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No plans to move Monksland Primary Care Centre – HSE < EOGHAN YOUNG-MURPHY

A senior Health Service Executive official has denied that there are any plans to move the Monksland Primary Care Centre into the Westmeath jurisdiction. Concerns have been rife recently that the facility could be moved into the Laois/Offaly/Longford/ Westmeath/Meath Community Health Organisation (CHO8) from the Galway/Roscommon/Mayo (CHO2) one. Three Roscommon councillors – Michael Creaton (Fine Gael), Paddy Kilduff (Fianna Fáil) and Tony Ward (Independent) – voiced their opposition to the move at a meeting of the HSE West Forum in Galway on Tuesday, June 28th. (The matter had been first brought to public attention by Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice). After the forum concluded, the councillors had a separate meeting with Tony Canavan, the chief officer

for CHO Area 2. According to reports, he dismissed the speculation and said that no review, as had been speculated, was ongoing. “He said that he didn’t know anything about any review,” Cllr. Ward, the Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council, said. “He said that he doesn’t know where this came out of. He said it wasn’t true. “He confirmed that he has no reason to believe it won’t stay in CHO Area 2.” The following day, in a letter to the councillors, Mr. Canavan reiterated: “As indicated at the meeting, I can confirm no decision has been made to transfer Monksland Primary Care Centre from CHO Area 2 to CHO Area 8.” Cllr. Ward said that the centre had proved invaluable to the people of south Roscommon since it opened a few years ago, enabling people to undergo simple procedures locally instead of travelling to Roscommon Hospital.

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Dismay of Roscommon man who raised funds for Console < EOGHAN YOUNG-MURPHY

A Roscommon town man is furious with the revelations at Console after he jointly raised around €15,000 for the suicide bereavement charity last year. Beginning at the end of July and finishing in September, Ruairí Leddy kayaked around Ireland with his friend Pearse O’Toole, from Spiddal in Co. Galway. In total, they completed 1,500 km in their trek. All the money that they raised went to Console, the charity whose former Chief Executive has been surrounded by allegations of fraudulence recently. According to a HSE audit obtained by RTÉ, Paul Kelly, the charity’s disgraced former Chief Executive, and his wife, Patricia, and their son Tim, benefitted by almost €491,649 in salaries and perks between 2012 and 2014. The audit also revealed that a further €464,777 was spent by the Kellys during that period on Console credit cards for items including groceries, designer clothes and foreign trips. Mr. Leddy, 34, who lives at Ardsallagh in the county town, said that he was extremely annoyed by the revelations. “It’s a kick in the teeth really. I was gutted to hear it,” he said. “The achievement of kayaking around Ireland was massive, but the achievement of raising so much money for a really worthwhile charity, I took more from that even than the kayak. “So when these revelations came out, that has just tainted all that.” Mr. Leddy strongly criticised Mr. Kelly, the former Chief Executive “He has no conscience at all, no empathy at all. I don’t know how he or his family slept at night. It’s shocking stuff,” he said. Mr. Leddy and Mr. O’Toole, a friend from Gal-

way, decided to donate to Console because both had been touched by suicide and felt that the charity was well regarded. Mr. Leddy, who works as youth worker for Foróige in Galway, said that they never imagined there would be any corruption within a charity “with as big a name as Console.” “Especially when it is receiving so much from the HSE, from taxpayers’ money, you would think that it was pretty well regulated. But that was far from the case.” As well as the €15,000 donated to Console, the two lads also devoted a lot of their own resources to the adventure. “We would have spent around €12,000/€13,000 between us – between boats, gear, safety equipment, flares and electronics,” Mr. Leddy said. “Food was a massive expense. “I am not even factoring in that we took six weeks off work to do it.” As demanding as it was, Mr. Leddy loved the experience of kayaking around Ireland, mainly because of the sense of achievement involved and the satisfaction of raising awareness “for what I thought was a great charity”. He said that he was now having second thoughts about undertaking another humanitarian effort in the future. “I would have loved to have done something for charity in the future but, after these revelations, I wouldn’t be so sure,” Mr. Leddy said. “I would find it very hard to go back to my friends who gave up their really hard-earned cash to ask them for money again after this has happened. “Some of my friends would be students and they wouldn’t have a lot of disposable income and they were donating like €100/€200. That’s what I really feel sorry about. “I felt that the money was going to a good place. To find out the way it was being spent is a kick in the teeth.”

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Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan, left, has said that the European Union is a “catastrophe” that “bullied” and “blackmailed” Ireland – and should be disbanded. In a debate on Brexit in the European Parliament on Tuesday, the Midlands-Northwest MEP launched a scathing attack on Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission. MEP Flanagan said that the United Kingdom’s decision to quit the Union had set the “alarm bells ringing across Europe”. “The message isn’t just for their own government. It’s for EU, the council, the commission and for you, Mr. Juncker, especially – it’s good to see you are listening,” Mr. Flanagan said. He said that the European Economic Community that Ireland joined in 1973 was a “worthy project, bring peace and properity to Europe”, but that “the EU, with the euro to the fore, is a catastrophe, undoing all that good”. “Look at how that so-called Union is treating Ireland: we were blackmailed and bullied into taking a debt that wasn’t ours, given loans to the tune of €67.5 billion to bail out the European banks,” Mr. Flanagan said. “Most of our banks were already dead, zombies. “As a direct result of that, we are now in the process of borrowing money to destory €2 billion last year alone.” He said that the Union, and “its euro”, had disastrous repercussions on Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy. “Undo this Union, starting with Lisbon and Nice (treaties), or else, Mr. Juncker, ask not for whom that bell tolls; it tolls for you; listen for a change,” Mr. Flanagan concluded.

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ay after day, across the road from our shop, at the entrance to the new shopping centre here in Athlone, there are lads collecting for a number of different charities and while I can’t afford to make a contribution every time I cross the road, up to now I try to give what I can, as often as I can. Over the last couple of years I’ve got to know a couple of these lads, who are professional collectors who live in Galway but who are nearly always on the job by 9 o’clock in the morning. I don’t know how much they get paid, apart from the fact that they get a weekly wage, but I do know that their daily travel by train is paid for by their employers and they work for what appears to be an

umbrella company which collects for a few different charities, principally The Hanley Centre for addiction and also for the homeless. Now I have no issue with lads getting paid for what they do, as standing for seven or eight hours in the wind, heat or cold (they only pack it in if the rain is too heavy), day after day is no joke and if they weren’t there, there might be no other means for getting financial support for their various organisations. To those lads, what they do is a job, the same as I come to work here every morning. It’s all about putting food on the table, paying a few of the many bills that come our way and, like a lot of us, I’m pretty certain that their remuneration is nothing to get excited about. And so, as the fallout from the Console affair continues and as it

appears at least a million euros was misappropriated by the founder of the charity, Paul Kelly and members of his family, I just wonder what effect his actions will have on the ability of these lads to earn a living and also on their ability to collect for the charities involved. Today (Friday) in the Daily Mail, it is said that the regulator is investigating 300 complaints against 130 different charities and the feeling seems to be that we are only at the tip of the iceberg and there will be more and more damning revelations coming out. And yet, there are so many good people doing great and absolutely necessary work for so many charitable purposes all around the country that we have to still keep giving what we can, but the authorities have to ensure that the money

Dubious lawsuits are a scandal Every other day it seems that someone is suing someone for something. There’s hardly a day goes by that we don’t read about someone slipping on a banana skin or sticking a foot into a hole or tripping over something that shouldn’t be there. It all ends up in the compensation courts and lends the sceptic in me to believe that a lot of it is to do with getting some easy money. Now there is also no doubt that there are genuine claims out there, but they and their credibility are being damaged by cases like a recent one, where the claimant was suing for thousands for a damaged back when he was filmed doing cartwheels and handstands on a pub table in the early hours of the morning. He deserved nothing and anyway, he was then stupid enough

to put the video up on facebook or YouTube or one of those ridiculous media websites. It is also very common nowadays to sue the HSE for all kinds of different things and again there are a lot of these cases that are totally justified. But I have to say that in a large number of visits to different hospitals, including one to the University Hospital in Galway only last Thursday, I have never had anything other than excellent treatment and care. I think it’s a pity that we have reached the stage that even small mistakes have to be paid for and lawsuits almost inevitably follow. Insurance premiums are going through the roof, so we are all paying in one way or another for every dubious claim that finds it’s way into the courtroom.

Paul Kelly formerly of Console

goes to the proper places. It beggars belief that the scale of the deception at Console could escape detection and even when concerns were first raised in 2009, it took nearly seven

more years before anything was done! As with everything, if the lad on the side of the road collecting fiddled a few euros for himself, he would face the full rigors of the law. However, people like Paul Kelly, who got several awards for his charitable work, seem to be beyond all reproach and we will wait and see if he pays for his crimes. He may in some small way but I doubt if he’ll end up in any of our prison cells!

Farewell to Delia Finally for this week, last weekend we bid farewell to a great lady, Delia Flynn from Farm, Williamstown, who departed this world at the ripe old age of 96 years. Now I have known her three sons – Tom, Bill and John – for many a year, and I in fact played rugby alongside Bill and John many times when they wore the Creggs rugby jersey, but it was for a different reason altogether that I had to go to say my final goodbyes to Delia. Thirty-six years ago this coming August, I was getting married, with the reception being held in the Abbey Hotel in Roscommon and the only job that was left to me was to organise the band. As the dinner came to a close Carol, my new wife, turned to me and asked me was there any sign of the musicians, which should have been Delia and her group, the Vienna. The penny dropped all of a sudden that I had never booked them and so I hurried out to reception to try and get in touch with Delia. Bear in mind that there were no mobile phones at that time and so I rang the Flynn home, where her husband, Tom, told me Delia was in the bog. I explained my predicament and he went to the bog and set the miracle in motion that eventually ended with Delia and the Vienna’s taking to the stage a little late, but nonetheless in such time that no one had noticed the music hadn’t started. Carol said a few words to Delia, concerning her late arrival and to this day I have not forgotten Delia for not letting the cat out of the bag. She never said that I hadn’t booked her at all and in saying nothing she saved me, probably my life and definitely my marriage! And so, over the last 36 years or so, I have always been indebted to Delia (I met John Connaughton at her funeral and he too played on the band that fateful day), and as she leaves this mortal world, I will never forget her. To her family, friends and relations, my sincerest ‘Till next week, sympathies, may she rest in Bye for now peace.

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Crimes on rise < EOGHAN YOUNG-MURPHY

There was an increase in the number of rapes/sexual assaults, burglaries and drugs offences recorded in the Roscommon/Longford

Garda Division in the first quarter of this year, according to the Central Statistics Office. There were 67 burglaries recorded in the division in the first three months of 2016, a rise of six from the 61 recorded in the final quarter of 2015.

There were seven rapes/ sexual assaults recorded, up from six in the previous quarter, while the number of offences involving the possession of drugs for sale or supply rose from nine to 12 in the two quarters. A breakdown on the

amount of burglaries recorded in the main towns in Co. Roscommon in the first quarter of 2016 shows that eight were recorded in Castlerea, seven in Roscommon, six in Ballaghaderreen and four in Boyle. None were recorded in Strokestown.

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Boyle Primary Care Centre could move to northwest < EOGHAN YOUNG-MURPHY

The new Primary Care Centre in Boyle may not operate under the Health Service Executive’s Co. Roscommon wing when it becomes operational – instead, it may be integrated into the northwestern area. The executive has confirmed that the centre, which commenced construction on May 30th, may be moved into the community health organisation area 1 (CHO 1) when it opens its doors in July 2017. CHO 1 comprises counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal, while services in the Boyle area currently operate under CHO 1, made up of counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. The HSE confirmed that the transfer was under consideration because the town bordered Co. Sligo, but insisted that, if made, it would have no have an impact on service provision.

“As part of the spatial mapping exercise in establishing the community healthcare organisation, areas which border other CHO areas are being examined,” a spokesman said. “No decision has been made to align Boyle with CHO 1. If such a decision is reached, services would continue to be delivered as per current practice. “The examination of areas which border other CHO areas is based on established pathways between acute hospital services, travel patters, etc.” Eugene Murphy, the Fianna Fáil TD, said that it would be opposed to the move because of the impact that it could have on patients and staff. “We could end up with the situation whereby certain issues are dealt with in Boyle, but patients may then be asked to attend Sligo or further afield for different health issues, which would be totally inconvenient for people in the Boyle catchment area,” he said.

Feighan invites Harris to Boyle Centre Senator Frank Feighan has invited the Simon Harris, the Minister for Health, to view works on the new Primary Care Centre being built in Boyle. “I have asked Minister Harris to view the ongoing works when he comes to visit Roscommon shortly to formally open the new endoscopy unit at Roscommon Hospital,” he said. The Department of Health said that no plans have yet been finalised for Minister Harris’s visit to the hospital. “I sincerely thank Minister Harris who last May approved the new Boyle

Primary Care Centre for construction,” Senator Feighan, of Fine Gael, said. “The centre will ensure that the local community has improved access to a greater range of health services within their own community. “When complete, the 17,000 square foot two-storey primary care centre, being developed on the grounds of the Plunkett Nursing Home, will include GP suites, consulting rooms, physiotherapy and occupational therapy suites along with a separate dental wing.”

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A water supply serving more than 5,000 people in north Roscommon has been found to have almost twice the EU permitted level of trihalomethanes (THMs) – environment pollutants that are linked to cancer. Water quality reports released by Irish Water, under the Freedom of Information Act, show that the North East Roscommon Water Supply Scheme is significantly non-compliant with regard to the toxins. The EU permitted levels of THMs are 100 micrograms per litre. Yet on three occasions over the past seven months, the supply had readings far higher: 191 on December 7th last; 175 on March

29th; and 192 on May 17th. The supply serves 5,017 people in Tarmonbarry, Rooskey, Elphin, Strokestown and surrounding areas. It is currently subject to a ‘boil water’ because of the detection of cryptosporidium, a parasite that causes a diarrhoeal disease. The Environment Protection Agency said that it was “aware of the non-compliances in this supply and Irish Water has submitted an action programme for this supply”. “The supply is to be replaced with a new treatment plant by December 2017,” they added. “UV has been installed as an interim measure and its effectiveness is currently being validated.”

THMs are typically formed by the reaction of chlorine, which is used to disinfect drinking water, with natural organic matter, such as twigs or leaves, which pay be present in the water. Irish Water said that, for the first time in Ireland, it had put in place a prioritised programme of investment that would address all inadequacies in drinking water parameters, including THMs. “The Irish Water Business Plan up to 2021 sets out a clear commitment to reduce the number of schemes on the EPA Remedial Action List to zero,” they added. “This includes an investment of €320 million by Irish Water in upgrading water supplies which are at risk from THMs.”

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The three TDs in the Roscommon-Galway constituency are all set to vote against the fatal foetal abnormality Bill in the Dáil today (Thursday). The Bill, brought forward by Mick Wallace, the Independent TD, would legalise access to abortion in cases where the pregnancy is not viable because of a fatal foetal abnormality. The Bill is expected to be defeated because Fine Gael deputies are likely to vote against it after Máire Whelan, the Attorney-General, advised Cabinet that it was unconstitutional. Independent TDs Denis Naughten and Michael Fitzmaurice and Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy have all said that they will oppose the Bill.

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Trading Online Voucher Scheme he Trading Online Voucher Scheme assists small businesses to Trade Online. Eligible businesses can apply for a voucher to invest in developing their ecommerce capabilities; of up to €2,500 matched by own funding to develop a Trading Online component to their business. The scheme is administered around the country on behalf of The Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources by the Local Enterprise Office Network. To qualify for the scheme, businesses must have: • No more than 10 employees • Less than €2m in turnover • Be located in the region of their Local Enterprise Office Over 2,000 businesses nationwide have already benefitted from the scheme. Your Local Enterprise Office can help and support you throughout the process. Businesses that participated in the scheme reported that on average they saw their sales increase by 20%, with an 80% jump in sales leads and 3 in 5 exporting for the first time. Fergal Cormican of Cormican School & Art Supplies who has businesses in Roscommon and Athlone Town availed of the Trading Online Voucher Scheme through the Local Enterprise Office Roscommon. Fergal commented: “We first heard about the Trading Online Voucher through the Local Enterprise Office

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To book your FREE place at the next Trading Online Voucher Information Seminar on Tuesday the 12th of July at 11am, contact Local Enterprise Office Roscommon on 09066 26263 or 09066 37100, Email: localenterprise@roscommoncoco.ie or Visit: www.localenterprise.ie/roscommon The Information Seminar will take place at the New Civic Offices of Roscommon County Council in Roscommon Town.

Roscommon. The scheme was very accessible and we found participating to be a very smooth process from start to finish. Our focus was to enhance our existing website using Search Engine Optimisation in order to increase traffic to our website and generate new customers. Participating in the Trading Online Voucher scheme was very beneficial for our business and has resulted in an increase in our online sales. We’ve increased our customer base and are now serving customers all over the country, for instance in Donegal, Cork, Kerry and Dublin and have even had international sales in Dubai and the US.” The next Trading Online Voucher Information Seminar is at the Local Enterprise Office Roscommon on the 12th of July at 11am. The Local Enterprise Office Roscommon is located at the New Civic Offices of the Roscommon County Council in Roscommon Town. Please visit the Local Enterprise Office Roscommon website for booking details or call or email us to book your place. The Information Seminar is FREE to attend. Visit: www.localenterprise.ie/roscommon Tel: 090 6626263 or 090 6637100 Email: localenterprise@roscommoncoco.ie

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McAleese to open Ballygar Courthouse

Former President of Ireland, Dr. Mary McAleese

Ballygar Courthouse was built in 1850 to serve as a law court. Courts were held here for nearly one hundred years, the last court hearing was held around 1944. The building was acquired by Ballygar parish in the 1930s. As well as housing many parish based groups, the building was used to provide classroom space while the old National School in Ballygar was being renovated. During the war years (1939-1945) it was used as headquarters

for the local branches of the Red Cross, LDF and LSF. Fund-raising draws for the extension to St. Mary’s Catholic Church also took place here prior to 1957. In the early 1990s the committee of St. Brendan’s Credit Union purchased the building to use as its official office. The refurbishment at this time included the lowering of the original high ceiling to conserve heating and the installation of a toilet and private office. In January 2014, the

committee of Ballygar Tidy Towns purchased the building. The intention of the Tidy Towns committee was to establish a base for Tidy Towns activity and create a centre for community endeavours. The volunteers of Ballygar Tidy Towns undertook a major project to restore the original high ceiling, install heritage windows, reinsulate the building and install a kitchenette and new wheelchair accessible toilet.

The building will now serve the community into the future as a meeting room, concert venue, lecture hall, art exhibition gallery and much more. The building will be officially opened by the former President of Ireland, Dr. Mary McAleese, on Sunday, July 17th at 12 pm. The official ceremony will take place outside the building with a reception afterwards in Tierney’s, Ballygar. All are welcome to attend.

newsbriefs Big rise in new car sales in Roscommon New car sales in Co. Roscommon rose by almost 34 per cent in the first six months of 2016 compared for the same period last year. Between January and June, 1,023 161-registered vehicles were sold, significantly higher than the 742 151-registered units that were sold in the same period in 2015. Co. Roscommon’s increase was significantly higher than the national increase of 23 per cent over the same period.

Susi deadline on Friday Michael Fitzmaurice, the Independent TD, has reminded thirdlevel students that the deadline for applications for Susi (Student Universal Support Ireland) grants is Friday, July 8th. “Anyone who is having difficulty with the application process or has any problems in connection with the paperwork, please contact my constituency office for assistance. The number is 090-6628479,” he said.

HAC listed as lobbying group The Roscommon Hospital Action Committee (HAC) has registered as an official lobbying group with the Government. Last week, the Standard in Public Office Commission (Sipo) issued its first annual report under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015, which commenced on September 1st, 2015. It became a legal requirement for those who lobby designated public officials to register and report on their lobbying activities every four months. According to Sipo’s report, 1,131 were registered by January 21st of this year, including the HAC and the Exclusive Cigar Manufacturing Ireland, which is based at Charlestown Road, Ballaghaderreen.

SPCA Church gate collections Roscommon SPCA are holding church gate collections on Saturday, July 9th and Sunday July 10th at Castlerea, Trien and Cloonbonniffe Churches.

Measures needed to reduce insurance premiums – Fitzmaurice

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Michael Fitzmaurice, the Independent TD, has called for the Government to act on the rapidly rising cost of car insurance. “Once again, I want to highlight this very important issue and state that a solution to this very serious problem will have to come from all the stakeholders involved,” the Roscommon-Galway deputy said. “On the question of claims, emergency legislation must be introduced to put a cap on the level of claims and indeed the cost of legal fees in these compensation cases. “The co-operation of the insurance companies will also be required and the Government should be holding ongoing discussions with the main players in the industry. “The situation cannot continue whereby members of the public and the business community, including hauliers, are being hammered with huge premium increases. “It is a situation that must addressed immediately or many people will simply be priced out of being able to afford insurance at all.”

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Pictured at the recent Castlerea Community School Leaving Certificate graduation ceremony was 6th year Student of the Year winner Sarah Fitzmaurice with Mr. Jarlath Burke, Deputy Principal, and Ms. Eileen Ryan, Principal, CCS. Pic: Glynn’s Photography, Castlerea.

Murphy calls for action on Scramogue ‘death trap’ Eugene Murphy, the Fianna Fáil TD, has called for urgent action in relation to a dangerous visibility issue at Scramogue Cross, near Strokestown, following another accident at the location last week. Deputy Murphy and local councillor Joe Murphy have highlighted the ongoing problems at Scramogue Cross. They say it is a “death trap” which needs urgent attention. Deputy Murphy is seeking an urgent meeting with the

National Roads Authority and Roscommon County Council on the matter next week. “Numerous motorists and constituents in the Scramogue area have contacted me in relation to the ongoing issues at Scramogue on the main N5,” Deputy Murphy said. “This is a national primary route where there is a staggered type crossroads in operation. “There seems to be a problem with signposting in the area which is causing prob-

lems in terms of visibility and only last week there was yet another accident at that location. “Indeed many people are scared to death driving through Scramogue Cross as it is a real death trap and urgent action is needed to address the situation.” The Fianna Fáil deputy is seeking a meeting with the Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Roscommon County Council about the matter.

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AL HAYES MOTORS LTD. Galway Road, Portumna, Co. Galway. Telephone: Main Line: 090 9742200 Visit: www.alhayesmotors.com • Open: Monday – Saturday, 9am – 6pm •

COMMERCIAL & USED CAR RANGE HUGE REDUCTIONS THIS WEEKEND PRE REG VANS 161 VW Touareg 3.0TDI V6 A/T 4WD Choice Commercial €44,500+ VAT 161 VW Amorak 2.0TDI 140BHP €31,000+ VAT 161 VW Crafter 2.0TDI MWB High Roof 136BHP €25,500 + VAT 161 VW Golf 1.5TDI Van Extras €16,500+ VAT 161 VW Passat 1.6TDI Estate extras €29,500 161 VW Tiguan 2.0TDI Sports Model leather €31,000 161 VW Transporter 20TDI LWB 104BHP €21,000+ VAT 161 VW Caddy 2.0TDI DSL €13,500+VAT 161 VW Caddy 2.0TDI Highline Silver Met €17,000 + VAT 152 VW Caddy 1.6TDI €13,000+ VAT 152 VW Transporter 2.0TDI LWB 104BHP €19,500+VAT 152 VW Tiguan 2.0TDI €27,500 151 VW Touran 1.6TDI 7 Seater €27,500 151 VW Caddy 1.6TDI €13,500 151 VW Passat 1.6TDI C/L Estate Car €28,500 151 VW Golf SV 1.6TDI Highline €25,000 151 VW Golf SV 1.6TDI C/L Automatic €25,500 151 VW Golf 1.6TDI Van €14,500+ VAT 151 VW Tiguan “R” Line TDI 140BHP €29,500 151 VW Transporter 2.0TDI SWB €19,500 151 VW Transporter 2.0TDI 140BHP LWB €21,500+VAT 151 VW Crafter 2.0TDI MWB €23,500+VAT 142 VW Transporter 2.0TDI 140BHP LWB €17,500+VAT 142 VW Caddy 1.6TDI €11,500+VAT 142 VW Golf SV C/L Automatic €24,000 141 VW Caddy 2.0TDI 140BHP Extras €12,500 + VAT 141 VW Tiguan 2.0TDI Life /Leisure €22,500 141 VW Touran TDI 7 Seater €25,500 141 VW Transporter 20TDI SWB €17,000+VAT 131 VW Crafter MWB High Roof €17,000+ VAT 131 VW Transporter 2.0TDI SWB €16,000+VAT 131 VW Touran 1.6TDI 7 Seater €23,500 132 VW Tiguan 2.0TDI 140BHP Extras €25,500 132 VW Sharan TDI 7 seater €29,500 132 VW Caddy Maxi 7 Seater Extras Automatic €24,000 2012 VW Transporter 2.0TDI SWB €15,000+VAT 2012 VW Caddy TDI €8,500+VAT 2012 VW Shuttle Bus 9 seater €25,500 2012 VW Tiguan 2.0TDI €19,500 2011 VW Amorak 2.0TDI Extras €17,000+VAT 2011 VW Tiguan 2.0TDI 140BHP €16,500 2011 VW Sharan 2.0TDI 140BHP 7 Seats €22,500 2011 VW Passat 2.0TDI 140BHP €12,500 2011 VW Golf 1.6TDI Plus €13,500 2011 VW Transporter 2.0TDI LWB €12,500+VAT 2011 VW Caddy TDI €8,000+VAT` 2010 VW Caddy TDI €7,500+VAT 2010 VW Transporter 1.9 TDI LWB €9,500+VAT 2010 VW Golf 1.6TDI Plus €12,000 2010 VW Golf GTD 2.0TDI 170BHP 3DR A/T Extras €15,500 2009 VW Caddy 1.6TDI €6,500+VAT 2009 VW Transporter 2.5TDI LWB €10,500+VAT 2009 VW Crafter 3.5Tn. LWB (Fridge Fitted) €8,500+VAT 2009 VW Transporter LWB 2.5TDI Kombi 6 Seater €10,500 + VAT 2008 VW Touran 1.9TDI 7 Seats €9,000 2008 VW Transporter 2.5TDI LWB €9,500+VAT 2008 VW Caddy TDI €5,500+VAT

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VW Golf GTI Automatic 3Dr €10,500 VW Golf 1.9TDI Van €5,000+VAT VW Touran 1.9TDI 5 Seats €7,500 VW Transporter 1.9TDI SWB €5,500+VAT VW Caddy TDI €6,500 VW Crafter LWB Kombi 6 Seater €9,500 + VAT VW Transporter 1.9TDI LWB €6,000 VW Caddy TDI €4,500 VW Golf TDI Plus €6,500 VW Shuttle 2.0TDI 140BHP 9 Seats LWB Automatic €15,000 VW Passat 1.9TDI Estate €6,500 VW Golf TDI Van €2,500 VW Caddy TDI €2,000 VOLKSWAGEN UP RANGE Volkswagen UP 1.0 5 Dr Extras €13,000 Volkswagen UP 1.0 5Dr €10,500 Volkswagen UP 1.0 3Dr €8,500 Volkswagen UP 1.0 3Dr €8,000 AUDI A3 RANGE Audi A3 1.6SE TDI Automatic €28,500 Audi A3 1.6 5Dr €18,500 Audi A3 1.6 TDI €16,500 Audi A3 1.9TDI 5Dr €11,500 Audi A3 1.9TDI €6,500 Audi A3 2.0TDI €5,000 Audi A3 1.9TDI €2,500 Audi A3 1.9TDI Van €2,000 AUDI A4 RANGE Audi A4 2.0TDI 143BHP Extras €23,500 Audi A4 2.0TDI SE €18,500 Audi A4 1.9TDI €8,500 Audi A4 2.0TDI 170BHP Quatro €9,500 Audi A4 1.8 Turbo Soft Top €7,500 Audi A4 1.9TDI €6,000 Audi A4 1.9TDI €5,000 Audi A4 1.9TDI €4,500 Audi A4 1.9TDI €3,000 AUDI A5 RANGE Audi A5 2.0TDI 5DR €21,000 Audi A5 2.0TDI 5Dr €18,500 AUDI A6 RANGE Audi A6 2.0TDI SE 177 HP A/T €28,500 Audi A6 2.0TDI SE 136 Estate €15,000 Audi A6 2.0 TDI 140BHP Leather A/T €10,500 Audi A6 2.0TDI Estate €7,500 CITROEN RANGE Citroen Multispace 1.6DSL 5 Seater passenger €15,000 Citroen Multispace 1.6DSL 5 Seater passenger €12,500 Citroen C3 Picasso 1.6HDI VTR €9,500 Citroen Picasso 1.6DSL 7 seater €5,500 Citroen C4 DSL Van €3,500 Citroen C4 1..4 Petrol €3,000 Citroen Xsara 1.6DSL €3,000 Citroen Multispace 1.4 Passenger €2,500 Citroen Multispace DSL Passenger €2,000 BMW RANGE BMW 116 2.0DSL 5Dr €22,500 BMW 116 2.0DSL 5Dr €20,950 BMW 520 2.0DSL €28,500

