debacle. Cllr. Fallon said they were leaving “with a heavy heart”, adding: “At some point one’s loyalty to the party gets weaker and one’s loyalty to the community gets stronger.” Cllr. Connolly called for both James Reilly and Enda Kenny to apologise to the people of Roscommon. So, in May of 2017, where are they now? When next they went to the polls, Cllrs. Fallon and Connolly were comfortably re-elected, now as Independents. In that 2014 poll, Fallon amassed 1,045 number ones in Athlone Area, while Connolly attracted 957 number ones in Roscommon Area. Denis Naughten topped the poll (13,936) in his first General Election outing as an Independent (in 2016). He then essentially ‘made his peace’ with Enda Kenny by supporting a mi-
Thumbs up, then down: The winning team that was hit by a hospital pass!
nority Fine Gael-led Government and accepting a position in Cabinet. Frank Feighan, who voted with the FG-led Government on the hospital issue, incurred the wrath of the public, but defends his position to this day. He opted out of the 2016 election, was ap-
pointed a Senator by Kenny, and now says he’ll seek a nomination to run for Fine Gael in the next General Election. Enda Kenny led the country for six years before announcing last week that he is resigning as Fine Gael Leader and Taoiseach.
So, four of the five politicians in our photograph have now either left or are leaving their roles within Fine Gael. Only Frank Feighan is still standing! With Kenny now gone, will Laurence Fallon, Domnick Connolly or Denis Naughten return to the fold?
They came to praise Enda (and hardly a word about ‘the war’) PAUL HEALY
So, what have Roscommon’s high profile politicians to say about Enda, now that the Taoiseach has brought the curtain down on his reign? Senator Frank Feighan issued a press statement full of glowing praise for the Mayo man. Not surprisingly, Senator Feighan didn’t mention the war (i.e. the Roscommon A&E controversy). Senator Maura Hopkins also paid tribute to her retiring party leader. The Roscommon People received no press statement on the end of the Kenny era from Minister Denis Naughten, who has had an up, down and up again relationship with the Taoiseach. No tweets on Enda from Denis either… Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy made a passing reference to ‘the war’, but was also gracious in his comments about Kenny. Cynics might say
that Deputy Murphy is trying to stay onside with Fine Gael voters, but we are happy to give Eugene the benefit of the doubt! Senator Feighan was in no doubt about the enormity of the contribution Mr. Kenny has made. Here’s a selection of Frank quotes on Enda: “Enda could grace the highest stage but always had the common touch. “I have always admired Enda’s many qualities – his strong leadership; his tenacity; his patience and not least his humility. “As Taoiseach, Enda brought the economy and country back from the brink while at the same time providing political stability. “I have no doubt that his legacy will be a very strong one and there is no question he is a true statesman both on the national and international stage.” (We are reminded of what Basil Fawlty said
to the Health Inspector when the latter was listing all the violations in Basil’s kitchen – “Say no more!”). Senator Maura Hopkins was also quick to pay tribute to the retiring Taoiseach. Senator Hopkins: “Enda Kenny has devoted over forty years of his life to serving the public as a TD, Minister and Taoiseach. He has displayed enormous dedication and energy to doing his job every day and I have found him to have an incredible interest in people.” Meanwhile, Deputy Murphy said there was “an air of sadness in Leinster House with the resignation of Enda Kenny.” Tentatively alluding to the Roscommon Hospital controversy which so damaged Kenny’s reputation in Roscommon, Murphy said: “While Enda Kenny may not have been the most popular figure in County Roscommon following the debacle
over the closure of Roscommon A&E – and indeed I had my own differences with him in relation to health – on a personal level I found him to be helpful and courteous since my election to Dáil Eireann.” Mmnn…that doesn’t exactly make up for the ‘A&E debacle’, does it? Be that as it may, Deputy Murphy continues in admirably gracious mode. “I want to wish him and his wife Fionnuala and family the very best for the future. I want to acknowledge his years of public service and I wish him good health and best wishes in all future endeavours.” We’ve trawled through our incoming political press releases, but it would appear that neither Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice or Senator Terry Leyden were moved to comment on the end of the Enda era.
Fitzmaurice wants FG to address A&E rumours! PAUL HEALY
Running mates! Senator Maura Hopkins, (second from right), ran a 5K Run with Taoiseachin-waiting Leo Varadkar, (second from left), on Sunday.
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has been hearing rumours – and he wants Fine Gael to tell him whether there is truth in them or not! While the Roscommon People hasn’t heard any such rumours, Deputy Fitzmaurice – who undoubtedly has his ear to the ground – says Roscommon A&E is being talked of again. And we thought it was very much yesterday’s issue/history/the controversy that dare not be mentioned (by Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil or anyone else). Well, it seems we may have been wrong, because, according to Deputy Fitzmaurice, A&E is being spoken of again. “There is speculation in political circles over the past couple of days that various promises are being made in the election campaign to become the new leader of Fine Gael and Taoiseach” he told the People. Deputy Fitzmaurice then says that promises made during election campaigns tend to be forgotten once the campaign is over. (And we’re not arguing with that!). He continues: “However, in the current campaign and
with the chronic situation in our health service – particularly in the West, with massive delays at the A&E in Galway and Ballinasloe, and the shortage of staff and resources – it has been rumoured that a promise of the possible re-opening of the A&E Unit at Roscommon County Hospital may have been made.” Again, the Roscommon People stresses that we have heard no such rumour. Who would the promise be made to? Senator Maura Hopkins or Senator Frank Feighan (both of them have already come out strongly for Leo Varadkar)? Or to Denis Naughten? Naughten didn’t make re-opening of Roscommon A&E a red-line issue after the 2016 General Election, so he’s unlikely to do so now in any talks about supporting Simon Coveney or Leo Varadkar for the top job (support about which there is no doubt). Back to Michael Fitz, who wants a call from Frank Feighan or Maura Hopkins or anyone else with the ear of Leo or Simon… “If that rumour (of Roscommon A&E being re-opened in return for support in the FG leadership election) was true, it would be very welcome news indeed. Equally however, this may not be true at all. Either way, it would be no harm to hear clarification on this very important matter from Fine Gael representatives in the region.”
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Over 100 shearers confirmed for All Ireland Sheep Shearing Over 100 shearers are set to compete in 19 categories – including the six nations wool handling – at the Kepak All Ireland Sheep Shearing & Wool Handling Championships across two days in Kiltoom this June Bank Holiday Weekend. The closing date for entries has now passed and it has been confirmed that over 100 shearers will compete for prize-money totalling close to €9,000 at the Championships which take place on the grounds of St. Brigid’s GAA Club, Kiltoom from 2nd-4th of June. Among the competitions which will take place are a number of All Ireland events, including: Intermediate, Senior, Blade, Novice Blade as well as wool handling events, Queen of the Shears and a Roscommon Confined competition. All Nations competitions include: Intermediate, Senior and blade. One of the major attractions will be the All Nations Open Heats which take place at 11.15 am on Sunday, 4th of June with a total prize fund of €3,150 on offer, including the George Graham Perpetual Cup and €1,500 for first place. Tomás Beades, Chairman of the organising
committee, said: “This promises to be a memorable weekend of shearing competitions, attracting some of the biggest names in shearing – including world record holder Ivan Scott.” Large numbers of spectators are expected to flock to the venue and, in addition to the sheep shearing competitions, there will be a range of other attractions including nightly entertainment
Ballinlough Ladies Rounders fundraising BBQ
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Lisnamult Monthly Draw and news update
The results of the May Lisnamult Draw are as follows: €100 Maureen Brennan; €100 Sally McConn; €50 Seamus and Katie Kerrie; €25 Tom Donlon; €25 Phil O’Dowd; €25 Declan Walsh. A sincere thanks to our many supporters who were so generous during the recent collection. We have just begun a new year for the draw. Plans for the New Year include commencement of dressing rooms and enhanced parking at the Astro turf pitch. We have also been shortlisted for the Pride of Place Awards. Adjudication takes place on 9th of August. A family fun bingo is held every Wednesday in the Lisnamult Community Centre. All are welcome. We greatly appreciate your support and wish you all the best in the draw.
Social Welfare offices to be amalgamated with new Intreo Centre
Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins has said that it is very positive that the Department of Social Protection offices in Roscommon Town are to be upgraded to an Intreo Centre. The Departments services are currently divided between the Branch Office in Abbey Street and the Control Office in Government Buildings, Convent Road. “The new upgraded office will now be based in the ground floor of Government Buildings, Convent Road, Roscommon Town. It will provide a full service for jobseekers and will enable them to access income supports and employment supports in the one location.” Senator Hopkins stated: “My colleague, Minister for Social Protection, Leo Varadkar TD has informed me that the new Intreo Centre will be in operation from Monday, May 22nd which will deliver all Department Services.”
Solstice Choir takes part in Memorial Service
On Saturday, 20th of May last, a Memorial Service was held in Oldtown Church in North Co. Dublin for Ciarán Smith, the winchman on Rescue 116 who was tragically lost off Blacksod earlier this year. Roscommon Solstice Choir had the honour and privilege of being invited to sing at the event. The ceremony consisted of readings, poems and songs especially chosen by Ciarán’s wife, Martina, all of which had special meaning for her and her family. In all, six pieces were performed by the choir, plus two solo numbers by choir Musical Director Ms. Eimear Reynolds. It was a very moving ceremony, very emotional and very special. To be asked to perform at this event is the highest honour bestowed on Roscommon Solstice Choir to date.
event of the weekend is the International Open where some of the world’s top shearers will compete for the biggest purse of the weekend and the title of International Champion. To keep up to date with this event or to purchase tickets log on to www.sheepshearingkiltoom.com or like our pages on Facebook: St. Brigid’s GAA Club Kiltoom and All Ireland and All Nations Sheep Shearing and Wool Handling Championships 2017.
Nathan Carter, will be on stage in the main marquee with dancing until late into the night on Friday 2nd June.
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newsbriefs A fundraising BBQ in aid of Micheal Glavey’s Ladies Rounders Team will take plce on Saturday, 27th of May in The Tap, Ballinlough. The BBQ will begin at 8 pm with music by Mary Kathleen from 10 pm onwards. There will be a raffle and spot prizes on the night. All are welcome.
in a fully-licensed bar, children’s activities, arts and crafts, artisan food, heritage features, sheep shows, sheep dog trials, trade stands, cookery demonstrations and a food quarter. A further highlight will be Friday night’s performance by Nathan Carter, who will be on stage in the main marquee with dancing until late into the night. Tickets are €25 and people are encouraged to purchase early to avoid disappointment. Shearing gets underway on Saturday, 3rd of June at 7 am and by nightfall the Irish Open Champion will be crowned. The event also boasts a number of highlights including a vintage display, sheep breeds demonstrations, the ever-popular sheep racing, fashion shows, kids’ entertainment, and football skills tests which will continue throughout the weekend. On Saturday night dancing in the Festival Marquee will be to popular country singer Johnny Brady and his band. Tickets are €15. Sunday, 3rd of June sees the competition take on an international flavour with a Six Nations Team competition featuring Ireland north and south, Scotland, England, Wales and France. The final
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Local nursing homes celebrating Nursing Homes Week 2017
29th May -5th of June
Gran National Day a feature of festivities!
Quality Care through Traditional Family Values
Minister of State for Older People Helen McEntee TD was on hand to launch the annual national celebration of nursing home care Nursing Homes Week 2017 which runs from Monday, 29th of May to Bank Holiday Monday, 5th of June.
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for Older People Helen McEntee TD was on hand to launch the annual national celebration of nursing home care Nursing Homes Week 2017. Nursing homes in Co. Roscommon will join fellow nursing homes across the country in bringing people together to celebrate the positivity of nursing home life and the excellent care provided by staff within nursing homes. A host of celebratory activities are being organised to enable celebration amongst nursing home residents, their relatives and friends, staff and wider communities. This year nursing homes are being encouraged to host a very special celebration – ‘Gran National Day’.
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‘Gran National Day’ will bring grandparents within nursing home care and their grandchildren together to share stories of times modern and times past. Conversations will be encouraged around topics such as communication, transport, school, urban and rural living. Minister McEntee said: “Nursing Homes Week presents a really great opportunity to show our appreciation to the staff who are providing care for residents in nursing homes across the country. The events that are planned are a wonderful chance to celebrate and enjoy memorable moments with the special people who live in our nursing homes. It’s very important to acknowledge and celebrate
excellent care of our older population and I wish everyone involved in Nursing Homes Week well.” Previous Nursing Homes Week celebrations have mixed traditional with quirky. Quirky have included themed parties, talent competitions, street performances, casino days, fashion shows, mad hatters tea parties, sports days. ‘Traditional’ celebrations hosted during Nursing Homes Week include family days, parties, live music, day-trips, barbeques, games, talks and art exhibitions. Tadhg Daly, NHI CEO said: “Nursing Homes Week is the national celebration that affords residents, their family and friends, staff and wider communities opportunity to proudly celebrate the
excellent care provided by nursing homes. It also supports nursing homes to generate greater awareness regarding the specialist care they are providing and to inform wider public regarding nursing home care. “Nursing homes are very positive environments and it is very important we celebrate their intrinsic role within society. Contrary to some perceptions, within these ‘homes from home’ there is great happiness, friendship, affection, devotion, activity and humour. The dedicated staff in nursing homes are excelling in care delivery and enhancing the lives of people entrusted in their care. It is very important to recognise the excellent care provided by staff in nursing homes.”
Nursing Homes Week 2017 29th May - 5th of June
Quality Care for the Elderly • Providing our residents with a friendly and caring home from home that they deserve • Excellent quality of life and professional care • Respite, short term or long term care
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Pictured in The Hollywood Bar, Roscommon on Saturday night last were Micheál Byrne and Claire O’Brien. Picture: Andrew Fox
in difficulty have received timely support, such as when €2,500 was presented to a lady who lost her home in a devastating fire. Fuel vouchers have been provided to help people facing long journeys to Dublin or Galway for cancer treatment. The Fund has also purchased medical equipment at Roscommon County Hospital. Billy Kelly thanked the 14-strong committee for their tireless work and also the public for their great support of this annual event. Before he left the Roscommon People office Billy assured me he would be back before we next go to press with details of this year’s exciting raffle/auction items. So we’ll have more in our next issue on the 2017 Lecarrow Benevolent Fund Draw & Auction – in the meantime, keep the 4th of June free in your diary!
Fund and games in Lecarrow!
No, Minister… ‘Rural Life’ group defiant
Another year has passed and Billy Kelly, one of the driving forces behind the remarkable Lecarrow Benevolent Fund project, calls into our offices to highlight the 2017 event. Billy says plans for the 2017 Lecarrow Benevolent Fund Draw & Auction are progressing nicely. The event, always an enjoyable social evening as well as a phenomenal fundraiser for local causes, takes place on Sunday, 4th of June. The venue is Kelly’s in Lecarrow. As always, a raffle will take place for some super prizes (details of same in next week’s issue) and there will also be a big auction. There will be music, refreshments and fun for the entire community. It will be an enjoyable evening and will also raise monies which in turn will be distributed to groups and worthy causes in the parish and surrounding areas. Since starting out in 2001, the Lecarrow Benevolent Fund has raised an amazing €179,200 which is a huge tribute to Billy and his committee colleagues, and to the people of the area who are so supportive of the initiative. Billy explains the ethos behind the Fund: “There are times in everyone’s life when money is needed, whether it is when loved ones become ill, a person loses their job or maybe when a child becomes ill and a parent may have to take time off work and organise care for siblings while still having to worry about mortgage, utility bills, etc.” Numerous community groups and charities in Lecarrow and surrounding areas have benefited from the fund. People who are
The Roscommon-based group which is campaigning against any further reduction in drink-driving limits, is still endeavouring to secure a meeting with Transport Minister Shane Ross. The ‘Rural Life Residents Association’ was set up in Roscommon in March of this year. The group says that any further reduction in drink-driving limits will further isolate elderly people in rural Ireland and make them more vulnerable to attacks from “city thugs.” Stressing that members in no way condone or excuse drunken driving, the Association says Minister Ross’s plans threaten rural Ireland and will lead to the closure of pubs, restaurants and other businesses. The Association is seeking a meeting with Minister Ross and recently wrote to him to convey their concerns. The Private Secretary to the Minister wrote back to Donal Keigher of the Rural Life Residents Association, stating that Minister Ross is not proposing a reduction in the blood alcohol level, “rather is proposing a change to the penalty.” The Minister’s office pledged to keep contacts open with the Rural Life Residents Association. Mr. Keigher has reiterated to the Roscommon People that there is widespread concern about Minister Ross’s plans and strong support for the newly-formed association’s stance.