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BMW 116 2.0DSL 3Dr automatic €13,500 BMW 320DSL SE Estate €9,500 BMW 320 Petrol SE €8,500 BMW 520 2.0DSl €11,500 BMW 318 Petrol €5,500 BMW 320 DSL €4,500 BMW 318 Petrol €3,500 BMW 318 petrol €2,500 BMW 520 2.0DSL €3,500 DAIHATSU RANGE Daihatsu Terios 1.5 Petrol €5,000 Daihatsu Terios 1.3 Petrol €1,000 HONDA RANGE Honda Civic 1.6SE DSL €19,500 Honda Accord 2.2DSL €8,500 Honda Civic 1.8SE €5,000 Honda Civic 1.4 5DR €4,500 Honda Civic 1.4 3Dr €2,500 MITSUBISHI RANGE Mitsubishi Outlander 2.0TDI 4x4 €24,000+VAT Mitsubishi L200 5 Seater 4x4 Pick Up €28,500 Mitsubishi Outlander 2.0TDI 4x4 €21,000+VAT Mitsubishi L200 5 Seater Comm. €15,000 Mitsubishi Outlander 2.0TDI Comm. €10,500+VAT Mitsubishi Colt 1.5 CZC Inform €8,500 Mitsubishi Grandis 2.0TDI 7 Seater €9,500 Mitsubishi Lancer 1.5 Petrol €6,500 Mitsubishi Outlander 2.0DSL Passenger 7 Seater €7,500 Mitsubishi Colt 1.35D Automatic €6,000 Mitsubishi Pajero 3.2 LWB €11,500 Mitsubishi Colt 1.5DSL Van €3,000+VAT Mitsubishi L200 5 Seater Comm. €5,000 Mitsubishi Pajero 2.5DI SWB €6,500 Mitsubishi Pajero 2.5TDI SWB €4,500 TOYOTA RANGE Toyota Hi- Lux ( Extras) €32,500 Toyota Proace 2.0DSL LWB €16,500 Toyota Landcruiser 2.0DSL SWB €29,500 Toyota Hiace Van DSL €9,500 Toyota Hiace DSL 13 Seater Bus €15,000 Toyota Landcruiser LWB Kombi 5 Seater( €333 Road tax) €10,500 Toyota RAV4 1.8 Petrol €5,000 KIA RANGE Kia Sportage DSl Ex €22,500 Kia Rio 1.4 Petrol €9,500 Kia Ceed 1.6DSL EX €10,500 Kia Soul 1.6DSL Automatic €9,500 Kia Carnival 2.9DSL Kombi (330 Road Tax) €8,500 Kia Sportage 2.0DSL €7,500 Kia Picanto 1.1 LX 5Dr €3,000 Kia Sedona 2.9DSL Kombi ( 330 Road tax) €3,500 FORD RANGE Ford Fiesta 1.25 €13,500 Ford Fiesta 1.25 €12,500 Ford Focus 1.6 TDCI Zetec €16,500 Ford Galaxy TDI 7 Seater auto Zetec €22,500 Ford Focus 1.6 TDCI Zetec €15,500 Ford Fiesta 1.25 €11,500

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Ford Focus TDCI 5Dr Ford Mondeo 2.0DSl Ford Kugo 2.0DSL Zetec Ford Focus 1.6 DSL 5Dr Ford Focus DSL Van Ford Mondeo 2.0DSL Ford Galaxy DSl 7 Seater Ford Focus 1.6DSL 5Dr Ford Mondeo 2.0DSl Ford Ranger 2.5 DSL Ford C Max DSL Ford Galaxy DSL 7 seater Ford Focus DSL Van Ford Mondeo 2.0DSL Ford Mondeo 2.0DSl Ford Fiesta 1.25 Ford Focus DSL Van Ford Galaxy DSL 7 Seater Ford Focus Petrol Ford Fiesta 1.25 Ford Mondeo 2.0DSL Ford Galaxy DSL 7 Seater Ford Mondeo 1.8 Petrol HYUNDAI RANGE Hyundai 1x35 1.7DSL Exec Hyundai 140 DSL Hyundai 1.7DSL Automatic Estate Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0DSl Passenger Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0DSL Commercial Hyundai Accent 1.4 5dr Hyundai coupe 1.6 Hyundai Sonata 2.0DSL Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2 DSL Passsenger Hyundai Trajet 2.0DSL 7 Seater Hyundai Tuscon 2.0DSL Passenger SUZUKI RANGE Suzuki 2.0DSL SX4 Passenger Suzuki 1.9TDI Passenger Suzuki Grand Vitaro 2.0DSL Passenger Suzuki Grand Vitaro 2.0DSL Passenger Suzuki Grand Vitaro 2.0DSL Passenger OTHER USED MAKES Nissan Duke Petrol Extras Nissan Duke 1.5 DSL (36,000K) Citroen Multispace DSL5 Seater Passenger Nissan Qashqai 1.5DSL Passenger Citroen Berlingo DSL Citroen Berlingo DSL Nissan Note 1.5DSL Van Opel Vivaro 2.0DSL SWB Opel Vivaro 2.0DSL LWB Nissan Qashqai 1.5DSL Passenger 7 Seater Toyota Hiace 13 Seater DSL Bus Toyota Hiace DSL Van Hyundai Santa Fe DSL Passenger Citreon Berlingo DSL Hyundai Santa Fe DSL Comm. Hyundai Santa Fe Passenger Nissan Navara DSL 5 Seater Nissan Pathfinder 2.5 DSL A/T

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HUGE REDUCTIONS ACROSS OUR RANGE 161 152 152 152 152 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 142 142 142 141 141 141 141 141 131 132 132 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2007 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2004 151 141 131 2012 2011 2009 152 2012 2010 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2008 2007 2006 2006 2006 2004 2004

VOLKSWAGEN RANGE Volkswagen Passat 1.6TDI Estate T/L Extras Volkswagen Tiguan 20TDI Life /Leisure Volkswagen Passat TDI C/L Choice Volkswagen Jetta 1.6TDI Comfortline Choice Volkswagen Golf 1.6TDI Alloys Extras Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0TDI Sports Volkswagen Tiguan 20TDI Life /Leisure Volkswagen Passat 1.6TDI Volkswagen Jetta TDI Volkswagen Golf TDI Volkswagen Polo 1.0 5Dr Volkswagen Golf 1.6 TDI SV Extras Volkswagen Polo Cross TDI Volkswagen UP 1.0 5Dr (more) Volkswagen Polo 1.4 TDI Volkswagen Polo 1.2 TDI Volkswagen Golf TDI Sport Model ( white) Volkswagen Polo 1.2TDI Volkswagen Beetle 1.6TDI DSV Volkswagen Golf GTD 2.0TDI 184BHP 5Dr Volkswagen Jetta TDI Volkswagen Passat 2.0TDI 140BHP C/L Volkswagen Passat 1.6 TDI C/L ( white) Volkswagen Jetta TDI C/L Volkswagen Passat 1.6TDI C/L Volkswagen Golf TDI ( 15K) Volkswagen Jetta TDI C/L Volkswagen Passat 1.6TDI C/L Volkswagen Polo 1.2 5Dr Volkswagen Polo 1.2TDI 5 DR Volkswagen Golf 1.2TSI Match petrol Volkswagen Golf 1.6TDI Volkswagen Beetle 2.0TDI 140 Volkswagen Golf “R” Line TDI Volkswagen Golf 1.6TDI 3DR Highline Volkswagen Passat 1.6TDI C/L Volkswagen Jetta TDI Volkswagen Polo 1.2TDI Volkswagen Passat 1.6TDI C/L Volkswagen Jetta TDI C/L Volkswagen Golf 1.6TDI 5DR ( 80KM) Volkswagen Golf 2.0TDI 140HP Highline 6Sp Volkswagen Polo 1.2 5DR Volkswagen Golf 2.0TDI H/L Volkswagen Golf 1.4 Petrol Sports 3Dr Volkswagen Polo 1.4TDI Volkswagen Golf 1.9TDI C/L Volkswagen Polo 1.2 5Dr C/L Volkswagen polo 1.4TDI Volkswagen Golf 1.9 TDI Volkswagen Polo 1.2 5Dr Volkswagen Golf 1.4 5DR (70K) Volkswagen Golf TDI 5Dr Volkswagen Golf 1.9TDI estate Volkswagen Golf 1.4 5DR petrol Volkswagen Golf 1.4 5Dr PASSAT CC RANGE Volkswagen Passat 2.0TDI CC 140HP Volkswagen Passat 2.0TDI CC Volkswagen Passat 2.0TDI CC 140BHP Volkswagen Passat CC Volkswagen Passat CC Volkswagen Passat CC PEUGEOT RANGE Peugeot 2008 1.4DSL Peugeot 3008 DSL Active (19Km) Peugeot 3008 1.6DSL Peugeot Partner1.6 DSL Van Peugeot 207 1.4 HDI Peugeot Partner Dsl Van LWB Peugeot 407 1.6HDI ( Solar) Peugeot 308 1.4 Petrol Peugeot 207 1.4DSL 5 Dr Peugeot 407 DSL Peugeot 307 1.6 DSL Peugeot 206 5DR ( 80K) Peugeot 206 1.4 DSL Peugeot 308 1.4DSL Peugeot 407 Petrol

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AUTOMATIC RANGE Mitsubishi L200 Automatic €28,500 + VAT Volkswagen Passat 1.6TDI H/L €29,500 Volkswagen Golf 1.6TDI €25,500 Audi A3 1.6TDI 5 Dr Extras €28,500 Volkswagen Golf SV 1.6TDI C/L €24,000 Volkswagen Jetta 1.6TDI Highline €22,500 Volkswagen Golf 1.6TDI A/T €22,500 Hyundai 1.7DSL Executive A/T €19,500 Volkswagen Caddy Maxi 7 seater €24,000 Hyundai 140 12.7DSL Estate €19,500 Volkswagen Golf 1.6TDI 5Dr €19,500 Volkswagen Jetta 1.6TDI C/L €19,500 Volkswagen Beetle 1.2TSI Extras Automatic €17,500 Audi A6 2.0TDI 177HP Leather Extras €29,500 Volkswagen Touran 2.0TDI 140BHP €23,500 Opel Insignia 2.0TDI 150HP Full Leather €21,500 Volkswagen Golf 1.6TDI Plus €18,500 Volkswagen Golf 1.6TDI Comfortline €18,500 Ford Galaxy TDI 7 Seater Extras €22,500 Volkswagen Jetta 1.6TDI A/T €14,500 Nissan Micra 1.2 5Dr €9,500 Volkswagen Passat 2.0TDI 140HP Comfortline €17,500 Volkswagen Golf 1.6tdi 5Dr (20K) €16,500 Volkswagen Golf 2.0TDI 3Dr 170HP GTD €14,500 BMW 116 DSL €13,500 Volvo S40 2.0DSL Leather €13,500 Kia Soul 1.6DSL €10,500 Audi A6 2.0TDI 136BHP Estate Extras €16,500 BMW 320 Estate Touring full leather €9,500 Volkswagen Caddy TDI €8,500 BMW 320 Coupe 2.0 €13,500 Audi A6 2.0TDI 140HP €11,500 Opel Astra 1.4 SXI €5,500 Mercedes E200 1.8 €7,950 Volkswagen Passat 1.6 Comfortline €6,000 Volkswagen Shuttle 9 seater Bus €15,000 Audi A4 2.0TDI €8,500 Mercedes E320 DSL €4,500 Seat Alhambra 7 Seater A/T €3,000 Mercedes E200 Kombi 1.8 A/T €3,500 SKODA RANGE Skoda Rapid 1.6TDI €19,500 Skoda Fabia 1.2TSI Ambition €16,500 Skoda Fabia 1.4 Estate Ambition €18,500 Skoda Octavia 1.6TDI €21,000 Skoda Octavia 1.6TDI Elegance €19,500 Skoda Yeti 1.6TDI Extras €21,500 Skoda Octavia 1.6DSL €19,500 Skoda Citigo 1.0 5Dr €9,500 Skoda Superb Elegance 1.6TDI €22,500 Skoda Superb 2.0TDI Ambition (30K) €25,500 Skoda Superb 1.6TDI elegance (Leather) 29KM €24,500 Skoda Roomstar 1.6 TDI ambition €16,500 Skoda Octavia 1.6DSL €16,500 Skoda Fabia 1.2 5DR €9,500 Skoda Octavia 1.6TDI €15,000 Skoda Superb 1.6TDI (79Km €16,500 Skoda Octavia TDI Elegance €14,500 Skoda Octavia 1.6 DSL Elegance €13,500 Skoda Octavia Ambition (1 Owner) €11,000 Skoda Fabia 1.2 5DR €7,500 Skoda 1.9TDI €6,500 Skoda Superb 1.9TDI Comfortline €5,950 Skoda Octavia DSl Estate €6,000 TOYOTA RANGE Toyota Corolla 2.0 D4D €19,500 Toyota Avensis D4D €16,500 Toyota Auris 1.4D4D Van €9,500 Toyota Avensis D4D €13,500 Toyota Auris 1.4 5 Dr Petrol €11,900 Toyota avensis 2.0 D4D estate €13,500 Toyota Avensis D4D €10,500 Toyota Avensis D4D €8,500 Toyota Avensis D4D €7,000 Toyota Corolla Verso 2.0DSL 7 seater €9,500 Toyota Corolla Petrol €8,000 Toyota Yaris 1.0 5 DR Petrol €6,500 Toyota Auris 1.4 D4D 5Dr €9,500 Toyota Avensis D4D €5,000

2006 Toyota corolla 1.4 H/B €5,000 2007 Toyota Auris 1.4 D4D 5Dr €7,500 NISSAN RANGE 151 Nissan Duke 1.2SV Petrol €18,500 141 Nissan Duke 1.5 DSL €18,500 131 Nissan Qashqai 1.6DSL 7 Seater extras €22,500 131 Nissan Qashqai 1.5 DSL 5 seater €21,000 131 Nissan Micra 1.0 5dr €10,500 2011 Nissan Micra 1.2 5dr €8,000 2011 Nissan Micra 1.2 5dr Automatic €9,000 2011 Nissan Note 1.5SXE Van DSL €7,500 2011 Nissan Primaster DSL Van €9,000 2010 Nissan Qashqai 1.5DSL 5 Seater €14,500 2010 Nissan Note 1.5 SXE Van DSL €8,000 2008 Nissan Qashqai 1.5 DSL 5 seater €9,500 2007 Nissan Almera 1.5 €4,500 2007 Nissan Tida 1.6 €5,000 FORD RANGE 142 Ford Transit Connect 3 Seater €14,500 2012 Ford Transit T350 H/R €12,500 2012 Ford Galaxy TDI 7 Seater Automatic €22,500 2011 Ford Kuga 2.0 DSL €12,500 2011 Ford Transit T260 €11,000 2011 Ford Transit T300 LWB Fridge €13,500 + VAT 2010 Ford Transit Connect €9,000 2010 Ford Focus DSL Van €8,500 2010 Ford C Max 7 Seater €13,500 2008 Ford Galaxy TDI 7 Seater €11,500 2007 Ford Focus DSL Van €5,000 2006 Ford Transit T260 €3,500 2005 Ford Galaxy TDI 7Seater €6,000 OPEL RANGE 152 Opel Astra 1.3 DSL CDTI €16,500 141 Vauxhall Insignia 2.0DSl Extras €21,500 131 Opel Corsa 1.2 5DR €11,500 131 Opel Insignia 2.0DSL A/T extras €21,500 2012 Opel Corsa 1.2 5Dr €10,500 2012 Opel Astra DSL €12,500 2010 Opel Astra 1.4 Club €9,500 2009 Opel Astra 1.4 life €7,500 BUSES RANGE 132 Citroen Multi Space 1.6TDI Passenger €15,000 132 Volkswagen Sharan 2.0TDI 7 Seater €29,500 132 Volkswagen Touran 1.6TDI €24,500 131 Nissan Qashqai 1.6 DSL +2 7 Seater €22,500 131 Volkswagen Touran 1.6TDI €22,500 2012 Volkswagen Touran 1.6TDI €18,500 2012 Volkswagen Shuttle 9 Seater €25,500 2011 Volkswagen Touran 1.6TDI Comfortline €16,500 2011 Volkswagen Sharan 2.0TDI 140HP 7 Seater €22,500 2010 Nissan Qashqai + 2 1.5DSL 7 seater €14,500 2010 Toyota Hiace 2.5DSL Bus 13 Seater €15,000 2010 Ford Galaxy 1.8 Ghia 7 seater New Model €16,500 2008 Volkswagen Transporter Kombi LWB 130BHP 6 seater (330 Road Tax) €13,500 2008 Ford Galaxy 1.8DSl 7 Seater €11,500 2008 Toyota Corolla Verso 7 Seater 1.6 €8,500 2008 Mitsubishi Grandis 2.0TDI 7 seater €9,500 2008 Opel Zafari 1.6 Petrol 7 seater €5,500 2007 Toyota Corolla Verso DSL 7 Seater €6,500 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander 2.0TDI 7 seater €7,500 2007 Volkswagen Shuttle 9 Seater Bus LWB Extras €15,000 2005 Ssangyong Rodius 2.7 DSL 7 Seater €4,500 2005 Ford Galaxy 1.9TDI 7 seater €5,500 2000 Citroen Multispace DSL Passenger ( NCT ) €2,000 RENAULT RANGE 132 Renault Clio 1.2 5Dr Dynamic €11,500 2011 Renault Megane 1.5DSl €9,500 2011 Renault Kangoo 1.5DSL €6,500 2011 Renault Fleunce 1.5DSL Extras €11,500 2011 Renault Megane 1.5Dsl Royale €9,500 2010 Renault Clio 1.2 5Dr €8,500 2008 Renault Laguna DSL €4,500 2008 Renault Grand Scenic 1.5DSL Comm €4,500 2007 Renault Megane 1.4 estate €3,000 2005 Renault Megane 1.5DSL €2,000 2004 Renault Megane 1.4 H/B €2,000 ESTATE CARS 161 Volkswagen Passat 1.6TDI Trendline Extras €29,500 161 Mitsubishi ASX 1.8DSL ( White) Leather €28,500

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Volkswagen Golf 1.6SV Comfortline €24,500 Peugeot 2008 1.4 DSL €18,500 Volkswagen Passat 1.6TDI Comfortline €27,500 Volkswagen Golf 2.0TDI 150BHP Highline Estate €28,500 Volkswagen Golf 1.6 SV Comfortline €23,500 Skoda rapid 1.6 DSL estate €16,500 Volkswagen Passat 2.0TDI 140 HP Highline €25,500 Volkswagen Passat 2.0TDI 140HP Comfortline €24,500 Hyundai 140 Exect A/T €19,500 Volkswagen Touran 1.6DSL 5 Seater €21,500 Nissan Qashqai DSL €18,500 Peugeot 3008 2.0DSL HDI Extras ( 20K) €17,500 Volkswagen Touran 1.6DSl 5 seater €18,500 Volkswagen Passat 2.0TDI 140HP C/L €12,500 Toyota 2.0DSL Estate €11,500 Peugeot 3008 1.6DSL €12,500 Audi A6 Estate TDI 136BHP Extras €16,500 Skoda Octavia 1.9TDI Estate €6,000 Audi A6 2.0TDI €7,500 Volkswagen Passat 1.6TDi €7,500 Volkswagen Golf 1.9TDI €4,500 Skoda Octavia 1.6 €2,000 Ford Mondeo 1.8 DSL €2,000 Ford Focus 1.4 €1,500 MERCEDES RANGE Mercedes Vito 113CDI €17,500 Mercedes Vito DSL €10,500 Mercedes Sprinter DSL €12,500 + VAT Mercedes Sprinter DSL €8,500 + VAT Mercedes E200 €9,500 Mercedes C180 €6,500 Mercedes A180 DSL €4,500 Mercedes E320 CDII Sp. DSL €6,000 Mercedes E270 DSL A/T €4,500 Mercedes E220 DSL A/T €3,000 SPECIAL OFFERS Volkswagen Jetta 1.6TDI C/L €12,500 Volkswagen Passat 1.6TDI C/L €13,500 Ford Mondeo 2.0DSL Extras €10,500 Volkswagen Passat 2.0TDI 140BHP Estate C/L €11,500 Ford Focus Van TCDI White €7,500 Opel Astra 1.4 5Dr €6,500 Opel Corsa 1.2 5Dr €6,500 Volkswagen Passat 2.0TDI €9,000 Ford Focus 1.4 5DR €5,500 Vauxhall Vectra 1.9DSL estate €5,000 Lexus IS220 DSL €6,000 Toyota Avensis DSL €6,500 Renault Megane 1.4 Estate €2,000 Ford focus H/B €3,500 Volkswagen Golf 1.4 Plus €4,500 Mercedes E270 A/T €4,500 Opel Corsa €2,500 Toyota Avensis DSL €2,000 Volkswagen Bora DSL €2,500 Ford Focus 1.4 5 Dr €2,000 Ford Focus 1.6 Sal €1,000 OTHER MAKES Opel Astra 1.3DSL CDTI €16,500 Ford Focus 1.6DSL €15,000 Opel Corsa 1.2 5Dr €10,500 Audi A3 1.6 TDI 5DR €14,500 Audi A4 2.0TDI €16,500 Subaru Justy 1.0 5Dr €6,000 Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0DSL passenger €13,500 Opel Zafari 7 Seater DSl €7,500 Seat Ibiza 1.2 Petrol €6,500 Suzuki Swift 1.3 5Dr €6,500 Hyundai Getz 1.1 €6,500 Hyundai Coupe €6,000 Nissan Navara DSL Extras €10,500 Opel Vectra DSL €5,000 Audi A6 2.0TDI Estate €6,500 Subaru Impresso €4,500 Volkswagen Jetta 1.9TDI sports €4,500 Suzuki Liana 1.3 €3,000 Saab 95 1.9DSl €4,500 Volkswagen Passat 1.9TDI Comfortline €3,500 Volkswagen Bora TDI €2,500 Toyota Avensis DSL €2,000 Hyundai Coupe 1.6 €3,500

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For the Attention of Approved Housing Bodies. Call for proposals for Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) 2016 Following recent notification from the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government of funding for a Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) Programme 2016, Roscommon County Council is now accepting applications for capital funding for the delivery through either the construction or acquisition of housing accommodation to cater for priority groups as specified in the Call for CAS 2016. 1. Homeless Persons 2. Elderly 3. People with a disability with a particular emphasis, but not exclusively, on moving people with a disability from a congregated setting into community based living. Roscommon County Council now request Approved Housing Bodies (AHB’s) to submit new CAS construction and acquisitions proposals specifically for the provision of accommodation to meet the needs of all the target groups under CAS; Details of this ‘Call for Proposals’ are set out in Circular: Housing 29 of 2016. Any proposal must comply with the terms and conditions of the Capital Assistance Scheme as set out in Memorandum VCU: 2/02 and Circular Housing 45/2015. All of these documents are available on request www.roscommoncoco.ie and can also be accessed on the Irish Council for Social Housing website www.icsh.ie Participation in this “Callâ€? is only open to Approved Housing Bodies (AHB’s) that have registered with the Interim Regulation Office and can produce documentary evidence of having signed up to the Voluntary Code. Refer to Circular Housing 15/2016. All acquisition proposals to be submitted by 5.00pm on Friday, 12th August 2016 and all construction proposals submitted by 5.00pm on Friday, 11th November 2016. Approved Housing Bodies should submit their proposals titled “Call for CAS Proposalsâ€? to Senior Executive Officer, Housing Department, Roscommon County Council, Ă ras an Chontae, Roscommon or email proposal to cascall2016@ roscommoncoco.ie. For further details, including Forms, Guidance and Assessment Criteria, please contact the Housing Office at (090)6637363 or by email at cascall2016@roscommoncoco.ie Derek Caldbeck A/Head of Finance & Housing

â‚Ź1,000 FOR JOIN OUR BOYS TRUST Recently Scoil Mhuire National School in Roscommon town presented a cheque for â‚Ź1,000 to the Join Our Boys Trust. The money was raised by the school during ‘Wear Orange Day’. Pictured at the presentation were Una Feeley, principal; Padraic Naughton; Joan O’Shea, teacher; and the following pupils (back): Ava Costello, Nisha Gately and Niamh Feerick; Front: Sean Ă“g Daly, Keisha Costello and Michael Skalny.

Garda numbers in Boyle seriously depleted – Murphy < EOGHAN YOUNG-MURPHY

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THURSDAY 21ST JULY 2016

DOUGLAS HYDE CONFERENCE

Telling Tales of Revolution

Lean Ar Aghaidh Open Evening next Thursday Lean Ar Aghaidh Resource Centre in Roxboro, Co. Roscommon is hosting an open evening on Thursday, July 14th from 5 pm to 7 pm. The staff would like to invite everyone who has supported the facility in fundraising efforts as well as the children and families who have accessed

the services over the past 19 years to come along on next Thursday. Those who are attending on the day are requested to come early in order for the staff to offer you the ‘grand tour!’ The project was completed from funding received through a range of fundraising efforts

and this has allowed the facility to be renovated and to remain in line with the required standards for children’s services. The staff at Lean Ar Aghaidh have asked those attending to RSVP by Thursday, July 7th to laa@roscommon.brothersofcharity.ie or by text to 087-7827923.

Venue: Northern & Western Regional Assembly Conference Room, The Square, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon Time: 9.30am to 5.45 pm (Registration 9.00 am to 9.30 am) This year’s Douglas Hyde Conference brings together a most diverse and engaging range of speakers. Robert Ballagh, arguably Ireland’s most distinguished artist, will speak about his own representations of the leaders and events of the 1916 Rising. Professor Alan Titley’s talk will demonstrate, with reference to Gaelic literature and song, that most Irish people had a strong desire for revolution for 100 years prior to 1916. Derek Warfield, founder of the highly successful Wolfe Tones, will talk about his lifelong commitment to singing and popularising Irish rebel songs, while Ballymurray based storyteller, Vincent Pierse, will lighten proceedings in his own inimitable way.

Full programme of events available on www.roscommoncoco.ie.

Further details/booking by contacting Gillian Hoare at ghoare@roscommoncoco.ie or 090 66 37243.

Pictured at the official launch of the Moore Community Playground recently were Chiara Finneran, Jodie O’Rourke, Valerie Duffy, Clare Madden, Cllr. John Keogh, Sinead Colleran, Joanne Cunniffe and Cllr. John Naughten.

Moore Community Playground launched There was a great buzz at the official launch of the Moore Community Playground, on Thursday, June 23rd in Moore Hall, Ballydangan. The meeting was well attended by the Moore Community Council, voluntary organiations, interested members of the community and local councillors John Keogh, John Naughten and Tony Ward. The Moore Community Council Playground Committee has been successful in obtaining a combined grant of €40,000 from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) and the Roscommon County Council. The new playground will be situated adjacent

to Moore Hall, Ballydangan, Athlone, Co. Roscommon (5 miles from Ballinasloe and 10 miles from Athlone). The Moore Community Council Playground Committee would like to thank all those whom attended the meeting and look forward to future support at fundraising events. For any queries email: moorecommunityplayground@gmail.com or send a message via https://www.facebook. com/moorecommunityplayground/ Online donations can be made at www.idonate. ie/moorecommunityplayground all proceeds will go directly to the purchase and install of playground equipment.

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From My Kitchen Table

newsbrief Anniversary Mass for Fr Molloy on Sunday

MIRIAM KERINS

Is this a hold-up? No, it’s your new car insurance premium! Some weeks ago I received my usual, what I call, ‘countdown’ letter from my car insurance company reminding me that my annual premium was due; this was followed by a series of ‘phone calls from an overly-enthusiastic and chirpy ‘customer service’ lady informing me that we were nearing ‘premium day’ and, in order to make life easier, she could take my ‘lil’ ‘ole details over the ‘phone right there and then and ‘sort’ it out for me. How helpful! What a caring individual! As customer service lady waited for me to retrieve my visa debit card from the detritus that is my handbag, she then, in a soothing, matter-of-fact voice, delivered the bad news. My policy had risen by nearly €100!!! What? But I’m a year

older, I’m not a boy racer, I’m Miss Daisy for God’s sake, I’ve never, ever, (thank God) made a claim, meaning I’ve a full no claims bonus, I’ve been driving and insured in my own name since I was 18 years old, I’ve had the same, drab, sensible car since 2007, which, by the way, along with me, is now a year older meaning the value has slightly diminished…so, in short, what the hell was my insurance company playing at? Were they wearing a feckin’ balaclava and brandishing a weapon as their staff member imparted this price-hike because what they were doing was not ‘helping,’ nay, they were robbing me blind! She was “sorry,” she empathised, but “insurance is up across the board, you know. We

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have to pass on the cost of the Setanta collapse to our clients; that’s the way it is I’m afraid. You’re not alone; sure my own premium has gone up too, ha, ha, ha.” Now I have to say that at this point, despite the fact people were within earshot, and, despite the fact she warned me that ‘some calls may be recorded,’ as someone who doesn’t like public spectacles, I let rip. Yes I lost it; possible recording or not! I mean, the utter cheek of my insurers to think they could ‘pass on’ the industry’s incompetence and liabilities to me and other law-abiding citizens…. or words to that affect, there may have been a few choice expletives thrown in for emphasis. Deciding I could do better, I logged onto a website that claims to compare ’14 different insurers to get you the best quote.’ Well, apparently enthusiasm courses through

the veins of some of those happy, quirky folk working in the insurance industry because, when I failed to immediately jump at the chance to pay the €545 for fully comprehensive or even get excited over the €530 for third party they tried to sell me as their ‘best quote,’ a smooth talking male representative rang me to help relieve me of my hard-earned cash as he energetically told me I was ‘lucky’ to get such a competitive quote,

expressing his incredulity as, bless him, stressed he, ‘failed’ to understand why I wasn’t throwing money at him right there and then! His ardour cooled when I colourfully told him, through gritted teeth, that at €545 for fully comprehensive and €530 for third party, fire and theft his ‘best quote’ for fully comp was actually €128 dearer than the girl I’d already told to pee off! You see readers, this whole insurance hike

scandal is a big smelly pile of cow dung and I don’t understand why, along with other rightthinking Irish citizens, I’ve already had to bail the banks out of their €64 billion debt and now I’m expected to fund another bunch of reckless eejits who’ve mismanaged their organisations, leaving drivers like you and me to pick up what is reported to be a €90 million millstone around our necks to settle some 1,750 claims in the wake of the Setanta Insurance collapse. I received a call back from original ‘helpful’ lady’s supervisor, whom, following another vivid and rich exchange, sighed, shuffled papers and resignedly renewed my policy for €367 for fully comprehensive cover. Given what some have quoted me, I believe I may have got a good deal.

Malpractice at Console casts unfair shadow on other charities The antics of Console’s greedy chief Paul Kelly and some family members’ alleged swindling have literally shone a spotlight on Irish charities across the board, meaning members of the public, funders and potential donators and supporters will now be extremely wary of helping other above board, legitimate charitable organisations – and that’s terribly sad. You see, given this latest scandal, it’s going to take an awful long

time before this now tarnished trust can be rebuilt in the sector. And, while I feel nothing but contempt for the likes of cheap and nasty swindlers like Kelly and Co., I would also have to hold the HSE, who contributed €2.5 million to Console, partly responsible because, in my opinion, they failed spectacularly when it came to dealing with concerns and complaints raised with them seven years ago; allowing this massive malpractice to fester and continue

to grow unhindered to the extent that Kelly, his wife Patricia and son Tim, allegedly benefitted to the tune of nearly €500,000 in wages, fancy cars, foreign travel, designer clothing and God knows what else – with the fallout causing irreparable damage and anxiety to those decent people who not only threw their weight and considerable support behind Console, but most of all, to the vulnerable individuals who required its counselling services.

A Mass to mark the 31st anniversary of the death of Fr. Niall Molloy will take place in Fuerty Church, Castlecoote, on Sunday, July 10th, at 11.30 am. All are welcome to attend. The Roscommon town native as brutally killed in Kilcoursey House, Clara, Co. Offaly, on July 8th, 1985, but no one has ever been convicted of his death.

Mulligan slams ‘short-sighted’ broadband plan Cllr. Michael Mulligan has expressed his disappointment at the ‘short-sighted’ National Broadband Plan that has been adopted by the Government. “The announcement this week that Denis Naughten, the Minister for Communications, plans to hand over one of the State’s most priceless assets to a private company is disappointing and extremely shortsighted,” he said. “We have seen the folly of handing away such valuable assets in the past.” He said that only state ownership could guarantee the rollout countrywide.

Fitzmaurice welcomes designation of bogs Michael Fitzmaurice, the Independent TD, has welcomed the news that turf-cutting can resume on 46 previously protected bogs. Ten of the bogs, previously classified as national heritage areas (NHAs), are in the Roscommon area: Bellbridge, Cornaveagh, Derrycanan, Lisnanarriagh, Tullaghan, Carrickyanaughtan, Castlefrench, Suck River Callows. “I welcome the dedesignation of the 46 NHAs announced recently,” Deputy Fitzmaurice said. “It was announced three years ago, but the Government never brought the legislation forward. “As part of the negotiations for the formation of a Government while I was there, it was agreed that the Government would bring forward legislation on this matter within its first 100 day.”

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FREE HELP TO DEAL WITH MORTGAGE ARREARS! The Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) is ‘The Gateway to Debt Advice’!

know to MABS on 0761 07 2000 for independent information, advice and referral.

There is a new free service available from MABS for people who are in mortgage arrears. Until now many people ignored mortgage arrears or have been afraid to contact their lender and have ignored the issue. This no longer needs to be the case as MABS now has a new role in helping people in mortgage arrears and in danger of losing their homes. Free help is now available as MABS has a new Dedicated Mortgage Arrears Advice Service available locally in Roscommon MABS and throughout the country. The service is free, independent and confidential. MABS is the ‘gateway’ for mortgage debt advice and referral to other free professional support services. No matter how serious your situation is, the MABS Dedicated Mortgage Arrears Advice Service will help you to work out the next steps and support you to take them. While it may seem hard to take that first step, the worst possible thing you can do is to ignore the problem. You can seek help or refer someone you

WHO CAN MABS HELP? The new MABS Dedicated Mortgage Arrears Advice Service will help people who: • are in mortgage arrears • have never engaged with their lender • have not contacted their lender for a long time • are now in danger of losing their home • may have a court case pending • need support and guidance to explore next steps and options WHAT CAN MABS DO? MABS will: • work with you to achieve a resolution to your problem and support you as you explore your options • help you to deal with your mortgage lender and other creditors and to get agreement on a solution that works for you • explain and help you to explore what other options may be available to solve your mortgage arrears problem, such as personal insolvency services and

refer you to a specialist that can help with this. • refer you on for free legal advice and/or free financial advice where this is an option and may help you • work with you and support you throughout the process The MABS Dedicated Mortgage Arrears Advice Service is available nationally. • You can contact the MABS Helpline on 0761 07 2000 Monday to Friday from 9am to 8pm. • You can contact your local Roscommon MABS Office on 0761 07 2720, to discuss your situation and book an appointment (please note we operate an appointment system only). • If you are going to Court, look out for MABS in the Court – we are there to help you! Log on: www.keepingyourhome.ie Email: helpline@mabs.ie MABS Helpline: 0761 07 2000

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Can’t make our tastings? …Then join our wedding co ordinator Lisa for Champagne & Sweet treats on Saturday the 23rd of July. Book your private consultation, see our hotel set for a real life wedding and let us show you what Hodson Bay has to offer for your special day. To join us on our wedding events, please contact our wedding Co-Ordinator Lisa Wykes on 09064 42000 or weddings@hodsonbayhotel. com. Don’t worry if these dates do not suit you, there will be more to come in the weeks ahead.

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PAUL HEALY’S WEEK A column by Roscommon People editor Paul Healy on the untimely passing of Caroline Aherne; still waiting for the All-Ireland Football Championship to sparkle; making noise in Salthill; Newsflash! Miriam poses at Dublin Zoo; how Bale has (hopefully) stolen Ronaldo’s thunder… and, a dramatic editorial meeting in Old Moore’s office…

Indeed The Royle Family was a beautifully and very cleverly structured comedy/drama that always played to its own rules. The magic of the show was its slow pace, the wonderfully drily delivered lines, the wit, the realism and the poignancy. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. It ran from 1998 to 2000, with the half-hour episodes followed by specials from 2006 to 2012. Caroline Aherne had more than a fair share of demons during her 52 years, but she came across as a lovely, generous woman, a shining light extinguished far too early. She was a great talent, and her work will live on and be enjoyed by millions of people long into the future.

Sunday Saturday We sometimes think we know these celebrities, but of course we can’t possibly; we only get glimpses of their lives, and that’s usually when they’re ‘on.’ Caroline Aherne wasn’t in the superstar league – not least because she seemed to shun the limelight – but she was an enormously talented person who has left a unique body of work behind. Caroline, who passed away today after a long illness, was a writer and actress who came to prominence through The Fast Show and The Mrs Merton Show. In more recent times, television viewers will be familiar with her as the narrator of the brilliantly original Gogglebox. But it was for her co-writing of and acting in The Royle Family that she will be most remembered. A little like Gogglebox, this great comedy was almost entirely based on the utterances of family members sitting around the television, living their ordinary working class lives. The main strength of The Royle Family was its rejection of sitcoms’ long-established ‘rules.’ I remember one scene where the UK-based Irish in-laws partied with the Royles, everyone singing along to, if I’m not mistaken, ‘I’ll take you home again Kathleen.’ No other programme would have included the full song; The Royle Family did, and it was a moving piece of television that captured both the complexity and simplicity of ordinary families.

On The Sunday Game, Joe Brolly and Colm O’Rourke are giggling like naughty schoolboys when Michael Lyster invites them to discuss the first half of the Kerry/ Tipperary game. It’s apparent that Brolly has been slating it off-air. Brolly can be infuriating and downright offensive, but he’s also entertaining and frequently insightful. It goes without saying that he would cause a loud argument in the company of a Silent Order of monks. The GAA football championship has been terrible. Well, the games I’ve seen have been. (Obviously the Tyrone v Cavan replay, which I didn’t see, must have been a welcome exception!). Between blanket defences, cynical play, a backdoor system that has devalued the provincial championships – and the increased public apathy this has all led to – we are in a bit of a mess. I watch provincial championship games, and qualifiers, and often there’s little enough intensity, none of the ferocious man to man combat of the past. The Ulster Championship is usually an exception, and the All-Ireland quarter-finals, in fairness, tend to kick-start a compelling finale/start to the season. But many of the earlier provincial games and the lacklustre qualifiers – the latter with teams bereft of key players, and morale often diminished – lack intensity and point to a flawed championship format. Too often, modern-day gaelic football is ugly and dour. Thankfully, Roscommon are one of the counties still loyal to

paul@roscommonpeople.ie he abandoned us (we had no car), “ye can make all the noise ye want.” Before our holiday ended, I think we actually ended up on friendly terms with him. I’ve no idea what became of him, but I’ve ruled out a glittering career in the tourist industry. Anyways, it’s back to Salthill this weekend, when the Roscommon supporters can make all the noise they like, and hopefully we’ll be celebrating a Connacht Final win on Sunday evening.

Every day When Gareth met Cristiano…so who did win the battle of the superstars last night?

this particular ‘beautiful game.’ Generally, we are pretty on the eye, attacking at pace and playing with flair. Hopefully we will express ourselves in this way this Sunday in the Connacht final in Salthill.

Sunday and other Sundays How did it happen? For this to have happened, someone in The Sunday Independent must have had to keep a straight face while suggesting that they do another interview with Miriam O’Callaghan. Then someone had to ring the RTE star with the suggestion – and Miriam had to say yes. Then, for this to be real, someone obviously must have said ‘We’ll do a photospread at Dublin Zoo.’ And Miriam must have said ‘Yes, I’m up for that’ in response to someone else saying ‘We were… er…thinking of doing a photospread at the Zoo…’ In fairness to Life Magazine, today’s update on the life and times of Miriam only runs to seven pages. Previous features on our Golden Girl have run to 10 or 12 pages. It is bewildering, this ‘interviewing Miriam’ fixation in Life Magazine. What can she possibly tell us now that she hasn’t said in a previous spread? If I was Lucinda Creighton or Yvonne Keating – not to mention Gerald Keane and Lisa Murphy – I’d be furious.

Next Sunday My earliest memories of Salthill are from the early 1980s. I had

four friends with me. My father drove us there, a caravan in tow. We parked up in a proper campsite, paid the booking fee, and took the rules on board from the gruff owner. Our caravan was surrounded by many more caravans – and a few tents. Believe me when I say that we were in no way rowdy, certainly no louder than other youngsters there. It soon became apparent that the campsite boss was an eccentric sergeant major type. We began to be wary of him when he greeted us one day by telling one of my friends to pick up some ‘random litter’ from the centre of his park! Our trips into Salthill at night ended with nervous exchanges with the park owner on our return. Then, one fateful night, we had a bit of a singsong. Next morning, we were awoken by the caravan rocking back and forth. Suddenly the door opened, and the boss/sergeant major, his eyes popping with mounting anger, stuck his head in. By now he had our caravan hooked up to his jeep. “Sing, will ye? I’ll put ye somewhere where ye can make lots of noise!” He then proceeded to tow our caravan out of his park, onto the main road and off into the distance, while the five of us tried to make sense of this unscheduled mystery tour. From inside the caravan, we looked out, wondering just where he was going to deposit us. It turned out he owned another site, a more remote one, and that a feature of it was a big hill in the distance. Within minutes, we were the new occupants of the hill. “Now,” he proudly exclaimed as

I know it’s easier to smile when you’ve been winning, but from the first kick-off, Gareth Bale of Wales has delivered a stunning knockout blow to Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal in an unofficial superstars’ head-tohead that is due to come to a climax as we go to press on Wednesday night. You’ll know the result of the Euro 2016 semi-final between Wales and Portugal as you read this – I don’t, as I write – and perhaps Ronaldo proved to be the matchwinner and is now stamping his undoubted brilliance over the closing stages of the tournament. But, even if he did, Bale has beaten him hands-down over the past fortnight. Bale and Ronaldo, team-mates at Real Madrid, are probably in the world’s top three at the moment – along with a certain Mr. Messi of Barcelona. But at these championships, Bale has surely won the hearts of millions, while Ronaldo copperfastens his reputation as a champion of soccer and surliness. Ronaldo’s petulant disdain for his team-mates – hands self-indulgently raised and a grimace on his face just about every time a pass fails to find him – is in sharp contrast to the smiling, selfless, indeed heroic leading of the Welsh cause by Bale. I hope the above still applies after last night, and that a scowling Bale didn’t headbutt the referee while a charming Ronaldo gave the kiss of life to a frail old woman who fainted on seeing his third goal go in. No, whatever happened last night, Bale and this entire Welsh team have been the heroes of Euro 2016.

Cameron? Iceland? Are you crazy?! Yes, we have got our hands – exclusively – on the minutes of that dramatic editorial meeting in the offices of the English edition of Old Moore’s Almanac. The minutes date from several months ago, when the 2016 edition was being planned. During the discussion on…er… predictions…the sceptical Chief Predictions Reporter had almost had enough.

“So let me get this straight” the guy said, sweat dropping on his brow. ‘You want me to say that David Cameron will resign in 2016?’ ‘Yup.’ ‘And that Jeremy Corbyn won’t resign, even though a majority of his party ask him do so.’ ‘Yup.’ ‘You want me to also publish a prediction that England will vote to pull out of Europe! And

that after that, Boris will opt out of the race to succeed Cameron?’ ‘Yep, and you can lose Farage while you’re at it – he’ll be off too.’ ‘And you want me to say that Roy Hodgson will resign during Euro 2016…let me get this right…AFTER ICELAND BEAT ENGLAND?’ ‘Yep, write it up, we’re going with it all!’ ‘No, I can’t to it. It’s too outrageous. I can’t

put my name to such crazy predictions. My credibility! I quit!’ The Editor looked at his Chief Predictions Reporter. ‘Ah no, don’t go, it will all come true. Your credibility will be fine. And I predict I will give you a rise in 2016.’ ‘Okay, I’ll stay.’ ‘Just one more thing…will you add in that Leicester City will win the Premier League…’

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SOME BUSINESSES ‘SHABBY AND NEGLECTED’ – REPORT < EOGHAN YOUNG-MURPHY

Some businesses in Roscommon town are “shabby and neglected”, a report which was released recently has alleged. The county town was chosen to compete in Ireland’s Best Kept Town competition, an All-Ireland contest that comprises the top performers in the SuperValu Tidy Towns competition and the best in Northern Ireland. The town participated in the ‘large town’ category, alongside Cavan and Armagh, who were crowned winners in Belfast recently. While several aspects of Roscommon town’s adjudication report were positive, it also contained some strong criticism. “The commercial premises along the main streets were varied in standard, ranging from the well-maintained with fine shopfronts to the shabby and otherwise neglected,” the judges noted. It was also noted that certain approach roads were “neglected” and “untidily developed”. “The older retail and industrial type premises on the outskirts, in many cases,

newsbriefs Waste pay-freeze ‘creates uncertainty’ Claire Kerrane, of Sinn Féin, has said that serious concerns remain for householders as a result of the 12-month price-freeze on bins charges. A pay-by-weight system for waste was due to commence on July 1st, but it was deferred for a year over fears that it could result in increased charges for customers. A pay-freeze was also announced for the same period. Ms. Kerrane, said: “Just like the water charges, the Government has decided to kick the issue down the road. “Suspending the charges for a year gives little comfort to those who feel that they are constantly under pressure.”

gave a poor impression,” the judges noted. “For instance, the Longford and Curraghboy roads were cluttered with excessive signage.” In relation to tidiness, it was noted that much of the town centre had a clean and tidy appearance, but that there were “lapses in standard”. “Some yards and gaps between buildings and a few laneways were a little untidy,” the judges found. “On the other hand, expansive untidy forecourts, areas of apparent wasteland and broken fences along some of the approach roads created a poor impression.” Cllr. Kathleen Shanagher, the Chairperson of Roscommon Tidy Towns committee, accepted the criticisms and said that certain business owners were guilty of a dereliction of duty. “Business people are responsible for the area outside their own property,” she said. “It is not up to Council staff or Tidy Towns volunteers to be going around picking up the rubbish outside the shop units. People need to take responsibility for their own areas.”

Members of the Roscommon Darkness Into Light committee pictured presenting a cheque for €19,563.20 to Tom McEvoy of Pieta House in Gleeson’s Townhouse recently. Back row (l-r): Deborah Leonard, Stephen Glynn, Pat Leonard, Tom McEvoy, Anna Flanagan, Paddy Kenny and Maureen Conneely. Front row (l-r): Martina Gleeson, Linda Gill, Geraldine McLynn and Eileen Hestor.

Darkness Into Light – a thank you

Darkness Into Light Treasurer Stephen Glynn presenting a cheque to Tom McEvoy of Pieta House at Gleeson’s Townhouse recently.

The Roscommon Town Darkness Into Light Walk committee would like to sincerely thank everyone who came out on the 7th of May and walked with us through the streets of Roscommon town at 4.15 am. It was a great night and a phenomenal sight as everyone walked together to help raise awareness and funds for Pieta House who without a doubt will help hundreds of people who are suffering with mental health issues this year, across the island of Ireland. We want to thank those who walked, ran, gave sponsorship and donations towards helping us raise a total of €19,563.20. Without you, the people of Roscommon Town and surrounding areas, this would not be possible and we are so thankful to each and every one of you for your support in helping us raise this tremendous amount. We also want to thank all our sponsors and volunteers who without their continued support this event would not be possible. Thank you to everyone for making the Roscommon Town Darkness Into Light Walk 2016 a huge success and we hope to see you all again for the 2017 DIL Walk!

Spirit Clothing Clearance Sale continues! Spirit Clothing and Spirit Kids, Harrison Centre, Roscommon and Longford have just launched their massive no-nonsense stock clearance sale. Every time Spirit Clothing and Spirit Kids run this eagerly awaited sale people flock from

all over to grab a real bargain or simply stock up for the coming months. This year’s summer sale is especially good as they have everything in the kids’ stock at 50% off and similar amazing price knock-downs in the Men’s sections.

They are offering an amazing 25% off all Superdry stock and they also have a large range of jeans clearing from as little as €20 in all sizes. With brands like Jack & Jones, 6th Sense, Mish Mash, Kingpin, Eto Jeans, Enzo, Outrage, Vichi, Superdry,

Timberland, etc. you’ll be spoilt for choice. Spirit Clothing continue to run their suit promotion where you can pick up a quality two or three piece suit including shirt and tie for only €189. Don’t forget this stock clear-

ance sale will last for only three weeks so make sure you get in early to get the best deals and the shop is open every Sunday between 1.30 pm and 5.30 pm along with late opening on Fridays. Check out www.spiritclothing.ie for more information.

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Madeline turns into Dolly for Croí! At the presentation were Anne Scahill, resuscitation training officer; Clare Murray, cardiac physiologist; Rosemary Thorpe, cardiac rehabilitation; Madeline Brennan, fundraiser; Maura Lawless, stroke care nurse specialist; Deirdre O’Reilly, cardiac rehabilitation; and Joe Kavanagh, Croí Heart and Stroke Charity.

Call for return of 4th Western Brigade < EOGHAN YOUNG-MURPHY

The 4th Western Brigade should be restored to Custume Barracks in Athlone in order to ‘man’ the Border after Brexit, two Fianna Fáil councillors have said. In 2012, the brigade was withdrawn from the barracks, with the loss of more than 600 jobs to the area, but there have been continual calls for its return. Speaking at a recent meeting of Roscommon County Council, Cllr. Ivan Connaughton, of Fianna Fáil, reiterated those pleas. He said that, in the event of a return of border controls after the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, Custume Barracks would be best

suited because of its proximity to Northern Ireland. “In relation to Brexit, it is very important that we look at the 4th Western Brigade again,” Cllr. Connaughton said. “If we have a Border that needs to be controlled, Athlone is the nearest base because Dublin and Cork is not sufficient to deal with the Border. It worked through the Troubles in the 1980s and it is badly needed now.” He proposed that a letter be sent to Enda Kenny, the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence, seeking the “immediate reinstatement” of the 4th Western Brigade at Custume Barracks. This was seconded by Cllr. John Keogh, also of Fianna Fáil, and agreed by members.

Forty-four criminals dealt with under Probation Act < EOGHAN YOUNGMURPHY

Forty-four criminals from Co. Roscommon were dealt with under the Probation Act in 2014, the most recent year for which statistics are available. Statistics released by The Probation Service under the Freedom of Information Act show that 39 of them were men, while five were women. Of the 44, 13 received probation orders. These are given to first-time offenders and offenders who are unlikely to be in trouble again, by giving them a type of official warning without impos-

ing a sentence on them. A further 13 people received community service orders, which are imposed by a Judge instead of a prison sentence. For your punishment, you are required to do some work which is beneficial to the community. Eleven people received fully suspended sentences with supervision. A suspended sentence involves the Judge imposing a prison sentence but suspending it on certain conditions. This means that you do not go to prison if you do not break the conditions. Seven people received part-suspended sentence supervision orders/postrelease supervision.

Madeline Brennan took to the stage as Dolly Parton to raise funds for Croí Heart and Stroke Centre in a recent Monster Fundraiser in Roscommon. Madeline bravely took singing lessons for the big night, which proved very successful for the not so nine-tofive star!

The funds raised were used by Croí to purchase equipment for Roscommon University Hospital. A Dynamap was purchased for blood pressure monitoring in the Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit and Stroke Care Service, and for use in screening days throughout the hospital.

A rhythm simulator was also purchased and is being used by the resuscitation officer as a teaching aid in ACLS training and preparation, BLS and ECG training. A big ‘thank you’ to Madeline from Croí and Roscommon University Hospital.

Roscommon Library staff may take industrial action < EOGHAN YOUNG-MURPHY

Library staff in Roscommon, Leitrim and Sligo have balloted in favour of industrial action over plans to amalgamate library services in the counties. At 90 per cent, Co. Roscommon had the highest percentage in favour of a work-to-rule, followed by Leitrim (87 per cent) and Sligo (86 per cent). A total of 47 staff were involved in the ballot, organised by the trade union, Impact. The union said that the arrange-

ment would leave two of the three counties without a County Librarian, and that the future of services in the counties would be threatened as library budgets come under increasing pressure. Eddie Walsh, an Impact official, said that the ballot result reflected the depth of feeling among staff about the amalgamation threat. “Industrial action is the avenue of last resort,” he said. “Local libraries are vital social hubs in rural and urban communities that have already lost shops,

Garda stations, post offices and other local amenities. “We can’t allow our thriving library system to be gutted on foot of a remote number-crunching exercise, which doesn’t reflect local needs or the realities of community life.” The executive of Impact’s local government and local services division are currently finalising the precise form of industrial action. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government confirmed that it had

asked local authorities in the three counties to implement the new library structures. “The department is committed to working with the local authorities concerned in the implementation of the new arrangements,” it said. “In the event that an alternative approach is suggested for any individual areas targeted for shared services that yields the same service result, the department will work with the parties concerned to deliver the best possible outcome.”

Councillors express concern < EOGHAN YOUNG-MURPHY

LIBRARIES: ‘Amalgamation, yes – but no closures’ < EOGHAN YOUNG-MURPHY

The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has confirmed that it has asked counties Roscommon, Leitrim and Sligo to amalgamate their library services – but insisted that no library would close. Rather than leading to a deterioration in library services, the department insisted that they would be enhanced as a result of the changes. A brief document has been released by the Department after library staff in the counties voted in favour of industrial action in protest against the changes. The document confirms that the three counties are one of six regions countrywide who have been identified for the shared-services arrangement. “The department has requested local authorities to implement new library structures which were recommended in the report Managing the Delivery of Effective Library Services,” it says. “This includes the shared library management model.” The department confirmed that, in the new arrangement, there would be only

one county librarian, which would lead a central management team. “A single library library headquarters will be established,” it added. The briefing material notes that the initiative was the outcome of a considered and thorough review of the library service and in-depth consultation with stakeholders, which established the need for scale in the management of a modern library service. “This requires the development of shared library structures in order to deliver efficiencies of scale across a minimum population base of 100,000,” it says. At present, there are six libraries in Co. Roscommon – in Roscommon, Boyle, Castlerea, Ballaghaderreen, Strokestown and Elphin – which the department insisted would not change under the new arrangement. “This initiative does not involve the closure of any library in the county, and over time the shared management structures will increase the scope for developing and enhancing services to the public, providing a broader range of services to the same high standard across the country,” its briefing note says.

As negotiations continue over the amalgamation of libraries in Roscommon, Sligo and Leitrim, local councillors have expressed grave concern that Roscommon currently has no permanent County Librarian. Simon Coveney, the Minister for Local Government, has confirmed that it remains his Department’s intention for a shared-services arrangement to be established between the three counties. Under the proposals, one of the counties would be the lead authority and there would be just one County Librarian. Many local councillors are opposed to the changes. Speaking at a recent Council meeting, they criticised the local authority for not replacing Richie Farrell as County Librarian since he retired in April. Mary Butler is currently deputising in an acting capacity. “Richie Farrell has retired and I think that it is important that his post be filled as soon as possible because I would be very, very concerned that we would be brought in with Leitrim and Sligo,” Cllr. Paddy Kilduff, of Fianna Fáil, said. Cllr. Valerie Byrne, an Independent, also said that Mr. Farrell’s position should be “filled immediately”. Cllr. Orla Leyden, of Fianna Fáil, agreed. She paid tribute to Mr. Farrell, noting: “He always brought huge creativity and innovation and knowledge. “It is essential that we get a librarian now to replace him, but we will never actually find anyone as good because he was unique, an incredible librarian. I would stand in awe at many of the events where he would speak.” At present, the Council provides six libraries – in Roscommon, Boyle, Castlerea, Ballaghaderreen, Strokestown and Elphin – which Minister Coveney said would not change under the proposed new arrangement. He told Eugene Murphy, the Fianna Fáil TD, in the Dáil that it would “not involve the closure of libraries, nor will it require a reduction in the library services available in those areas”.

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NewsPeople Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) Notice in relation to Specified Development Notice is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of Section 179 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) and Article 81 of Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) that Roscommon County Council propose to carry out the following works: Location

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Plans available for inspection

Road Improvement Works Project, Hodson Bay, Athlone, Co. Roscommon.

Provision of demountable flood barrier, walls and berm adjacent to road and Lough Ree.

Roscommon County Council Athlone Municipal District Offices, Civic Centre, Monksland, Athlone, Co. Roscommon.

Road Safety Scheme at Frenchpark Village, Co. Roscommon.

Junction upgrade including kerbing, paving, footpaths, minor realignment, roadmarkings and bollards.

Roscommon County Council Ballaghaderreen Operational Area Office,Courthouse, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon.

Cemetery Expansion Project at Fairymount, Co. Roscommon

Expansion of existing graveyard burial facilities, with provision of new boundary features; pedestrian and vehicular circulation roads/paths and parking facilities.

Roscommon County Council Castlerea Operational Area Office, Courthouse, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon.

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Road Improvement Project, Four Roads Dysart Village (R357), Co. Roscommon.

Raising road, R357 due to flooding, by average 1.25m, installing culvert and reconstructing stone walling.

Roscommon County Council Athlone Municipal District Offices, Civic Centre, Monksland, Athlone, Co. Roscommon.

N61 Knockcroghery Traffic Calming Co. Roscommon.

Traffic calming scheme Type 2 gateway including public lighting, footpaths and resurfacing.

Roscommon County Council Athlone Municipal District Offices, Civic Centre, Monksland, Athlone, Co. Roscommon.

The projects are the subject of Appropriate Assessment screenings in accordance with Article 6 of the EU Habitats Directive (Directive 92/43/EEC). Plans and particulars of the proposed development are available for inspection and for purchase (at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy) from 8/7/2016 to 19/8/2016, inclusive, during office hours at the offices of Roscommon County Council, Áras an Chontae, Roscommon and offices listed above. Submissions or observations with respect to the proposed development, dealing with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area in which the development would be situated, may be made in writing to Eugene Dwyer, Head of Roads and Transportation, Roscommon County Council, Áras an Chontae, Roscommon, F42 VR98 or emailed to roads@roscommoncoco.ie no later than 5 pm on 2/9/2016. Date of Notice: 8th July 2016

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Roscommon PPN county plenery Members of Roscommon Public Participation Network recently attended the county plenary in Kilbride Community Centre. The PPN is a network of community and voluntary organisations in Co. Roscommon. The network is coordinated by a Secretariat of 9 elected members. After a networking opportunity Secretariat member Michael Kelly opened the meeting and introducing the PPN’s new resource worker, Brenda McNicholas. Secretariat member Andy Rimmer then outlined the work of the PPN to date. Christy Swanick, secretariat member, gave an update on the progress of the PPN website www.roscommonppn.ie which is envisaged to go live in one month. All members were encouraged by Michael Ewing to express their interest in joining linkage groups for particular committees. Linkage groups allow similarly minded groups to select representatives to speak on their behalf at committee meetings and to also report back on council decisions. The schedule for PPN elections was outlined on the night together with feedback from committee representatives present. An update on the PPN budget was presented to the plenary. A lively discussion on the issue of insurance for community groups followed with the Plenary deciding that the PPN should investigate discounted insurance rates for PPN registered members. Roscommon PPN can be contacted on info@roscommonppn.ie or 090 6665735/086-0478616 or at West Business Park, Golf Links Road, Roscommon.

Yes folks… Roscommon is supporting Galway! (But only for Culture bid) < EOGHAN YOUNGMURPHY & PAUL HEALY

Roscommon and Galway

will face off against each other on the football field on Sunday, but the Rossies are supporting Galway in another ‘field’ just now. Galway has bid to be deemed the European Capital of Culture in 2020 – and has received unanimous support from the people of Roscommon, through our public representatives. Such generosity is not expected when the counties’ senior football teams meet in the Connacht final in Pearse Stadium in Galway on this Sunday, July 10th. There’s unanimous Roscommon support for the Galway bid, not least because a successful application by our friends and neighbours would have a significant spin-off benefit for Roscommon. The matter was raised at a recent meeting of Roscommon County Council when Martin Lydon, the Acting Director of Services for Planning and Enterprise, said that Galway city and county councils were looking for councillors’ support for their application. “It is a highly prestigious designation to receive,” Mr. Lydon said, adding that the outcome was due to be declared by July 15th. Three Irish applications have been lodged, he explained, the others being Limerick and one from the south-east. Galway’s application would

benefit neighbouring counties, Mr. Lydon said. Cities that were previously granted the designation received huge tourism boosts, Mr. Lydon said. “As a result of Liverpool getting Capital of Culture in 2008, there was a 34 per cent growth in visitors in 2007 alone and, since then, there has been 9.7 million additional visits to the city,” he said. “There is no doubt that there are great economic benefits to be had should the members wish to support the project. “It allows us to work in a collaborative nature with Galway city and county council to ensure that some benefit comes to the county.” Councillors were unanimously in favour of supporting the application. Independent councillor Tony Ward – subsequently elected Cathaoirleach – said that it would be of “huge benefit” to Co. Roscommon because Galway were “our near-neighbours”. Sinn Féin councillor Michael Mulligan said that receiving the designation would be a major fillip for Connacht, a neglected area. “The powers-that-be in Dublin, they don’t two damns about the west of Ireland. To think that a city like Galway would be included in this programme is great,” the Ballaghaderreen man said. “We would expect a big spin-off from this,” he said, pointing out that restaurants and hotels and B&Bs would benefit.

Mount Talbot NS students pictured presenting school treasurer, Emma Cronin, with a birthday cake on her 96th birthday.

Back to school in Mount Talbot < DAN DOONER

I went to school in Dublin where classrooms were packed with 30 or more students, so a recent visit to Mount Talbot NS was a novelty for me. I was met by the lovely – and extremely chatty! – Laraine Brennan, who is the Principal of the school. I was also introduced to Special Needs Assistant Margaret Kelly. After meeting the teachers and being treated to a slice of banana bread, I was ushered into a classroom containing the school’s students. After I told them what I usually did with my day (which I had been invited to do), they told me what they had been doing with theirs for the past year. I quickly realised that my days probably weren’t that busy after all, as they told me about previous visitors to the school, including genealogist Martin Curley, The Inland Fisheries, a nature walk with Gordon Darcy, weaving with

Frances Crowe and past-pupils Paul Connolly (historian) and Mary Turley McGrath, to name but a few. The school is located right in the centre of the picturesque Mount Talbot. It’s the kind of area that has come under threat in modern Ireland, and what a shame that is too. The school is vital to the area as it is such a community focal point. Principal Laraine was quick to tell me about everything the staff and students had been doing over the past year. In short, they’ve been involved in pretty much everything that’s been going on in the local community and beyond. She said: “There’s such a lovely community spirit. We’ve taken part in the 1916 commemorations in Ballygar and here with the raising of the flag, we’ve also produced some great young athletes and won the schools camogie final against Four Roads.” The list of the school’s endeavours and achieve-

Mount Talbot NS family evening: Presentation of projects the children compiled with Martin Curley, our genealogist. Pictured are four generations of the Nolan family.

ments would probably take up most of the paper and the fact that there are just 29 students attending Mount Talbot NS makes it even more impressive. Laraine continued: “You name it, we’ve been a part of it, from Green Schools, cycling workshops, Junior Enterprise, drama, dancing and singing to World Book Day and everything

in between!” As well as being a hive of activity, it’s also a fine school and it’s no wonder past-pupils enjoy visiting. While I was there, two past-pupils popped in to see their former school. Three past-pupils were also awarded Gaeltacht scholarships recently, so the standard of tuition is clearly excellent also!