Prayer for exams Dear God, As I approach the exam that is ahead of me, gift me with the skills that I need in order to do my best. I bring before you my nervousness and my fears, along with my hopes and my dreams and invite you to be with me. I pray that I experience the calmness that the Holy Spirit brings and whatever the outcome, I will truly believe in the unique person that I am. Amen.
RTÉ’s Cian McCormack will be travelling through Co. Roscommon during Morning Ireland’s ‘Ireland by bike’ series this June.
A chance to promote Roscommon on RTÉ’s ‘Ireland by bike’ RTE reporter Cian McCormack has been in touch with the Roscommon People newsroom to tell us about his new ‘Ireland by bike series’, during
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which he will visit Co. Roscommon. Broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1’s flagship news programme Morning Ireland, the ‘Ireland by bike’ series will hear the stories of ‘real people’ at the start of the summer as reporter Cian travels on his bike for ten days in June, stopping in towns, villages and communities from the northwest to the southwest. Cian hopes to visit Mayo, Sligo, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Roscommon, Galway, Clare and Kerry during the third series of the popular programme. “I really want to bring listeners to places they don’t usually hear from and to get a sense of how communities and people are ‘unlocking the potential of rural Ireland.’ “One of the main themes of the series is to look at the Government’s ‘Action Plan for Rural Development’ which aims to ‘unlock the potential of rural Ireland’. But what I really want to focus on are the stories of people on the ground,” Cian added. “During the series I will talk to local people and communities in towns and villages to see how they are unlocking their rural potential with private enterprise, community projects, tourism and festivals. “I’m hoping people and communities will contact me before I start cycling so that I can organise to meet them. Maybe they are running an interesting local festival or have something positive to tell us. The best way to contact me before I start cycling is on the special email for the series: irelandbybike@rte.ie,” said Cian. Cian will be making daily reports on his cycle on Morning Ireland from Wednesday, 14th June to Friday, 23rd June. Listeners can interact with the ‘Ireland by bike’ series directly by emailing: irelandbybike@rte.ie or on twitter: @cian_mccormack or @morningireland.
Annual IzzyB’s Away with the Fairies Day The annual IzzyB’s Away with the Fairies event at Strokestown Park House promises to be bigger and better than ever as thousands are once again expected to flock to the magical County Roscommon venue on 11th of June. The Fairy Day event, initiated by the family and friends of childhood cancer survivor, Isobel (IzzyB) Cullinan from Strokestown, is now in its fourth year. Funds raised from this year’s Fairy Day will go towards helping local children just like Isobel who are undergoing cancer treatments in a number of Shared Care Hospitals in the locality. More in next week’s People – in the meantime, for more information on event visit www. facebook.com/izzybsawaywiththefairiesfunday
Roscommon needs Taoiseach Leo! LAURA MANNION
Voting for the Roscommon-Galway constituency for the Fine Gael leadership election will take place at Gleeson’s Townhouse in Roscommon Town next Wednesday. I will be voting for Leo Varadkar. He has the credentials to be an outstanding Taoiseach for all of the Irish people, and to be an effective FG leader. Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney are both excellent candidates. Their ability, integrity and popularity are testament to the calibre of representation that Fine Gael provides in government today. Though he is just 38 years old, Leo Varadkar is an experienced political leader. He has been Minister in three
different Departments, and was a Minister in the Government that led this country out of a devastating recession. He has delivered much as a Minister: free GP care for children aged under 6; payment increases for those on social welfare and on pensions; social protections for the self-employed; and record tourism numbers. All delivered during an era when the country was effectively broke. Leo Varadkar is not a populist; and neither does he bow to populists. Budget 2017 was the first time when there was significant extra social welfare funding available. Fianna Fáil politician Willie O’Dea tried cynically during the Budget negotiations to force Minister Varadkar to give all of the extra funding to one
group of citizens who are an important voting cohort. But Leo Varadkar resisted that populism; and instead negotiated for equal increases for all recipients. His courage at that time has resulted in equal increases for carers, those on disability allowance, those on blind pensions, those on farm assist as well as pensioners and others who depend on social welfare. Leo Varadkar is a good friend to Roscommon. He has been here many times as a Minister, including recently when he met with groups in Roscommon Town and in Fourmilehouse. I know that he has been an accessible Minister to Senator Maura Hopkins and to other Fine Gael representatives in this area. It is very important for
Roscommon to have access to the Taoiseach of the country. Families across Roscommon have suffered because of the recession. In 2018 the country will ‘break even’ for the first time in ten years. Numbers in employment are increasing; and Ireland is now positioned to invest more in our public services and rural Ireland. I am a young person living in rural Ireland. Leo Varadkar is the leader who will ensure that my generation and all of the Irish people will benefit fairly from the fruits of an economic recovery that Fine Gael continues to diligently build. * Laura Mannion lives at Stonepark, Roscommon. She is a member of Roscommon Town Fine Gael branch. Laura Mannion
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Breda and ‘moving statue’ to visit! B
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her latest show to the Roscommon Arts Centre next Saturday afternoon (27th). The show, titled ‘Breda’s Way’, is based on her journey around Ireland with the Virgin Mary – or a statue of Our Lady anyway! The show is a bit different and a new venture for the Roscommon Arts Centre and will include lunch. Ballinasloe native Breda spoke to Dan Dooner ahead of her very first appearance at the Arts Centre. Hi Breda, tell me a bit about ‘Breda’s Way’ first of all… Well I did a tour of Ireland as a comedian and so I’d pick towns in every county I wanted to visit. So every two days I’d go and I had the campervan and I went along until the van broke down really…I made about 14 places in the end. I discovered little stories on the trip so the show is really story-telling about the discoveries I made on the way. So it starts in Ballinspittle and the moving statues there so I was inspired by that…it’s kind of like I’m trying to find enlightenment in some way and finding what to do with my life. The comedy part is me failing! People have described the show as a kind of ‘techy tour of Ireland’. I’ve projectors
A Fish out of water at the Arts Centre Have you any plans for the June bank holiday weekend? Well you have now! Roscommon Arts Centre have got the perfect show to get your bank holiday weekend off to a cracking start...Jerry Fish is back in town on Friday, June 2nd at 8 pm – and you do not want to miss him! Jerry Fish is a highly charismatic performer who refuses to allow audiences have anything but a good time. Jerry routinely fills the
country’s biggest venues with his travelling musical medicine shows, his swaggering vocal, generous and infectious smile and that fantastic vaudeville moustache. Throughout the 1990s Jerry was the main creative force and frontman of the alternative rock band An Emotional Fish, giving us the anthem ‘Celebrate’. His widely adored upbeat music includes the hit ‘True Friends’ and two platinum selling albums, ‘Be Yourself’ and
‘The Beautiful Untrue’. ‘The Tall Tales of Jerry Fish’ is an intimate, stripped-down, theatrestyle show in which Jerry performs his favourite songs from a career spanning over two decades. So don’t miss this opportunity to see one of Ireland’s best entertainers! Booking now at Roscommon Arts Centre on 090-6625824/www.roscommonartscentre.ie.
in the background and it’s also live and I have some songs too. It’s sort of piecing together my own questions of spirituality so it’s very Irish with hints towards our culture and farming and rural Ireland. And Mary is with you of course… It’s a fast-moving show; I’m in the van and on the road and Mary’s there as well! She’s a moving statue and we go on a trip around Ireland together and discover things together and we have chats about life and that. How long have you been performing this particular show? This is probably my 20th time because I’ve done different runs in Cork Arts Theatre but this is my first real time going out with it. I did it at Fringe in 2015 but it was still in its ‘incubatory phase’. I’m kind of sure of it now and I know exactly where it’s going. I would like to go around Ireland with it because it is quite rural, and I am from the countryside myself. I’d like to bring it to the country people, you know. What can the audience expect on Saturday afternoon? I think my show, people have an attraction to it because there
is quite a bit of nostalgia nostalgia, Mary Robinson features in the show and stuff like that. I do like to connect with my father and mother’s generation and I do like to think I bridge that gap between generations. I like the idea of putting on a theatre show that is a little different, a bit of a mixed bag so you can get a little taste of everything that’s in it. So it’s not so much going to see a play where it’s all just acting. I can break the fourth wall and chat to the audience directly…I hope people do get something out of it that they feel inspired to live their dream maybe or something like that. So they’re getting an actionpacked show by the sounds of it? Yeah! I think it’s a nice way to spend an hour on a Saturday afternoon. It’s a nice way for people who maybe don’t go to the theatre a lot to come in and see what kind of new shows are out there. Theatre is changing a bit, people have an idea that theatre is just old Shakespeare rehashed over and over but it’s not really. *‘Breda’s Way’ at Roscommon Arts Centre next Saturday (27th) at 1.10 pm with tickets priced at €10/€15 with lunch. Booking available on 09006625824.
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Hamrock’s Athleague, Co. Roscommon Tel.: (090) 6663325 Friday 26th May:
Traditional Music Session All singers & storytellers welcome
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Saturday 27th May:
Peggy & Outback
A night at the dogs with Cloontuskert NS! Cloontuskert NS is hosting ‘A Night at the Dogs’ on Friday, May 26th at 7.30 pm at Longford Greyhound Stadium. Admission is €10 per adult and children are free. Tickets are selling out fast and must be
purchased in advance of the night. Please contact the school on 0433321817 or the committee members on 087-9185446 to purchase tickets. A great evening of family fun is guaranteed!
Telephone: 090 6626225 Saturday 27th May:
Pictured in The Hollywood Bar, Roscommon on Saturday night last were Kate Mullooly, Lara O’Sullivan and Leona Hoare.
Pictured in The Hollywood Bar, Roscommon on Saturday night last were Eimear Ryan, Sheena Keane and Annmarie Ryan.
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Ed Deane Band
Hickory Wind - 6 pm in Middle Bar
Pictured (above) in The Hollywood Bar, Roscommon on Saturday night last were Vanessa O’Connor, Paulina De Silva and Bozena Borkowska.
* No Cover Charge, all gigs are at 10pm approx unless stated otherwise * Search for us on facebook: JJ-Harlows- The- Square-Roscommon-Town
Pictured (right) in The Hollywood Bar, Roscommon on Saturday night last were José, Everton and Marcus.
BEER OF THE WEEK! JJ Harlows supporting Irish Micro Breweries Pictured in The Hollywood Bar, Roscommon on Saturday night last were Hannah Connolly and Alan Mannion.
Pictured in The Hollywood Bar, Roscommon on Saturday night last were Martyna Gut, Paul McHugh and Paula Dziegiel.
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Pictured in P. Kelly’s, Roscommon on Saturday night last were Meadbh Cleary and Richard Hughes. Pictured in P. Kelly’s on Saturday night last were Katie Egan, Deirdre Cribbin and Sharon Taylor.
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P. Kelly’s, Roscommon Pics: Andrew Fox
Pictured in P. Kelly’s on Saturday night last were Patricia Thompson and Majella Thompson.
Pictured in P. Kelly’s on Saturday night last were Hugh McPartland, Martin Rogers and Val Mulvihill.
Pictured in P. Kelly’s on Saturday night last were Evan Finan, Dermot Hynes and Kevin Woods.
Pictured in P. Kelly’s on Saturday night last were Laura Mulryan and Siobhán Cahill.
Pictured in P. Kelly’s on Saturday night last were Mary Rogers, Aoife McGuire and Clara McGuire.
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Front row, L-R: James Killeen, Michael Moore Junior of Michael Moore (Audi Athlone), John Flanagan, Ian Moore, Gerry O’Grady. Back row, L-R: Shirley Delahunt, Julisa Flanagan, Carol Rohan, Claire Smith, Claire Moore, Ciara Carey, Lorraine Davidson.
Buccaneers Women’s players in giggly mood at the club’s awards night.
Buccaneers RFC Awards Night Sheraton Athlone Hotel
Women’s Player of the Year nominees Sarah Kelly, Lorna Stuart-Trainor and Sabina Egan pictured at the Buccaneers RFC Awards Night.
Buccaneers players in jovial spirits at the club’s Awards event.
Danny Qualter, Alan Gaughan, Garreth Halligan, Carmel Daly and Laura Hayman pictured at Buccaneers Awards night.
Buccaneers’ most improved Women’s player Aileen Hayes pictured with Eddie Walsh, Michael Moore (Audi Athlone) and Brett Wilkinson.
(Right) Volunteer of the Year winner Emily Duffy pictured with husband Noel at Buccaneers Awards night.
Nino Magliocco is presented with Lip Sync Buccs Fizz award. Eddie Walsh, Michael Moore (Audi Athlone) and Brett Wilkinson are also pictured.
Eva Henshaw accepts award on behalf of her brother, Robbie, from sponsor Michael Moore (Audi Athlone) and Eddie Walsh.
Eva Henshaw accepts award on behalf of her brother, Robbie, from sponsor Michael Moore (Audi Athlone) and Eddie Walsh.
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FRANKLY SPEAKING
SUNDAY GOSPEL REFLECTION Jesus has been taken up into heaven as we begin today’s First Reading. His disciples including the Apostles and Mary return to the upper room where He celebrated the Last Supper (see Luke 22:12). There, they devote themselves with one accord to prayer, awaiting the Spirit that He promised would come upon them (see Acts 1:8). The unity of the early Church at Jerusalem is a sign of the oneness that Christ prays for in today’s Gospel. The Church is to be a communion on earth that mirrors the glorious union of Father, Son, and Spirit. Jesus has proclaimed God’s name to His brethren (see Hebrews 2:12; Psalm 22:23). The prophets had foretold this revelation a new covenant by which all flesh would have knowledge of the Lord (see Jeremiah 31:3334; Habakkuk 2:14). By the new covenant made in His blood and remembered in every Eucharist, we know God as our Father. This is the eternal life Jesus promises. And this is the light and salvation we sing of in today’s Psalm. As God made light to shine out of darkness when the world began, He has enlightened us in Baptism, making us new creations (see 2 Corinthians 5:17), giving us knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ (see Hebrews 10:32; 2 Corinthians 4:6). Our new life is a gift of “the Spirit of glory,” we hear in today’s Epistle (see John 7:38-39). Made one in His name, we are given a new name “Christians” a name used only here and in two other places in the Bible (see Acts 11:16; 26:28). We are to glorify God, though we will be insulted and suffer because of this name. But as we share in His sufferings, we know we will overcome (see Revelation 3:12) and rejoice when His glory is once more revealed. And we will dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of our lives. Scott Hahn Ph.D., www.salvationhistory. com (and courtesy of Sacred Heart Church)
FRANK BRANDON’S UNIQUE TAKE ON LIFE ...