Mary Turley McGrath (poet and past-pupil of Mount Talbot NS) did a fantastic poetry lesson with the children.

As I left the school to a lovely send-off – and nearly getting lost in the huge play area – I passed the old schoolhouse where school treasurer Emma Cronin lives. The students had visited her with a birthday cake for her 96th birthday, proving that community spirit is alive and well in Mount Talbot NS.

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Gary O’Donnell, Galway and Cathal Cregg, Roscommon will both be aiming to be the last man standing in the province this Sunday. Pic: INPHO/James Crombie

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Going in the right direction, all shoulders to the wheel < PAUL HEALY

Whatever happens on Sunday – when Roscommon senior footballers pursue a first Connacht title in six years – Roscommon football is on the rise. What’s appealing about the current football landscape here – and absolutely notwithstanding the landmines (e.g. New York) that can still be encountered – is the absolute sense that things are being done the right way. When the Club Rossie bus loomed into view, some people scoffed. But it was the right thing to do. When Roscommon GAA, battered by years’ of heavy defeats at underage level, went back to basics and implemented a clinically strategic approach from very young age levels upwards – it was the right thing to do. Appointing a ‘dream team’ of Kevin McStay and Fergal O’Donnell, supported by Liam McHale and an impressive, committed man-

agement/backroom team, shows every sign of having been the right thing to do. The entire Club Rossie initiative – surely a painstaking undertaking involving a huge amount of work and dedication – has proven to have been the right thing to do. The meticulous, determined almost fanatical endeavour to transform the fortunes of a proud football county – and to build structures that will lead to the much-coveted success – is working, even if there will be bad days, pitfalls and tests of everyone’s faith. Back twenty years or so ago, Roscommon teams were in the doldrums, often being hammered within Connacht. There were some humiliating defeats. There were brief periods too of ill-discipline, invariably publicised in unfair proportion to whatever had happened or was alleged to have happened. Perhaps some in the media were a little guilty of not giving good local lads, sporting amateurs, more of a break. Meanwhile, financial woes were the norm. Roscommon football was in a bad place, and had to be rescued. There was no magic formula. Passionate people put their shoulders to the wheel. They didn’t always agree with one another. They didn’t always get it right. Politics

sometimes reared its head. But the goal was agreed: Let’s close the gap between Roscommon and our rivals in Connacht, get competitive at all levels, and lay the foundations for the prospect of future success. I see Roscommon football as being in an increasingly healthy state now. Fundraising effectively. Greatly buoyed by improved performances. Much underage success in recent years to be savoured. A swashbuckling burst though the league divisions by the seniors. The Hyde ownership issue addressed. Plans in place for enhanced facilities. With good pre-Connacht final timing, the sod turned this week on the badly-needed restoration work at the Hyde. Off the field, in terms of management, administration and with Club Rossie’s great support, we are going in the right direction. On the field, we are absolutely going in the right direction. This Sunday, thousands of Roscommon fans travel to Salthill to cheer on their team against Galway in an intriguing 2016 Connacht Senior Footbal Final showdown. Who can say what will happen? Roscommon travel with our very best wishes. Whatever happens, things are being done the right way. We would welcome the right result!

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TEAMS & TICKETS: All the latest big match news… Galway reveal their team < DAN DOONER

Aogan O’Fearghail, GAA President, pictured on Tuesday with Barry Molloy, who turned the very first sod on Dr. Hyde Park. Picture: Andrew Fox

The ‘man in the middle’

Conor Lane from Cork will be the man in charge of this year’s Connacht Final. Lane officiated in his first senior final when Ballyboden St. Enda’s played Castlebar Mitchels in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final earlier this year. Lane is a Banteer clubman.

Galway will make only their second Connacht final appearance since 2009 and manager, Kevin Walsh, has chosen the 15 who will attempt to face down Roscommon this Sunday. There are no changes in personnel to the side which defeated Mayo in the Connacht semi-final by a goal, but Walsh has moved them around. Declan Kyne and Eoghan Kerin have switched between cornerback and full-back respectively while Gary O’Donnell and Gareth Bradshaw change flanks at half-back. Meanwhile, in the forward line, Shane Walsh moves to full-forward while Damien Comer will start at number 11. So Kevin Walsh shows his hand and shuffles the pack – but, as with every team announcement – don’t be surprised by further tweaks and modifications by 2 pm this Sunday. Galway team: Galway team v Roscommon: B. Power; E. Kerin, D, Kyne, D. Wynne; G. Bradshaw, L. Silke, G. O’Donnell; P. Conroy, T. Flynn; G. Sice, D. Comer, J. Heaney; E. Brannigan, S. Walsh, D. Cummins.

Roscommon team to be selected tonight Roscommon joint managers Kevin McStay and Fergal O’Donnell are expected to announce their starting fifteen on Thursday evening. Influential full-back Neil Collins is a definite absentee through injury and there are fitness doubts too about Diarmuid Murtagh. Roscommon are chasing a 23rd Con-

nacht Senior Football title – and a first in six years – when they face Galway in Salthill this Sunday (2 pm throw-in). Roscommon defeated New York, Leitrim and Sligo en route to Sunday’s final, while bookmakers have installed Galway as slight favourites following their unexpected with over six-in-a-row provincial title chasing champions Mayo.

Galway’s Gary O’Donnell pictured with Cathal Cregg, Roscommon.

Stand tickets for Sunday are sold out It has been confirmed that Roscommon’s allocation of ‘Stand Tickets’ for Sunday’s Connacht Final have been sold out. Ticket details for other areas of the ground are listed below. If you are a season ticket holder please check your email for instructions. Tickets for the Connacht Final are priced as follows: Sideline €25, Terrace €25, Juvenile €5, concessions (Student/OAP): €10 rebate available on full priced adult tickets at designated turnstiles with valid ID. Tickets are available from: Roscom-

mon GAA Office, Racecourse Road, Roscommon – open weekdays from 10 am to 4.30 pm, Connacht GAA Offices, Áras Connacht, Bekan, SuperValu stores in Ballaghaderreen, Castlerea, Carrick-on-Shannon, Boyle, Roscommon, Monksland and Ballyhaunis and Centra stores in Strokestown or online. For all the latest, accurate, ticket news check gaaroscommon.ie or Twitter or Facebook. We will also keep you updated via email. The match throws in at 2 pm and will be preceded at 12 pm by the minor final.

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Final: Connacht GAA Senior Football Championship 2pm: Galway v Roscommon Final: Connacht GAA Minor Football Championship 12noon: Galway v Mayo GALWAY GAA - PEARSE STADIUM NB: Dul Isteach- Ticket Only ➢ Covered Seating(Reserved) €35- patrons must sit in Allocated Seat. ➢ Sideline €25 ➢ Juveniles (U-16) €5 ➢ Students & OAP’s Full price must be paid. ➢ Family Tickets Available for Stand: Adult full price & child €5 ➢ Group Tickets* €30 (10 x juvenile & 1 Adult), Sideline only Refunds of €10 will be paid to OAP’s & Students, (with current ID cards), for Stand & Sideline tickets at Designated Stile only, (Turnstile #20 and 34 & 60). *Groups: Entry at Turnstile #30. All children must be accompanied by Group Leader(s). Application for Group Tickets to reception.connacht@gaa.ie through Club secretary only. Patrons are reminded that all persons, (including children, students and O.A.Ps), must have a ticket. TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH; • Connacht GAA Centre, Bekan, Claremorris, Co. Mayo 094-9630335. (Credit Card bookings accepted) or reception.connacht@gaa.ie • On-line via www.gaa.ie • From your local GAA club or County Board. Roscommon County Board - Racecourse road, Roscommon town, Co. Roscommon. Email: administrator.roscommon@gaa.ie Phone: (090)6627176 www.roscommongaa.ie • From Ticketmaster outlets nationwide • Selected SuperValu & Centra stores – for a full list go to http://connachtgaa.ie/tickets/

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TIME ADDED ON… the Big one! Roscommon and Galway have history…

Donegal trip: Sunday, 13 March

Longford trip: Sunday, 6 March

1911

1962

Galway 1-3 Roscommon 1-2

Roscommon 3-7 Galway 2-9

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1970

Roscommon 0-2 Galway 0-0

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1919 Galway 1-6 Roscommon 0-5

New York trip: Sunday, 1 May

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Kerry trip: Sunday, 7 February

Galway 0-8 Roscommon 0-5

1941 Galway 0-8 Roscommon 1-4

1942 Galway 2-6 Roscommon 3-2

The Roscommon senior footballers have been racking up the mileage this year with trips to Cork, Kerry, Donegal, Longford, New York and two trips to Carrick-on-Shannon (to play Dublin and Leitrim).

Galway 2-14 Roscommon 0-8

1976 Galway 1-14 Roscommon 0-9 (Replay)

1977 Roscommon 1-12 Galway 2-8

1978 Roscommon 2-7 Galway 0-9

1986 Galway 1-8 Roscommon 1-5

1943 Cork trip: Sunday, 28 February

Galway 2-15 Roscommon 1-8

Roscommon 2-6 Galway 0-8

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1961

1998

Roscommon 1-11 Galway 2-7

Galway 1-17 Roscommon 0-17 (Replay)

Roscommon 0-16 Galway 1-11

NY AND BACK: Well-travelled Rossies! < DAN DOONER

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here was an anti-

climactic start to 2016 for Roscommon as they went down by four points to Monaghan in Kiltoom in their opening Division One clash back in January. A harsh winter gave way to a bright spring howev-

er as the Club Rossie bus hit the road, picking up barnstorming wins in Kerry, Cork, Longford (against Down) and Donegal. It was blitzkrieg football as the Rossies swept away all before them. In hindsight, the bus came in handy as Hyde Park was torn up during the defeat to Mayo and Roscommon were forced

to play the Dublin game in Carrick-on-Shannon. The Dubs edged it in poor conditions but there were positives to be had ahead of a league semi-final against the mighty Kingdom. Kerry inflicted Roscommon’s third defeat in a row and stole some of the joie de vivre so evident in Donegal.

In spite of the damp ending Roscommon had a campaign at the top table to be proud of and looked forward to the Connacht Championship with relish. Bang! Roscommon arrived back down to earth in the Empire State as a plucky New York team gave them the fright of their lives. Say

what you want about the blue and yellow bus, but it was probably never as quiet as the plane on the return flight to Ireland. Questions needed answering, but in Kevin McStay and Fergal O’Donnell Roscommon had two quizmasters. The Rossies bounced back with wins over Leitrim and

Sligo and achieved their goal of reaching the Connacht final. Don’t believe anyone who says they predicted Galway to be the opponents however and this Sunday could be the cherry on the icing on the cake for a Roscommon team that has surpassed expectations so far in 2016.

Big match build-up on Tweet Street Frank Gibbons @mayochatterer @shanetcurran THE BEAUTY OF SPORT… This time last year we were slagging Roscommon. I guess it’s Mayo’s turn to take the flak now. (It went very quiet in Mayo recently, which is unusual.) Shane Curran @shanetcurran @mayochatterer AHHH us innocent Ros supporters wouldn’t b slagging anyone – sure Galway are unbackable favs for CF – but we’ll go over for the

day. (One of many Cake Tweets describing Galway as favourites – mind games or getting excuses in early?) Gerry Kelly @gkellynow When #mayogaa last lost in Connaught championship back in 2010 to Sligo the manager was Kevin Walsh. (Hopefully the Galway manager’s voodoo will wear off in time for Sunday.) Neil Patrick Collins @ Neil_C1 Thank you all very very

Shane Curran attempting to influence proceedings while keeping goal for Roscommon.

much, I’ll be back. (The Roscommon player responded in Terminator fashion to the many well wishers following his hamstring injury.) David Clarke @daithiocleirigh Ireland top, you’re going back a spot. Rossie tops front and centre this week in DR Congo. (Rossies the world over get kitted out for Sunday’s match.) John Kenny @JmaKenny @clubrossie Think I can see a spot of primrose breaking through on Sun after a wet week in Galway. (Weather forecasts were issued from behind enemy lines.) Cathal Cregg @CathalCregg Thanks to JKeaneSons for the new wheels and I’m delighted to be their new brand ambassador. (Cathal received his new wheels just in time for the Salthill traffic jam.)

A moment in time: Donie Shine slots over Roscommon’s winning score in the 2010 Connacht SFC Final against Sligo.

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Wishing the Roscommon Team every success

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Elphin duo on song for Sunday < SHANE REYNOLDS

here’s nothing like a good aul’ cheesy song to rev up the county for the match and all you social media followers out there may have noticed the release which is doing the rounds from two Elphin natives Benny Rock and John Collins. The lads came together to produce a catchy little number for the big match this Sunday. References to Roscommon legends Jimmy Murray, Dermot Earley and Gerry O’Malley, as well as the new bus and naked pool (memo to younger readers: it was a long time ago) all appear on the track, which has gained thousands of hits on social media. Clever and catchy, there’s even a reference to Kevin McStay leaving the men, who have had successful club careers with Elphin, out of this year’s panel! The song has been well received by local radio and even RTE’s Marty Morrissey got in touch to feature it. The title of the song will be determined through a Club Rossie poll

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which you can access online until voting closes latr this week. We actually wrote the song last April during the league when Roscommon had a few famous wins on the road and the county was buzzing,� John explains. “We thought about releasing it then but then thought that we had a really good chance of making a Connacht final so we would leave it until then!� “I was in school and going to teach the children a Roscommon song as they were all talking about the football, but I found out the last real Roscommon song was released for the 1980 All-Ireland Final called ‘Men of Roscommon’, so Benny mentioned that we had to have a stab at a modern song. “It was actually penned in Benny’s house in Drumcondra under the shadow of Croker, which is ironic of course! It’s been very well received and we are both delighted. Here’s hoping we have many occasions to sing it this summer.� Here’s hoping is right lads. You can check out the song for yourself on YouTube.

Rossies guide to‌ Mayo Galway Galway are the surprise package in this year’s Connacht Senior Football Championship after seeing off Mayo in dramatic fashion at the semifinals stage. The sat-navs have had to be re-routed to Salthill, but never fear – we have the ultimate day-tripper’s guide to ‘The City of Tribes’.

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Geographically confused Galway doesn’t really know where it is to be honest. In Leinster one weekend, then back in Connacht a week later. All we know is that it sits somewhere out near the Atlantic Ocean and moves around every now and then when Joe Canning fancies a game of hurling.

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Muckanaghederdauhaulia Say what? Situated in the parish of Kilcummin, Co. Galway, this townland has the longest place-name in Ireland. Its Irish name means “piggery between two briny places�, which sounds quite harsh! in Ballinasloe in 1978 and now boasts 106 locations nationwide, including one at Casey’s in Roscommon. So don’t bother hanging around behind enemy lines, get back to Roscommon to celebrate on Sunday! ‘Top 8 sexiest city in the world’ Galway was voted one of

As well as being in the running for the European Capital of Culture, Galway is also home to Gaeltacht areas, Ireland’s most famous islands and it is of course formerly home to Fr Ted. Come Sunday evening, the travelling Roscommon hordes will be hoping it’s not the new home of the Nestor Cup.

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FERGAL’S FOCUS … is on another Connacht success < SEAMUS DUKE

Fergal O’Donnell (and Kevin McStay) have made a successful start to their tenure in charge of the Roscommon senior football team. Picture: Andrew Fox Wishing the Roscommon Team every success

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Fergal O’Donnell has many links to Connacht Senior Championship success in the recent history of Roscommon football. He captained Roscommon to win the Connacht Championship in 2001 – and that was the last year that Roscommon beat either Galway or Mayo in the provincial championship (they beat both counties that famous year). Then in 2010, the year of Roscommon’s last senior provincial success, Fergal was the manager as the team overcame Sligo at McHale Park. Having rejoined the senior squad as joint manager with Kevin McStay, Fergal is hoping that the six-year gap can be bridged on Sunday. Fergal says that Mayo’s defeat by Galway shows that anything can happen in the championship. “Most people were saying this year that Roscommon would get to the Connacht final easily, yet at half-time in the game against Sligo it didn’t look that way – and similarly Mayo were looking good at half-time against Galway, but Galway were better in the second half…those things happen in the championship. “Galway and Mayo are the big two in Connacht and we knew that we would

have to beat one of them to win a title – and now it’s Galway instead of Mayo.” So does the focus change now that it’s Galway in the opposite corner in the final? “Not really, our sole focus was to get to the Connacht final and we did that a week earlier and the lads were gone back to their clubs so we didn’t really think too much about it. The big difference about the final now is that both teams would reckon that they have a chance to win it. Mayo were the dominant team for the past five or six years and now the question is who is ready to step up: is it us or Galway?” There is a perception out there that Roscommon are weak in the midfield area and we saw in their win over Mayo that Galway, with Paul Conroy and Tom Flynn dominating around the centre, are very strong in that area, so are the Roscommon management making special plans in that area for the final? “We are short a lot of lads who played in those positions last year – like Cathal Shine and Kevin Higgins and others for various reasons – but we are happy with the way David Keenan and Niall Daly played against Sligo. Look, we know that we will have a big task against Conroy and Flynn, but it was going to be tough regardless of who we played and we will

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be taking a closer look at that in the runup to the game.” Fergal says that the Roscommon supporters will have a crucial role to play on Sunday. “It’s been a while since we have been in Salthill for a game and it’s not an easy place to get in and out of but we would be saying to people to come in time. Hopefully conditions will be good. Sometimes there is a breeze in Salthill but we are hoping that the supporters are there in force and that we give them plenty to shout about.” Fergal says that it is a tough ask to win the title, but that he is looking forward to the big day. “Galway have pulled out a great win against Mayo and that will give them confidence, but we had a very good win against Sligo too, considering where we were at half-time. There is a lot of talk about our underage success but Galway have won two All-Ireland U-21 titles and a minor title in the past decade and we are looking at this as a 50/50 game. It is game that we can win, for sure, but it will take a massive effort to beat Galway and if we don’t play to out potential we will struggle. But if we can get a performance I would be very hopeful of a win,” he concluded.

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Did you know? Roscommon and Galway are meeting for the first time in the championship since the 2012 Connacht quarterfinal. It will be the first Connacht final between the counties since 1998 when Galway won in a replay on their way to taking the All-Ireland title.

When they last won… Galway are bidding to win the Connacht title for the first time since 2008, while Roscommon’s last success was in 2010.

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Galway team a huge boost in the run-up to the Connacht final. “Look, the mood in our camp is very upbeat since beating Mayo and there is no point in saying anything else. It was a great win but it was a game that was a target for our preparations for a long time beforehand and it all came right on the day, thank God. “We went with a game plan and we pulled off the win on the day. I was just delighted for the players that put in such an effort for the cause that we carried the day. The fact that we were given no chance in the build-up is well documented now and it was great motivation for us, but that game is now over and we have a new challenge ahead of us now. “On the injuries front we are going along nicely and we will have a full panel for the final, which is great.” Kevin says that while his side did well to beat Mayo, they have loads to work on before the

final against Roscommon. “We can improve, for sure. The fact that some of our better-known players were not the stars on the day against Mayo means that other lads on the team stepped up to the mark. Our teamwork was excellent and we will need that again on Sunday. Expectations will be higher now – after beating Mayo. That comes with the territory and we have to just live with that.” Kevin says that Roscommon are a top class team and he is expecting a fierce challenge from them. “Roscommon are a progressing team with plenty of very good footballers. It’s only a few years ago they were in Division Four of the league and now they are established in Division One. For them to have secured their status in Division One so easily is a measure of how good they are and we know that unless we are at the top of our game we will be in trouble against them. “Roscommon have a very strong panel too and the players coming off the bench are just as strong as the ones on the field. But this is another big challenge for us and we have to be ready for it.” Even though Roscommon have a poor record at Pearse Stadium over the years, Kevin says the venue won’t make one bit of difference on Sunday. “Pearse Stadium is just another pitch and if you perform poorly it doesn’t matter where you play. I just hope that the Galway supporters come out in force to support the team. We know that there will be plenty of Roscommon people there and we want to match that. There was a small crowd from Galway in Castlebar at the Mayo game and hopefully the fact we won will get the Galway supporters out in force again.” Kevin Walsh concluded by saying that the win against Mayo has heightened expectations in Galway, which is only natural. “The win against Mayo has given everyone a boost, but this is a new game now and a new challenge. We will go into the game with a definite game plan and if we follow that and play well then we are in with a great chance – but there won’t be much in it,” he concluded.

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McHale hoping that youth will blossom < SEAMUS DUKE

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ne of the most popular people in the Roscommon backroom team is a man who played at the top level for Mayo for 12 years and who was one of the best midfielders in the country. Liam McHale has now built a reputation as a great coach of players and his work in Mayo, Clare, Cavan, and now with the Roscommon senior team, is testament to that, with players fulsome in their praise of the work being carried out by the Ballina man, who also happens to be a thorough gentleman. Liam McHale loves working with players and he has great hopes for this Roscommon team. When I spoke to Liam recently I asked him to outline his thoughts after the surprise win by Galway against his beloved Mayo. “I thought that the way Galway were being totally dismissed in the run-up to the game was very dangerous and it was disrespectful too. It motivated Galway, who were very tenacious and aggressive on the day. “I felt that Ger Cafferkey not playing was a vital loss for Mayo. He is a top class defender and he enjoys the one to one battles, and I thought that Diarmuid O’Connor was a big loss to Mayo as well. “Any team with a tradition as great as Galway…to be dismissed as they were was always going to help them. I was still expecting that Mayo would win it, but that’s the way it goes.” So will the fact that it is Galway now instead of Mayo change the approach of Roscommon in the final? “Galway always have very good footballers and if they are organised and in good shape and are playing as a team they will be very difficult to beat. They have a great Galway man managing them now, Kevin Walsh. “He has them playing well and remember that they were unlucky not to have been promoted to Division One in the league. “Kevin has done a great job keeping them under the radar up to now but they are out from under the radar now for sure and you would have to say that this Connacht final is now a 50/50 game. “Both sides are inexperienced at this level but both teams have some key veterans who the respective managements will be looking to for leadership and

both teams have some very exciting young players. Whatever group of young players play better on the day will win the game. “We cannot allow the Galway youngsters to play well. Galway are at home, they are after beating one of the teams who were fancied to win the AllIreland, and that will give them great confidence and I would say most pundits will probably go for Galway, but we like our chances here in Roscommon. We feel we are playing well and improving all the time and remember we are still developing as a team.” So as a coach is Liam apprehensive about the vital midfield area where Galway were so strong against Mayo? “Paul Conroy is an excellent player and he has been around for a while. He is probably a better forward than a midfielder but he is a top class performer and a big powerful man who was very dominant against a good Mayo midfield. Tom Flynn is very athletic and I have seen him playing several times. He is six foot six and is a good ball player and when you add in Shane Walsh and Damien Comer, they are a big team. “That might be an issue for us but we will be trying to be as aggressive as we possibly can be on their kick-outs and on our own kick-outs we will be trying to get the ball on to the players’ chests and move it quickly. “With regard to personnel, it is very late in the year to be changing things too dramatically. We have only three weeks to prepare for the game because of the club championship so it’s the same as Galway. We want to get our match-ups right and we want to do a few things that might give us an edge but we don’t want to take players out of the rhythm that they are in.” So what does he think about the talent in the Roscommon camp – is there enough there to win this Connacht final? “Both sides are in a very similar position in terms of inexperience, age profile, hunger for success, etc. The winners go to Croke Park as champions and that gives great confidence in itself. All that is equally important to Galway as it is to Roscommon. “It should make for a great Connacht final and I am expecting a game with plenty of good football in it. One thing is for certain, it will be tight, but Roscommon can win it, for sure,” he concluded.

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On the outside looking in… < DAN DOONER

The last time Roscommon won the Connacht title, I was thousands of miles away in Asia watching with very worried looking Roscommon friends. Since landing back in the county I’ve noticed certain uneasiness about the big days out. Rossies talk a good game, but when push comes to shove they’re as nervous as anyone else! The fact that it’s Galway in Salthill rather than Mayo in Castlebar adds to the expectation in Roscommon. A Connacht final appearance was the benchmark, but now the bar has been raised. As the hours tick down to throw-in, the

butterflies will pay a fluttering visit. Losing to Mayo, although unpalatable, would have been, subconsciously at least, somewhat expected. Losing to Galway would be a catastrophe. Roscommon have been given a golden chance to exert their authority over the province. It could also be the shot in the arm their summer badly needs following anti-climactic trips to Croke Park, Carrick-on-Shannon and New York. Expect all the usual platitudes from management and players in the build-up: “Galway are a terrific team”, “No easy games at this stage”, “Sure Galway beat Mayo”.

Galway are a good team and are in the final on merit, but deep down most supporters of the Primrose and Blue will be relieved it’s Galway and not Mayo. The Tribesmen are talented and battle-ready, but they don’t carry that aura a team chasing six provincial titles in a row do. Not to mention the fact that it was Mayo who put a stop to Roscommon’s gallop this year. Relief maybe, and it may increase optimism amongst supporters, but remember this: Galway have already beaten Roscommon this year (FBD League) – and there really are no easy games at this stage!

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Sweeney: This is where we want to be! < SEAMUS DUKE

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t has been an incident-packed year so far in Roscommon GAA circles and a baptism of fire for the new county chairperson, Seamus Sweeney. The controversy of the unavailability of Dr. Hyde Park was something that made national news on an almost weekly basis this year, however the team have ploughed on regardless and have retained their Division One status and are now preparing for a

Connacht final. Not only that but work on the refurbishment of Dr. Hyde Park has begun and it is hoped that it will be completed by February 2017 and the start of the new league season. “The sat navs will have to be reprogrammed for Salthill after the match between Mayo and Galway. I thought that Galway were being ignored in the national media and on The Sunday Game and that was a dangerous thing to do. Galway proved that they are a good side and we are looking forward

to going to Salthill for the final now. “Roscommon are where they want to be now and whether it’s Galway or Mayo it is still a Connacht final there to be won. “The fact that it is Galway in the final will mean a different focus for the management team but we know that the lads involved will leave no stone unturned in preparation for that game.” Seamus says that despite all the controversy about Hyde Park it has been a great year in general for GAA

in the county and the senior team in particular. “To have made the National League semi-final was a fantastic achievement and we played some mighty football there. In the championship so far it has been up and down in the three games with regard to performances, but we are in the Connacht final and that was the aim at the start of the year.” Seamus says that he is constantly astounded by the level of support there is in Roscommon for the team, given

that it is such a small county. “Roscommon supporters are absolutely fantastic and they have shown huge support to our county team over the years. Salthill is certainly a hard venue to get in and out of but I have no doubt that there will be thousands of Roscommon supporters there on the day. We need them and the team needs them and they will certainly not let us down on the day. “We are really looking forward to this game now and with the help of God a good win too,” he concluded.

Media circus is in town! < DAN DOONER

Final has obviously capThis Sunday’s Connacht local and national media of n tured the imaginatio Roscommon on Thursday with events scheduled in asts set for Sunday. and Friday and live broadcursday night at Down The The circus begins on Th scommon as Galway Bay Hatch on Church Street, Ro popular pub from 6 pm FM will broadcast from theves to St. Brigid’s GAA to 7 pm. The fun then mo nnonside FM broadcast in Kiltoom on Friday as Sha between 7 pm and 9 pm. the main event on Sunday This is all a build-up to be rolling to catch the big l when the RTE cameras wil Roscommon and Galway provincial decider betweenbe outdone, Newstalk will in Pearse Stadium. Not to venue. also broadcast live from thecoverage in Roscommon’s And – don’t forget – top the Roscommon People, , most popular newspaper next week!

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44 The amount of times Galway have ruled the provincial 10 Galway wins from 17 final meetings with Roscommon. roost. Their most recent success was back in 2008. 7 Roscommon wins from 17 final meetings with Galway. 22 The number of Connacht titles that have been brought 4.6 Galway’s average winning margin in Connacht finals back across the Roscommon border. against Roscommon. 17 The amount of previous Connacht finals contested 2.1 Roscommon’s average winning margin in Connacht between Roscommon and Galway. finals against Galway.

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FINAL FORECAST Seamus Duke asked three well-known figures from the GAA world for their big match forecasts… TOMMY CARR (RTE analyst and former Roscommon manager) “It’s a novel final that not many would have predicted. With Mayo gone out of it, the Connacht final is a real 50/50 game now. “Both sides have good arguments to make as to why they should win it. I know it’s a cliché, but the team that is most up for it on the day will win it. “Roscommon have a better attack and if they can get enough ball into their forwards then they can win it, but it will be close. As usual the midfield battle will be crucial.”

JOHN O’MAHONY (Former Galway and Mayo manager) “This is a very hard game to call. There are no favourites and both sides will have questions to answer on Sunday. Roscommon will have to get more consistency in the performances. They were poor in the first half against Sligo, and very good in the second half.Kevin Walsh will have to get his players’ feet back on the ground after beating Mayo. They played well in the second half, but everything went right for them, particularly in the final 20 minutes. “Roscommon have better attacking options, but Galway will be hard to beat in Salthill. I honestly think that it looks like a draw and will require a second day to settle it.”

COLM KEYES (Irish Independent sports journalist) “Neil Collins is a big loss to Roscommon, but having said that I think that Roscommon have the edge here. “I am not convinced by either side, but I am less convinced by Galway. I saw them a few times during the league, and while they would have improved since, they would have to produce a few more performances the like of which we saw against Mayo before my doubts about them would be satisfied.There is rich potential in Roscommon’s attack, and on that basis I am giving them the nod to win it. Roscommon turned over Kevin Walsh’s Sligo in 2010 and I think that they will overturn Kevin Walsh’s Galway this time.”

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onie Shine will have fond memories of the last Roscommon win in the Connacht final against Sligo as the Clann na nGael man kicked the winning point in McHale Park. He says that despite the conventional wisdom, Mayo were not certainties to defeat Galway in the semi-final recently. “We were totally focussed on winning against Sligo and after that we were back with the clubs for the championship and I never really gave the Mayo game a lot

of thought – but Galway and Mayo have always been the two top teams in Connacht so Galway were bound to come good at some stage. “I don’t think the fact that it is Galway in the final will make any difference in our approach. It will still be a very difficult game. I was very impressed with Galway defensively and at midfield too. It’s a 70minute game against one of the top two teams in Connacht and we have to go out with that attitude.” It’s been six years since Roscommon won

a Connacht senior title and Donie Shine says it has been too long. “A six-year gap is too long because Roscommon have had a lot of success at under-age level in recent years and it’s time we pushed on at senior level. We need a big performance in this Connacht final and hopefully we can produce it on the day. If we do, then we will not be far away. “The spirit in the camp is great. There are a lot of lads coming back from injury so the competition for places is very intense and that’s the way it should be. We have to go out and perform now,” he concluded. Wishing the Roscommon Team every success

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senior footballers can continue a highly successful season by capturing the Nestor Cup for the 23rd time when they play Galway at Pearses Stadium on Sunday. It’s a decider that few were predicting but Galway’s win against Mayo has set up a final pairing that hasn’t happened in the province since a draw and replay (won by Galway) in 1998. Convincing arguments can be made for both sides ahead of Sunday’s clash. That makes it a difficult game to call. On the Roscommon side, a magnificent league campaign was tainted somewhat by poor displays against Mayo and Kerry,

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thing could have come to a shuddering halt in New York, is now a distant memory, but a reminder that this team is still in its development under Fergal O’Donnell and Kevin

McStay. A comprehensive win against a very poor Leitrim side did not answer any questions as to how far Roscommon could go in the championship.

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Neil Collins – in action against Kerry in Croke Park earlier this year – will miss the game due to injury. Picture: Andrew Fox

Then, in the semi-final, an impressive second half rescued what might have been another shock defeat to Sligo. Roscommon are where they want to be. The question now is: Can they go one step further and win this title on Sunday? Of course the answer is yes, but it will not be easy, and Roscommon will have to return to the flowing, running, possession game that we saw in the games against Cork and Donegal in the league and in the second half against Sligo. The attackers are there to get the scores, but, as anyone who follows football knows, forwards cannot score if they are not getting the ball. Roscommon’s woes at midfield are well-known and it is an area where Galway are particularly strong. Knowing Kevin McStay and Fergal O’Donnell and his selectors, I am sure they will

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have a game plan drawn up with that in mind for Sunday. Neil Collins (out through injury) is a huge loss and it will be interesting to see who will be picked at full-back for Sunday’s game. Sean Mullooly, Niall McInerney and Niall Carty are the contenders for that vital spot. Carty could return. Whoever gets the nod will have a tough job marking the excellent Damien Comer. Geoffrey Claffey will have to ensure that the kick-outs are spot-on. It is such a vital part of top class football now. Seanie McDermott, Niall McInerney, John McManus, Davy Murray and David Keenan will all have vital roles to play, and don’t be surprised to see Davy Murray picking up the other Galway dangerman, Shane Walsh. Midfield is the big conundrum for Roscommon. On the basis that the selectors are not keen to make too many changes, I expect to see Niall Daly there, with Cathal Compton or Enda Smith for company. It is likely that

Cathal Shine will be kept in reserve. Up front, the options are more clear-cut. Conor Devaney, Fintan Cregg, Ciaráin Murtagh, Cathal Cregg, Senan Kilbride, Donie Shine and Donie Smith all have big claims for a starting spot, with Diarmuid Murtagh also back in training after his injury. It’s a formidable looking attack that can deliver the match-winning scores it they get enough possession. Galway have arrived in this final after a sensational win against Mayo. They are exceptionally strong at midfield, where Paul Conroy and Tom Flynn are a very impressive combination. Galway look vulnerable in the full-back line, where Eoghan Kerin and David Wynne made their competitive debuts against Mayo. In the halfback line, Gary O’Donnell and Gareth Bradshaw are experienced campaigners and Bradshaw loves to attack when he can. Up front, Damien Comer and Shane Walsh are the key men. Both are outstanding footballers. Gary

Sice brings more experience to the Galway attack, while Eamon Branigan, Danny Cummins and Johnny Heaney are as yet unproven. The weather could also be a factor, and it is very seldom that there is not a significant breeze in Pearse Stadium. Longstanding Roscommon fans will not need me to remind them that since the refurbishment of Pearse Stadium, the Rossies have not won a championship match there at senior level. These records are always there to be broken, but tradition still plays a big part in these big games. Roscommon will have to get their match-ups correct and the way to win this game is to be positive and drive at Galway every time they can. A defensive battle will suit Galway, and that’s why they beat Mayo. Despite the provincial championships being much maligned, a Connacht title success is still a huge prize and we have not grasped that prize that many times over the years in Roscommon.

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The lads who go out in the Primrose and Blue on Sunday can write their names into Roscommon GAA folklore if they can win this title. It is a game that Roscommon are well capable of winning, but they must ensure that the attack gets enough ball to get the scores that they need. Galway are a county that traditionally plays good open attractive football so I would be hoping that we will see the two teams going head to head. I am not convinced that

this is a super Galway team and they caught Mayo on a very bad day in the semi-final. They have good players all over their team, but I have a doubt about their defence, and, on the basis that Roscommon are capable of putting up a big score, I am going for a narrow win for the Rossies. Match odds: Galway 10/11 v Roscommon 11/10; Draw 15/2. Prediction: Roscommon, by two points.

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Form in Pearse Stadium The last time Roscommon won the Connacht title in Pearse Stadium was in 1978, when they beat Galway. Galway last won the Connacht title in Pearse Stadium in 2005, when they beat Mayo.

One up to Galway Galway and Roscommon have met once already this year, with the Tribesmen winning the FBD League final by a point last January.

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al Daly is one of Galway’s greatest forwards of the modern era. Indeed Roscommon fans who were there will remember his brilliant display in the Connacht final in 1990 at Dr. Hyde Park as his side went down to Roscommon. That day, Daly scored an incredible 0-8 and didn’t deserve to be on the losing team. Val Daly won two All Stars (1987 and 1990) and – remarkably – is a former Galway (1996 and 1997) and Roscommon manager (2005), so he knows how both camps will be feeling in the run-up to Sunday’s final. “I would say most Galway football supporters are looking forward to Sunday’s game. I would reckon it’s a 50/50 game, but Galway have a great chance to win it at home in Salthill. There

Pictured is Mountbellew/Moylough mentor Val Daly with his sons Michael and John.

is a good buzz now in Galway following the unexpected win against Mayo. “Most Galway people were hoping for a good performance against Mayo but you could see the belief amongst the players growing as the game went on and they deserved to win it in the end.

“Both Roscommon and Galway are in this final on merit and I am looking forward to a good game of football. I hope that there are no blanket defences and that the sides take on each other – and may the best team win after that. There are plenty of good players on each side so I hope

that the game is positive and not defensive. “I know that Galway have a lot of work done this year, but equally Roscommon are making good progress under Fergal O’Donnell and Kevin McStay. “Mayo have dominated in Connacht for the past five or six years, so it’s no harm to have a change. Both teams on Sunday will view this as a great chance to win a title. Naturally I will be hoping that Galway win it and I am looking forward to a very competitive game. “There doesn’t seem to be much between them. I was very impressed with Paul Conroy against Mayo and he and Tom Flynn are a strong midfield pairing – maybe they can be the difference. But it will be a close game. Both sides can make arguments why they should be able to win it. Let’s see what happens on the day,” he concluded.

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t’s not every county panel that can boast three players from the same family but Diarmuid, Ciaráin and Brian Murtagh will all take the field for Roscommon on Sunday. Ciaráin is the captain while Diarmuid will be hoping to contribute some vital scores. Lesserknown of the three is eldest brother Brian,

who has been confined to some substitute appearances so far in this championship. However he is really enjoying the atmosphere in the Roscommon camp with his two brothers. “We just wanted to be in the Connacht final and didn’t really care who we were facing, to be honest. We only met for the first time since the Sligo game on the Sunday night after, so at that stage we knew it would be Galway we were facing.

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Ticket information Tickets for Sunday’s match are on sale at Roscommon GAA County Board Office on Racecourse Road, Roscommon until Friday (10 am to 4.30 pm). A limited supply of stand tickets remain but they are likely to sell out very quickly. Tickets are priced as follows: Covered stand €35; sideline/ terrace €25; juvenile €5.

Did you know? The Roscommon panel contains three sets of brothers: Ian and Senan Kilbride, Brian, Ciaráin and Diarmuid Murtagh, and Donie and Enda Smith.

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hen Roscommon, managed by Gay Sheeran, reached the Connacht final in 1998 against Galway (the last time the sides met in a provincial decider), there was an extra bit of spice in the run-up to the big game. John O’Mahony had taken over the reins in Galway and expectations were higher than they had been for many years in the county after they had beaten Mayo, who had qualified for the previous two All-Ireland senior finals. The first game was played at Tuam Stadium on a day that saw sunshine mixed with some very heavy downpours. It was

clear from the very start that Roscommon meant business as they matched Galway in every department (bar scoring). At half-time it was Galway 0-6 Roscommon 0-4. The game finished in controversy as many Roscommon people felt that they were entitled to a late free that would have put them two points up. Instead, Galway were awarded a free at the other end and it was duly converted by Niall Finnegan to level the match at 0-11 each. The replay was held at Dr. Hyde Park the following Saturday week, and those of us who were lucky enough to be there witnessed a truly magnificent occasion. Over 26,000 people crammed into the Roscommon town

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Nigel Dineen (pictured in action against Sligo) scored three points against Galway in the 1998 Connacht Final replay.

venue and there was an incredible atmosphere that will remain in the minds of anyone who was there on that evening. It was a pulsating game as the two rivals slugged it out score for score. At half-time Galway led by 0-5 to 0-4, and by full-time the sides were locked together again at 0-11 each. On to extratime, and Galway held a narrow 0-16 to 0-14 advantage at half-time. The crucial score of the game came when Michael Donnellan pounced for the only goal of the game. Despite Roscommon’s magnificent reply, which yielded three points in a

row, Galway had done enough to claim the title (1-17 to 0-17). It was a wonderful game of football and one of the best Connacht finals in my memory. Roscommon were denied by a whisker after a magnificent effort. Later that year Galway went on to win the All-Ireland title, beating Kildare in the final. The teams that lined out in that memorable Connacht final replay on the 1st of August, 1998 were as follows: Galway: M McNamara; T Meehan, G Fahy, T Mannion; R Silke, J Divilly, S Og de Paor (0-2); K Walsh, S

O’Domhnaill; J Fallon (0-5), M Donnellan (13), T Joyce; D Savage (0-3), P Joyce (0-1), N Finnegan (0-2). Subs: J Mitchell for Divilly, S Walsh (0-1) for T Joyce, F Gavin for K Walsh. Roscommon: D Thompson; D Gavin, D Donlon, E Gavin; C Heneghan, C McDonald, M Ryan; G Keane, T Ryan; D Connellan, F O’Donnell (0-2), E Lohan (0-8); T Grehan (0-2), N Dineen (0-3), L Dowd (0-1). Subs: D Duggan for Grehan, V Glennon (0-1) for T Ryan, T Grehan for Duggan. Referee: S Prior (Leitrim).

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the Rossies had another great win yesterday, didn’t they?” And I thought to myself, I could really get used to this. No longer were we celebrating wins coming out of Tullamore, Longford or Sligo (no disrespect of course), we were now dining at the top table of the GAA – and it seemed to be suiting us. But no matter how promisingly Roscommon perform in the league, one always feels that the higher you build them up, the greater they can fall, and they almost plummeted in the most spectacular of fashions in the Big Apple, although they still did

just enough to get through. It was a classic example of what can happen when a team takes their eyes of the ball. The performance against Leitrim steadied the ship and was a telling indication of the gulf in class which has emerged between the sides. But at half-time against a plucky Sligo outfit, it seemed like old failings had come back to haunt the side, but again, to their credit, Roscommon rallied and showed excellent character to rescue the game from the jaws of defeat. But this Sunday will tell another tale. Yes, one Cont. next page

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eye-catching about this evolving Roscommon side is their commitment to playing direct, dynamic, attacking football. In an era consumed by negative tactics, it is this which has caught the eye of the admiring GAA audience. The side finished top scorers in the league – a stat which reflects their devotion to an attacking approach. From a defensive point of view, one cannot underestimate the impact of the loss of Neil Collins, and Galway will definitely try to target Roscommon’s full-back line in his notable

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his Sunday, Galway host Roscommon in the Connacht final, giving us the most unlikely of provincial finals (bar possibly Tipperary and Kerry) this year. However, those close to the Galway camp might disagree with that statement and to be honest they were probably the least surprised by that win in Castlebar. Kevin Walsh has taken his share of flak in recent times over his team’s performances but if you look at the bigger picture, it may not have been that much of a shock given that Galway actually got to Croke Park last year before their defeat to Donegal in Round 4 (defeating Armagh and Derry in the process). Their league form may have blown hot and cold this year but those who saw them play Cork in a challenge match in Caltra could see that a plan was in place and when Tomás Flynn scored that all-important goal against Mayo, it was clear that the players were also in on the act. But what is the act? Nobody outside the Galway camp knows. Roscommon is a completely different proposition for Kevin Walsh and his charges and they will go into this game confident but also wary of what the Rossies can do. Roscommon have played in Division One and their win in Killarney showed that Fergal O’Donnell and Kevin McStay have

their team in great shape with footballing skills to match. There is not a soul in Galway who thinks this is a foregone conclusion. In fact, many would put Roscommon as favourites for Sunday. Why? They have been in Division One, they have quality footballers, a management team who have won things and so on. When Galway named the team to play Mayo there were raised eyebrows among supporters. A goalkeeper who was not even his club’s first choice. A brand new fullback line of players who were making their championship debuts. History tells us now that it was inspired. Galway choked the Mayo half-back line and tactically nailed it. It was important given the disappointment of previous years and has given Galway supporters a massive sense of pride. Some point to the spirit of 1998 and 2001 when Galway last won the All-Ireland title but don’t mention that to the players or management. They don’t want to hear it. All they are focusing on is the next game, the next occasion, the next ball. There is a bounce in the Galway step at the moment but they are not letting that take over. Galway go into this game on the back of a famous win. One that has installed a belief that the Connacht title can return to Galway for the first time since 2008. But they also know that there is a very good Roscommon team standing in their way. Next Sunday will be interesting and do not be surprised if we have to go again.

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I’m really excited about the Connacht Final on Sunday with my old rivals ‘The Rossies’. I’m hoping that Damien Comer will score a few goals and we should make it three wins out of three games against Roscommon! Roscommon fans can keep an eye on my Facebook page on Sunday evening and you’ll see me proudly holding the Nestor Cup. C’mon Galway! All the way boys to the Sam Maguire. I’m also looking forward to a nice little win at the bookies! Gaillimh Abú!

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n Sunday, Seanie McDermott will play his 152nd competitive game for Roscommon – and judging by his form in 2016, the veteran Western Gaels defender is improving with every game he plays. Seanie will play in his third Connacht senior final on Sunday and he will be looking for his second winner’s medal. He says it was not a shock to him that Galway will be facing Roscommon, and not Mayo. “Mayo were fancied to come through but Galway always had good footballers and it was only a matter of time before they put it together and came up with a good display. They went to Castlebar with a game plan and they stuck to it. They were very strong at midfield and in the full-back

line and they deserved their win and we are under no illusions as to what we are facing on Sunday. It is going to be a tough Connacht final that is away from home and I think it will be just as hard to beat Galway as Mayo, but we are thrilled to be there.” Seanie says that it has been a long year for the Roscommon players but that they are still fresh and ready for the challenge. “We have done a lot of work on the training field this year but we had a break after the league and we came back fresh. There is a great appetite there. We had a great league and played some mighty football. We retained our (Division One) status, which was great. “In the championship we have played some good football and some poor stuff too. One thing is for certain

– we will have to play well for 70 minutes if we want to win this Connacht title.” Seanie says that with regard to the team’s progress, 2016 is already a successful year and now Roscommon are ready to take advantage of being in bonus territory. “The goals at the start of the year were to stay in the league and to get to the Connacht final. We have done that now. I would say that Fergal and Kevin are thrilled that we have done so well so soon into their tenure. But now we are in this Connacht final we are in bonus territory. “If we win we are in the final eight and even if we don’t we are in the final twelve. It is a great opportunity for us as a group.” Roscommon don’t have a great record at Pearse Stadium, but that doesn’t

bother Seanie Mac. “Pearses Stadium is a just a football pitch and this is another game that we want to win, nothing more than that. What went on there before will make no difference on the day at all. We will have to produce the goods on the day and with lads returning to fitness there is a great atmosphere within the group.” On Sunday Seanie will play his 152nd competitive game for Roscommon and he wants a second Connacht senior medal. “The number of games I have played is only a number. I am still enjoying playing for Roscommon as much as ever. With this great bunch of players and management and with our great supporters behind us, we are well capable of winning this Connacht title,” he concluded.

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the minor game and before the much-anticipated Connacht Senior Football Final between Roscommon and Galway. Roscommon confounded the critics in 1966, beating Kildare to become the first holders of the Clarke Cup, ironically donated by Kildare County Board in

honour of a long-serving Kildare official in the third year of the competition. The road to glory consisted of victories over Galway, Leitrim and Mayo to become Connacht champions – followed by victory over Donegal in the All-Ireland semi-final and Kildare in the

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Well-known GAA correspondent, John D. Hickey, stated that if Roscommon were to beat Kildare and win the All-Ireland U-21 Final of 1966, “it would be the eighth wonder of the world”. Sure what would sportswriters know anyway! Pat Reynolds (Elphin): Stalwart goalkeeper who represented Roscommon at senior level and also played for Connacht. Pat’s brother, Coman, won an All-Ireland U-21 medal in 1978 and currently lives in Australia. Pat sadly passed away in 2007. Pat Clarke (Boyle): Pat went on to play handball at national level and formed a formidable pairing with U-21 colleague Mark O’Gara. Represented Roscommon seniors. Pat Nicholson (Boyle): The great full-back joined the priesthood after representing the Roscommon senior team and will return from the US for Sunday’s game. Colm Shine (Clann na nGael): The captain of the team. Won a Connacht Junior medal in 1964 and went on to represent Roscommon at senior level. Gerry Mannion (St. Brigid’s): Gerry won Sigerson Cup with UCD and was also an established Roscommon player at senior level. Replacement All Star in 1975. Paul Mockler (St. Croan’s): Former St. Nathy’s College star and Roscommon senior player. Paul lives in Ennis, Co. Clare where he coached St. Joseph’s Doora Barefield and is a retired Garda Superintendent. Tom Heneaghan (Castlerea): Won an All Star in 1979 and went on to manage the Roscommon team, including in the 1980 AllIreland final defeat to Kerry. Martin Joe Keane (Creggs): Won an AllIreland Junior hurling medal with Roscommon against Warwickshire the year before and went on to become an established senior footballer.

John O’Connor (Roscommon Gaels): Won an All-Ireland Junior hurling medal with Roscommon against Warwickshire the year before and represented Roscommon at senior level. Jimmy Finnegan (Castlerea): Played senior football with Roscommon before playing for London where he spent some time. Was then heavily involved with Roscommon GAA and was a selector for the 2001 Connacht Championship winning team. Dermot Earley (Michael Glavey’s): A two-time All Star with Roscommon (in 1974 and 1979) he is remembered as a GAA great. Managed both Roscommon and Kildare. Lieutenant General in Irish Defence Forces. Sadly passed away in 2010. Jimmy Cox (St. Barry’s): A fine player who worked in banking before a serious knee injury sustained in the 1970 Connacht final in Pearse Stadium curtailed his playing career. Marty Cummins (Shannon Gaels): Won a county championship with his club. Lived in Swords, Co. Dublin and was a great supporter of Roscommon until he sadly passed away in 2010. Jim Keane (St. Brigid’s): Played for St. Brigid’s and also won Westmeath county championships playing in Athlone. John Kelly (Elphin): Captained UCD to the Sigerson Cup and starred for Roscommon. Mark O’Gara (St. Croan’s) Played senior for Roscommon and Sigerson for UCG. With Pat Clarke formed a formidable All-Ireland winning doubles handball pairing. Mark lives in Roscommon town. Willie Feeley (Rahara): Played at U-21 level for a number of years following an early start at the tender age of 16. Retired member of An Garda Síochána who also refereed. John Nicholson (Boyle): John was also a member of An Garda Síochána and was based in Sligo. Played club football in Sligo.

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Noel Daly (Castlerea): Noel played in previous rounds but was ill in the buildup to the 1966 final. Was a member of the All-Ireland Junior hurling champions of the previous year. Also represented Westmeath. Frank Fallon (St. Faithleach’s): Represented Roscommon at senior level. He was a member of the Gardai and served in Dundalk and Longford. Oliver Naughton (Pádraig Pearses): Represented Padraig Pearses club with whom he played for over a decade. Played later in Leixlip, Co. Kildare.

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James Beirne (Elphin): A much-travelled man. James has come from Essex in England for today’s reunion. Jerome Dufficy (Tulsk): Sadly passed away in 2011. Represented Tulsk with great distinction and was also a member of the Gardaí. Adrian O’Sullivan (Castlerea): Was sƟll playing U-21 in 1969 when Roscommon were defeated by Antrim in the 1969 final. Adrian captained Roscommon in their win over Mayo in a high-scoring game in the Connacht Final of ’72 and in the defeat to Kerry in the AllIreland semi-final subsequently. Adrian lives in Castlerea. Thomas Gacquin (St. Aidan’s): Featured early in the championship and won a county junior title with St. Aidan’s in the same year. Currently living behind enemy lines in Ballyforan. Sean O’Donnell (St. Faithleach’s) A dedicated club footballer with St. Faithleach’s for a number of years. * Sincere thanks to Tony Conboy and Colm Shine for their great assistance in compiling this article

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Ecstatic celebrations kick off in Hyde Park after Gerry Lohan’s dramatic Connacht final winning goal in the final seconds of the 2001 decider. Picture: Michael McCormack.

‘Gerry Lohan’s blessed left boot’ My Connacht Final memory Rose Morris (Elphin)

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or oft when on my

couch I lie’ – with apologies to Mr. Wordsworth, my mind flashes back to a glorious July Sunday in Hyde Park (in 2001) and that ‘blessed’ left boot of one Gerry Lohan. It was the final minute of normal time and a goal by David Nestor saw every Roscommon heart sink as Mayo now had a two-point lead. Some Rossies around me had even started to jump ship. Oh! Ye of little faith!

There were four minutes of injury-time, these were further extended and then…the miracle happened. John White kicked a line ball to Jonathan Dunning and he was fouled. His shot went to Denis Gavin, who found Gerry Lohan to the right of goal. Saint Gerard blasted a low shot towards the Mayo goal and Saint Peter (Burke) who had been guarding the Gate, was rendered helpless by the magnificence of his

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It was the late 1970s. There was Roscommon to go to every yea a Connacht Final involving r. family being ‘sardined’ into the I remember the whole the boot, excitement at fever car, sandwiches and flask in pitc It always seemed to be sunny. h. We always seemed to win. We had a glorious team of her oes an age as the crowd waited for the game get to a Roscommon match, I . The odd time I didn’t rev to resume. I remember the comeback Micheal O’Hehir lavished on our elled in the praise that team. from Roscommon and most importantly I was young and time was my friend. They were the of all I waited for Derek Duggan to kick happiest of days. We had no mo bile phones, no twitter, no over the monster equalising point at the distractions. end of the game to force a replay. On the way home, my parent s wou The Roscommon crowd rejoiced and drinks. We got coke or fanta and ld usually stop for a few jumped for joy. When the final whistle in the car, reliving the game. Tayto. Sometimes we were Oft went I was so exhausted and drained the pub, which was exciting in en we were allowed into from the excitement and cheering. I can’t itse The day was filled with joy and lf. remember too much from the car journey excitem alw ays won. I know the history books ent. We had almost home to Roscommon as I must have now tell us that Roscommon won four succes fallen asleep, but what I do remember sive Connacht finals from 197 7 on. As a kid , that’s pretty much what I exp to this day is the great excitement and ected every time I went to see those heroic me drama of that 1991 Connacht Final. n. Thanks for the memories! Thankfully a week later, Roscommon (Name and address with Editor) edged out Mayo by a point to win the Connacht title. Great memories!

My Connacht Final memory Brian Duffy (Kiltoom)

ne of my fondest (and earliest) memories of Roscommon football is the Connacht final of 1991 involving Roscommon and Mayo in McHale Park. It was three days before my 11th birthday and I remember packing the car with tea and sandwiches before starting out on the journey down to Castlebar. I remember stopping off half-way on the journey to have the sandwiches, tea and treats to set us up for the day. Upon arriving in McHale Park, I was full of excitement and in awe of the Roscommon and Mayo colours and the large crowds. I remember fondly Enon Gavin reaching up to grab a ball and the crossbar breaking in two. The restart felt like

colours! The Mayo supporters did not wish to tango! We took the scenic route home that evening, via Foxe’s Hostelry, where we further celebrated the exploits of Kilbride’s most

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tell people that I am from Creggs, invariably (that’s if they have ever heard of it), the next question is, are you Galway or Roscommon, and to tell you the truth there have been times that I have answered that I was both! However, in a week such as this, when our Galway footballers are taking on the Rossies in Sunday’s Connacht final, tribalism kicks in – and in a border area such as Creggs, feelings can run high and people who are normally the best of friends can become mortal enemies, or at least not talk to each other until the football match is over. Last night (Sunday), in Mikeen’s (I am writing this on Monday morning), rivalry was at its highest and there was a fair bit of good-natured banter taking place, with some of the Rossies very confident in their team’s ability to take down the Galway men, while all of us Galwegians were quietly warning them and sincerely hoping that there might be very little out of them next Sunday night. It was great to have the craic with our neighbours, as for a few years now the old rivalry seemed to have been on the wane, (I blame the back-door system), and let’s hope it’s back to stay. I was only five years of age when Galway won the All-Ireland in 1956, and of course I grew up with the terrible twins – Tuam Stars legends Sean Purcell and Frankie Stockwell, along with our own local, Mattie McDonagh, as my heroes. One of my first memories is of planting a maroon and white flag on top of Bill’s cock of hay and waving at all the cars that were carrying lucky supporters to a championship match in Tuam. I suppose because television was only in its infancy at the time, people had less distractions and the football was the be all and end all of their lives. We had a famous local

Winner alright? Our columnist Frank Brandon, officially a Galway fan but thought to have a very soft spot for the Rossies, discusses the match with Anthony Flaherty at last Tuesday’s meeting of Roscommon Races. Picture: Andrew Fox

‘Talking of being on both sides, we also had a man who would go to Castlecoote and Athleague and back Galway and he would then go to Ballygar and Creggs and back Roscommon’ man, Johnny Cryan, who if Galway were beaten by Roscommon, would declare that ‘we had gone down in disaster and woe’ and he would be depressed and go on the beer for the rest of the week. On one occasion Johnny cycled into Roscommon for a match, had a few drinks in town and then, on his way home, when he thought he was safely out of Roscommon, he let out a few ‘Grand Galway’ roars. Unfortunately for him, he was still in the town and a crowd of about 40 men and women took off after him – but luckily he managed to outrun (or outcycle) them and made it back to the safety of his Galway home. Talking of being on both sides, we also had a man who would go to Castlecoote and Athleague and back Galway and he would then go to Ballygar and Creggs and back Roscommon. They were all gentlemen’s agreements, and so after the game he

would collect in whichever towns he won, and would then spend days drinking his winnings and not appear in the towns he lost in for many a long week. It was one way of hedging his bets and he got a few months’ free money until he eventually had to pay up. Needless to say he was a Rossie! On the football side, over the years we had a few lads called up to play for Roscommon, (I won’t name them for fear of leaving someone out), but one of the best players ever to play with Creggs, a true blue Galway lad, was picked on an U-16 squad a good many years ago and as luck would have it, his first (and last) game was against his beloved tribesmen. When the game was over, he arrived back into the dressing room, took off the primrose and blue jersey, threw it on the ground and said that was the last time he’d ever wear it and he was true to his word. He never played

for Roscommon again. Funnily enough, the only time I ever captained Roscommon was in the U-21 final – and it was also against Galway – who went on to win the All-Ireland in 1971. They only beat us by two points and my critics would say I that I took my protest one step further by not actually playing, despite being on the field. Another time, during a televised match in Mikeen’s, a loud Rossie supporter (they were winning) was told that if he didn’t shut up, he’d be locked into the boot of his car. To be fair, he quietened down, partly because he was only half the size of the annoyed Galway supporter. Talking of supping porter, I had my own Johnny Cryan moment when Galway beat the neighbours in a replay in 1998 and I was at the wedding of Olivia Harris and Richard Smyth in the Abbey Hotel. Late in the evening,

I thought it would be a good idea to pay a visit to the Hatch, a pub run by former Roscommon great Seamus Hayden and great Rossie follower Larry Brennan. Somewhere along the way, l managed to get my hands on a giant Galway flag and made a triumphant entrance into the pub, which was full of disappointed home supporters. I wasn’t followed out of town like Johnny, but I have on occasion received better welcomes than I did that evening in the Hatch! Another game between the great rivals comes to mind. Back in the 1980s in Tuam and we, Creggs Rugby Club, had a carnival marquee behind the present clubhouse. The Brannigans were the band, featuring the lovely Geraldine, who had just represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest, (she is now Mrs. Phil Coulter) on the Sunday night, and we confidently waited for the thousands of dancers to make their way back to our marquee from Tuam. In the end, 16 punters turned up and the Brannigans’ manager called into the box office looking for his £600 guarantee. My brother, the Rasher, gave him two choices, take half the takings £36 or take nothing at all. The manager put up a halfhearted protest that cut no ice with the Rasher and eventually left with his £36. And so, as the flags and buntings go up around the place, with some houses flying both colours, which probably means half the people aren’t talking to each other, I must admit I am looking forward to the week’s craic – and while Bill Shankly once famously declared that football was more important than life or death, let us all remember, when we meet next Sunday night, that it was only a game and that – hopefully – Galway have won. See you Sunday!