There’s great value in soaking up Spanish sunshine! t’s a little over two weeks ago on a Saturday night and I’m having a quiet pint (or two) in Mikeen’s, and the chat turns to holidays and things like the sun and sea, and such stuff, and the question is asked as to whether everything has sky-rocketed, price-wise, in Spain. The reason of course for such a question, is the continuing and continuous terror threat all over the Middle-East and holiday destinations such as Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia and many more favourite places are now almost no-go areas and the word was out that as a result the price of holidays in Spain had almost gone through the roof. Today it’s Monday afternoon in the lovely Spanish resort of Cabo Roig, south of Alicante on the Costa Blanca and I am writing this getting ready to head back to the Emerald Isle after two absolutely glorious weeks here in the never-ending sunshine. If you
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are thinking of heading this way, I can guarantee that once you get here after shopping around to get the best price available on flights, that Spain is still great value and food and drink is still miles cheaper than at home. Here in Cabo Roig, the famous strip has an abundance of restaurants, from fast food to upmarket Italian, Indian, Moroccan, Thai, and Chinese, along with some top class steakhouses – and every budget is catered for. For example, there’s The Wok – which I told you about a good few years ago – where you could eat as much as you wanted for €8.95 still has the same option, now a euro extra. Some people might not believe me when I say you can eat as much as you want, but that is exactly the situation; you can spend the whole day in there if you like and have as many starters, main courses, and desserts as you can manage, and no one will tell you when to stop! Our favourite restaurant is the
aptly-named Beef or Salmon, where you will get a superb four-course meal, including a ten-ounce flamegrilled sirloin steak, for two people for less than fifty euro. Throw in the lively strip with a number of Irish pubs where the branded drinks, like Hennessy brandy and Guinness itself, are priced marginally less than at home, but where you will buy Spanish ales and lagers for less than half our prices, add on the beautiful beaches and the unbroken sunshine and – if you’re a golfer – several courses round the area, and it’s easy to see why this part of Spain is so appealing to so many Irish folk. On this trip we met lovely people from all over the country including Michael and Mary Fleming from our own neck of the woods. For me the biggest thrill was to meet a man from Galway, Michael Connolly, who is a hurling legend, and his wife, Orla, along with Michael’s three brothers.
Not for the first time, I realised that true sporting heroes are generally modest, down to earth, and really genuine people. Michael Connolly certainly was all of those and it was a pleasure to spend time in the company of himself and Orla and I invited him to Creggs when and if our junior hurling team ever resurrects itself. He kindly accepted the invitation, so who knows? Is there another Ollie King out there to bring hurling back to the parish? Before I finish with Spain and this trip, once again we hit on our own favourite Elvis, Greg Traynor from Edenderry, and he fairly had us rocking in the Slievenamon pub on Saturday night. The last time he had me rocking was in Mikeen’s on the 10th of December, the day after Tara’s wedding, and Saturday night was great craic – he wants to come back to Creggs some time in the future, so watch this space! We could be all shook up.
Fine-tuning for ‘lip sync challenge’
People are horrified at the terrorist attack that killed 22 people and injured another 59 outside Manchester Arena.
An act of cowardly murder in Manchester Fast-forward to Monday night. We arrive back from Murcia, a godsend of an airport which is very similar to Knock, on a very pleasant flight, courtesy of Michael O’Leary and Ryanair. Even though the successful landing featured something that I thought had long disappeared, their irritating fanfare lauding their percentage record of on-time landings, we were happy enough to be back and looking forward to a speedy exit from Dublin Airport. And that was where we got an almighty shock. Our flight was in right on midnight but it looked as if every other flight from everywhere must have also come in at the same time because there were hundreds of people queuing to get through customs and security was unusually tight. Then, as we waited our turn, word began to trickle through of the atrocity in Manchester and suddenly our own impatience at the delay disappeared and our
hearts and minds went out to everybody affected by this outrageous act of murder. The radicals who carry out these atrocities in the name of religion are totally misguided. Anyone who claims the cowardly murder of innocent children as anything other than murder is living in cloud cuckoo land, but, obviously, these terrorists are everywhere and a very real danger to civilised society anywhere in the Western World. And yes, Ireland is as vulnerable as anywhere else – and what’s even worse is the fact that nothing or no-one can predict when another suicide bomber will carry out some other devastating act of cowardice and kill several more innocent human beings, all in the name of Isis. Anyway, the world must stick together on this one and somehow the leaders of the strongest and most powerful nations on earth have to put an end to this international cancer.
Back to the delays in Dublin: I’m sure they were related to the happenings across the water. We noticed a number of people being escorted into private rooms for interrogation. Thankfully we eventually got past all the queues and headed for the peace and quiet of our native village, Creggs. Funny enough, the peace and quiet of Creggs is soon to be shattered when a number of local something or others take part in a massive ‘lip sync challenge’ in the school hall on June 17th. It’s all in aid of the school and the Sunshine Class. Myself and my neighbour Jacinta Hanley, affectionately known as Gibby, are due to become Kenny and Dolly for one night only and I will fill you in on the whole line-up in next week’s column.
Country Rockin’ in Creggs! Finally, for this week, the good women of Oran’s Mothers and Others Football Club are at it again. On Friday night, June 2nd, they are having a Country Rock night in Cuisle, Donamon. Another well-known member of the Brandon family, DJ Cush, is spinning the records and he has promised to play the best of music on the night. These get-togethers are rapidly gaining legendary status in the local area. Stetsons, boots, maybe even a horse or two, are all welcome on the night, but if you haven’t any of these things just bring yourself and a tenner along. It’s guaranteed to be a night to remember and if you can’t remember it, someone will fill you in. I won’t be there, as I am on wedding business way down in Tipperary that day – but you have no excuse! Get out your jeans, boots and anything else that looks okay and get to Cuisle on Friday, June 2nd. It’s all kicking off at 10 pm.
‘Till next week, Bye for now
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Irish and French farmers clash over NI border The President of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) has described the call made by a French farm leader for a ‘hard’ border between Northern Ireland and the Republic as “disappointingly self-centered.” John Comer was reacting to comments by Christophe Hillairet, a council member of COPA and the leader of an influential regional French
farmers association. In the widely respected Agra Europe, Monsieur Hillairet is quoted as saying that “Ireland is a big problem but for the French farmer we will need to have a hard border between the north and the Republic as otherwise we will have a lot of products that will cross from north to south. That would be very dangerous for our producers.”
Mr. Comer said the comments were at best premature and could more frankly be described as self-centered. He said: “Monsieur Hillairet must be aware of the very recent history of suffering and conflict in precisely that border region whose avoidance would continue to take clear precedence over the anxieties of French farm groups as far as both Ireland and the United
Kingdom were concerned. “These are farming and rural communities,” Mr. Comer explained, “who owned lands and collected and processed milk in plants on both sides of the border.” He added that the farming communities concerned had every right to expect that the EU and the UK would continue to facilitate that “absolutely natural process.”
As to Monsieur Hillairet’s expressed fear that lamb from New Zealand could arrive in Northern Ireland and cross a ‘soft’ border into the Republic before entering the mainland EU markets, Mr. Comer said that there was already a whole ‘Third-Country-Of-Origin’ labelling procedure worked out and operated satisfactorily throughout the EU and the UK’s continued adherence to
that procedure could be negotiated as part of the overall process. “What is more important,” said the ICMSA President, “is that EU farm leaders show some degree of solidarity and commitment to the Irish farming communities who were – by a considerable margin – the most affected sector within the EU both in economic and practical terms.”
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Farmer Michael Finnegan rounds up his sheep in Cloverhill, Co. Roscommon with the help of sheepdog Jill as the riders of the 2017 An Post Ras pass by. ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
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Cattle prices – Friday, May 19th: There were good numbers on offer again this week. There was a brisk trade for heifers with prices ranging from €2.47 per kilo up €3.15 per kilo. There were smaller numbers of bullocks on offer but prices were steady with lots fetching from €2.22 per kilo up to €2.91 per kilo. The numbers of dry cows presented for sale are remaining high with prices averaging from €1.85 per kilo up to €2.42 per kilo. Agents and farmers were active again this week. Special sales for heifers and bullocks tomorrow (Friday) at 11 am. Also dry cows. Dry cows made from €760 to €1770. Sample prices: BB 735 kgs €1770, Lim X 800 kgs €1700, Simm X 815 kgs €1655, AAX 760 kgs €1435, Lim X 700 kgs €1390, Simm X 675 kgs €1290, Lim 565 kgs €1165, AAX 590 kgs €1005, Lim 565 kgs €1165, Lim 515 kgs €1070, Sh 605 kgs €1015, 2 Fr 477 kgs €760. Heifers made from €470 to €995 over. P.B. Char Heifer born
Jan 2014 with no calf registered to her weighing 835 kgs made €2020, €1185 with her weight. Sample prices: Char X 570 kgs €1565, Char X 470 kgs €1395, 2 Lim X 495 kgs €1285, Char X 400 kgs €1205, Char X 470 kgs €1345, Lim X 470 kgs €1200, Char x 385 kgs €1200, 3 Lim X 456 kgs €1175, Char X 365 kgs €1150, 3 Char 371 kgs €1150, Lim X 395 kgs €1100, Simm X 345 kgs €1000, Char X 360 kgs €990, Lim X 335 kgs €900. Bullocks made from €370 to €850 over. Sample prices: Lim 650 kgs €1500, Lim X 570 kgs €1300, Char X 565 kgs €1250, AAX 595 kgs €1150, Char X 390 kgs €1115, Lim X 475 kgs €1100, Lim X 435 kgs €1100, AAX 325 kgs €945,Lim X 305 kgs €800. Weanlings – Tuesday, May 23rd: There was a good entry of stock on offer again this week. Prices for heifer weanlings ranged from €2.60 per kilo up to €3.77 per kilo. There was a lively trade for weanling bulls with prices rang-
ing from €2.57 per kilo up to €3.28 per kilo. There is still a strong trade for good quality lots with a slight fall off in prices for the lesser quality. Special sale of weanlings next Tuesday (30th) at 5 pm. Also springers and suckler cows, bookings accepted up to 5 pm today (Thursday). Please note that Tuesday next is the final sale for weanlings – weanling will be sold on Fridays from June 2nd until further notice. Weanling heifers made from €295 to €803 over. Sample prices: Char X 370 kgs €1155, 2 Char x 297 kgs €1100, BAX 375 kgs €1000, Char X 240 kgs €905,Char X 295kgs €860, Char X 295 kgs €945, Lim X 335 kgs €970, 2 Lim X 312 kgs €830, Char X 250 kgs €800, Char X 250 kgs €800, Simm 260 kgs €700. Weanling bulls made from €405 to €965 over. Sample prices: BBX 435 kgs €1400, Char 420 kgs €1250, Char 475 kgs €1250,
BBX 380 kgs €1080,Char X 375 kgs €1055, Lim X 355 kgs €1000, Char 370 kgs €940, Lim X 320 kgs €950, Char X 325 kgs €950, Lim 365 kgs €1030, Lim X 330 kgs €1040, BB 260 kgs €840, Char X 250 kgs €820. Sheep sale – Wednesday, May 24th: We had a larger entry of sheep at this week’s sale. There was small dip in price for spring lambs with a top price of €128. There was a steady trade for cast ewes. There was plenty of ewes with lambs at foot again this week and a there was a good trade with most lots sold. Sales continue each Wednesday at 11 am for lambs and cast ewes. Sample prices for spring lambs: 49.3kgs €128, 46.9kgs €127.5, 47kgs €127, 48kgs €127, 48kgs €126, 47.5kgs €125.5, 45.2kgs €125, 46.7kgs €125, 45.5kgs €122. Cast ewes made from €55 to €116.50 per lot. Ewe with two lambs at foot made from €180 to €252. Ewe with one lamb at foot made from €132 to €225.
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Knowledge Transfer online system offers abysmal service to farmers – Murphy Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy has described the Knowledge Transfer (KT) online system for farmers as abysmal and chaotic following a series of false starts. Deputy Murphy says: “The original deadline of 31st of May for the Knowledge Transfer online system was a complete and utter farce. After repeated requests from many organisations the deadline for the scheme has now been extended to 31st of July. “These online portals for submitting farm improvement
plans which for livestock farmers includes a breeding plan, grassland management plan, farm safety plan and profit monitor and the veterinary herd health plan were already delayed for months before the system went live. The system then repeatedly crashed and only eventually went live on May 16th. I also understand that the online system for booking meetings with the Department of Agriculture has also crashed. It simply beggars belief and has descended into an abysmal mess,” said Deputy Murphy.
ATTENTION ALL FARMERS/LANDOWNERS PROPOSED BAN
Recommendations to the firearms consultative panel and the Minister for Justice on the issue of shooting and hunting at night proposes a curfew to be put in place.
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Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/ Galway Eugene Murphy.
1st September to 31st March each year. 12 midnight to 6.00a.m. Farmer/Landowners you will not be permitted to engage in fox control even on your own land or engage your local gun club member to do so either during this curfew period. THIS WILL BAN THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND HUMANE METHOD OF FOX CONTROL IMPACTING ON FARMERS INCOME THROUGH LIFESTOCK LOSS AND ADVERSELY AFFECTING OTHER WILDLIFE. Apart from dog attack, farmers will have to apply for a special section 42 permit to control foxes during this curfew period. DEFEAT THIS - WE NEED YOUR HELP D day is the 1st of June 2017. Please sign our petition if you are approached by a local gun club member. You can also show your support online and sign at: N.A.R.G.C.ie or on our facebook page. Thank you for your support. Michael Mullen Secretary. Roscommon Regional Game Council. ‘Working for Wildlife’
Ronan Collins, Donal Mee, Maura Quigley and Jimmy Murray pictured at Roscommon Mart’s special sheep sale as part of Roscommon Lamb Festival recently. Pic: Michelle Hughes
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Roscommon Macra na Feirme pictured at the sheep race at Roscommon Lamb Festival recently. Pic: Michelle Hughes
Castlerea Mart Report Thursday, May 18th: There were 850 cattle on offer this week with prices holding with good demand again for all classes of stock on offer. Weanling again met a lively trade this week in both bulls and heifer sections. A big number of cows with calves at foot on offer again this week. Sample prices for bullocks: BBx 480kgs €1370, Lm 470kgs €1205, AAx 535 kgs €1320, Lmx 520kgs €1305, Chx 555kgs €1470, Chx 625kgs €1320, AAx 565kgs €1210, Hex 585kgs €1340, Chx 470kgs €1190, BBx 455kgs €1180. Heifers: Chx 275kgs €790, Lmx 410kgs €1180, Chx 390kgs €1050, Lm 420kgs €1115, Lmx 480kgs €1295, AA 490kgs €1235, Lmx 490kgs €1200, Ch 590kgs €1545, Chx 575kgs €1655, Lmx 510kgs €1300. Weanling heifers: Chx 290kgs €950, Ch 290kgs €850, Chx 365kgs €1090, Lm 355kgs €1020, Ch 350kgs €940, LMx 315kgs €935, Chx 440kgs €1135, Six 400kgs €1000, AAx
430kgs €835, Lm 315kgs €935, Chx 270kgs €895, Lmx 350kgs €990. Weanling bulls: Lmx 165kgs €585, Lmx 285kgs €875, Lm 280kgs €960, AA 285kgs €875, Chx 285kgs €870, Lmx 395kgs €1265, Chx 395kgs €1185, Lm 345kgs €1145, Lmx 545kgs €1260, AAX 285kgs €875. Cows with calves at foot made from €1050 to €1800. Springers made from €850 to €1580 per head. Dry cows: AA 570kgs €1015, Ch 680kgs €1370, Si 625kgs €1335, Lm 870kgs €1795, Fr 670kgs €1060, AA 570kgs €885, Ch 795kgs €1490, Ch 620kgs €1275, AAX 715kgs €1335, Si 770kgs €1585. Calves: AA hfr €125, AA bull €290, Ch bull €380, Ch hfr €360, Si hfr €200, AA bull €315, Fr bull €90, Fr bull €100, Fr bull 60 Lm bull €195, AA hfr €180, Ch hfr €310, Six bull €340. Sales continue at Castlerea Mart. All sales commence at 11 am.