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Mick Rock, Connacht GAA, Brian Carroll, Roscommon GAA, Aogan O’Fearghail, GAA President, Seamus Sweeney, Roscommon GAA and John Prenty, Connacht GAA, pictured at the turning of the sod at Dr. Hyde Park. Picture: Andrew Fox

pitch and then walk away from spectator comfort, but let’s get the pitch done first, then we can look at other improvements,” he concluded. Those present for the sod-turning ceremony included officials of the Connacht Council and Roscommon GAA County Board, the contractors, and representatives of Roscommon Gaels GAA Club. Amongst those in attendance was Barry Molloy, who was one of the people who, back in 1969, purchased the land on which Dr. Hyde Park stands. Chairperson of Roscommon County Board Seamus Sweeney said that the timescale of the project will see the pitch fully ready for play in February 2017. “The contractor says that the actual pitch will be laid by the end of September. It is important that the pitch is laid now, during

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GAA Championship Special

Return to glory days is on – if Rossies perform! R

oscommon’s senior footballers face their biggest game in six years on Sunday when they travel to play Galway in the 2016 Connacht final at Pearse Stadium. Those of us who have followed the GAA all our lives will know that the game has changed so much over the years, yet some things remain the same. The huge interest that there is in County Roscommon in the fortunes of our senior football team remains the same – and in fact it may have even grown over the years. The championship might be much maligned, but to win a Connacht senior title is a rare enough event for Roscommon, and every victory is cherished by the people of the county. Another thing that hasn’t changed is that you have to have a team capable of kicking the ball over the bar if you want to win a title. No amount of training, psychology, stats, or tactics will ever change that fact. You need lads that can play football if you want to win anything. The importance of winning a Connacht senior title cannot be underestimated and if Roscommon were to win this Sunday, it would be a marvellous achievement for the players and for the team management as well. They would become part of the folklore of Roscommon GAA and be remembered for decades to come. There are league games that have been memorable over the years, however, I, like many others, need no book, newspaper or computer to recall some of the great wins that Roscommon have had in Connacht finals in the past. There haven’t been that many. In 1972 it was a day of searing heat as Roscommon and Mayo served up probably the greatest Connacht final ever. Played in McHale Park, Roscommon won it by 5-8 to 3-10, after a breathtaking game. The tar boiled on the roads as Roscommon returned in triumph to bridge a ten-year gap without a title. Then at the end of the 1970s we were spoiled with four titles in a row. We beat Galway in two finals and Mayo in two. It was a magnificent Roscommon team and certainly the best that I have seen in my lifetime. Harry Keegan, Pat Lindsay, Tom Heneghan, John O’Gara, Seamus Hayden, Jigger O’Connor, Tony McManus, Michael

CHAMPIONSHIP Crystal Ball… Connacht SFC Final: Galway v Roscommon on Sunday in Pearse Stadium The game is previewed in detail elsewhere in the paper this week. If Roscommon play to their potential, they can win it. But it will be close. Prediction: Roscommon.

Munster SHC Final: Waterford v Tipperary on Sunday in Limerick This promises to be the hurling game of the year so far. Tipperary looked very impressive on their way to the final and deserve to be favourites. But there is something very different about Waterford this year and there is a huge resilience to their play. There won’t be much in it, but after many false dawns I think that this could be Waterford’s year. Prediction: Waterford.

Pictured at the recent preview night for the Connacht Senior Football Championship Final were Roisín O’Reilly and Diarmuid Murtagh. Picture: Andrew Fox

Finneran, Mickey Freyne and many more, all marvellous players. Roscommon were the kings of Connacht and we thought it would never end. What a pity that team did not win an All-Ireland title. But time moves on, and it would be 10 more years before Roscommon tasted Connacht success again when we beat Galway at Dr. Hyde Park. Eamon McManus Junior had his finest hour in a Roscommon jersey as we edged out a Galway side inspired by the brilliant Val Daly. Then in 1991 it was two in a row when Roscommon beat Mayo in a replay at Dr. Hyde Park. The drawn game in Castlebar featured the famous Derek Duggan free at the end of the game, which sent the teams into a replay. A certain local radio commentator said “he hasn’t a hope in hell of kicking it over the bar”. I was never as glad to be proven so wrong. That was another great Roscommon team, managed by Marty McDermott. It was to be 2001 before we tasted Connacht success again. Two goals from Gerry Lohan (including one in injury-time to win it) sent the Roscommon fans wild. It was said

afterwards that Roscommon celebrated a little too much after winning that game. There was certainly some truth to that, because I was in the middle of those celebrations too! I have never seen such joy among Roscommon fans as that day and the following day too! It took Roscommon another nine years to get the Nestor Cup back to the county and it happened in McHale Park in 2010 when Sligo were the hottest of hot favourites to beat Roscommon after they had knocked out both Mayo and Galway, but Fergal O’Donnell’s men were waiting in the long grass and they scored a very sweet win on the day. I have very fond memories of every one of those Connacht final victories that I have seen and to win on Sunday next would be another great day for Roscommon. ‘What’s seldom is wonderful’. Roscommon are well capable of winning this game on Sunday if they play up to the standard that we have seen in the league against Cork and Donegal, and in the second half of the championship game against Sligo. Good luck to everyone concerned. I’m really looking forward to it.

Cora – best Mayo footballer ever? Cora Staunton might just be the best Mayo footballer of all time. She proved that once again in Elvery’s MacHale Park in Castlebar last Sunday, scoring a frankly insane 2-14 to help her Mayo side sweep past the challenge of Galway in the Connacht final. Mayo prevailed on a scoreline of 3-20 to 0-14, meaning Staunton on her own was six points superior to Galway. Staunton is well used to racking up huge totals (last summer we covered the fact that she scored 9-12 in a club game for Carnacon) but this is her 20th season with Mayo – she made her debut as a 13-year-old. (Balls.ie) Cora Staunton was once again in fine form for Mayo last weekend – scoring 2-14 against Galway.

All-Ireland SHC Qualifiers There are two cracking qualifiers in prospect this weekend. Clare should be just too good for Limerick, but there will be sparks flying there for sure. In the other game Cork will surely be too strong for Wexford. All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers There are seven qualifiers this weekend and most interest will centre around the meeting of Mayo and Fermanagh in Castlebar on Saturday. Fermanagh will provide them with a stern test, but Mayo should emerge victorious. I am predicting wins for Derry (against Meath), Cavan (v Carlow), Monaghan (v Longford), Cork (v Limerick), Clare (v Laois), and Kildare (v Offaly).

Disappointment for Dowd and minors

It was disappointing that the Roscommon minor footballers went down so badly to Galway in the Connacht semi-final last week. It was our biggest defeat in the minor championship for a number of years. However I think it is only fair to say that the margin flattered Galway as they hit 1-2 in injury-time. The fact that Roscommon had to play two championship games in four days was also a factor and I pointed that out here a few weeks ago. I suppose it was too much to expect that the superb run that we have had over the past ten years at minor level was going to continue but there is huge work going on in coaching throughout the county and I have no doubt that Roscommon will be back at the top very soon. I was also very sad to hear that Mark Dowd had stepped down as the U-21 manager. Mark is a superb coach and in his two years he was very unlucky, losing to Tyrone in the All-Ireland semi-final last year and then losing the Connacht final in such heartbreaking circumstances to Mayo earlier this year. He will surely be back in some role with the county very soon. I want to wish him well.

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LAUNCH OF ROOSKEY FESTIVAL See page 56

‘I’m a troubadour, I do my own thing’ < DAN DOONER

Andy Irvine is a musician who needs no introduction to those who have followed Irish music for the past 50 years. Since starting on his musical journey back in 1965, Andy has been associated with most of the big names in the industry. However, he’s not a man who believes in the ‘music business’, preferring to go his own way. I caught up with Andy earlier in the week and he told me about starting off in music. “I always reckon my beginning year was 1965, that’s 51 years ago. It was full of wonderful charac-

ters but there wasn’t a lot of work. I used to play down in a pub on Capel Street called Slattery’s and I might play there once every two weeks or I might play three nights a week! One magical week I played all of them! (Laughs). I played two gigs per night for five nights that week.” Lack of work in Ireland meant that Andy had to broaden his horizons and that meant travelling to mainland Europe. “There wasn’t a lot of work, you know. It was much the same as today; you had to go away to make a bit of money. I started travelling in 1965, I went off on the road with

my old friend Joe Dolan from Galway, not to be mixed up with the other fella! We went down to Rome and then came back up and went to Denmark and that gave me the bug for travel and I’ve been at it ever since.” Andy has picked up quite a few different sounds on his travels and trips to the Eastern Bloc led to a love for Bulgarian music. It’s this large pallet of sound, which makes his concerts so appealing. So with travel and broad horizons in mind, what does the man born in London to a father from Glasgow and a mother from Antrim think of ‘Brexit’? Andy was sure about one thing: “The mad thing about Brexit is that we don’t know what’s going to happen with Ireland and with the border. I’m living in Co. Fermanagh at the moment and if you had to go through a border post every time you go south I’m out of here!” What does a musician who grafted hard in Slattery’s on Capel Street think of the modern music industry? “To be quite frank I don’t watch things like that, I think the ‘music business’ is sh*te and it always has been. I try and stay away from the music business. I’m a troubadour, I do my own thing and I’m not looking for any help from anyone.” Andy Irvine will appear at the Roscommon Arts Centre this Saturday night (July 9th), bringing with him an eclectic mix of music for what will be a great night of entertainment. Booking now at Roscommon Arts Centre on 09066 25824/www.roscommonartscentre.ie

Kevin Glynn and Megan Healy Cribben, Shannon Academy of Irish Dance. Picture: Andrew Fox

Kevin and Megan win world titles < EOGHAN YOUNG-MURPHY

Roscommon town’s Kevin Glynn and Ballymurray’s Megan Healy Cribben, who are cousins, were recently crowned world champions at Irish dancing. At the CRN World Open Championships in Breaffy House

Resort, Co. Mayo, at the end of June, Kevin scooped the top prize in the Under-15 boys’ event, while Megan won the Under-19 girls’ category. Their success has been celebrated by fellow dancers, their families and of course their teachers, Colette and Sinéad Glynn, from

the Shannon Academy of Irish Dance in Roscommon town. A reception to honour Kevin and Megan’s feats was hosted in Gleeson’s Townhouse & Restaurant in the county town last Saturday night. Several councillors attended to extend their congratulations to the victorious duo.

Sinéad Glynn, Kevin Glynn, Megan Healy Cribben and Colette Glynn, Shannon Academy of Irish Dance. Sinéad and Colette are teachers at the Shannon Academy of Irish Dance. Picture: Andrew Fox

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Pictured in Gleeson’s on Saturday night were Margaret Hurley, Helena Roddy and Phil Naughton. Picture: Andrew Fox

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thing from bluegrass to jazz and swing. These guys are from just down the road in Co. Westmeath and usually put on a great show so make sure not to miss a great night of music. This Sunday is one of the biggest in the town’s recent history as the Ros-

common senior footballers take on Galway on the Connacht Senior Football Final in Galway. If you aren’t heading down to Salthill then why not come along and enjoy the game in the comfortable surrounds of JJ’s. Throw-in is a 2 pm and we have the perfect big

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Waterside music and culture at Carrick Water Music Festival 2016 The Carrick Water Music Festival, a voluntary-run music and arts festivals now in its 12th year, has established itself as one of the leading music festivals in the area. It will return to Carrickon-Shannon for five days of waterside music and cultural happenings from July 13th to 17th. Music-lovers are in for a treat, with a diverse programme of national and international acts, including opera, classical, jazz and folk music. It will take place across the town in unique venues such as the Moon River Pleasure Cruiser, St George’s Church, the Dock Arts Centre, local hotels and events taking place on and along the water at Boathouse Bay.

A highlight is an intimate evening of music with Lisa Hannigan, Zoe Conway and John McIntyre in the stunning surroundings of St. George’s Church. Mick Hanly, one of Ireland’s greatest songwriters, will be joined by Donal Lunny to perform songs from his new album, Homeland, at the Bush Hotel. The Pipes, The Pipes, Donal Dineen’s critically acclaimed homage to the Uilleann pipes, is a mustsee in the Dock. The festival also sees the launch of The Irish Times journalist Ronan McGreevy’s new book, Wherever the Firing Line Extends – Ireland and the Western Front, at St. George’s Church on Wednesday, July 13th. Several events for children

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Documentary film to be screened at Carrick cinema Free surprise family film also Atlantic, a documentary film, is to be screened at Carrick Cineplex in Carrick-on-Shannon from Friday, July 15th, to Sunday, July 17th, at 7 pm each night, as part of the Carrick Water Music Festival. Directed by Risteard O’Domhnaill and narrated by Brendan Gleeson, Atlantic is the latest film from the makers of the multi-award winning documentary The Pipe. This film follows the fortunes of three small fishing fam-

ilies – in Ireland, Norway and Newfoundland – which are at turns united and divided by the Atlantic Ocean. Atlantic tells three very personal stories of those who face the devastating prospect of having their livelihoods taken from them, and their communities destroyed, both environmentally and economically. Furthermore, also as part of the Carrick Water Music Festival, a free surprise family film will be screened in Carrick Cineplex at noon on Saturday, July 16th. Rating: PG.

Pictured in Gleeson’s on Saturday night last for a reception for World Dance Championship winners Kevin Glynn and Megan Healy Cribben were Mary McCormack, Barbara Bryer, Rosemary Mulligan and Trisha Mulligan. Picture: Andrew Fox

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Pictured in Gleeson’s on Saturday night last for a reception for World Dance Championship winners Kevin Glynn and Megan Healy Cribben were Sarah Hurley, Christopher Hurley, Rachel Byrne and Cerys Bryer. Picture: Andrew Fox

Pictured in Gleeson’s on Saturday night last for a reception for World Dance Championship winners Kevin Glynn and Megan Healy Cribben were students from the Shannon Academy of Irish Dance. Picture: Andrew Fox

Pictured in Gleeson’s on Saturday night last for a reception for World Dance Championship winners Kevin Glynn and Megan Healy Cribben were Anna Gannon, Siobhan Martin, Mary Grehan, Judy McNamara and Ursula Cauneen. Picture: Andrew Fox

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Pictured at the launch of the Rooskey Heritage Festival Rose Competition were Sinéad Compton and Brendan Farrell.

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Pictured in Cox’s Steakhouse, Dromod for the launch of the Rooskey Heritage Festival Rose Competition were Rebecca, Joe and Conor Rogers, Katie Glancy and Daniel Rogers. Front row (l-r) Annette Rogers, Pat and Patsy O’Brien.

Launch of Rooskey Festival on Friday The launch of the Rooskey Heritage Festival will be held in the local community centre (9 pm) this Friday night, July 8th, at 9 pm sharp. All are welcome to attend. The festival takes place later this month. More details in forthcoming issues of the Roscommon People.

Pictured at the launch of the Rooskey Heritage Festival Rose Competition were Becky Kelly, Megan Nugent, Damien Moran and Erin Fallon.

Pictured at the launch of the Rooskey Heritage Festival Rose Competition were Martina, Michaela, Natalie and Micheál McHugh.

Pictured in Cox’s Steakhouse, Dromod for the launch of the Rooskey Heritage Festival Rose Competition were Emma Compton, Ger Moran and Claire McCormack.

Pictured in Cox’s Steakhouse, Dromod for the launch of the Rooskey Heritage Festival Rose Competition were Ellie Ann, Helena, Katie and Gerry King.

Pictured at the launch of the Rooskey Heritage Festival Rose Competition were Rebecca Coyle, Katie King, Chloe Coyle and Claire McCormack.

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Business Gaelectric launches €9m wind farm at Ballaghaderreen

Roosky Wind Farm will generate sufficient power to meet the electricity needs of approximately 2,200 homes, contributing in CO2 savings emissions of c. 5,500 tonnes

Gaelectric, a renewable energy and energy storage group, officially launched its ninth operating wind farm last Friday at Roosky, Ballaghaderreen. Roosky is a four-megawatt wind farm, comprising two German-made Enercon turbines. It will generate sufficient renewable power to provide 10,800 megawatt-hours of electricity, which is sufficient to meet the annual electricity needs of approximately 2,200 homes. Barry Gavin, the chief operating officer of Gaelectric, said: “We are delighted to launch Roosky wind farm, our sixth operating wind farm in the Republic of Ireland and one of nine we now have operating on the island of Ireland. “It is also one of 21 projects we are developing in Ireland, north and south. With Roosky, we now have around 175 mw of generation, which puts us well on the way towards our target of 400 mw of generating as-

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five shops, consulting rooms, a therapy unit, services rooms, with six apartments and two office suites. The development would also include the construction of a proposed link road from the existing public road to the proposed site entrance.

There are new features in this proposal that were not in Mr. Kenny’s previous applications. They include paving, landscaping, a public amenity area and a feature tower structure. The Council is due to make a decision on the application by August 18th.

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IFA meets Minister on farm income crisis Joe Healy, the president of the IFA, led an IFA delegation in a meeting with the Michael Creed, the Minister for Agriculture, and highlighted priority areas and actions required from the Government to address the income crisis across the main farming sectors. The association outlined very clearly to Minister Creed the financial pressure farm families were under this year as a result of lower prices, higher costs and reduced direct payments. Mr. Healy added that immediate action was required on state aid for low cost credit to all sectors, full drawdown of the farm schemes, 70 per cent payments advance, retail regulation and trade deals. On dairying, Sean O’Leary, the IFA dairy chairman, said urgent action was needed by the Government to provide low-cost short-term loans to alleviate cashflow pressures and reduce the high cost of merchant credit. He added that the EU agriculture council had already given the go ahead for this state aid in this area.

Minister Creed said his department was working on this and recognised the financial pressure on farms, which is being compounded by Superlevy bills and taxation bills later this autumn. The Minister also said he had met all of the main banks and encouraged individual farmers to engage with them around interest and payments deferrals. Angus Woods, the IFA national livestock chairman, told Minister Creed that factories had started putting unnecessary pressure on cattle prices, claiming that they are unable to handle supplies even though the kill is less than 30,000 head per week. He said that it was very clear that the beef sector needed more competition and live export markets to Turkey and other north African and Middle Eastern markets need to open up as soon as possible. Minister Creed responded positively to the IFA request to convene a meeting of the Beef Forum and said he would do so in mid-July.

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Donal Greene, the Roscommon chairman of the IFA rural development committee, has called on Michael Creed, the Minister for Agriculture, to make significant changes to the Rural Development Programme. He said that these would ensure that there was full utilisation of the €4 billion available to the programme over the seven-year period. In a detailed submission to the Department of Agriculture, the IFA has called for significant changes to the Glas scheme, which will open again in the autumn for up to 15,000 farmers. This will bring the total number of famers in the scheme to over 50,000 and will have a significant impact on farm income, if further changes are made. Among the changes that the IFA is proposing is an increase in payment rates for a number of measures, including commonages and Natura areas. In addition, IFA wants a reversal of the cuts to the Glas II when the area qualifying for low input grassland was halved and hedge planting was suspended. IFA wants the low input grassland restored to 10ha. Mr. Greene said that with only around 15 per cent of farmers so far qualifying for Glas+, an opportunity exists to increase this significantly. “This can be done through allowing farmers who have significant Natura and commonage land, as well as tillage farmers who take on the catch crop measure, into the scheme,” he said. In relation to Tams, the IFA is calling for the inclusion of additional items for grant aid. These include: underpasses, meal bins, maintenance of field drainage systems, rubber mats as well as specific measures for pigs and poultry. Also, the IFA wants greater flexibility in the definition of Young Farmers to qualify for a higher rate of grant.

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Castlerea Mart Report Sale, June 30th: 500 cattle were on offer and despite the recent inclement weather, Brexit and other uncertainties, trade was maintained for all quality stores on offer. Heifers in particular were a very strong trade on the day with improved quality lots on offer. The weanling and breeding stock reported good clearances; quality store bullocks were similar in price to last week, with a slight ease in price for plainer lots. Sample prices: Bullocks: Ch 450kgs – €1,195; Ch 540kgs – €1,320; BBx 580kgs – €1,360; AA 660kgs – €1,315. Heifers: Ch 420kgs – €1,140; Lim 400kgs – €1,135; Lim 470kgs – €1,205; AAx 450kgs – €1,080; Lim 525kgs – €1,305; Lim 435kgs – €1,060. Dry cows: Lm 650kgs – €1,320; Lm 680kgs – €1,220; AA 750kgs – €1,245; Chx 680kgs – €1,205. Cows with calves at foot made from €950 to €1910 for a limousin cow and her limousin bull calf at foot. Springer cows made from €900 to €1380 per head. Calves: Stronger type coming on stream at the moment with demand holding firm. Fr-type lots made from €50 to €235, with continental lots making from €450 to €705. Weanling bulls: Lm 290kgs – €895; Ch 290kgs – €815; BBX 410kgs – €1,125; BBX 400kgs – €1,020; Ch 340kgs – €860. Weanling heifers: Lm 245kgs – €825; Lim 275kgs – €940; Lm 350kgs – €1,100; Ch 360kgs – €965; BBx 430kgs – €1,080. Sales continue at Castlerea Mart on Thursday, July 7th, with the usual sale of bullocks, heifers, cows, calves and weanlings. All sales commence at 11 am.

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Joe Healy, the IFA president, led an IFA delegation to meet with Michael Creed, the Minister for Agriculture, on actions needed to address the farm income crisis (l-r): IFA president Joe Healy; Michael Creed, Minister for Agriculture; and Byran Barry, IFA acting general secretary.

Take the time, farm safely – Hopkins Senator Maura Hopkins, of Fine Gael, has praised the work of all individuals and agencies involved in the Farm Safety Week initiative. “We strive every day to improve efficiency and improve profits on our farm, but we sometimes don’t invest sufficient energy in improving the safety on our farms,” she said. “Loss of a loved one or dealing with a disability due to a farm accident is very difficult for families. “This pain and trauma coupled with the financial pressures associated with trying

to manage a farm in the weeks and months after a farm accident has a very severe impact on farm family and we must do all we can to prevent these accidents. “We must take the time to find safe ways of carrying out each and every task each and every day. Everyone on a farm, whether they are working on it or not must be aware of the dangers that exist. “We must routinely devote the extra time necessary to do the simple common sense things during each task that we know help to reduce risks and avoid accidents”

Cattle prices – Friday, July 1st: There were slightly smaller numbers on offer this week. There was firm trade for bullocks with a livelier trade and improved prices for heifers and dry cows. Anniversary sale for bullocks and heifers on Friday (July 8th) including 50 pens of bullocks, 30 pens of heifers. Also dry cows, suckler cows and weanlings – two rings in operation. All cattle must be penned by 10.30 am. Last week dry cows made from €700 up to €1390 per lot. Sample prices: SAX 790 kgs €1,390, Char 745 kgs €1,335, Simm X 705 kgs €1,200, Lim X 590 kgs €1,090,AAX 675 kgs €950, Char X 685 kgs €1,090, HEX 630 kgs €865, Fr 620 kgs €700. Heifers made from €395 to €765 over. Sample prices: Char X 615 kgs €1,380, BBX 645 kgs €1,250, Char X 580 kgs €1,200, Char X 535 kgs €1,155, BBX 465 kgs €1,145, Char X 425 kgs €1,045, Lim X 490 kgs €1,040, Lim X 330 kgs €985, 2 Char X 295 €900, Lim X 295 kgs €900. Bullocks made from €410 to €775 over. Sample prices: BBX 705 kgs €1,480, Lim X 565 kgs €1,190, Lim X 265 kgs €675. Sheep sale – Wednesday, July 6th: There were larger numbers on offer this week. There was a steady trade for lambs with plenty of store lambs on offer. The trade for cast ewes was in line with last week. Sales continue each Wednesday at 11 am for lambs, cast ewes and ewes with lambs at foot. Sample prices - Spring lambs: 49.30 kgs €112, 55 kgs €110, 47.8 kgs €109, 46.1 kgs €107, 49.7 kgs €106, 47.8 kgs €105, 47.70 kgs €105. Store lambs: 40.8 kgs €93, 41.70kgs €93, 41.7kgs €92, 41.5 kgs €89, 40.1 kgs €88.50, 40.6 kgs €87.5, 37.80 kgs €86, 36.7 kgs €84, 39kgs €85, 36.10 kgs €80. Cast ewes made from €85 to €112 per lot and ewes with twin lambs at foot made up to €285 per unit.

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Prime farms available at Earley’s John Earley of Property Partners Earley, Roscommon is this week offers to the market a number of highly attractive holdings of residential and non-residential farms located in the greater Roscommon area. He commented: “Demand for all sizes of holding has remained strong of late and we are pleased to offer to the market approximately 125 acres of dual purpose lands with a comprehensive farmyard at Tulsk, Co. Roscommon, approximately 120 acres of lands (newly reseeded), forestry lands and boglands together with a three bedroomed residence beside Roscommon town, approximately 101.5 acres with a period residence and farmyard located at Laragh, Ballintubber, Co. Roscommon,

approximately 76 acres of lands and boglands with a modern farmyard located beside Ballymoe village on the Galway border, and approximately 23.5 acres of limestone lands with a derelict three bedroomed bungalow located at Rathbrennan, beside Roscommon town. “For further details of any of the above properties or other holding on our books, contact the office”. To arrange maps or for further details contact John Earley FIPAV, Property Partners Earley, Stone Court, The Square, Roscommon on 090 66 26579, email jearley@propertypartners.ie or log onto www. propertypartners.ie. Find us on facebook at www.facebook.com/propertypartners. earley.

Properties required in Castlecoote/Fuerty area Property Partners Earley, Roscommon are this week seeking houses in the Castlecoote/Fuerty area for cash clients and disappointed underbidders. John Earley commented: “We have experienced a very busy period of house sales over the past number of months with a large volume of residential properties being sold or sale agreed.

“As a result we are now seeking a detached house and a bungalow residence in the general Castlecoote/Fuerty area. We offer a comprehensive pre-market analysis, valuation service and one of the largest data bases of potentail purchasers in the region to our clients. We advertise in all local and national media and include all our property

on 4 main websites to include www.daft.ie, www.propertypartners. ie, www.myhome.ie and www.onview.ie.” For further details or to arrange a consultation, please contact either John Earley, FIPAV or David Diffley MIPAV, TRV of Property Partners Earley, Roscommon on 090 6626579 or email jearley@propertypartners.ie.

CLOONYBEIRNE, FOURMILEHOUSE, CO. ROSCOMMON

The said property can be sold in one or more lots should market interest dictate as set out as follows: Lot 1: The entire. Lot 2: 3 B/R Bungalow residence with storage buildings set to the rear standing on c. 1 acre. Lot 3: 3 B/R Bungalow residence with storage buildings and farm buildings set to the rear standing on c. 7.5 acres. Lot 4: c. 35 acres of lands incorporating good quality farm lands, and lands which run onto Loughandoughil. Lot 5: c. 29.5 acres of good quality lands and lands incorporating some rock outcrop. For further details or viewing appointments, contact the office. BER Residence: G. LEGAL: MARIE MCMANUS, MESSERS PATRICK J NEILAN & CO, ROSCOMMON. 090 66 26245.

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NEW TO THE MARKET A PRIME HOLDING OF PREMIUM QUALITY ROADSIDE LANDS TOGETHER WITH FORESTRY LANDS CONTAINING C. 36.4 ACRES IN TOTAL LOCATED AT

CARTRON AND KILROOSKY, ROSCOMMON, CO. ROSCOMMON A highly attractive holding of excellent quality roadside lands located with excellent road frontage located in a select agricultural district. The said lands have been maintained to a superior standard and must offer local farmers an excellent opportunity to increase their existing holdings. The said property can be sold in one or more lots as set out below should market interest dictate due to its setting and layout: Lot 1: The entire. Lot 2: c. 27.9 acres of lands. Lot 3: c. 8.5 acres of forestry lands planted in c. 2013. (c. 7.22 acres of Sitka Spruce; c. 0.84 acres of Hybrid Larch; c. 0.34 acres of Additional Broadleaves). The said forestry lands have an annual premium of €1,456.07 for c. 20 years. The auctioneers now invite immediate viewings and all offers to sell. LEGAL: MESSERS PATRICK J NEILAN & CO, GOLF LINKS RD, ROSCOMMON, CO. ROSCOMMON.

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MEADOW/SILAGE TO LET c. 70 acres of meadow or silage to let via land area or per bale located at Rockfield, Roscommon. Enquiries invited.

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14% RISE IN HOUSE PRICES IN ROSCOMMON < DAN DOONER

House prices in Roscommon rose by an average of 14% in the year to June 2016, according to the latest House Price Report released today by Ireland’s largest property website, Daft.ie. Overall, house prices rose by an average of 6.3% during the first six months of the year.

The divide between Dublin and the rest of the country persists, with prices effectively stable in the Capital – rising just 1.1% in the last year – compared to a rise of 10.2% on average outside Dublin. Compared to three months ago, there has been a slight uptick in inflation outside the capital. In Roscommon, prices were 14% higher than a year previously, compared to a rise

of 12% seen a year ago. The average house price is now €121,000, 33% above its lowest point. The total number of properties for sale nationwide recorded a rare increase between March and June. Having reached a nine-year low in March, at less than 24,000, the total number of homes for sale in June was 25,260, roughly 15% below the same month in 2015.

Final offers sought for town residence This week Hughes & Co., Roscommon, are confirming that they are accepting final offers on 28, Corraun village, near Roscommon town. A three-bedroomed semi-detached residence finished to a very high standard, the property went on the market only two weeks ago and created a lot of interest. Pat Hughes said that they were now accepting final offers on this property. For further details, please contact the office on 090 6627003 or email phughes2@eircom.net

Strong interest in farm Hughes & Co., Roscommon are reporting strong interest in a 37.5 acre farm that went on the market at Ballinagard Road, Roscommon town, last week. There is a two-bed-

roomed bungalow in good condition on circa half an acre, with the option of a further 9.5 acres if required. The company are also offering for sale three other lots: ten acres, 12. 5 acres and five acres of land. This is an ideal opportunity for someone to acquire a small portion of land close to Roscommon town or for local farmers to increase their holdings. For further details, please contact the office on 090 6627003 or email phughes2@eircom.net

For sale at Runnabracken

– SALES BY – PAT HUGHES & CO. LTD. AUCTIONEER & VALUER ABBEY ST., ROSCOMMON. TEL: 090 66 27003 FAX: 090 66 26296 EMAIL: phughes2@eircom.net

*****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. Please contact the office on 09066 27003 or e-mail phughes2@eircom.net. -------------------------------------------------------

FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY OR PUBLIC AUCTION AT A LATER DATE Landmark building, circa 2,500 sq ft at

CHURCH STREET, ROSCOMMON Runnabracken, Roscommon

and crush. The residence has the benefit of oil-fired central heating. Pat feels that this property offers great potential because of its location just off the main Castlerea Road.