Derek and Michael Casserly with Michael Nevin, Ita Gray and Mena Doherty.
MCL trading as CASSERLY AGRI SUPPLIES, LANESBORO participated in the BOI enterprise event at Lanesboro Community college. The evening organised by Lanesboro Ballyleague Renewal was a big success with large crowds attending. Casserlys were delighted to participate in the event featuring their rare old vintage 1953 Ford 10cwt van. Casserlys Agri and SPAR shop are now very much community focused offering a vast array of products and services. Its really is a one stop shop for your fuel and convenience needs and all the needs for the Farm and Garden. They offer feeds, fertilisers, fencing products together with the now seasonal products such as silage wrap netting and covers. They also provide a full range of dosing and weed control products at extremely keen prices. This was a hugh community effort and showed the keen interest of all.
Michael Casserly with Mickey Harte.
Tel: Paddy 086 0791177 or Michael 087 8125332 Email: maccass@ymail.com
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Ballaghaderreen residence in picturesque setting
Auctioneers & Valuers NO. 1 ABBEY ST., ROSCOMMON. TEL 090 66 27003. FAX 090 66 26296 EMAIL info@pathughesauctioneers.com Web: www.pathughesauctioneers.com
**URGENTLY REQUIRED ** All types of property are urgently required in and around the Roscommon Area. Due to a lot of recent sales Hughes & Company require properties for disappointed under bidders. If you are thinking of buying or selling contact Pat, let him advise you his advice is free. Please contact the office on 09066 27003 or e-mail info@ pathughesauctioneers.com
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For Sale this week at THE GALWAY ROAD, ROSCOMMON
Four-bedroomed bungalow in a prominent location Pat Hughes & Co. Ltd. Auctioneers & Valuers are offering for sale a large four-bedroomed residence located at Church Street, Roscommon. Accommodation consists of two sitting rooms, kitchen cum dining room, four bedrooms and a bathroom. The residence is in need of modernisation and some repair. The property is located in a prominent location close to all amenities. Viewing is a must. Pat is encouraging anyone thinking of acquiring a town property or wishing to arrange an appointment to view this property. Contact Pat on 090-6627003 or email info@pathughesauctioneers.com
Offers over €200,000 invited for bungalow at The Walk An impressive 4 bedroomed detached residence on a fully landscaped site. Accommodation consists of a sitting room, large kitchen cum dining room, utility. upstairs has 4 bedrooms with one en-Suite and a bathroom. The residence is finished to a very high standard and located in one of Roscommon’s most sought after areas and is within walking distance of Roscommon Town. The garden is fully landscaped and maintenance free. Viewing is a must.
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For Sale circa 66 acre Residential Farm at GLENBALLYTHOMAS, TULSK, CO. ROSCOMMON
Most of the lands are of top quality with the benefit of a range of out offices including a 5 bay slatted shed, silage base, hay shed and various other stores. The residence is a 3 bedroomed farm house. The property has excellent road frontage and is located only a short distance off the main Frenchpark to Tulsk road in a renowned farming area. The lands can be sold in one or more lots to suit.
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For Sale at THE WALK, ROSCOMMON
Pat Hughes & Co. Ltd. Auctioneers & Valuers are confirming that the company have a large four-bedroomed bungalow for sale this week, at The Walk, Roscommon. The property, which is in excellent condition, is located on a corner site with a large shed to the rear. Pat is considering offers in excess of €200,000 for this property. Viewing is a must. For further information or to arrange an appointment to view phone 090-6627003 or email info@ pathughesauctioneers.com
Viewing of residential farm at Tulsk is recommended Pat Hughes & Co. Ltd. Auctioneers & Valuers are confirming that a circa 66-acre residential farm that they recently put on the market at Glenballythomas, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon is generating a lot of interest. Most of the lands are of top quality with the benefit of a range of out-offices including a five-bay slatted shed, silage base, hay shed and various other stores. The residence is a three-bedroomed farmhouse. The property has excellent road frontage. The lands can be sold in one or more lots to suit. Viewing is highly recommended. Pat is encouraging local farmers to talk to him, this is an ideal opportunity to increase your holding or a nice compact farm. For further details or for any enquiries please contact the office on 090-6627003 or email info@pathughesauctioneers.com
Keen interest in lands at Kilrooskey Impressive 4 bedroomed bungalow in excellent condition. The residence is on a large corner site with large garage to the rear. Accommodation consists of a sitting room, kitchen cum dining room, 4 bedrooms with one en- Suite and a bathroom. The residence is located a short distance from Roscommon Town centre and close to all local amenities. Offers in excess of €200,000 are being considered for this fine property. Viewing is a must.
For further information contact the office on 090 6627003 or e-mail info@pathughesauctioneers.com
Pat Hughes & Co. Ltd. Auctioneers & Valuers are confirming this week that there has been a lot on enquiries on circa 35 acres at Drumdaff, Kilrooskey, which was placed on the market last week. The lands have excellent road frontage and would have development potential subject to planning permission being granted. Enquiries are coming in locally and from investors on this property at present. For further information or to arrange an appointment to view, phone 090-6627003 or email info@ pathughesauctioneers.com
Newly arrived on the market with Connaughton Auctioneers and located just on the outskirts of Ballaghaderreen Town, sits this three-bedroomed bungalow on a large site. Recently renovated both internally and externally with new plumbing and rewiring works having been carried out along with the installation of new UPVC windows. Set back from the road with manicured gardens, this property has a host of additional features which are included in the reasonable purchase price of €85,000. Accommodation consists of: A reception hallway, living room, kitchen/dining room, WC, main bathroom and three bedrooms. Heated by dual heating both OFCH and solid fuel with a newly upgraded septic tank and mains water. There is an
additional 1.5 acres (approximately) of bog lands which may be purchased with this property. Highly recommended for viewing to fully appreciate all that is on offer. For additional information or to arrange an appointment contact the office today. For full listing of all our current property sales log on to www.connaughtonauctioneers. com.
Impressive residence at Galway Road, Roscommon Pat Hughes & Co. Ltd. Auctioneers & Valuers are offering for sale an impressive fourbedroomed detached residence on a fully landscaped site at the Galway Road, Roscommon. Accommodation consists of a sitting room, large kitchen cum dining room and utility. Upstairs has four bedrooms with one ensuite, and a bathroom. The residence is finished to a very high standard and located in one of Roscommon’s most sought after areas and is within walking distance of Roscommon Town. The garden is fully landscaped and maintenance-free. Viewing is a must. For further information or to arrange an appointment to view phone 090-6627003 or email info@pathughesauctioneers.com PSRA Licence No. 001350
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C. 5.65 Acres of Land
Three Bed Bungalow
C. 5.28 Acres of Land
Aghagower Castlecoote Co. Roscommon
Stonetown Glenamaddy Co. Galway
Lisnaville Fuerty Co. Roscommon
Price Region: Open to Offers
• Prime elevated lands consisting of c. 5.65 acres • Extensive frontage onto two roads • Located between the villages of Castlecoote and Creggs • Commanding unrivalled views of the surrounding countryside • Holding huge potential for sites (subject to Planning Permission) For further information, brochure & map contact the office on 09066 63700
Price Region: €89,000
Price Region: Open to Offers
• Three bed bungalow in need of completion • Good location approx. 2km from the town of Glenamaddy • Recently re-roofed • Two large open plan spaces between ground and first floor with addition of 3 extra rooms • Can be divided and designed for usage to purchasers own taste
• Prime lands containing c. 5.28 acres • Approx. 4 miles from Roscommon Town in the much sought after area of Fuerty • Fronting onto two roads • Provides an ideal opportunity for farmers in the vicinity to increase their holding • Also holds huge potential for building site (subject to P.P.)
Viewing highly recommended
Auctioneer invites offers and enquires for immediate sale
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THESE OR ANY OF OUR PROPERTIES CONTACT THE OFFICE ON 09066 63700 OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE WWW.CONNAUGHTONAUCTIONEERS.IE
NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR EVENING AND WEEKEND VIEWINGS
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PropertyPeople Auctioneers & Chartered Surveyors Main Street, Ballygar.
Tel: 090 6624531 087 2786664 moranandco.ie PSRA no. 001472
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Prime Ballymacurley lands available John Earley, FIPAV, of Property Partners Earley, Roscommon is this week offering new to the market two prime plots of lands located in the general Ballymacurley area. The first property is located at Peak, Ballymacurley, Co. Roscommon and is described as “prime roadside lands of c. 3.8 acres set out in one lot in an attractive countryside setting.” The auctioneers say this sale must offer neighbouring farmers an excellent opportunity to increase their existing holdings. The lands command excellent road frontage. The second property is located at Ardlagheen More or Highlake, Ballymacurley, Co. Roscommon and is described as a most attractive roadside parcel of lands containing c. 7.9 acres together with 3-bay haybarn and lean tos standing thereon. This is a first class parcel of roadside lands, which must attract good market interest. The auctioneer invites viewing and offers. To arrange maps or for further details contact John Earley, FI-
PAV, of Property Partners Earley, Stone Court, The Square, Roscommon on 090-6626579, email jearley@propertypart-
ners.ie or log onto www.propertypartners.ie. Find us on facebook at www.facebook.com/ propertypartners.earley.
Slatted Shed standing on c. 8 acres For Sale By Private Treaty 3 Bay Double Shed built in recent years, with one side slatted, calving area, crush and feed storage together with c. 8 acres of lands all well maintained by present owner.
Cloonakilleg, Mount Talbot Lands For Sale By Private Treaty Total Area c. 35 acres The holding comprises some top quality farm lands and some callow lands laid out in divisions. Potential to construct a dwellinghouse subject to SODQQLQJ 6HHNLQJ ¿QDO RIIHUV
Castlelawn, Glinsk, Co.Galway Superb New 4 Bed. Two Storey Mullymux, near Roscommon town
New to the market: quality bungalow at Mullymux John Earley, FIPAV, of Property Partners Earley, Roscommon is this week offering new to the market a most attractive three-bedroomed countryside bungalow residence of c. 1,255 sq. ft. standing on a beautifully mature site area of c. 0.32 of an acre in a select residential district close to Roscommon town. Price guide: €150,000 o.n.o. to sell. It’s a property that must be viewed to be appreciated and the auctioneers now invite immediate offers to sell. For further details or to arrange a viewing, contact John Earley, FIPAV, of Property Partners Earley, Stone Court, The Square, Roscommon on 090-6626579, email jearley@propertypartners.ie or log onto www.propertypartners.ie. Find us on facebook at www.facebook.com/propertypartners.earley.
Opportunity to purchase a bright spacious family home ZKLFK LV IXOO\ ¿QLVKHG WR D very high standard and has an excellent level of accomodation. Well located in Glinsk village and commuting distance from a number of large towns makes this a very desireable property. Inspection is highly recommended.
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FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION PUBLIC AUCTION FRIDAY 2ND JUNE 2017 AT 3 PM IN THE CENTRAL BAR, ROSCOMMON TOWN (UNLESS PREVIOUSLY SOLD) A PRIME DUAL PURPOSE FARM OF LANDS TOGETHER WITH A COMPREHENSIVE FARMYARD CONTAINING C. 125 ACRES (SELLING WITH THE BENEFIT OF ENTITLEMENTS OF C. €17,000 PER ANNUM) LOCATED AT
CLOONEYQUINN, TULSK, CO. ROSCOMMON A highly regarded fattening and finishing farm primely located in the renowned Tulsk farming area containing c. 125 acres of prime dual purpose agricultural lands located just off the main Tulsk/Boyle route. The said farm incorporates an extensive farmyard covering c. 35,000 sq.ft that has the benefited from considerable investment over the years. It comprises of dry stock sheds, c. 9 bays of slatted sheds etc. The said sheds have the capacity to accommodate c. 200 -250 adult cattle when in full operation. Also incorporating a calving shed with c. 15 individual pens, cattle crush and pen, slurry pit, silage slabs etc.. Buildings are in excellent condition. Adjoining the said farmyard is a 2 B/R cottage residence of c. 620 sq.ft. The said lands can be sold in one or more lots should market interest dictate. BER Residence: G. Legal: Padraig Kelly & Co, Strokestown. 071 96 33 666.
A SUPERIOR QAULITY 3 B/R RESIDENCE OF C. 1,730 SQ.FT WITH GARAGE SET TO THE SIDE STANDING ON C. 0.79 OF AN ACRE LOCATED AT
CHURCHBORO, BALLINLOUGH, CASTLEREA, CO. ROSCOMMON (Attic area partially completed for dormer conversion) AMV: €125,000.
A most attractive residence standing on a large mature site area of c. 0.79 acres and located in a select residential location close to Ballinlough village and Castlerea town. No expense has been spared on the finish of the said residence which boasts quality flooring, quality kitchen, solid fuel stove to assist heating and many other quality features throughout. BER: C1. Legal: Hugh J Campbell & Co, Athlone. 090 64 72015.
FULL LEGAL PACKS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION FROM 2PM ON THE DAY OF THE AUCTION OR IN ADVANCE FROM THE APPOINTED SOLICITOR.
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Eugene Cummins, CEO, Roscommon Co. Council; Dr. Chris Coughlan, James Donlon, WestBIC and Cllr. Nigel Dineen, LeasCathaoirleach, Roscommon Co. Council, pictured at the launch of The Cube. Pic: Gerard O’Loughlin
Innovation has a new home in Roscommon town New desk space open to entrepreneurs DAN DOONER
A new desk space facility known as The Cube was launched at Roscommon County Council offices recently. The space, which is provided by the County Council and WestBIC, is aimed at supporting entrepreneurship and innovation in Co. Roscommon by providing flexible desk space, 100mb broadband speed and IP telephony, along with other support services. According to WestBIC, it is hoped that the facility will also provide “extensive networking opportunities and links to the range of enterprise and innovation supports on offer from the local authority, Local Enterprise Offices, WestBIC and other agencies in a one-stop shop environment.” Launching the new centre, Leas-Cathaoirleach Cllr. Nigel Dineen highlighted Roscommon County Council’s enterprise support efforts in partnership with organisations like WestBIC and the importance of developing facilities such as The Cube. “The Cathaoirleach and elected members have provided their rooms to develop this new space. Funding was also provided to develop facilities in Castlerea to support local fund industries. As part of the 3-year Capital Plan, the elected members voted for funding to be made available for a new innovation centre and I know the Chief Executive (Eugene Cummins) and his team hope to proceed with plans later this year,” he said. WestBIC Chairman, Dr. Chris Coughlan, described the new facility as “the start of stopping the brain drain” which had occurred throughout the region. He added that he had been looking for such an opportunity in Roscommon for “many years” and that The Cube was only the start of long-term work in the region. He said: “This is only the start. We look forward to coming here again when this space is full. I pledge that WestBIC will be part of this for a long time.” The regional manager of WestBIC, James Donlon, spoke positively about the role of WestBIC in Roscommon. “WestBIC has an ongoing partnership with the Council since 1993, which has gone from
The Cube – Roscommon County Council pioneers new desk space facility which was launched to support entrepreneurship and innovation. Left to right: Martin Lydon, Majella Hunt, Roscommon Co. Council; Cllr. Kathleen Shanagher; James Donlon, Dr. Chris Coughlan, WestBIC; Cllr. Nigel Dineen, LeasCathaoirleach, Cllr. Michael Creaton, Cllr. Orla Leyden and Eugene Cummins, CEO, Roscommon Co. Council. Pic: Gerard O’Loughlin
The Cube – Roscommon County Council pioneers new desk space facility which was launched to support entrepreneurship and innovation. In picture, from left: Liam Coleman, Enda Mahon, Pat McNeill, Siobhán Monaghan, Paula Keane and James Donlon, WestBIC. Pic: Gerard O’Loughlin
strength to strength through many collaborative projects aimed at supporting economic development and innovative enterprises throughout the county, especially the many graduates that the county produces, who often have to leave in search of work opportunities or the necessary infrastructure to assist them to establish their own business.” Roscommon County Council CEO Eugene Cummins described the launch of The Cube as “a very clear indication of our intention to support those who create jobs.” Mr. Cummins described entrepreneurs and innovators as the “most important people a
county can have” before pledging ongoing support for those who wish to avail of the county’s support services. Mr. Cummins went on to detail plans for a new innovation centre in the county and confirmed that a site had already been identified. The Chief Executive also paid tribute to the hard work of Roscommon County Council when it comes to the support of enterprise and innovation across the county. “These are exciting times in the county. We’re blessed with the staff we have. We may have the odd row every now and then – but that’s healthy!”
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COMPUTERS DC Computer Services Providing IT services for Homes, Businesses & Schools. Home Callouts. No Fix No Fee. PC Maintenance – Upgrades, Repairs, Virus & Spyware removal. Network Solutions – Cabling, Hardware & Software Installation & Maintenance. Contact David Conboy Tel: 087 7496459 Email: info@dccomputerservices.ie Web: www.dccomputerservices.ie
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS ST. COMAN’S CLUB, ROSCOMMON Tuesday 1pm; Tuesday 9pm; Wednesday 1pm; Thursday 1pm; Thursday 9pm; Saturday 8.30pm; Sunday 12 noon Phone: (01) 4538988 or (091) 767777.
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Classifieds FARMING FOR SALE Large selection of calves for sale, available all year round, at our approved premises. Can be delivered if required. Phone Paddy : 087 4116003 A B AT TO I R S E R VI C E AVA I L A B L E : Cattle, lambs and pigs. Ready for freezing. Home Cured and Honey Dry cured traditional bacon (not pumped with water) now available. TEL: Webb’s Butcher’s, 094 96 20005 or 086 4094715.
WANTED Bulls, cows, heifers or bullocks. Lame cattle considered. Leitrim, Sligo, Roscommon or Longford area. Tel: 085 1743431. MISSING: Eve hogget with 2 lambs m i s s i n g f ro m l a n d i n Roscommon. Red spray o n s i d e, l a s t s e e n o n Castlerea Road, near t h e t o w n . Co n t a c t 0 8 7 7829162 FOR SALE: AA and Hereford calves, bulls and heifers. Can be delivered. Call Mark on: 086 1996367. PRESSURE TREATED STAKES FOR SALE: • 6ft stakes 4inch only €2.40 per stake or bale of 70 for €160 delivered • 5ft stakes 3inch only €2 per stake or bale of 100 for €180 delivered • Pressure treated Larch Strainers 8ft 7-10inch only €11 delivered or bale of 25 only €250 delivered • 200 meter rolls barbed wire €25 per roll • 100 meter 3ft sheep wire €75 per roll. Also staples and nails available. Contact Tom on 086 2628439.
FENCING DES KELLY FENCING Over 20 years in business All types of fencing supplied and erected Including: • Cresoted Posts • Agricultural Fencing • Site Fencing • Security Fencing • Post & Rail Fencing • Concrete Fencing • Grant Approved Fencing No job too big or too small Just give us a call on 087 2346364
EDDIE NAUGHTON FENCING SUPPLIES All types of fencing materials - including: • P.D.M. cresoted posts • Grant approved fencing • Post & Rail fencing • Timber gates • Concrete posts • Mesh panel fencing • Palaside
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LAND TO LET LAND TO LET for horses. Roscommon/Westmeath/ Offaly area. Suitable for all sport and riding and jumping horses. Not suitable for cobs. €60 per month and owner can check daily. Tel: 085 7423998
GARDENING PARKLAWN TREE SERVICES
• Certified Arborists • Tree Surgery • Dangerous Tree Removal • Wood Chipping • Leylandii hedges reduced and shaped. Comprehensive insurance cover. I.S.A. member. Telephone: (086) 6077307/(086) 8125165. www.parklawntreeservices.com
DANGEROUS TREE REMOVAL SERVICE • Woodchipping • Log Splitting • Tree Surgery • Hedge Cutting
Bernard Conroy Timber Clearance Ltd Tel: 087 2533101 or 090 66 22328 Over 30 years in business
Home Maintenance •Garden Fencing •Patio/Decking •Indoor/outdoor painting •Hedge cutting •General maintenance •No job too small Contact 086 0815802 WALTER BEGLEY Gardening, Maintenance & Painting Roscommon Town • Indoor & Outdoor Painting • Winter Garden Clean-Up • Power Washing Driveways - Paths • Prepare Lawns for Spring • Hedge Trimming • Planting • Grass Cutting • General Maintenance
GARDENING GARDENING SERVICES Including: • Hedge Cutting • Hedge Planting • Grass Cutting • Spraying • Strimming • Weeding • Garden Tidy-ups • Planting • Gutter Cleaning, etc. Chainsaw work also available
Phone John on 087 2860428
Four Roads, Co. Roscommon • Landscaping • Timber Decking • Patios • General Maintenance Contact Liam on (086) 8749550 or (090) 66 27496
RM TOOL HIRE Roscommon West Business Park, Circular Road, Roscommon Hire – Sales – Repairs – Construction DIY & Garden Equipment Mini Digger Hire Tel: (090) 6630700 Mobile: (087) 8299628.
FOR SALE GATES AND RAILINGS TULLY GATES & RAILINGS: Highest quality wrought iron gates and railings. Also wooden gates. All budgets catered for. Made to spec, also selection in stock. Ring 086 0602173 for brochure.
FARMING BOOM SPRAYER TESTING SERVICE • Sprayers tested on owners premises • Test report D.A.F.M. stickers provided. • Small stock parts fitted on site (if necessary) Contact: Thomas Neilan on 087 2395171 or 090-6663069 e-mail: thomasneilan4@gmail.com
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FOR SALE: Picture framing equipment Morso mitre cutter, 48” mount cutter, underpinner, glass cutter, T. squares, many sundries, mouldings and mount board. All you need to set up €2,500 O.N.O. Telephone: 09066 63910 Roscommon Town
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IN THE MATTER OF: THE LICENSING ACTS, 1833 to 2010 AND IN THE MATTER OF: THE LICENSING ACT (IRELAND) 1874, AS AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTION IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE COURTS (NUMBER 2) ACT 1986 AND IN THE MATTER OF: THE LICENSING (IRELAND) ACT 1833, SECTION 6 AND IN THE MATTER OF:
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THE DISTRICT COURT RULES 1997, ORDER 79 AND IN THE MATTER OF: AN APPLICATION OF JOHN J. HORAN
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APPLICANT - JOHN J. HORAN TAKE NOTICE that John J. Horan whose place of abode is at Ballybride, Roscommon in the County of Roscommon, will apply to the adjourned Annual Licensing District Court at the Courthouse, Roscommon on the 20th day of June 2017 at 10-30 o’clock in the forenoon or as soon thereafter as this Application may be taken in its order to the Court List for a Certificate by way of transfer entitling the Applicant to receive a Seven Day Publican’s on-Licence in respect of premises known as “An Tobar” and formerly as “George’s” and situate at The Square, Roscommon Town in the Court Area and District aforesaid. Dates this 22nd SIGNED:
day of
May
2017
___________________________ John J. Horan, Applicant
SIGNED: _____________________________ Timothy J.C. O’Keeffe & Co. Solicitors for the Applicant, Abbey Street, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon. TO:
The District Judge for the District Court Area of Roscommon, Office of the Courts Service, Golf Links Road, Roscommon, County Roscommon.
AND TO: The Superintendent, The Garda Station, Roscommon, County Roscommon. AND TO: The Fire Officer, Roscommon County Council Circular Road, Roscommon.
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PROPERTIES TO LET/RENT/WANTED TO LET: Two bedroomed house Elphin/Tulsk area. Tel: 089 2350734/087 4359031 ROOM TO LET: In shared house Athlone Road, Roscommon. Tel: 087 8048853 HOUSE TO RENT: Newly refurbished 3 bedroomed house to rent. Roscommon Town. Fully Furnished Tel: 086 2678244 CHAZEY PROPERTIES: We require properties for waiting tenants, we advertise, conduct viewings, arrange references, read meters, set up tenancy agreements and arrange direct debit payments straight into your bank. We charge a one off fee only if we are successful in renting your property. If not no fees are payable. Call (086) 8212732.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND ANNIVERSARIES BEIRNE JP
BURKE Ultan
KELLY Frank
Grange, Fourmilehouse, Co. Roscommon (9th Anniversary) who died on the 31st May 2008
Pollalaher, Brideswell, Athlone who died on 16th March 2017
Castleview, Ballybride, Roscommon (1st Anniversary) In loving memory of Frank, who died on 27th May 2016
Lovingly remembered by his son Tom, Gretta and Olivia. Anniversary Mass will be held on Sunday 28th of May in Fourmilehouse Church at 11am.
BURKE Brendan Castlestrange, Athleague, Co. Roscommon (13th Anniversary) In loving memory of Brendan Burke, who died on 17th June, 2004 Rest in Peace
A gentle breeze is blowing on a quiet and peaceful grave Where the one we love is resting. A special corner in our hearts is set aside for you as long as life goes on.
Anniversary Mass on Sunday 28th May in St. Patrick’s Church, Athleague at 10 am.
We, the family of the late Ultan Burke wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all those who supported us during our recent sad bereavement. Sincere thanks to all those who attended Ultan’s reposal, Funeral Mass and burial. Thanks to all who sent Mass cards, letters of sympathy and floral tributes, those who sat up at night and all who donated to Cancer Care West and the Palliative Care Team in Roscommon. Grateful thanks to Fr. Hugh Lee, C.C., Curraghboy; Fr. Michael McManus, P.P., Kiltoom & Cam and Deacon Willie Gacquin for celebrating Ultan’s funeral Mass and for all their help and support. Sincere thanks to Enda McHugh and Donal Hamrock, Funeral Directors, for their professionalism and kindness, the gravediggers for preparing Ultan’s grave with great care and attention and Hazel Shannon and the Curraghboy Church Choir for their singing in the Church and to all who took the time out to participate in the Guard of Honour we wish to extend our sincere gratitude. A special word of thanks to our neighbours, friends, and surrounding community for their great help. All who helped with parking, lighting, stewarding, erecting and dismantling marquee, those who brought food and those who served food and to all who helped in any way. Thanks to the medical teams in Beaumont Hospital, the University Hospital Galway and the Galway Clinic and Dr. Martin Daly, Ballygar and the Palliative Care Team in Roscommon and to all our neighbours and friends who helped us in various ways during Ultan’s illness. As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually please accept this acknowledgement as a token of our gratitude and appreciation. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for all your intentions. Birthday Remembrance Mass for Ultan will be celebrated in the Church of the Risen Christ, Kiltoom on Friday, 26th May, 2017 at 7 pm. Sadly missed, forever in our hearts, those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us everyday.
KELLY Nancy
Cloonbrackna Court, Roscommon 13th Anniversary - 29th May
‘Avondale’, Ballyleague, Lanesboro 4th Anniversary - 25th May
Just a prayer from those who love you, Just a memory ever true, In our hearts you will live forever, Because we thought the world of you.
Those we love don’t go away They walk beside us everyday, Unseen, unheard, But always near, Still loved, still missed and very dear.
You were there, a firm foundation Through all our storms of life A sturdy hand to hold onto In times of stress and strife. A true friend we could turn to When times were good or bad One of our greatest blessings Was the man that we called Dad.
Deeply missed and forever loved and remembered by his daughters, Olivia and Janette, his sister Marie and brothers Mattie and Martin and extended family. First Anniversary Mass in Sacred Heart Church, Roscommon on Saturday 27th May at 7.00 pm.
KELLY Frank Castleview, Ballybride, Roscommon (1st Anniversary) In loving memory of Frank, who died on 27th May 2016
Henry Street, Roscommon who died on 6th May 2014 and 28th May 2011 (3rd and 6th Anniversaries) When God was making Fathers, as far as I can see, He spent a lot of time on one and saved that one for me, He made a perfect gentleman, compassionate and kind, with more patience and affection than you could hope to find, He gave that special person a heart of solid gold and after God had finished he must have broken the mould.
Garrynagran, Dysart, Roscommon Died 31st May 2007 (10th Anniversary) Everyday in some small way, memories of you come our way, though absent you are always near still missed, still loved and always dear.
Loved and missed by your family. Anniversary Mass for Eileen in St. Patrick’s Church, Dysart on Saturday, 27th May at 8.15pm.
Your dreams were seldom spoken Your wants were very few And most of the time your worries Went unspoken too.
FULLARD Gerry
Always remembered by loving wife Sadie, family and grandchildren. Anniversary Mass in the Sacred Heart Church, Roscommon on 9th June at 8 am.
KELLY John Araghty, Athleague 7th Anniversary 31st May, 2017
HOARE Margaret and Stephen
GATELY Eileen
Out of our lives you may have gone But deep in our hearts you will always live on.
You never looked for praise You were never one to boast You just went on quietly working For the ones you loved the most.
Fondly remembered by their loving family. Anniversary Mass in the Sacred Heart Church, Roscommon on Tuesday, 30th May at 8 am.
Sadly missed by Alan, John, Gavin, Stephanie & Michelle. ~~~~~~~~~~ GRANDAD I like to walk with Grandad, his steps are short like mine, he doesn’t say “now hurry up” he always takes his time, most people have to hurry they do not stop and see, I’m glad that God made Grandad unrushed and young like me.
Always remembered by Eolann, Feidhlim, Eanna, Laoise and Senan.
To us you were someone special someone set apart. Your memory will live forever engraved within our hearts. Those we love don’t go away. They walk beside us every day, unseen, unheard but always near still loved, still missed and very dear.
Loved and missed by your wife Mairead, son Patrick, daughters Chloe and Olivia, mother Valerie, sister Tracy, family and friends.
Loved and always missed by your husband Jack, Eamon, Freda, Liam, Mary and families. Anniversary Mass on Sunday 28th May in the Church of the Holy Rosary, Ballyleague at 11 am.
KEAVENEY Betty & Padraic Athleague, Co. Roscommon whose anniversaries occur on 28th & 31st of May (13th Anniversary)
Time passes, memories stay, never forgotten, especially today.
Forever missed by Richard, ~~~~~~~~~~ Rosie, Dylan, Niamh, Liam, Liamog, Caoimhe, Evan, Michelle, Pauric and Darragh. Masses offered.