For further details, please contact the office on 090 6627003 or email phughes2@eircom.net

Properties needed Due to recent sales Hughes & Co. in Roscommon have a number

Pat Hughes & Co. are offering for sale at Runnabracken, Roscommon, a four-bedroomed bungalow on one-acre site with a good range of out-offices, three-bay hay shed, lean-to, cattle pen

of purchasers looking to acquire property in and around the Roscommon area. Pat urges people who are thinking of buying or selling to talk to him. Let him advise you – his advice is free. Formerly the old AIB Bank. The building is currently laid out into Offices with Commercial Potential on the ground floor. For further details or an appointment to view please contact the Office on 090 66 27003 or e-mail phughes2@eircom.net Offers in excess of €250,000 are being considered -------------------------------------------------------

Local properties forAllsop online auction

FOR SALE at LANESBORO ROAD, ROSCOMMON

< EOGHAN YOUNG-MURPHY

Two businesses and one house in Patrick Street, Boyle, could sell for as little as €85,000 – less than €29,000 apiece – at an Allsop online auction on Wednesday, July 13th. They are being offered collectively as one lot. The property is arranged over ground, first and second floors to provide a former public house, called The Abbey Bar, a former salon and a three-bedroom townhouse. Bidding for the property will start at €85,000, with Allsop saying the reserve range is between €85,000 and €95,000. The only other property in the county that will go under the virtual hammer that day is a three-bedroomed house at Tarmonbarry. Located in Tarmon Harbour, the modern house extends to almost 1,600 sq. ft. and will carry a reserve range of between €95,000 and €105,000. A five-bedroomed detached house at nearby Lanesboro will also be auctioned for the same reserve price. Two offices in Carrick-on-Shannon will also be available at the auction: a 1,613 sq. ft. premises at Hartley Business Park will have a reserve of between €35,000 and €45,000; another office of similar size in the same development will have a reserve of between €20,000 and €30,000.

Commenting on the figures, Ronan Lyons, economist at Trinity College Dublin and author of the Daft.ie Report, said: “While supply pressures have eased slightly in the last three months, the overall dynamic in the housing market currently is one of very strong demand pulling up prices. In Mayo and Roscommon, for example, average prices have increased by roughly 10% since

28, Corraun village, near Roscommon town.

Circa 25,000 sq ft of Office space, formerly the old HSE Headquarter Offices. The building can be sold in one or two lots to suit. For further details please contact the office on 090 6627003 or e-mail phughes2@eircom.net ------------------------------------------------------New to the Market for sale Circa 16 Acres at Lisavruggy, Newbridge, Co. Galway. All of the lands are of good quality. It would be an ideal opportunity for local farmers to increase there holding. For further details please contact the office on 090 66 27003. -------------------------------------------------------

MEADOW TO LET

Ballinagard Road, Roscommon town

• Circa 5 ½ acres at Clooncagh, Strokestown, Roscommon • 8 acres at Beechwood, Kilteevan • Circa 50 acres convenient to Tulsk • Circa 50 acres of grazing, Curraghroe area until 31st January • Circa 6 acres at Four Roads, Roscommon • Circa 18 acres at Dysart, Roscommon. Meadow & aftergrass, can be let until 31st January 2017.

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Dream pub in an idyllic setting Have you ever dream of owning your own successful gastro pub in an idyllic rural setting? If you have ever dreamt of owning your own successful public house in an idyllic rural setting, then have you seen this oncein-a-lifetime opportunity available at the thriving village of Brideswell? O’Connell’s of Brideswell is currently for sale, a successful business in the same family since 1945. This is an ideal opportunity for someone to acquire a property that comprises a successful public house, 800 sq ft of commercial rental with development potential, five-bed residence and a separate two-bed apartment.

Brideswell is located five minutes’ drive from junction 13 of the N6, leaving the property ideally located within close proximity to the catchment areas of Athlone, Ballinasloe and Roscommon towns. This village is a thriving local hub boasting a school, funeral home, nursing home, community centre, post office, and local butchers and

shop all within walking distance of the property. The potential for this property are limitless: in the first instance, the business could be continued as a residential traditional local pub. Alternatively, this premises is ideally suited to be developed into a destination food premises to complement the existing local pub and butchers operations.

Equally the house has the opportunity to be utilised as guest accommodation while the separate two-bedroom apartment offers onsite living space for an owner/occupier. The property has ample private space at the rear with a southwest aspect, which lends itself to additional outdoor seating/ overflow areas or even garden. You may be currently in the hospitality industry or have always dreamed of finding that special place to call your own, then this property is a must see. Viewing is highly recommended. For more information, contact Oates Auctioneers, Roscommon town, on 090-6627878.

Luxury bungalow for sale near Hollygrove Lake Connaughton Auctioneers have on offer a spacious three-bedroomed bungalow residence in much sought after area on the Galway/Roscommon border adjacent the well-known Hollygrove Lake and just a short drive from Ballygar, Athleague, Creggs and Castlecoote. This residence which is new to the market stands on a large site with outbuildings to the rear. With a price region of €95,000, viewing comes highly recommended. Contact the office im-

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PROPERTY SALES ● LETTINGS ● VALUATIONS Athleague, Co. Roscommon. Tel. (090) 6663700. Mob. (086) 8985013. www.connaughtonauctioneers.ie

NEW TO THE MARKET

NEW TO THE MARKET

Cottage on c. 3.33 acres at

Spacious 4-bedroom residence on c. 0.5 acres

KILNAMRYALL, ELPHIN, CO. ROSCOMMON

• Spacious three bedroom cottage in need of renovation • Standing on c.3.33 acres of good quality lands • Extensive road frontage • Outbuildings to rear comprising Of 6 stables and hayshed • Viewing highly recommended Price Region: €55,000 To arrange a viewing call Connaughton Auctioneers on 090-6663700

COOLDERRY, FOUR ROADS, CO. ROSCOMMON

• Large garden to side and rear with laid lawns • Oil fired central heating – Four zone heating • Driveway kerbed and stoned • Wired for alarm • Complete to builders finish • Located adjacent to Four Roads village Price Region: On Application Contact Sole Selling Agents Connaughton Auctioneers on 090-6663700 for further details.

THINKING OF SELLING? If you are thinking of selling, call us today for a FREE VALUATION No Sale No Fee Call 090-6663700 today

Ballaghadacker, Ballygar/Athleague, Co. Galway.

mediately for a free valuation For further details and viewing contact 0906663700. (Viewings at

evenings or weekends can be arranged for any property with Connaughton Auctioneers).

Visit our website www. connaughtonauctioneers. ie to view all properties on our books.

NEW TO THE MARKET

“SUPERIOR BUNGALOW WITH LARGE WORKSHOP ON C. 1.5 ACRES”

CONVENT ROAD, ROSCOMMON TOWN

Unique property situated in Roscommon Town comprising five bedroom bungalow, large c. 6500 sq. ft. fully serviced warehouse and yard associated offices with potential for living accommodation together with large paddock to side holding obvious development potential subject to planning permission. . Convenient to all local amenities including national school, secondary school, church & shops. The property is also adjacent to the running track, basketball court and tennis court. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire a truly magnificent property with potential for a variety of business ventures. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Properties wanted at Connaughton Auctioneers Due to a large number of recent sales, Connaughton Auctioneers now require properties in all areas of Roscommon town and county, east Galway and Mayo. The following properties have been recently sale agreed through our office: Cloonshivna, Newbridge, Co. Galway; St. Theresa’s Road, Lisnamult, Roscommon Town; Curragh, Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon; 1 and 7 Goldsmith Drive, Elphin, Co. Roscommon; Riverside Avenue, Circular Road, Roscommon Town and Ahascragh, Co. Galway. Contact the office immediately for a free valuation For further details and viewing contact 090 6663700. (Viewings at evenings or weekends can be arranged for any property with Connaughton Auctioneers). Visit our website www.connaughtonauctioneers.ie to view all properties on our books. No sale, no fee.

Lands for sale with Moran & Co.

At Ballinamore-Bridge, Ballinasloe, Moran & Co have for sale 27.8 acres and commonage together with a farmhouse and slatted shed. The lands are mostly good quality farmlands laid out in three divisions and are well fenced. There is piped water on all of the lands. The commonage comprises a one-third share of 17.8 acres. There is a large three bay double shed, which was built in recent years, one side of the shed is slatted and the other side comprises a calving area, crush and feed storage. The house was extended and reconstructed in recent years and has provided a comfortable family home, the owners are retiring from farming. Moran & Co also offer at Four Roads 15.25 acres of prime quality lands laid out in one division with excellent roadside location and potential to construct a dwelling subject to planning permission. This is an exceptional opportunity to purchase some quality lands and viewing is highly recommended, asking price €150,000. Full details from the auctioneer David Moran, MSCSI MRICS Ballygar 090 6624531.

NEW TO THE MARKET

4 BEDROOM 1860 SQ. FT. RESIDENCE ON C. ½ ACRE SITE

ARD ALAINN, FARBREAGUES, KNOCKCROGHERY, CO. ROSCOMMON Quality residence between Roscommon Town and Knockcroghery Village, convenient to Athlone. Four bedrooms, 3 Ensuite. This spacious light-filled house and large garden boasts many extras including an open plan kitchen/dining/living area with inset stove. Large Conservatory with spectacular views over Mote Park woodland and Roscommon Town. This beautifully decorated house includes front sitting room with attractive bay window and solid fuel stove. Overall this is an impressive property in a much sought after residential area for which auctioneer invites viewings. Price Region: €220,000

Church Street, Roscommon town, CO. ROSCOMMON TEL: 090 6627878. FAX: 090 6627877 E-mail info@oates.ie Website: www.oates.ie

The Manse, Northgate Street, Athlone, CO. WESTMEATH TEL: 090 6477500. FAX: 090 6477546 E-mail athlone@oates.ie Website: www.oates.ie

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Everyone wants it Everyone reads it 80,000 PEOPLE READ OUR NEWSPAPER EVERY WEEK!

To advertise, telephone 090 66 34633 or email advertising@roscommonpeople.ie

NEW GP PRACTICE DR. ALEXANDRA ROBINSON G.P. ABBEY STREET MEDICAL CENTRE, ROSCOMMON (Has taken over Public patients from Dr. Carmody Morris)

Public and Private patients welcome FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE: Mirena Coil, Implanon, Copper Coil by appointment SURGERY HOURS: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday MORNINGS: 9.30-11.30am: Walk in Surgery AFTERNOONS: 2.30-4.30am: By appointment WEDNESDAY (AFTERNOON): CLOSED

FREE CAR PARK AVAILABLE AT REAR OF SURGERY

PHONE: 090 66 25650 DENTAL Dental Design Studio • Natural Cosmetic Dentures • Palate Free Dentures • Flexible Dentures • Repairs & Re-lines • Express replacement of lost/broken dentures

Patrick Lynch Clinical Dental Technician

Henry Street Medical Centre Roscommon TELEPHONE: 090 66 65917 087 228 8780

ACCOUNTS MCGOWAN ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES Catering for: • Individuals • Sole Traders, Partnerships & Companies • VAT, RCT, PAYE/PRSI, Financial Control, Completion of annual tax returns First consultation FREE, can meet clients outside office hours Provides training for start your own business and basic computers and accounting. Also training in Thesaurus accounting products

‘YOUR SUCCESS IS OUR BUSINESS’ Contact Nuala 090 66 25818 (086) 0352849 Email: mcgacco@gmail.com Web: www.mcgowanaccounting.com

ATTENTION: Farmers, Sole Traders, Small & Medium Businesses Bookkeeping and Secretarial Services offers a mobile, flexible and cost effective bookkeeping and secretarial service throughout Co. Roscommon and neighbouring counties. CONTACT: 085 8007281 OR EMAIL ambss@eircom.net

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETINGS ST. COMAN’S CLUB, ROSCOMMON

ACCOUNTS ACCOUNTANTS AND TAX ADVISERS To farmers and small businesses at fees that the small businessman can afford. Advice and consultations free. Pat Baxter & Company, Accounting Services, Clondra. Tel: (043) 3326125, (087) 2251591. Email: clondra@iol.ie Web: www.patbaxterco.ie

Tuesday 1pm; Tuesday 9pm; Wednesday 1pm; Thursday 1pm; Thursday 9pm; Saturday 8.30pm; Sunday 12 noon Phone: (01) 4538988 or (091) 767777.

BOUNCING CASTLES ROSCOMMON CASTLES

• New Crocodile 50ft Obstacle Course • Soccer Stadium • New Castles with slides - all weather obstacle courses • Pillow Basher and big slides

Phone No: (087) 4136355

CAREERS CAREER ASSESSMENT & ADVICE

Grace O’Reilly B.Sc. Psych., B.Comm., H.Dip. in Ed., MBPS & PSI Registered Occupational Psychometrician Assistance with: • Interview Preparation • CAO & UCAS Course Application • Subject & Course Choice • Study Skills / Exam Preparation

CHIROPODIST PODIATRIST/ CHIROPODIST Siobhan Murray BSc (Hons) Podiatry M.Ch.S.I.

• Home visits • Insoles and Orthotics prescribed

CHIROPODY

Email: info@dccomputerservices.ie Web: www.dccomputerservices.ie

Department of Health Approved Every Monday - Cuan Aire Resource Centre, St. Patrick’s Street, Castlerea

For appointment: (094) 96 21647 / (089) 4142233

Mary Lennon SRN, HSE Approved. Galway Road, Roscommon

(090) 66 26023 086 8225575 FOOT CLINIC ROSCOMMON – MOLLOYS PHARMACY (Monday to Saturday) Also available in Boyle & Athlone -------Treating all aspects of Foot Pain. Orthotics prescribed

By Appointment Only – Tel 087 2982214 Catriona Byrne DIP CHFP

Opening Hours: 9 am - 5.30 pm, Mon-Fri.

CHIROPRACTOR

< FOR SALE: 2007 Toyota Corolla. NCT 02/17, 4 new tyres and alloys. Perfect condition. Tel: 086 1534162.

CHIMNEY CHIMNEY CLEANING & REPAIRS New power brush and vaccum technology Can clean from the bottom up, eliminating broken roof tiles. Also firebacks replaced and flues repaired. Fast efficient and no mess guaranteed. Carpentry and General Repairs TV Aerial and Satellite

Tel: 087 2798704

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

CONTACT: Abbeyside House, Abbey Street, Roscommon. Tel . 090-6630760. Email: abbeysidehouse@ eircom.net Facebook: www.facebook. com/careersgraceoreilly

CAR FOR SALE

COMPUTERS

ROSCOMMON CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC Specialising in:

• BACK PAIN • HEADACHES • NECK PAIN • LIMB PAIN

Phone: (086) 8433433

Roscommon West Business Park, Circular Road, Roscommon. David Connor BSC (Hon.) Chiro. MSc. Chiropractic Association of Ireland

BUPA & VHI Covered

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Excellent pass rates CAR - 12 EDT LESSONS CAR & TRAILER (B&E) TRUCKS - RIGID, ARTIC & CPC

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Have you a licence to tow a trailer? Car/Jeep & Trailer Training available

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DRIVING LESSONS NOEL’S Driving School ADI/RSA Approved Driving Instructor Reg No. 37840

Tuition in Car Car available for test

EDT LESSONS AVAILABLE Contact: Noel Burke Ballintubber

087 6870248 www.noelsdrivingschool.ie Email: noelsdrivingschool@gmail. com Learn to drive with ....

Roscommon Driving School CONTACT: (090) 66 61102 Road Safety Authority Approved Driving Instructor

Paul McStay DSA/ADI (UK) RSA MIAM ROSPA Approved Driving Instructor Former BSM Driving Instructor and UK advanced Met. Police Driver. GIFT VOUCHER CARDS AVAILABLE Castlerea & Roscommon

EDT Lessons Available Telephone: (094) 96 20099 Mobile: (086) 8936012 This driving School conforms for the new RSA regulations & legislation

DOCKERY’S SCHOOL OF MOTORING • ROSCOMMON

R.S.A. Approved Driving Instructor Tuition in Car Also 16 seater mini bus Car Available for Tests Gift Vouchers

(094) 98 80281/ (087) 2031909

FARMING < ABATTOIR SERVICE AVAILABLE: Cattle, lambs and pigs. Ready for freezing. Home Cured and Honey Dry cured traditional bacon (not pumped with water) now available. Webb’s Butcher’s 094 96 20005 or 086 4094715. < 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 €90 per roll. Also staples and nails available. Contact Tom on 086 2628439. < STRAYED FROM Kellybrook, Knockcroghery - two 3 month old pet lambs with Red K brand. Any information to 086 4016223.

FENCING 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

Tel: (086) 1500207

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Classifieds FOR HIRE 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 < FOR SALE: New complete double divan bed including leather base and headboard, memory foam pocket sprung mattress. Still in packaging. Retail €950, will sell for €240 including free delivery. Tel: 086 4438919. < FOR SALE: Three stoves and a range. Commercial kitchen equipment. Tel: 089 9608472.

GARDENING GATELY GARDENING Four Roads, Co. Roscommon • Landscaping • Timber Decking • Patios • General Maintenance Contact Liam on (086) 8749550 or (090) 66 27496

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 & Shredding Splitting service also available Insured and c2 Registered Contractor

Contact Maurice on 086 2538169 Gannon Environmental Services Ltd., Creggs

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GARDENING 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

Contact Walter on 087 9519873

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

HEALTH & WELL-BEING JOAN MOORE Therapy Rooms • Sports Massage • Deep Tissue Massage • Reflexology • Indian head Massage • Reiki • Aromatherapy Roscommon West Business Park, Circular Road, Roscommon

(087) 9201818 Gift vouchers now available

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• Woodchipping • Log Splitting • Tree Surgery • Hedge Cutting

Bernard Conroy Timber Clearance Ltd Tel: 087 2533101 or 090 66 22328 Over 30 years in business

• Massage & Sports Therapist • Holistic Massage • Injury Assessment & Treatment • Ultrasound & Infra Red Available

Tattie Hoaker, Health Store, Goff Street, Roscommon Phone: (086) 1930766

KENNELS HAPPY TAILS BOARDING KENNELS Lanesborough WHERE TAILS ARE ALWAYS HAPPY! • Large heated sleeping areas with large covered runs • Nine large play areas • Secure, Safe and fun for our guests Check out our website www.happytails boardingkennels.com 043 33 30804 083 0037577

LISBROCK BOARDING KENNELS & CATTERY Brideswell, Athlone, Co. Roscommon • Spacious Kennels provided • Spacious exercise areas outside • Short Term - Long Term boarding welcomed • Dogs walked on request.

For further details contact Mary (087) 6162191 or Barra (087) 9764250. Members of IBKCA

● Amatsu Therapy ● Neuromuscular therapy

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Appointments with Anne: Molloy’s Pharmacy, The Harrison Centre, Roscommon www.aobtherapies.com www.facebook.com/ AOBTherapies Vouchers available on-line

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086 3482387 moleskin architecture@gmail.com facebook.com/moleskinarch ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We are applying for planning permission, on behalf of Mohammed Ahmed, to convert the ground floor area of an existing commercial property to use as a retail unit, and to carry out all necessary alterations to its layout and elevations, at Main Street, Ballaghaderreen. Signed: Mary O’Hara & Associates, Civil Engineering Consultants, Market Street, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. 094 98 61515. The planning application may be inspected or purchased, at a fee not exceeding the reasonable costs 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 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.

MORRIS LOHAN Consulting Engineers Castle Street, Roscommon Phone: 090 66 27950 • PLANNING APPLICATIONS • ASSIGNED DESIGN & CERTIFIER ‘New Building Regs’ • BER RATINGS ‘Domestic & Commercial’ • STRUCTURAL & CONDITION SURVEYS • FIRE DESIGN CERTIFICATES

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PLANNINGS ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We are applying for planning permission for erection of dwelling house with proprietary treatment plant and percolation area, and associated site development works at Carnagh East, Kiltoom. Signed: Paul and Yvonne Kelly. 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, Marcus Hanly, intend to apply for planning permission for development at this site: Carrownagullagh Strokestown, Co Roscommon. The development will consist of domestic detached garage on the north east curtilage side of the existing house and all associated site development works at Carrownagullagh Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. Signed: Marcus Hanly. 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 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.

PROPERTIES TO LET/RENT 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.

< ROOMS TO LET: Athlone Road, Roscommon. Tel: 087 8048853. < TO LET: Three bedroom house, together with garage and fuel shed. Fully furnished, all mod cons, dual central heating, oil and solid fuel. Ballintubber area. Rent negotiable. Tel: 087 2959925.

PROPERTIES TO LET/RENT < GIRL REQUIRED to share apartment. Own bedroom, rent allowance accepted. References required. Tel: 089 4977593.

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SITUATIONS VACANT CLEANER REQUIRED for two hours per week. Near Roscommon town. Must have own transport and good spoken English. Please reply to Box No: 902 c/o Roscommon People, Abbey Street, Roscommon.

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR/ MANAGER REQUIRED For immediate start for fast growing organisation in the car industry, based in Roscommon Town. Salary €26,000 plus pay related bonus following probation. This is a unique opportunity for a career minded induvidual with potential for growth.

Please forward Curriculum Vitae to integritecareers@ gmail.com by July 20th. < PART-TIME BAR STAFF REQUIRED for country pub, 5 miles from Roscommon Town. Please reply to Box No: 898 c/o Roscommon People, Abbey Street, Roscommon.

SITUATIONS WANTED < EXPERIENCED KIND RELIABLE CHILDMINDER AVAILABLE to mind children in her own home. Ballagh/Curraghroe area. 8.30am - 6pm, Monday - Friday. Tel: 086 2502993. < BUS DRIVER AVAILABLE for work in Roscommon and surrounding areas. Full D and D1 Licence. Also Driver CPC qualification. Phone: 087 6321080. < WOMAN AVAILABLE for cleaning, house keeping etc. Own transport. Contact: 086 8755038.

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Classifieds SOLID FUEL < THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL OFFERS: • Bags of seasoned timber only €2 per bag, buy 20 bags get 2 free • Bags of top quality black turf only €2.50 per bag, buy 20 get 2 free • 8 x 4 trailer load of turf only €120 delivered • 10 x 6 box load of timber only €180 delivered • 1 Bags of BNM briquettes only €2.50 delivered • Tonne bags of turf and firewood only €35 delivered. • ALSO PACKAGE DEAL: 1 bale of briquettes, 1 bag of logs, 3 bags of turf delivered only €10. Price cannot be beaten. Contact Tom: 086 2628439.

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TURF, FIREWOOD AND FUEL WANTED: Fallen trees for firewood. Ash, Beech, Birch, Sycamore and Whitethorn. Good price paid. We are safety certified and insured. Phone: 086 2437376. < FOR SALE: Good black turf, delivered in loads and also bags. Tel: 086 2544294.

USEFUL SERVICES DOMESTIC APPLIANCE REPAIRS: WASHING MACHINES, REPAIRS, DISHWASHERS REPAIRS, OVEN AND TUMBLE DRYER REPAIRS Contact Paul on (086) 0538977. www.appliance-repairs.ie

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USEFUL SERVICES < MAN AVAILABLE FOR ROOFING AND ALL TYPES OF WORK: roof lights fitted, re-roofing, facia board and gutter repairs, roofing, flat roofing, timber, slating, tiling, stone work, chimney repairs, Insurance claims handled, attic conversions, lights, general building, etc. All types of farm work, repairs to sheds, cattle crushes, yards, concrete, fencing and painting. Contact: 087 9188170. < FURNITURE REMOVALS DELIVERY SERVICE: Household and office furniture removals. Large and small loads to all areas. Phone for free quotation: 086 2649313. Email: homemoversrc@gmail. com < ELECTRICIAN AVAILABLE: Rewires, first and second fix new houses, fuse board upgrade. All farm buildings and sheds, security lighting and garden lights. Tel Tom on 086 0815802. < HANDYMAN AVAILABLE – Painter and decorator, power washing, grass trimming, etc. Also man and van. Tel: 089 4233122.

WINDOW CLEANING < WINDOW CLEANING: Competitive rates. All areas covered. Also Gutters/fascias. Contact John: (087) 2291931.

FAMILY CIRCLE FAMILY CIRCLE DATE: 02/07/2016 FIRST PRIZE €50: Phil O’Keefe, c/o K Hoare SECOND PRIZE €25: Mary Fogarty, c/o K Hoare THIRD PRIZE €20: Eileen Kelly, c/o Breda Healy 8 RESIDUAL PRIZES OF €10 EACH: Sophie Leonard, c/o K Hoare; Amanda Hanley, c/o Marian Rice; Kay & Rhea, c/o K Hoare; Breda Healy, The Square; Willie Noone, c/o Marian Rice; Andrew Beirne, c/o K Collins; M O’Dowd, c/o R Walshe; Eileen Kelly, c/o Breda Healy. 5 PROMOTORS PRIZES OF €5 EACH: K Collins; Kathleen Finan; Marian Rice; K Hoare; Mary Hicks. TOTAL RECEIPTS: €328 TOTAL PRIZES: €200

THANKGIVINGS THANKSGIVING Thanks giving to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and all the Angels and Saints in Heaven for wonderful favours received. Publication promiesed. K.D. NOVENA TO ST. CLARE Asking St. Clare for 3 favours, 1 for business, 2 impossible, say 9 Hail Mary’s for 9 days with lighted candle. Pray whether you believe or not. Publish on the 9th day. Powerful novena. May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised, adored, glorified now and forever throughout the whold world Amen. Request will be granted no matter how impossible it may seem. Prayer must be published. N.T.W THE MIRACULOUS PRAYER Dear heart of Jesus in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask this special one (mention it) Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour, not mine, Amen. Say this prayer for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted. Never known to fail. C. & S.G. THE MIRACULOUS PRAYER Dear heart of Jesus in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask this special one (mention it) Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour, not mine, Amen. Say this prayer for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted. Never known to fail. F.H. THE MIRACULOUS PRAYER Dear heart of Jesus in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask this special one (mention it) Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour, not mine, Amen. Say this prayer for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted. Never known to fail. M.K.

THANKGIVING NOTICES NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER OF A LICENCE DISTRICT COURT AREA OF STROKESTOWN DISTRICT NO. 4 ROSE DOHERTY - APPLICANT TAKE NOTICE that on the 27th day of July 2016, ROSE DOHERTY intends to apply to the adjourned Annual Licensing District Court to be held at Strokestown District Court on the 27th day of July 2016, at 10.30 a.m. for the transfer to the Applicant of the Ordinary Seven Day Licence attached to the premises situate at Main Street, Rooskey in the Court area and District aforesaid and heretofore licensed in the name of Colm Cox. Dated this the 27th day of June 2016 Signed: F.J. Gearty & Co., Solicitors for the Applicant, 4/5 Church Street, Longford, Co. Longford. To:

The Superintendent, Garda Siochana, Barrack Street, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon.

And:

The Clerk of the District Court, Government Buildings, Golf Links Road, Roscommon.

PLANNING NOTICES EXTRA ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We Morris Lohan Consulting Engineers are applying to Roscommon County Council on behalf of Katherine Colton for planning permission to retain as built domestic garage on site at Knockhall Td, Rooskey, 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 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 Morris Lohan Consulting Engineers are applying to Roscommon County Council on behalf of Patrick Anthony McCrann for planning permission to demolish existing habitable house and construct new dwelling house and domestic garage and upgrade existing septic tank treatment system and percolation area and carryout all ancillary site works at Killarney Td, Roscommon, 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 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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FamilyNotices ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND ANNIVERSARIES MULVEY Kate

STROKER William

KELLY Eamon

MULLEN Eilish

JOYCE Patrick (Paddy)

Coolaphubble, Knockcroghery (1st Anniversary) Who passed away on 6th July 2015

Crossroads, Kilteevan, Co. Roscommon

Pound Road, Ballygar (3rd Anniversary) Died 8th July 2013

Munsboro, Roscommon (7th Anniversary) In loving memory of our dear Eilish who passed away on the 6th of July 2009 R.I.P.

Late of Willsbrooke, Castlerea and formerly of Ballymoe, Co. Galway Who sadly passed away on the 4th July 2012 Rest in Peace

The family of the late Kate Mulvey wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the kindness, support and sympathy which was shown to us on our sad loss. 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 floral tributes. Sincere thanks to Fr. Ray Milton, Canon Peadar Lavin, Fr. Martin McDonagh, Fr. John Cullen, Fr. Hugh Lee and Fr. Donal Morris. Thank you to the Altar Servers and Carmel McLoughlin for the beautiful music and singing. Thank you to Dr. Alex Robinson, Roscommon County Hospital, staff of Oakwood Nursing Home and all the people who cared for Kate in her final years. Special thanks to Pat and Tom Smyth for their 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 will take place in Knockcroghery Church on Friday 8th July at 7pm.

FREEHILY Laurence, Francis Highlake, Fourmilehouse, Roscommon Who died on the 12th July 2007 (9th Anniversary)

Brid Stroker and Suzanne Stroker, Kathleen Francis and Angela Stroker wish to express their grateful thanks to all who sympathised with them in their great loss of Willie. Those who called to the house during the Wake and who attended his Funeral Mass and who travelled long distances to be with us, thank you. To our wonderful Kilteevan community and great neighbours, thank you so much. To those who sent Mass Cards and messages of sympathy, again our thanks. To Fr. Sean Beirne, Altar Servers and all attached to the Church, thank you. To Enya, thank you for your beautiful music and hymns in the Church and at the graveside. To Mr. Tom and Pat Smyth, funeral directors thank you for your professionalism and attention to detail at all times. To those who prepared the grave, our grateful thanks. To the medical team at the Medical Centre, St. Coman’s Park, thank you for all your help. To the doctors, nurses and staff of the Oncology Department, UCHG Hospital, Newcastle Road, Galway and Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, our sincere thanks for caring for Willie during his illness. To Charlie O’Brien and the staff at Rosmed and to the staff of the Ambulance Service, thank you. To all who took part in the Guards of Honour, again our thanks. As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually please accept this acknowledgement as a token of our heartfelt appreciation. Finally, to our dear friend Brian, a special thank you for all your help and loyalty to Willie during his illness and over the years. We are forever grateful. Say not in sadness that he is no more, say only in gladness that he was.

A silent thought A quiet prayer, For a special person In God’s care.

Always remembered by his brothers PJ and Martin. Anniversary Mass on Sunday 10th July at 11am in Ballinaheglish Church.

They say that time’s a healer But as the time goes on, I seem to find it just as hard To face the fact you’ve gone. You’ll NEVER be forgotten and everyday I shed a tear, But it’s only because I love you and wish you were still here.

Always remembered by your loving wife Anne. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ‘As I sit in Heaven, and watch you every day, I try to let you know with signs, I never went away. I hear you when you’re laughing, And watch you as you sleep, I even place my arms around you, To calm you as you weep. I see you wish the days away, begging to have me home, so I try to send you signs, so you know you’re not alone. Don’t feel guilty that you have a life, that was denied to me, Heaven is truly beautiful, just you wait and see. So live your life, laugh again, Enjoy yourself, be free. Then I know with every breath you take, You’ll be taking one for me.’