CASEY MARY (Nee Fetterstone) who died, aged 66 on 29th May, 1993 Lovingly remembered Patricia & John
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MULRYAN Josephine Peak. Ballymacurley. Co. Roscommon (1st Anniversary) who passed away on 28th May 2016
The family of the late Josephine Mulryan wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the kindness, support and sympathy which was shown to us on our sad loss of our mother A special word of thanks to our neighbours, family and friends. Sincere thanks to everyone who attended the Funeral Mass and Burial, travelled to be with us, sent Mass Cards and letters. Sincere thanks to Fr. Donal Morris and the priests that concelebrated the mass. A special thanks to Fr. Tom Leahy and the Eucharistic Minister who visited her regularly and to Ann Staunton who brought her communion every Sunday Thanks to the gravediggers, altar servers and to the choir for their beautiful music and singing. Thanks to the wonderful carers, nurses, Roscommon Palliative Care and Dr. John Keenan. Special thanks to Niall Flanagan, Undertaker for his professionalism and kindness. As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as a token of our gratitude and appreciation. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for your intentions. First Anniversary Mass in Ballinaheglish Church on Sunday 28th May at 11 am.
MORAN Michael Grange, Fourmilehouse who passed away on 26th April, 2017
The family of the late Michael Moran wish to express our thanks to all who supported our family on our sad loss. The late Michael’s month’s mind Mass will be offered in St. Bridget’s Church, Fourmilehouse on 27th May, 2017 at 8:15 pm. May he rest in peace
McNAMARA Eugene The Walk, Roscommon (8th Anniversary occurs on 24th May) R.I.P.
The memories we shared are quietly kept, no words are needed, we will never forget. For those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day.
Fondly remembered by Sarah, Michael, Francis, James and Patrick, Eugene’s brothers, sisters, daughters in law, grandchildren and extended family. Anniversary Mass in the Sacred Heart Church on Friday, 26th May at 10.30 am.
HANLEY AUDREY (nee Kenny) Who passed away on 23rd May 2015 (2nd Anniversary)
May the winds of Heaven blow softly and whisper in your ear, how much we love and miss you and wish that you were here
Love Maudie & Andy.
PLANNING ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL I am applying to Roscommon County Council for full planning permission on behalf of Eurona Brisknet Ltd to erect a 24 metre high telecommunications lattice mast, associated equipment cabinet, security fencing around site & associated siteworks at Kilcash Td, Mount Kelly, Co. Roscommon. Signed Seamus Murray, Project Managers, Engineers & Surveyors. Tel: (087) 2222874, seamusmurray60@gmail.com The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00 within the period of five weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application, and such submission or observation will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.
ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We, Carroll Consultancy, are applying to Roscommon County Council on behalf of Martin Garvey, for planning permission for the construction of a new four bay slatted shed, a new four bay straw bedded shed, a manure pit, a meal bin and the roofing of the existing collecting yards, together with all its associated site works at Liscolvan, Hillstreet, Carrick on Shannon, Co Roscommon. Signed: Carroll Consultancy, Main Street, Swinford, Co. Mayo. Telephone: 094 9253742 The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application and such submission or observation will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.
ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We, Declan and Claire Feely, intend to apply for planning permission to demolish existing domestic sheds and construct a new extension to the rear of our family home on a similar footprint, with minor changes to the existing dwelling and associated works at Ballydaly, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon Signed; Declan & Claire Feely The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application and such submission or observation will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.
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AT YOUR SERVICE ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We, Mark & Lorraine Horan, intend to make application to Roscommon County Council for planning permission for demolition of existing dwelling house, construction of a replacement dwelling house with a pumped treatment system and all associated works at Fearagh, Ballymurray, Co. Roscommon. Signed: Moleskin Architecture Mote Park, Roscommon Tel: 086 348 2387 info@moleskinarchitecture.com The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00 within the period of five weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application, and such submission or observation will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.
ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We, APK Architects & Engineers, intend to apply on behalf of Magdalena and Damian Kondonikolau for permission for development at this site: Arm Cashel, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. The development will consist of construction of domestic garage and carry out all ancillary site works. Signed: APK Architects & Engineers, 118 Abbeyville, Galway Road, Roscommon. M: 0862102190, E: adam@apk.ie The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00 within the period of five weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application, and such submission or observation will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.
ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL I, Tomas Gately, intend to apply to Roscommon County Council for planning permission for construction of a domestic garage & fuel store to serve existing dwelling house including all associated site development works at Carrownadurley Td, Dysart, Co Roscommon on behalf of Malachy & Teresa Grehan. Signed Tomas Gately The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00 within the period of five weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application, and such submission or observation will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.
ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We are applying to Roscommon County Council on behalf of Mickey and Criona Cunniffe for planning permission for the refurbishment and extension to existing dwelling house together with the installation of a waste water treatment system/percolation area and all necessary site services/ancillary siteworks at Cloonlaughnan, Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon. Signed: Seamus Dowd & Associates Ltd, Surveyors, Project Managers & Building Consultants. Tel: (090) 6623417, Mob: 0868546035. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00 within the period of five weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application, and such submission or observation will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.
ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL Further information: Applicant Brian & Therese Lennon. Location: Lisdillure, Drum, Athlone, Co Roscommon. Planning Reg Ref Number: PD/17/69 Significant further information in relation to the application has been
ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We Morris Lohan Consulting Engineers are applying to Roscommon County Council on behalf of Parwinder & Annabel Singh for Planning Permission for the change of use to Restaurant & Takeaway and to make some internal alterations and carryout all ancillary site works including demolition of derelict prefab structure to rear of site for purposes of creating carparking at Castlerea Post Office (A structure included on the Roscommon County Councils Record of Protected Structures-Reference 02600446) Main Street, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon Signed: Morris Lohan Consulting Engineers, Castle Street, Roscommon, (Ph Office: 090 6627950), (Andy 086 3646210), (James 087 8228529), info@morrislohan.ie. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the Planning Authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00 within the period of five weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the Authority of the application, and such submission or observation will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.
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Roscommon’s very own Seán Kelly watches the An Post Rás leave Roscommon town on Monday morning. See page 42. ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne
Between a rock and a bike race… Rás cyclists ride through Roscommon!
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This weekend’s action
Horses for Courses by Tom Red
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Racing today is in Tipperary with a 5.40 pm start. Tomorrow, racing takes place in the south at Leopardstown with a flat card at 6 pm and in the north there is a jumping card at Down Royal off at 5.45 pm. Saturday and Sunday is Classic weekend at the Curragh with the feature on Saturday, the 2000 Guineas and on Sunday, the 1000 Guineas. Saturday’s card also has 2 Group 2 races the Greenlands Stakes and the Lanwades Stud Stakes and Sunday’s card has a second Group 1 the Tattersalls Gold Cup and the Group 3 Gallinule Stakes. Racing starts at headquarters at 1.50 pm on both days. On Monday, racing returns to the west with a two day meeting at Ballinrobe. There are 9 colts left in the 2000 Guineas at the Curragh on Saturday, headed by the English winner Churchhill, one of six from Aidan O’Brien’s yard and clear favourite at 1/3. They are taken on by Michael Halford’s Irish Correspondent, Ger Lyons’s Glastonbury Song and sole English raider, Thunder Snow. On Sunday, 13 fillies go to post for the 1000 Guineas with Coolmore responsible for 8 of them with his son Joseph, Kevin Prendergast, Jim Bolger, Michael Halford and Dermot Weld each with one apiece. Again Aidan O’Brien supplies the favourite, Winter, also winner in England, at 4/5 and with a doubt over Weld’s Making Light, she could be taken on with an e/w wager on Michael Halford’s Rehana. The locally owned Miss Mardan finished 3rd in the novice hurdle at Punchestown on Monday, beaten by Clara Sorrento and Westland Row by 4 ¼
l and 18l. This was another very good run by the very consistent mare who has now won over €26,000 for her connections.
Racing news Michael Finneran and his board are delighted to announce the appointment of former trainer, Sandra Hughes, to the team at Lenabane. Sandra, daughter of the late Dessie Hughes, needs no introduction to patrons of Lenebane and had no hesitation in accepting the role of entertaining sponsors and owners on race days. Rising star Jack Kennedy will be on the sidelines for over four months after fracturing his femur in a fall off Bobbie’s Diamond at Punchestown yesterday week. Kennedy has broken smaller bones in his leg twice before. Sligo have lost their 3rd meeting this year due to track improvements not being fully finished and Horse Racing Ireland has announced that there will be an extra flat fixture at Naas on the 20th of June, replacing the cancelled Sligo meeting on the same day.
Point to point view It is the penultimate weekend of the season and there is Saturday racing at Tralee in Co. Kerry at 2 pm and on Sunday at Inchydoney outside Clonakilty in Cork starting at 2.30 pm. With four days racing - five meetings – left, the race for the leading rider is hotting up with Jamie Codd riding a treble to Barry O’Neill’s single reducing Bon’s lead to 4 (56 winners to 60). In the race for the ladies’ title, Liz Lalor leads Shauna Larkin by 1 (5 winners to 4) and there is also only one in the novice riders
Sandra Hughes and Sub Lieutenant, her first winner as a trainer.
where L Quinlan leads S Fitzgerald 12 to 11. Tomorrow the Anglo-Irish point to point challenge, over 4 races, takes place at Kingston Blount in Oxfordshire.
June and we have tickets to give away compliments of Michael Finneran. We need to know: Who is taking over the role of entertaining sponsors and owners on race days at Roscommon? Answers please on a post card to The Roscommon People, Abbey Street Roscommon or by e-mail to tomred17@ gmail.com by 12 pm on the 31st of May for Kilbeggan and by 12 pm on June 7th for Roscommon and don’t forget to include your name, address and a contact phone number with all competition entries. Tickets will have to be collected in the office in Abbey Street.
Competition corner Another chance to win tickets for Kilbeggan on Sunday, June 4th compliments of Paddy Dunican, course manager. To win can you tell us which horse won the Belvedere House Handicap Chase on the course last Friday week? The first two day meeting at Lenabane is coming up on the 12th and 13th of
SICK AS A PARROT/OVER THE MOON ROSCOMMON & DISTRICT LEAGUE NEWS
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ongratulations to Cloonfad United who were one of a number of teams to defy last week’s predictions. Cloonfad overcame Dysart to land the Division One Cup at Lecarrow. Best of luck to Ballinasloe Town as they take on West United in the Connacht Cup Final this Sunday in Galway. It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the Town as they officially opened their new clubhouse last Saturday and also secured their spot in the Premier Division Cup Final last weekend. Elsewhere, this season’s Challenge Cup Final is a repeat of last year’s
decider as local rivals, Ballymoe FC and Castlerea Celtic go head to head. Champions Ballymoe will be out to avenge last year’s defeat while looking to clinch the double. Castlerea will be hoping to win some silverware to relieve their disappointment of missing out on the league title.
Friday, 26th May RDFL Second Division Cup Final At RDFL Grounds, Lecarrow: Strokestown United v Cam Celtic (8 pm) This promises to be a terrific final
as Division Two winners take on Connacht Shield semi-finalists Cam Celtic. There will be little to separate the sides and while Cam Celtic deserve some silverware at the end of an impressive campaign, Strokestown will be slight favourites. Prediction: Strokestown United
Saturday, May 27th RDFL Challenge Cup Final (6 pm) At RDFL Grounds, Lecarrow: Ballymoe FC v Castlerea Celtic This game is previewed in more detail elsewhere in the paper this week
and it should be another cracker between these two local rivals. I’m tipping Castlerea Celtic to prevent a Ballymoe double.
Sunday, May 28th TP Brennan Connacht Cup Final (3.30 pm) At Eamon Deacy Park, Galway: West United v Ballinasloe Town The Town are looking to win their fourth Connacht Cup this weekend and erase the memory of last season’s painful drubbing at the hands of Athenry. The Roscommon & District side
have beaten West Coast United, Moore United, Corrib Rangers, Manor Rangers and St. Bernard’s en route to this year’s final and will be favourites against a West United side who are 19 points behind Athenry in the Galway Premier Division. A word of warning for Ballinasloe however as United did come from two goals down to dump Boyle Celtic out in the semi-finals. Ballinasloe Town have been in good form recently and should claim their fourth Connacht crown on Sunday. Prediction: Ballinasloe Town
Soccer Results RDFL Premier Division Cup Semi-Finals Ballinasloe Town 2 Ballaghaderreen FC 1 AET Moore United 2 Ballymoe FC 1 Division One Cup Final Cloonfad United 3 Dysart FC 0 Premier Division Promotion/Relegation Play-off Skyvalley Rovers 2 Lough Harps 1 AET Division Two Cup Semi-Final Cam Celtic 3 Moore United B 0
Masters Fixtures Saturday at 7 pm
Cloonfad United pictured after winning the Norio’s Takeaway & Diner Division One Cup. Picture: Andrew Fox
CB Trotters v Dunmore Town Glen Celtic v Skyvalley Rovers Shiven Rovers v Ballinasloe Town
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Peloton of colour spins through Roscommon THE LEAD STORY Dan Dooner On Monday morning, as stage two of An Post Rás made its way from Lanesboro to Roscommon town, a small throng of spectators had gathered at the roundabout near Keane’s on the Circular Road. Among them was a group of teachers and students from one of the local schools. They were hoping to catch a glimpse of local cyclist Daire Feeley, who had arrived home from Monaco to take part in the
bike race. The youngsters started to chant his name as the peloton made its way towards the town and their teachers offered descriptions of Daire’s uniform so the students could spot him in the colourful crowd. The peloton whizzed past at about 45 kmph with the support cars bringing up the rear and greeting the youngsters with a variety of novelty horns. It was a wonderful glimpse of sporting endeavour and an extremely worthwhile exercise for the young students. The teachers present deserve enormous praise for al-
lowing them some time out of the classroom in order to watch the sporting spectacle. It’s moments like that that will live long in young memories and inspire the next generation of Daire Feeleys. As for the race itself, stage two (Longford to Newport) was won by Jan-Willem Van Schip of Delta Cycling Rotterdam. Van Schip finished seven seconds ahead of the chasing pack led by Christopher Latham of Britain Team Wiggins. Roscommon’s Daire Feeley (Team iTap) was part of the pack and finished 69th in classification.
Cyclists make their way through Roscommon town during stage 2 of An Post Rás on Monday morning. Stage two (Longford to Newport, Co. Mayo) was won by Dutchman Jan-Willem Van Schip of Delta Cycling Rotterdam. Pic: Emmanouil Klontzakis
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Sporting week on Tweet Street Team iTap @TeamiTap Hello Roscommon home of Daire Feeley. Thanks everyone for the support (An Post Rás arrived in Roscommon town on Monday morning.)
Paddy Power @paddypower Wait a minute…what are we supposed to do for the next few months? (The English Premier League finished up last weekend.)
AFC Ajax @AFCAjax Congratulations to Cloonfad United who won their first trophy since 2008 last Saturday when they defeated Dysart FC in the Division One Cup Final in Lecarrow. Pic: Andrew Fox
From Amsterdam with love to Manchester. Our thoughts are with the victims and the loved ones of those affected. (The Dutch club sent their support following a cowardly terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on Monday night.)
The sporting brief Golf
Ladies’ gala! We start our weekly golf round in Castlerea where the recent Ladies’ Gala Day was an outstanding success with over 50 players from home and neighbouring clubs participating. Teresa Meaney was the winner with 43 points, just ahead of Fen Thompson with 42. Teresa also won last week’s ladies’ competition with 37 points. There were mixed fortunes for Castlerea’s men’s teams
Abbey boys on tour! Students of Abbey Boy’s National School pictured outside the Aviva Stadium as part of their annual soccer tour. The boys also visited Bohemian Football Club’s Dalymount Park for a tour of the ground and to meet the players and manager. The boys made presentations to Thomas Hynes PRO of Bohemians and Dave Dibble of the RDSL.
with defeat to Loughrea in the All-Ireland 4ball competition and victory over Roscommon in round 1 of the Jimmy Bruen competition last weekend. Tonight (Thursday), Castlerea take on Athlone in the first round of the Pierce Purcell competition. Onto Athlone where the men’s Jimmy Bruen team beat Mountbellew last weekend. Meanwhile, Bill McMickan won the recent gent’s competition while Eoin McGrath, M Tallon and Michael Healy were
winners in recent Wednesday competitions. Anne Egan Farrell and Nuala Hamilton won the recent Australian Spoons Competition with 37 points. To Roscommon next and news of the ladies’ Connacht Senior Cup win at Castlebar last Sunday. The team saw off Galway Golf Club, Galway Bay Golf Club and Ballinasloe Golf Club and can be rightly proud of their achievement. They will compete in the All-Ireland Final at The Royal
Curragh Golf Club. Closer to home and Michael Healy won last Sunday’s men’s competition ahead of Cathal McConn. Elsewhere, Mary Seymour was victorious in the ladies’ competition. Finally for this week, we go to Boyle Golf Club where last Sunday’s Bart Moran Trophy was won by Pat Conroy with a score of 64, which gave Pat a two shot win over Jim Dwyer. The ladies Niamh Nangle Cup was won by Marie Hanmore Cawley with Ruth Hogg in
second and Paula Cull in third. Last Thursday’s men’s competition, meanwhile, was won by Sean Heslin with 24 points.
Handball
Annaghdown Onewall Roscommon had four competitors at the inaugural Onewall tournament in Annaghdown, Co. Galway last weekend, all of whom did well. Fionn Cusack won the U-17 grade when he beat clubmate
Magomed Yakhyaev 18-9 in the final. Philip Halliday won the U-15 Plate while young Irslam Yakhyaev was unlucky to be drawn against Inverinn’s Feilim O’Dioluin in the second round of the U-11 competition. They were the two outstanding players in that grade and their match would have made a fitting final. It was O’Dioluin’s more conservative approach which won a game that could have gone either way. The Galway lad won 13-10.
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Terrific start to Hurling championship What a start to the hurling championship. I know we have had a lot of hurling classics over the years but the Cork v Tipperary game last Sunday was up there with the greatest games of the modern era. The standard to the hurling and the score taking in particular was phenomenal. With Cork’s great win there are now at least six teams that have a realistic chance of winning the AllIreland this year. In football, it’s two and maybe three at
the most. The skill, intensity, excitement and tension last Sunday was palpable from the time the ball was thrown in. If this is what is to come, then roll on the hurling championship. In contrast, there was precious little excitement in the football championship save for a great win for Carlow against Wexford. I know that the prize for winning is a game against Dublin but for the Carlow players this was their All-Ireland final and fair play to them.
Mayo did just enough against Sligo but they will know that they will have to up their performance big time if they want to have a chance of beating Galway. Now that should be a tasty affair. Monaghan and Donegal were impressive as they swatted away Fermanagh and Antrim but a lot of the games were totally predictable. I don’t see much change on the horizon this weekend but we live in hope.
Disastrous year for Roscommon hurling You can dress it up any way you want but it has been a disastrous year for Roscommon hurlers. When Johnny Kelly was appointed at the start of the year with a very impressive CV, there was genuine hope that progress could have been made but the opposite happened and Roscommon won no league or championship match in 2017. Now in 2018 Roscommon will be in Division 3A and back in the Nicky Rackard Cup. What will happen is that Roscommon will probably be promoted in the league and win the Rackard Cup and everyone will be ecstatic again but it will only paper over the cracks. It seems that we are not good enough for Division Two and the Christy Ring Cup but too good for the lower divisions and Nicky Rackard Cup. I know that the lads that are there are doing their best and train as hard as any other teams but it is a fact that a number of players have not committed to the county team for one reason or another, and without your best players Roscommon will always struggle. It’s hard to know what can be done. There are only seven clubs in the county and there are a number of very dedicated people involved in keeping the game going in the county. But it’s an uphill struggle and this year especially so.
Challenge Cup this Saturday! There will be no egos on display on Saturday evening in the RDFL Challenge Cup Final at Lecarrow when Ballymoe FC take on Castlerea Celtic in a repeat of last year’s final. The fact that Ballymoe FC pipped Castlerea to the Premier Division title just two weeks ago makes this an even more appetising affair. I’m not going to call it, but it could be tasty.
Mikey Cahalane celebrates a goal as Cork beat Tipperary last weekend.
Championship Watch
game of the weekend Leinster SHC Quarter-Final: Dublin v Galway on Sunday in Tullamore at 4 pm Dublin’s star has dimmed in the past year while Galway are now one of the favourites to win the Liam McCarthy Cup after they walloped Tipp in the league final. But after last Sunday’s game in Thurles the hurling championship has been blown wide open already. If Galway want to put down a marker this year then this is the game to do it but Dublin are coming in under the radar and could well spring a huge surprise. I am going to stick with Galway though and give them a
hesitant vote. Match odds: Galway 1-4, Dublin 100/30, Draw 12/1. Prediction: Galway Munster SFC Quarter-Final: Waterford v Cork in Dungarvan on Saturday at 7 pm This is one of the reasons why the championship format is so unfair and so uneven. A cakewalk for Cork. Match odds: Waterford 10/1, Cork 1/33, Draw 33/1. Prediction: Cork Leinster SHC Quarter-Final Westmeath v Offaly on Saturday in Mullingar at 7 pm
There was a time when Westmeath would not have kept it pucked out to Offaly. Offaly have slipped back a good bit in recent years but having said that they should still be good enough. Match odds: Westmeath 5/2, Offaly 4/11, Draw 9/1. Prediction: Offaly Connacht SFC QuarterFinal: London v Leitrim on Sunday at Ruislip at 3 pm There will be huge local interest in this as the winners face Roscommon. Leitrim were looking good until Emlyn Mulligan did his cruciate last week. With Ruislip re-opening after a £5 million refurbishment, London will badly want to win this game. I think they can do it. Match odds: London 6/4,
Leitrim 4/6, Draw 15/2. Prediction: London Ulster SFC Quarter-Final: Derry v Tyrone on Sunday in Celtic Park at 2 pm Not so long ago this would have been a toss-up, but Derry have gone back a lot. Tyrone flattered to deceive in the league but are still way too good for Derry. Match odds: Derry 7/2, Tyrone 1/4, Draw 10/1. Prediction: Tyrone Munster SFC QuarterFinal: Clare v Limerick on Sunday in Ennis at 3 pm Local bragging rights at stake here but Clare look far too strong for their neighbours. Match odds: Clare 30/100, Limerick 100/30, Draw 9/1. Prediction: Clare
Egos on show on Premier League’s final day Last week here I wrote that there was very little excitement in the Premier League this season and it is remarkable to report that when most teams had nothing to play for on the final day of the season last Sunday and they went out and just played with freedom, that there were a bagful of goals and loads of incidents too. Chelsea were the deserved winners but the best team to watch this season by a mile were Spurs who attack in numbers and have some super players and an excellent manager too.
However, there were two incidents last Sunday which demonstrate just how much of a disconnect now exists between the overpaid egotists in the league and the ordinary people. At Stamford Bridge, the game between Chelsea and Sunderland stopped after 26 minutes so the crowd could pay homage to John Terry in his last game for the club. Guess who organised the tribute? John Terry himself! Could you imagine a player suggesting that to Alex Ferguson? We then had Jose Mourinho,
who became the first Manchester United manager in almost 40 years not to address the crowd after the last game of the season to thank them for their support. Instead, he sat with a scowl on his face and didn’t bother to give a postmatch press conference. Who do these people think they are? The FA Cup Final is on Saturday and while I am a neutral, I would like to see Arsenal win it. It may be Arsene Wenger’s last game in charge of ‘The Gunners’ and it would be nice to see him go out on a winning note.
‘Mr Chelsea’ John Terry gives himself a send-off during last Sunday’s final home game against Sunderland.
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Ballymoe FC v Castlerea Celtic
May the best team win ...
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What a difference a year makes! This time last year Ballymoe FC had been well beaten in the Premier Division Cup Final before losing out in the Challenge Cup Final to local rivals and Premier Division champions Castlerea Celtic. This year however it’s Ballymoe who are chasing a double having snatched the league title from Celtic’s grasp on the final day. Captain John Connaughton is looking forward to a different outcome in this year’s final after his side’s remarkable league victory earlier this month. Speaking to People Sport, he said: “It’s great to be in this position now with the league title under our belts and it was great to win it after so long without winning anything. It was incredible to think that we won it ahead of great teams like Ballinasloe and Castlerea but we have a great squad of players here and there is plenty of talent.
DAN DOONER
It’s a case of déjà vu this Saturday in Lecarrow as neighbours, Ballymoe FC and Castlerea Celtic meet once again in the final of the Roscommon & District Football League Challenge Cup. Last year, then champions Castlerea Celtic ran out 1-0 winners to make it a double. However, twelve
months is a long time in football and having moved to their new pitch this season, Ballymoe FC snatched their first Premier Division title from the hands of their neighbours. This Saturday evening they will attempt to loot more of their neighbours’ silverware to cap a wonderful year for the club. Standing in their way, however, is a wounded
“We know that Castlerea are a quality side but we remember the disappointment of losing the cup final last year and we will be really focussed on the job in hand on Saturday. I am really looking forward to it I have to say.”
MANAGER’S VIEW…Kevin Earley SEAMUS DUKE
After ten years without a trophy, Ballymoe FC hit the jackpot a couple of weeks ago when they snatched the Premier Division title from the claws of local rivals and this week’s opponents, Castlerea Celtic, and now they are determined to make it a double this Saturday. Kevin Earley says that since the league win there was a lot of celebrating but that the team are now back down to earth. “The league win was fantastic and we celebrated that in style for sure but the lads are back training the last week and a half and are ready for action this weekend again. We have a few knocks and minor injuries but nothing major,” he said.
“There is nothing between the two teams. We played them twice in the league. We beat them 3-2 in one game and they beat us 2-0 in the other so it’s one-all this season. We remember how disappointed we were last year when we were beaten and we hadn’t won anything for ten years before the league win so we want to win another trophy now. “We have had a great season and it’s down to the players who have been fantastic for us. It would be great to finish the season with the double but we know that it won’t be easy. One thing is for certain: this will be a competitive game but hopefully not too competitive (laughs). It’s all down to a bit of luck on the day as both teams are so well matched and hopefully that luck will fall on our side this year,” he concluded.
Ballymoe FC players celebrate after winning the RDFL Premier Division title recently. Pic: Andrew Fox
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The road to Lecarrow DAN DOONER
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his year’s road to Lecarrow has been fraught
with danger for both Ballymoe FC and Castlerea Celtic as the two rivals prepare to face each other in the Challenge Cup Final yet again.
Ballymoe FC Incredibly, Premier Division champions Ballymoe FC have yet to concede a goal in this year’s competition and will be hoping that mean streak continues this Saturday evening. 3rd Round Shiven Rovers 0 Ballymoe FC 1 Quarter-Final Ballymoe FC 2 Moore United 0 Semi-Final Ballymoe FC 1 Lough Harps 0 Ronan Curran will be the danger man for Castlerea Celtic as they look to retain the Challenge Cup this Saturday.
the double! final showdown Castlerea Celtic outfit which has raised the bar in the Premier Division over the last two years. Losing their Premier Division title on the very last day of the season hurt deeply. The fact that the trophy only went as far as their local rivals was salt in an open wound and adds an extra dimension to this Saturday’s cup final. This is a difficult game
to call at the best of times and, as the final league table would indicate, both teams are evenly matched. It could and probably will go right down to the wire as Ballymoe look to take the double home. Whatever happens, this promises to be an intense battle between two good footballing sides with no quarter asked or given.
Ronan Curran, David Fitzpatrick and Trevor Kelly celebrate after the final whistle last year. Picture: Andrew Fox
CAPTAIN’S CALL…Ronan Curran Castlerea Celtic captain Ronan Curran said that while Celtic were extremely disappointed to lose out on the league title this year, the players remain confident of retaining the Challenge Cup. Speaking to People Sport on Wednesday, he said: “We were within minutes (of retaining the league title) but we let ourselves down ultimately. The way sport is it’s never over until it’s over. We had aimed to win the league and retain the cup, and we still fully intend on retaining the cup. “The camp is good, we trained on Saturday and again last night (Tuesday). Apart from a few little knocks, we may be down Peter Farrell who would be a huge loss. It’s up to the lads who are there but there will be a late fitness test and he’ll be given every chance to play. “We are a confident team and that doesn’t just come from the experienced players, it’s down to younger players like the Bligh brothers and the two Higgins’ brothers and Ja Geraghty. He’s (Ja) been
a lynchpin for us this season. He gives us confidence going forward and defensively he’s solid too,” he said. Curran also spoke about some of the more experienced players like David Fitzpatrick and hinted at a possible summer transfer! “Himself (Fitzpatrick) and Giles McDonagh are ready for Masters Football this summer. I’ve a good few years left to catch up with them yet! He (Fitzpatrick) should stick to the running (laughs) although he’s good at the football too!” Looking ahead to the Challenge Cup Final, Castlerea’s captain was in less jovial mood. He said: “We (Castlerea and Ballymoe) know each other too well after all the battles in recent years. There are lads who would be friends or who would have gone to school together but on the pitch that friendship goes out the window! Any little advantage you can get over your friend you’ll take it. It all comes down to one day and we intend it to be
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Last year’s victory was well in the past when Ballymoe swept past Castlerea to take the Premier Division title two weeks ago in the most sensational fashion imaginable. But this final gives Castlerea a chance to get something out of what has been another great season for them. Castlerea manager Pat Donoghue says that his young side have recovered from the disappointment of losing out on the league title. “The atmosphere in the camp is great and it is amazing how quickly young players get over a disappointment like we had. Peter
Farrell is doubtful for the game on Saturday and is about 50/50 at the moment so we are hoping that he will be fit. “What happened with the league situation is an unbelievable lesson for our players and it shows what can happen in sport. With 86 minutes gone against Ballinasloe, the league title was in the bag but a few moments of lost concentration cost us and that’s sport. “It was very disappointing but we can reflect on many positives out if it. We won 15 out of our 18 matches in the league and we amassed more points that we did last season, when we won it, so
overall it was a good season all told and it’s not over yet. “We are really looking forward to this final. The teams have a big rivalry but it’s a friendly rivalry. People are wishing both teams the best of luck at the same time. We are neighbours and a lot of the players who will face each other on Saturday went to school together. Naturally we want to come out on top and win it but we will go out and do our best on the night and see where that takes us. We can finish the season on a high and that’s what we want to do. It’s 50/50 and so hopefully we can have bit of luck on the night,” he concluded.
Castlerea Celtic The cup holders have had the more eventful journey to this year’s final. Following a straightforward win in round three, they were forced to overturn a two-nil deficit away to Strokestown in the last eight before being pushed all the way by Moylough ’79 in the semi-final. 3rd Round Castlerea Celtic 5 Skyvalley Rovers 1 Quarter-Final Strokestown United 2 Castlerea Celtic 3 Semi-Final Castlerea Celtic 4 Moylough ’79 1 AET Best of luck to Castlerea Celtic and Ballymoe FC in the Cup Final
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Donie ‘Shines’ as Kilmore routed Hodson Bay Hotel Roscommon SFC Round 1 (Group B) CLANN NA NGAEL
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Clann na nGael turned in a powerful second half display at Johnstown on Sunday to put Kilmore to the sword in this Group B game that was postponed a couple of weeks previously due to a bereavement in the Kilmore parish. Playing with the strong breeze in the opening half, Clann were anything but convincing against a determined Kilmore side, but the home team were a different proposition in the second half. Inspired by a fantastic performance from Donie Shine, they pulled away to win easily in the end. The game ended with Kilmore player Dermot Foley having to be brought to hospital by ambulance with a serious looking leg injury after an accidental clash in injurytime. However, the news is good and he is expected to make a quick recovery.
The first half was competitive and hard fought. In the opening quarter the sides shared four points and with Paul Garvey looking dangerous for Kilmore, Clann were certainly not having it all their own way. Clann kicked three points in a row to lead 0-5 to 0-2 by the 23rd minute and Donie Shine’s accuracy and superb free taking saw Clann lead by 0-8 to 0-5 at half-time. Clann played much better into the elements in the second half. After early points from Donie Shine and sub Johnny Dunning, the first goal arrived in the 37th minute when good work from Donie Shine and Ciaran Lennon set up Dunning for a fisted goal. Further points from Donie Shine (free) and Ross Naughton saw Clann open up a 10-point gap by the 42nd minute and it was all over as a contest after that. Clann’s second goal came
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Murtagh and Stack on target Roscommon senior footballers beat Down by two points (2-12 to 1-13) in a challenge game at Abbotstown, Co. Dublin last Saturday evening. Goals from Ciaráin Murtagh and Brian Stack saw Roscommon into a seven point lead before a number of substitutions were made late on. Roscommon play Sligo in another challenge game next Tuesday night (30th) at Dr Hyde Park and they will play an additional challenge against Longford prior to the championship game against London or Leitrim on June 18th. Roscommon: C Lavin; D Murray, S Mullooly, N McInerney; S McDermott, J McManus, C Devaney; T O’Rourke, S Killoran; C Murtagh, N Kilroy, F Cregg; C Connelly, D Murtagh, D Smith. Subs used: B Stack, T Fetherston, G Patterson, I Kilbride, R Stack, D Rooney.
Brigid’s dominant yet again!
Action from Hodson Bay Roscommon SFC match between Clann na nGael and Kilmore at Johnstown last Sunday. Pic: Andrew Fox
in the 46th minute, with Ciaran Lennon the provider once again; Donie Shine supplied the finish with an-
Action from Hodson Bay Roscommon SFC match between Clann na nGael and Kilmore at Johnstown last Sunday. Pic: Andrew Fox
other fisted effort. In fairness to Kilmore they battled away but Clann were the comfortable winners and now they join Elphin and Strokestown as the unbeaten sides in Group B. Apart from the outstanding Donie Shine, Stephen Flynn, Fergal Lennon, Cathal Shine and Ciaran Lennon were in great form for Clann, while for Kilmore: Ray Caslin, John Gannon and Paul Garvey caught the eye. Clann na nGael: David Finneran; Darragh Pettit, Stephen Flynn, Ronan Gavin; Jack Connaughton, Fergal Lennon, Emmett Kenny (0-1); Cathal Shine (0-2), Graham Pettit; David Connaughton, Donie Shine (1-8, 7 frees), Cian McManus; Jamie Fahy, Ciaran Lennon, Ross Naughton (0-2). Subs: Johnny Dunning
(1-2), for Fahy (h/t), Cathal Callinan (0-1) for D Connaughton (40), Matt Scally (0-1), for McManus (48), Shane Pettit for Gavin (51), David Flynn for J Connaughton (58), David Connaughton for D Shine (60). Kilmore: Jason McEvoy; Liam Caslin, Jack Sharkey, Mark Connellan; John Donohue, Gary Connellan, Kevin Caslin; Dermot Foley, Joe Garvey; Ray Caslin (0-3), John Gannon (0-1), Aaron McEvoy; Darragh Feely, Paul Garvey (0-5, 1 free), Derek Connellan (0-1), free). Subs: Pat Caslin for M Connellan (40), Colman Earley for A McEvoy (54), Brian Connellan for Donohue (54). Referee: Ollie Kelly Wides: Clann 7 Kilmore 9 Man of the Match: Donie Shine
In the O’Rourke Cup League Division One last weekend there were only two games: St. Brigid’s scored an emphatic 4-12 to 0-8 win against Pádraig Pearses. The Brigid’s goals came from Senan Kilbride (2), Garvan Dolan and Brian Stack. Western Gaels’ good form continued when they were the easy 1-19 to 0-8 winners against Tulsk with Cathal Cregg scoring 1-5 for the Gaels. In the O’Gara Cup, Creggs scored a notable win against neighbours Oran with goals from James McKeague and an Enda O’Rourke penalty. In a repeat of their championship clash Michael Glavey’s beat neighbours Éire Óg once again but it was much closer this time with only three points in it with Stephen Comer’s goal the decisive score. Castlerea and Boyle played a high scoring draw with Joe Henry grabbing 2-1 and Darren McDermott scoring 0-4 for Castlerea. Donie Smith scored 1-6 for Boyle with Cian McKeon scoring 1-4. Finally, St. Faithleach’s had a big win against Western Gaels’ second string.
Galway too strong for young Rossies Connacht Ladies U-16 Football Final GALWAY
3-15
ROSCOMMON
0-3
Galway were the deserved winners of this Connacht final played in Ballyhaunis on Friday last. Roscommon did well in the opening half and only trailed Galway by 0-7 to 0-2 at halftime. But Galway pulled away in the second half scoring three well-taken goals. Best for Roscom-
mon were Kate McPhillips, Lauren Shanagher and Ellen Irwin.
Roscommon: S Lavin; E Kildea, M Kelly, A Walsh; J Brennan, S Wynne, K McPhillips; K Nolan, E Irwin; S McVeigh (0-1), K Colgan (0-1), S Kilroe; L Shanagher, N Munnelly (0-1), K Earle. Subs used: M Keogh, E Beirne, K Shine, M McKeon, C Galvin.
Scoil Mhuire top of the class! Roscommon Colleges SFC Final Replay SCOIL MHUIRE, STROKESTOWN ST. ALOYSIUS, ATHLONE Scoil Mhuire Strokestown completed a great year for them by lifting the Roscommon schools
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title in this replay at Strokestown last week. The sides had drawn in a high quality game before
Christmas but this was a little more one-sided and the Athlone college had to play most of the game with 14 men following the sending off of Ciaran Farrell after only 12 minutes. Strokestown, with Cian Corcoran and Callum
Fahey impressive were the better side in the first half and they led at half-time by 0-7 to 0-3. The score that settled the game as a contest arrived in the 38th minute when Robert Regan flicked home after a fine move. Ciaran Lennon, Paul
McManus and Niall Murray were impressive for the Athlone school but Strokestown, who played well throughout, were the deserved winners. Scoil Mhuire: D Jordan; A Gleeson, T Murray, D Carbin; A Convey, G Galvin, J Bennett (0-2);
C Corcoran (0-2), K Shiel; M Kavanagh, K Murphy (0-1), T Lavin; R Regan (1-3), N Higgins, C Fahey (0-6). Subs: A Fahy for Kavanagh, O Cusack for Gleeson, N Beirne for Higgins. St. Aloysius, Athlone: D Finneran; N Con-
naughton, S Fallon, E Minagh; A Harney, P McManus (0-2), D Kildea; C Lennon (0-4), N Murray; D Sumner, D Murray, C Farrell (0-1); D Duff, C O’Brien, I Naughton (0-2). Referee: Marty Parker
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Hurlers get that sinking feeling again Christy Ring Cup Relegation Play-off MAYO
1-25
ROSCOMMON
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Roscommon hurlers’ miserable year was completed last Saturday evening in Carrick-on-Shannon when a devastating last 20 minutes saw Mayo pull clear to win convincingly in this relegation play-off. This defeat means that Roscommon will once again play Nicky Rackard Cup hurling in 2018 to add to their relegation in the league.
The absence of so many players for various reasons has hit the Roscommon panel this year and last Saturday Jason Kilkenny, Noel Fallon and Johnny Coyne were also missing from the starting line-up for this game. Mayo were probably the better side in the first half but some poor shooting allied to a Roscommon side who took full advantage of
an Eamon Flanagan goal after 13 minutes meant that there was little in it. Padraig Kelly (2), Robbie Fallon (free) and Naos Connaughton scored some fine points for Roscommon and by half-time there were only two points between the teams: Mayo 0-11 Roscommon 1-6. Mayo took over on the re-start but Roscommon were handed another lifeline in the 46th minute when Cathal Dolan flicked home another goal but Kenny Feeney was in deadly accurate form for Mayo from frees and play and they began to pull
away as the game went on. Mayo’s goal came shortly after Roscommon’s second when Darren McTigue was on target. In the final 10 minutes Mayo fired over some quality scores with Corey Scahill, Joseph McManus and Padraig Hickey on target as the Roscommon challenge faded, Mayo: M Parsons; B Hunt (0-1), G McManus, M Morley; C Freeman, E McLoughlin, S Morley; K McDermott (0-3), D McLoughlin (0-1); J McManus (0-6), D Kenny, D McTigue (1-0); J Cotter, K Feeney (0-11), C Scahill
(0-1). Subs: S Mulroy for Freeman, S Boland for Morley, C Charlton for McTigue, P Hickey (0-1) for McLoughlin, C Murray for Cotter. Roscommon: J Fallon; A Moore, P Kellehan, D Loughnane; M Beirne (01), P Kelly (0-3), P Nolan; S Curley (0-1), T Seale; E Flanagan (1-0), G Fallon, G Keenan; R Fallon (0-3), N Connaughton (0-1), C Dolan (1-3). Subs: G Egan for Moore, D Keaveney for Keenan, E Costello for Fallon, D Dolan for Flanagan, H Rooney for Dolan. Referee: R McGann.
Ladies face Leitrim in championship opener Roscommon ladies begin their championship campaign in Kilglass on Sunday with a match against old rivals Leitrim. Once again Sligo and Leitrim will contest the IFC in Connacht along with the Rossies and hopes are high that Roscommon
can win a provincial title this year after an encouraging league campaign. Roscommon captain Natalie McHugh says that the panel are really looking forward to the campaign. “We were disappointed to have been knocked out of the league about six weeks ago but maybe
it was a blessing in disguise as we have had a lot of time to prepare for the championship. “We have a full panel and we have been training hard. We beat Leitrim in the league but as everyone knows when the championship comes around it is a completely different story altogether
and at home we are confident that we can start with a win. “There is a great buzz in the camp under Michael (Finneran) as team manager. He has brought a huge level of professionalism into the set-up and everyone is enjoying it. We are looking forward to the game and we hope
to win it too,” she concluded. There is never much between these sides but at home and with a full panel to choose from Roscommon should be good enough to get their championship off to a winning start. Prediction: Roscommon
MAYO
2-4
Roscommon made it three wins from three when they overcame the challenge of Mayo at the Centre of Excellence in Ballyhaunis recently. Despite trailing 2-3 to 1-4 at half-time, Roscommon recovered in the second half and goals from Andrew Flood and Orin Walsh led the fightback. Further points from Flood, Walsh and Cian Murray ended the game as
a contest and Roscommon now face Sligo at home this Saturday at 2.30 pm. Roscommon: A Donnelly, L Corbett, F Hoare, J Donnelly, J Killeen, J Lohan, J Cunniffe, M Comerford, D Treacy, P Gannon, O Kelly, A Flood, O Walsh, C Finneran, D Martin, C Murray, E Campbell, D Conlon, M Kelly, K Morris, L Kilroe, A Farrell, S Lynch, J Why.
Seamus Carthy Auctioneers AFL Division 5 Kilmore 2-10 St. Barry’s 1-5 St. Joseph’s 0-11 Ballinameen 0-10 St. Faithleach’s 0-15 Michael Glavey’s 0-10 Kilglass Gaels W/O St. Aidan’s Tulsk Lord Edwards 1-12 Kilbride 1-11 Sunday, May 21st Hodson Bay Hotels AFL Division 1 St. Brigid’s 4-12 Pádraig Pearses 0-8 Western-Gaels 1-19 Tulsk Lord Edwards 0-8 Mulryan Construction AFL Division 2 Castlerea St. Kevin’s 3-10 Boyle 2-13 Creggs 2-11 Oran 0-14 Michael Glavey’s 1-13 Éire Óg 0-13 Seamus Carthy Auctioneers AFL Division 3 Ballinameen 2-14 Elphin 0-8 St. Aidan’s 3-16 St. Ronan’s 3-6 Kilbride 3-12 Kilglass Gaels 0-7
Fixtures Saturday, May 27th Mulryan Construction AFL Division 2 At Mulhern Park: Fuerty v Creggs. 8 pm Seamus Carthy Auctioneers JAFC - Section A At Johnstown: Clann na nGael v St. Brigid’s. 7.30 pm At Kilbride: Pádraig Pearses v St. Ronan’s. 7.30 pm Seamus Carthy Auctioneers JBFC - Section A At Johnstown: Clann na nGael v Elphin. 5.45 pm At Kilbride: St. Croan’s v Kilbride. 5.45 pm Seamus Carthy Auctioneers JBFC - Section A At Rockfield: Oran v Michael Glavey’s. 7.30 pm Seamus Carthy Auctioneers JBFC - Section B At Rockfield: Fuerty v Boyle. 5.45 pm
Seamus Carthy Auctioneers JAFC - Section B At Enfield: Castlerea St. Kevin’s v Roscommon Gaels. 2 pm At Tulsk: Strokestown v St. Joseph’s. 3.45 pm Seamus Carthy Auctioneers JBFC - Section B At Ballyleague: St. Faithleach’s v St. Barry’s. 2 pm At Tulsk: Tulsk Lord Edwards v Kilmore. 2 pm
Underage update Thursday, May 25th Hannon’s Hotel U-12 Spring FL Division 2 At Kilbride: Kilbride v Western Gaels-Frenchpark. 7.30 pm Roscommon People U-12 Spring FL Division 6 At Lisnamult: Roscommon Gaels v St. Michael’s. 7.30 pm Integrated Risk Solutions U-14 FL Division 1 Knockout At Ballyleague: Boyle v Pádraig Pearses. 7.30 pm Friday, May 26th Halligan Insurances U-12 Spring FL Division 5 At Pairc an Phiarsaigh: Pádraig Pearses v Kilglass Gaels. 7 pm
U-17 Celtic Challenge Cup (Round 3) 3-7
Seamus Carthy Auctioneers AFL Division 4 Strokestown 3-11 Roscommon Gaels 0-8 Fuerty 3-14 St. Dominic’s 1-6 Oran 2-17 Clann na nGael 0-11
Seamus Carthy Auctioneers JAFC - Section A At Enfield: Kilglass Gaels v Western-Gaels. 3.45 pm
Young hurlers’ run continues ROSCOMMON
Friday, May 19th
Sunday, May 28th
Connacht Ladies Football IFC Round 1 Roscommon v Leitrim on Sunday in Kilglass at 1 pm SEAMUS DUKE
GAA Results
Saturday, May 27th O’Rourke Fireplaces & Stoves MFL Division 1 Final At Ballyforan: St. Brigid’s v Clann na nGael. 6 pm iQ Financial MFL Division 2 Final At Kilbride: Oran v Tulsk Lord Edwards. 6 pm Axe Forestry U-12 Spring FL Division 3 (12 pm) At Ardcarne Park: St. Michael’s v Tulsk Lord Edwards At Ballyleague: St. Faithleach’s v Michael Glavey’s At Strokestown: Strokestown v Oran Sunday, May 28th Rogue & Co. Cafe U-14 FL Division 3 Knockout At Mulhern Park: Michael Glavey’s v St. Aidan’s. 6 pm Jack Donnelly accepts his ‘Best and Fairest’ award from referee Shane Hynes following his impressive performance against Mayo last Wednesday.
Casey’s Auto Centre U-14 FL Division 4 Knockout At Kiltoom: St. Brigid’s v Éire Óg. 6 pm
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