Sadly missed and fondly remembered by daughter, Leanne, sons, David, Alan, Eamon, Ivan and Ronan, daughters-in-law and grandchildren. Mass in St. Mary’s Church, Kilbegnet, Creggs on Sunday 10th July, 2016 at 11.30am.

OUR DEAREST EILISH The month of July comes with regret, The day, the month we will never forget. Deep in our hearts Eilish, You will always stay Loved and remembered every day. God knows best why you had to go, As for us we will never know. But we’ll meet one day to part no more, When God chooses to reunite us all at Heaven’s door. Will those who think of Eilish today, A little prayer to Jesus say.

Lovingly remembered and sadly missed by mam, dad, Mary, Patrick, Eamonn, Lorcan and David. Eilish’s Anniversary Mass will be celebrated in Derrane Church on Saturday, the 9th of July, at 7pm.

GUNN Maeve Carrowclogher, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon 20th Anniversary and 40th Birthday

No matter how life changes No matter what we do A special place within our hearts is always kept for you.

Always loved and sadly missed by her loving parents Kevin and Eileen, sisters Deirdre and Patti and brother Michael.

Family Notices • Anniversary Remembrance • Acknowledgements • Birthday Rembrance Call into our office on Abbey Street, Roscommon Phone: (090) 66 34633 Email: advertising@roscommonpeople.ie Our deadline for receipt of Family Notices is 2.30pm on Tuesday.

PADDY, We little knew that day God was going to call your name In life we loved you dearly, In death we do the same. We feel you all around us You are always on our minds and when we talk about you We remember happy times. The thoughts we hold most dearly Are the times we spent with you The laughs, the jokes, the silly things Are memories fond and true.

So dearly loved and sadly missed by his brothers and sisters, Tommy, Mickie, Maureen, Christine, Eileen, Sean, Stephen, Cyril, Carmel and Sheila and by his brothers-in-law, sisters-inlaw, nieces, nephews, family and friends.

FINNERTY (nee McDonnell) Marguerite (7th Anniversary)

In loving memory of Marguerite Finnerty, late of Graighin, Aghadoe, Killarney, and formerly of Curnalee, Curraghboy, Athlone, Co Roscommon, who died on the 14th July 2009 R.I.P. Memories of you are lovingly kept. Someone too special to ever forget. Your wish today would be no fuss. Just to be remembered by all of us.

Loved and remembered by the Finnerty and McDonnell families and friends. Anniversary Mass in Fossa Church at 7.30pm on Saturday 9th July.

WARD Teresa

YOUNG Peter

Keelogues, Williamstown Who passed away on 8th July

1941-2015

The family of the late Teresa Ward wishes to sincerely express thanks to relatives, friends and neighbours for their thoughtfulness by remembering Teresa with their Mass Cards, flowers, provided accommodation, food and their presence at the Removal and Funeral. Special thanks to the Doctors especially Dr. Cunningham, the nurses and staff of Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe for their attentive care, the public health nurses and the home care providers. Thanks to Tom, Dolores and Sean Dowd and their staff for their professionalism in organising the many details. Thank you Fr. Paddy Mooney for celebrating the Funeral Mass and your dear words about Teresa’s life, and to the readers, Mass Servers, Eucharist Ministers and the Eulogist. Thank you to the organist and the singer for providing the heavenly music during the Mass. Thank you to Divilly’s Funeral Home, the gravediggers who beautifully prepared Teresa’s final resting place. A special thank you to the musician and singer who respectfully paid tribute to Teresa at the graveside. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ MUM A beautiful nature A heart of gold Your loss to us can never be told, A special mother we can never replace No verse, no flowers no tears can say How much you are loved and missed every day.

Lovingly remembered by all her family. Anniversary Masses will be celebrated in Glinsk and Glenamaddy Churches. (Details in local newsletters).

First Anniversary Mass to take place on Saturday 16th July at 7pm in Ballyleague Church, Co. Roscommon. Many thanks to family and friends for their loving support on our loss. Always in our hearts as a dear husband, father and grandad

BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE

LOHAN Una Glinsk, Castlerea BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE Thursday 7th July

NANA Today is filled with memories With happiness and tears of birthday celebrations we’ve shared throughout the years. And though I’ll always miss you The endless joy you brought Warms my heart with gratitude And fills my every thought. Where ever you are resting I hope that you can see How precious and uplifting Your memory is to me. I feel that you are with me In everything I do So I’ll celebrate your birthday But I’ll spend it missing you.

Loved and missed by Mandy xxx

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Sport GAA Results Friday, July 1st Adult Football League Division 5 Roscommon Gaels 1-16 Kilbride 1-13 Junior B Football Championship (Section A) Elphin 1-8 Clann na nGael 2-4 Kilmore 1-12 Oran 2-8 St. Croan’s 3-10 Michael Glavey’s 1-13 Junior B Football Championship (Section B) Roscommon Gaels 1-16 Kilbride 1-13 Tulsk Lord Edwards 4-11 Boyle 0-9 Saturday, July 2nd Adult Football League Division 1 (O’Rourke Cup) St. Brigid’s 2-11 Elphin 1-11 Sunday, July 3rd Adult Football League Division 1 (O’Rourke Cup) Clann na nGael 0-15 Western Gaels 1-12 Roscommon Gaels 2-14 Boyle 1-11 Strokestown 4-14 Kilmore 1-9 Pádraig Pearses 4-9 Oran 2-12 Adult Football League Division 2 (O’Gara Cup) Castlerea St. Kevin’s 2-15 St. Faithleach’s 0-12 Michael Glavey’s 5-15 Kilbride 1-9 Adult Football League Division 3 (Tansey Cup) St. Aidan’s W/O v Castlerea St. Kevin’s Creggs 0-13 St. Brigid’s 1-9 Kilglass Gaels 1-8 Shannon Gaels 0-10 St. Michael’s 0-16 Ballinameen 1-9

GAA Fixtures Friday, July 8th Adult Football League Division 5 At Mulhern Park: Fuerty v Michael Glavey’s. 8.30 pm Saturday, July 9th Adult Football League Division 4 (8 pm) At Parc Naomh Bearraí: St. Barry’s v St. Dominic’s At Enfield: Pádraig Pearses v St. Croan’s At Kilronan Park: St. Ronan’s v Clann na nGael At Enfield: St. Croan’s v St. Barry’s At St. Dominic’s: St. Dominic’s v Pádraig Pearses At Kilglass: Kilglass Gaels v Oran At Abbey Park: Boyle v Strokestown Adult Football League Division 5 (8 pm) At Kilmore: St. Joseph’s (Kilteevan) v Kilmore At Davonna Park: Ballinameen v St Aidan’s At Ballyforan: St. Aidan’s v St. Joseph’s (Kilteevan) At Lisnamult: Roscommon Gaels v Kilmore At Michael Glavey’s: Michael Glavey’s v Kilbride At Davonna Park: Ballinameen v Fuerty Adult Football League Division 6 (8 pm) At Croghan: Shannon Gaels v Tulsk Lord Edwards At Parc Naomh Bearraí: St. Barry’s v Éire Óg

Underage Fixtures Thursday, July 7th U-14 Football Championship Division 1 At Kiltoom: St. Brigid’s v Boyle. 7.15 pm At Mulhern Park: St. Ciaran’s v Kilmore/ Shannon Gaels. 7.30 pm At Pairc an Phiarsaigh: Pádraig Pearses v Clann na nGael. 7.30 pm U-14 Football Championship Division 2 (7.30 pm) At Strokestown: Strokestown v St. Aidan’s At Rockfield: Oran v Elphin-Ballinameen

U-14 Football Championship Division 3 At Ballyleague: St. Faithleach’s v Kilglass Gaels/St. Barry’s At O’Rourke Park: Castlerea St. Kevin’s v Kilbride At Johnstown: Clann na nGael v Western Gaels U-14 Football Championship Division 4 At Michael Glavey’s: Michael Glavey’s v Tulsk Lord Edwards. 7.30 pm At Enfield: St. Croan’s v Pádraig Pearses. 7.30 pm At Kiltoom: St. Brigid’s v Boyle. 8.30 pm Friday, July 8th U-12 Summer Football League Division 5 (7.30 pm) At Pairc an Phiarsaigh: Pádraig Pearses v Roscommon Gaels At Abbey Park: Boyle v St. Brigid’s U-12 Summer Football League Division 6 (7.30 pm) At Orchard Park: Elphin-Ballinameen v St. Ronan’s At Western Gaels: Western Gaels v Kilbride Saturday, July 9th Minor Football Championship Division 1 (7.30 pm) At Kiltoom: St. Brigid’s v Pádraig Pearses At Strokestown: Strokestown v Clann na nGael At St. Dominic’s: St. Dominic’s v Tulsk Lord Edwards U-12 Summer Football League Division 1 (12 pm) At Pairc an Phiarsaigh: Pádraig Pearses v Roscommon Gaels At Abbey Park: Boyle v St. Brigid’s At Johnstown: Clann na nGael v Strokestown Minor Football Championship Division 2 (7.30 pm) At James Timothy Park: Éire Óg v Oran At Lisnamult: Roscommon Gaels v ElphinBallinameen U-12 Summer Football League Division 2 (12 pm) At Rockfield: Oran v Kilbride At Orchard Park: Elphin-Ballinameen v St. Ciaran’s At St. Dominic’s: St. Dominic’s v St. Michael’s Minor Football Championship Division 3 At Kilronan Park: St. Ronan’s v Castlerea St. Kevin’s. 6.30 pm At Michael Glavey’s: Michael Glavey’s v Western Gaels. 7.30 pm At Abbey Park: Boyle v Kilmore/Shannon Gaels. 7.30 pm U-12 Summer Football League Division 3 (12 pm) At Parc Naomh Bearraí: St. Barry’s v Tulsk Lord Edwards At Western Gaels: Western Gaels v Castlerea St. Kevin’s At Ballyleague: St. Faithleach’s v Michael Glavey’s Minor Football Championship Division 4 Knockout At Parc Naomh Bearraí: Kilglass Gaels/St. Barry’s v St. Croan’s. 6.30 pm At Ballyforan: St. Aidan’s v Kilbride. 7.30 pm U-12 Summer Football League Division 4 At James Timothy Park: Éire Óg v St. Aidan’s. 12 pm At Kilmore: Kilmore v St. Croan’s. 12 pm At Johnstown: Clann na nGael v Shannon Gaels. 1.15 pm Monday, July 11th U-16 Football Championship Division 1 Knockout At Kiltoom: St. Brigid’s v St. Dominic’s. 7.30 pm

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Tremane v Roscommon Gaels: Chris Duignan times his tackle to perfection to knock the sliothar away from John Brennan. Picture: Andrew Fox

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Rossies closer to play-off place Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Premier Junior Championship ROSCOMMON CARLOW < SEAMUS DUKE

Roscommon withstood a late rally from Carlow to get their challenge for a play-off place back on track after this entertaining clash played in perfect weather conditions at Pairc an Piarsiagh last Sunday. Leading by 12 points by the

3-7 1-9 41st minute, Roscommon only scored one point after that as Carlow came back into it, but the home side had done enough to hold out for a four-point win. Three very well-taken goals were the key to Roscommon’s win, which virtually guarantees them a place in the semi-finals with

games against Limerick (next weekend) and Dublin to come. Playing with the aid of the breeze in the first half, Roscommon were 1-3 to 0-0 ahead after 20 minutes. Annette McGeeney was the goalscorer, blasting to the Carlow net after the visitors gave the ball away close to their own goal. Indeed the margin could have been even more as Kelley Hopkins’ penalty in the 14th minute was saved by the Carlow goalkeeper, Niamh

Doyle. Points from Kelley Hopkins, Niamh Watson and Sinead O’Brien (2) saw Roscommon ahead by 1-4 to 0-2 at half-time. Roscommon had a dream start to the second half when Annette McGeeney drilled home a second goal inside a minute, and when Niamh Farrell completed an excellent team move with another goal, in the 39th minute, the game looked over as a contest. Kelley Hopkins converted a free and by the 41st minute

it was Roscommon 3-6 Carlow 0-3. But Roscommon were only to score once more as Carlow staged a revival. They scored a very soft goal through Ciara Quirke in the 56th minute, but Roscommon had done enough to win. Best for Roscommon on the day were Aisling Fallon, Susan Spillane, Niamh Farrell, Annette McGeeney and Sinead O’Brien. Roscommon joint manager Noel Finn said that he is happy with the progress of

his side to this point. “We are going along well and our training has been geared towards the play-offs and hopefully we can get there if we win this coming weekend against Limerick. “We missed a few chances today but we scored some quality goals and we have plenty to work on in training. “We have girls who were doing exams and back from injury as well so we only have a full panel now. But we are happy to have won

and now it’s on to the next game against Limerick,” he concluded. Roscommon: Caroline Connaughton; Aisling Fallon, Patricia Lennon, Aisling Byrne; Susan Spillane, Elaine Daly, Joanne Beattie; Rachel Fitzmaurice, Kelley Hopkins (0-3, 2 frees); Niamh Watson (0-1), Annette McGeeney (2-0), Nora Brennan; Niamh Coyle, Niamh Farrell (1-1), Sinead O’Brien (0-2). Subs: Leah Rowe for Coyle (39), Deirdre Regan for Watson (43).

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Four Roads reach semi-finals Kepak Roscommon SHC Round-up Four Roads 0-15 St. Dominic’s 0-8 With just two rounds gone, champions Four Roads are safely into the semi-finals following this victory over St. Dominic’s at Athleague on Saturday evening. Four Roads, with Mark McLoughlin, Shane Curley, Micheal Kelly, Johnny Moran, Conor Mulry, and Andy Lawlor playing well, were never really in trouble. The sides were level at 0-3 each after 12 minutes but after that Four Roads took over and by half-time they were 0-9 to 0-4 ahead. Points on the restart from Michael Donoghue and Micheal Kelly made it 0-11 to 0-4 within five minutes – and now the game was over as a contest. Best for St. Dominic’s were Tommy Doyle. Ciaran Shaw, Mark Miley and Ciaran Hunt. Four Roads: D Dowd; C Dowd, M McLoughlin, J Rogerson; S Curley (0-4), J Fitzmaurice, J Donnelly; M Kelly (0-1), J Moran; B Lawlor, C Mulry (0-1), E Rogerson (0-1); C Dowd (0-1), M Donoghue (0-1), A Lawlor (0-5). Subs: J Coyne (0-1) for B Lawlor, C Coyle for Cathal Dowd, T Treacy for Fitzmaurice, D Butler for Mulry. St Dominic’s: B Hanley; C Hunt, A Naughton, N Moran; P Joyce, C Shaw, S Finneran; A Beades, M Brehony; T Doyle (0-2), M Beirne, R Kilcline; J Murray (0-1), R Byrne, M Miley (0-5). Sub: H Walsh for Beirne. Referee: H Kane.

Gaels too good for Tremane Roscommon Gaels 1-12 Tremane 1-9 Roscommon Gaels made it two wins from two against Tremane at Athleague on Saturday evening and now they can look forward to a semi-final place. This was a closely-fought affair and with defences on top it was Tremane who led by a point at the break. Cillian Egan had scored the Gaels’ goal in the 14th minute. The Gaels went ahead early in the second half, mainly due to the accuracy of free-taker Damien Healy. By the end of the third quarter the town side were five points up. Tremane were thrown a lifeline by Padraig Brennan’s goal with 10 minutes to go but the Gaels had done enough and held out. Roscommon Gaels: D Casey; N Tannion, E Browne, B Mullen; T Mullen, G Egan, O Hession; D Guthrie, P Lennon; G Waldron (0-1), A Clogher, D Healy (0-9); D Waldron, C Egan (1-2), C Duignan. Subs: K Doolin for Clogher, J Walker for T Mullen, G Clogher for D Waldron, L Tiernan for Walker. Tremane: K Kellehan; J Blighe, P Kellehan (0-1), B Keenan; W Boyle, M Keaveney (0-1), C Mahony (0-1); S Melia, N Keenan (0-1); D Keaveney (0-1), Joe Brennan, J Brennan (0-2); P Brennan (1-0), P Somers, S Mahony (0-1). Subs: D Mullen (0-1) for Somers, M Kellehan for D Keaveney, F Carr for S Mahony, C Farrell for P Brennan. Referee: J Judge.

Pearses back on track Pádraig Pearses 0-17 Athleague 0-10 Pádraig Pearses got their championship challenge back on track when they were the comprehensive winners in this disappointing game played in Athleague on Friday night.

St Dominic’s v Four Roads: Michael Brehony is squeezed out by Conor Mulry and Johnny Moran. Picture: Andrew Fox

Tomas Sweeney was the Pearses’ hero, scoring 0-12 from play and frees. Pearses got their noses in front early on and they were never headed. Pearses led by three points at half-time and they extended that advantage during the second half. Now Athleague will have to beat Oran in their next game to stay in with a chance of an automatic semi-final spot. Padraig Pearses: Padraig Dolan; A Naughton, P Dolan, B Fallon; M Donoghue, Aidan Sweeney, J Donoghue; S Naughton, D Downey;

Tremane v Roscommon Gaels: Oisín Hession evades the challenge of John Brennan. Picture: Andrew Fox

James Donoghue (0-1), T Seale, D Sweeney; T Sweeney (0-12), A Sweeney (0-3), E Costello. Subs: A Finnerty (0-1) for Costello, M Naughton for Al Sweeney, D Dolan for Seale. Athleague: D Connell; JP Murray, P Nolan, E Naughton; A Moore, N Connolly, P O’Connell; E Flanagan, S Kilcommins (0-1); C Kelly, E Bannon, M Connaughton; D Heavey, G Fallon (0-8), ET Murray (0-1). Sub: B Fallon for ET Murray. Referee: H Kane.

St Dominic’s v Four Roads: Johnny Moran searches for options. Picture: Andrew Fox

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SportsPeople This weekend’s action The Bulmers Live series returns to Leopardstown this evening with racing away at 5.50 pm and music after last race by singer/ songwriter Jack L. Tomorrow there is racing on two fronts, flat action at Proudstown Park, Navan at 5.40 pm and they are joined by Cork with an all NH card, featuring 6 hurdle races and a bumper, off at 5.55 pm. On Saturday at Tipperary, aka Limerick Junction, there is a mixed card of 4 flat and 3 hurdle races away at 2.35 pm. Sunday’s action over jumps is at 2.25 pm in The Cleveragh, Sligo and 20 minutes earlier on the level at Fairyhouse, Co Meath at 2.05 pm. Killarney’s 4 day summer festival starts on Monday. Aidan O’Brien will try to win his first German Derby at Hamburg on Sunday with Landofhopeandglory who cost €65,000 to supplement. The son of High Chaparral won his maiden at the Galway Festival and was beaten by stablemate Sword Fighter in the Group 2 Curragh Cup last month. Let us hope the valleys resound with song for Wales in the Euros and O’Brien in the Derby.

General News

Horses for Courses by Tom Red

Brian O’Connell damaged his right shoulder in a fall off Dramatic Event at Limerick on Sunday. He was taken to Limerick University Hospital for X-rays, but was later released. He is to see a specialist this week. Kieren Fallon has retired from the saddle due to illness and this column wishes him a speedy recovery and all the best in his new venture. A six time champion jockey in Britain, Kieren will continue to work with Curragh trainer Michael O’Callaghan who brought him home from the US. The patriarch of the well known racing photography family Liam Healy passed away on Monday after a long illness. The Listowel native has been well known on every track and point to point field in the country for many decades. Our thoughts are with his sons Pat and Liam Jr, his extended family and friends. RIP.

Phonsie O’Brien, brother of the late Vincent O’Brien, passed away peacefully at his home in Kilsheelan, Co Tipperary on Tuesday at the age of 86. Phonsie, an accomplished amateur rider, took out his trainer’s licence in the mid 50’s. He won the Galway Plate an unequalled 4 years in a row as a trainer with Carraroe in 1962, Blunts Cross in 1963 and Ross Sea back to back in 1964/65.

Competition Time Racing is set for Kilbeggan on Friday 15th July and we have a second chance for you to win 3 pairs of tickets to give away compliments of manager Paddy Dunican. It is Ladies Day so just tell us who sponsors Best Dressed Ladies Competition on the 15th July at Kilbeggan? Answers please on a post card to The Roscommon People, Abbey St., Roscommon or by e-mail to tomred17@gmail.com by 12.00 pm next Wednesday the 13th July and don’t forget to include your name, address and a contact phone number with all competition entries. Tickets have to be collected in the office in Abbey Street.

Lenebane Review On a cold American Independence Day last Monday the opening EBF sponsored maiden was won by Michael O’Callaghan’s Randall Stevens from Brutal and Sir Edwin Landseer at 4/1. The SuperValu Apprentice Handicap was won by Gary Halpin aboard Augustine Leahy’s Ecoeye at 11/4. The Property Partners Earley Auctioneers Handicap Went to the Shelia Lavery trained Ronan Whelan ridden Ibergman at 11/2. The fourth race The EBF Maiden proved easy pickings for Ger Lyons’ odds on fav. Savannah Storm winning by 11l from Orillion with Ringo Kid 6l further back in 3rd. The featured Lenebane Stakes has proved lucky for John Oxx over the years, 4 wins in 8 years, and did once again as Red Stars ran out 2¼l winner over the fav. Chemical Charge at the best price of the evening 7/1 to bring his tally to 5. Arya Tara completed a hat-trick of wins for Joseph O’Brien and

Liam Healy, centre, with his Kerry’s Cottage after winning in Gowran Park.

his sister Ana in the penultimate race is the Roscommon Herald handicap. The closing Lilac Rooms Maiden was won by Multiculture from Dalmatia and Head Turner at 5/2. Sarah Jane Moran, the Lady In Red from Adare in Co Limerick, won the SuperValu Co Roscommon sponsored Best Dressed Lady Competition on Monday. Ladies, there is another Best Dressed Lady competition coming up in Kilbeggan on the 15th July sponsored by Dundrum Town Centre and The Wineport Lodge. If the punters had the edge over the layers on Monday, they got an early shock on Tuesday as James Nash’s 33/1 friendless outsider Vintage Salon won the first from Kalopsia and Echo Lady. The Connolly Red Mills Novice Hurdle gave punters a right fright as the fav Delegate made a bad blunder at the penultimate flight. Brian Cooper made a good recovery to repeat the Gigginstown gelding’s course win of last month for Gordon Elliott. Does the Galway Hurdle loom? The JP McManus

sponsored Martinstown Stud Opportunity Series provided another shock for punters as another 33/1 shot Sandra Hughes trained Conor Brassil ridden Herbiegoesbananas beat 16/1 Rockey Storm. The Leo Dolan Memorial Handicap Hurdle was won by Steamboat Bill completing a double for Gordon Elliott. The winner was backed in the morning but drifted on the track. The Keen Print Handicap Hurdle provided a locally owned winner in Kilcaragh Boy running in the colours of Gerry Duke. The winner is trained in Kilcolgan, Co Galway by John Neilan and was completing a double for jockey Conor Brassil. The 2m 4f bumper was won by the well backed, 16/1 to 6/1, Baltimore Buzz trained by Anthony Howard and ridden by Johnny King. He beat another locally owned horse Angelica Yeats, also trained by John Neilan, in the colours of Michael Ward from Creggs who also bred the horse, by 5l. The mare’s bumper for lady riders was won by the Prunella Dobbs trained, Jane Mangan ridden Pursecco at 5/1.

Charlie O’Brien, RosMed Pharmacy & Lilac Rooms pictured with staff members at the Roscommon Races. Picture: Andrew Fox Sinéad Bohan and Michelle Bird pictured at the Roscommon Races. Picture: Andrew Fox

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John and Mary Butler pictured at the Roscommon Races. Picture: Andrew Fox

Andrea Doorly, Erin Stephens and Noeleen Rudden pictured at the Roscommon Races. Picture: Andrew Fox

Regina and Monica Fallon pictured at the Roscommon Races. Picture: Andrew Fox

Dyann Kenny and Gillian Corcoran pictured at the Roscommon Races. Picture: Andrew Fox

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Dan’s SPORTING WORLD WITH DAN DOONER

Start of a golden era for Roscommon football? THE LEAD STORY Dan Dooner In the run-up to Sunday’s Connacht final between Roscommon and Galway in Salthill I carried out research into the Roscommon team which won the All-Ireland U-21 championship of 1966. 27 players were involved in that successful campaign which culminated in an unlikely victory over Kildare in the final. In the modern era of large panels and an army of backroom staff, 27 is still a sizeable number. Those players who pulled on the Primrose and Blue 50 years ago will be honoured

before the senior throw-in this Sunday and it’s amazing to hear from numerous sources how excited they are for the big event. Also in the run-up to Sunday’s showcase I spoke to two current stars of Roscommon, Senan Kilbride and Enda Smith. Both players provided similar answers to the question ‘What’s the best thing about playing for Roscommon?’ The duo from St. Brigid’s and Boyle respectively hinted at the camaraderie among players who normally face-off when representing their clubs. Both the wonderful team of 1966 and the two current role models provided a timely reminder of what the GAA is all about. For-

Rory’s Stories @RorysStories Ronaldo would remind of the Lad who is unreal for the county, an comes back to his club an prances around thinking he is classss. (Pretty sure Ronaldo has never been flaked by a dirty corner back!)

Roscommon GAA @RoscommonGAA We have sold our last stand ticket. We have plenty of terrace tickets still on sale. (Connacht final tickets are like gold dust in the west) The Roscommon senior footballers are preparing to stand shoulder to shoulder again this Sunday in the Connacht final against Galway. Pic: Andrew Fox

get about video analysis, nutrition, weight programmes, active recovery sessions, media bans and fundraising in New York. Should the current stars of Roscommon beat Galway on their own patch this Sunday they’ll look back with pride on a day they stood shoulder to shoulder

with teammates from all over the county and toe to toe against their neighbours and rivals. In 50 years when they’re invited to mark the occasion they’ll have but vague memories of the day itself but they’ll never forget the players they shared the dressing-room with. Should

the unthinkable happen and they fall short, well no amount of active recovery sessions will help. It won’t be easy but a return to the high-octane Roscommon of the earlier part of the year may be enough to add another wonderful day to the history books 50 years on from 1966.

Two St. Coman’s winners in Castlebar The 2016 Onewall Nationals held in Breaffy House, Castlebar last weekend were a huge success attracting a record 420 entries and featuring some outstanding handball. St. Coman’s had two winners from completely different ends of the spectrum, with Fiona Tully adding to her already extensive collection while Fionn Cusack took his very first national title. Tully took the ‘Girls’ 17 and under’ title showing tremendous composure in both her semi-final against Armagh’s Megan McCann and final against Kildare’s Hannah Dagg to come from 8-0 and 5-0 down respectively to recover and overtake two opponents playing at the peak of their ability. Strong finishes in both games gave her a hardearned but deserved title. Fionn Cusack meanwhile took the ‘Boys 15 and under ‘B’ title. He was never really troubled in this event and won all of his matches

with a bit to spare. Even his final with Cork’s Anthony O’Connell (who had beaten Fionn before) was a straightforward affair with the big Strokestown lad leading the whole way, playing some lovely controlled angled shots mixed with powerful kills. Fionn’s older brother Oisin lost in his ‘Boys 17 and under ‘B’ semi-final against Cavan’s Caolan Smith. He only opened up and played in the aggressive manner required for Onewall when the match was going away from him and ended up dominating the last five minutes of the match before going down by three points. Lauren O’Riordan made a welcome re-appearance at the Nationals but was beaten in a fine game in the Ladies Open by Armagh’s Niamh Coleman. Aengus Cunningham had a very good win in his first match of the Silver Masters grade against Clare’s Fergal Coughlan, but was then beaten by perennial rival

Niall Kerr in their semi-final in a high scoring affair. Linda Connolly reached the semi-final of the Ladies ‘B’ grade but was well beaten by Donegal’s strong Avril McNamee. Aoife Tully, Laura Mannion, Carragh Kennedy, Siobhan Treacy, Aisling Treacy, Thomas O’Brien, Philip Halliday, Eanna Moran, Magomed Yakhyaev, Dylan Hanley and Gareth Delaney all lost early in their respective grades with only ‘Mog’ featuring in the Doubles Plate where he teamed up with Leitrim’s Cormac Scollan to reach the final of the ‘Boys 15 and under’ competition. Finally, the exhibition ‘Boys 11 and under’ event featured the budding partnership of Rory Carthy and Irslam Yakhyaev who featured strongly in the top group of the round-robin format. Rory’s younger brother Eoghan also teamed up with Leitrim’s Darren Wrynn and played very impressively.

Darts

Roscommon darter successful ‘Down Under’ David Concannon from Ballinaheglish continues to enjoy a successful stint in Australia. Following on from his recent win in the Sydney Cup, Concannon reached the final of the Central Coast Australian Classic where he narrowly lost out. Last weekend, Concannon took part in the 35th Australian Puma Grand Masters. He had an impressive run to the last 8 of the singles competition and then reached the final of the doubles competition along with partner Kilani Hillman. Closer to home, The Hollywood Bar continues their usual summer darts schedule in the upcoming months, with an extended format to be on offer this summer. This

Sporting week on Tweet Street Neil O’Riordan @noriordan Marco Parolo sounds like a man who skipped town while on probation and travelled the world. (The Italian international looked suspect!)

Handball

Pictured is Fiona Tully receiving her trophy for winning the Girls 17 and under Onewall Nationals title in Castlebar last weekend.

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year’s darts will be run as a Superleague, which will still maintain the round robin format. The competition is strictly limited to 20 players to allow for format with the top 8 playing off in a cup final and the following 4 playing for the shield. The competition will start at 9 pm on July 15th and will run for 8 weeks followed by the finals night. Entry fee will be €40 (working out at €5 per night). There will be plenty of games due to the increased format as well as a good return for players with €1,000 guaranteed in prize-money. For full details join The Hollywood Bar Darts Facebook page or contact David on 086-0823180.

David Concannon (right) with doubles partner Kilani Hillman who reached the Puma Grand Masters Final in Sydney last weekend.

This weekend in the sporting world Lady Captain’s Prize in Athlone This Sunday (July 10th) will see the highlight of the Ladies’ Club at Athlone Golf Club with the Lady Captain’s prize being played for.

Open Week in Boyle Open Week continues at Boyle Golf Club until Sunday (July 10th) with a 9-hole stableford for both ladies and gents tomorrow (Friday).

Squeaky bum time for Masters The Umbro Masters League is heating up with semi-finals down for decision this Saturday at 6.30 pm: St. Francis FC v Dunmore Town/Skyvalley Rovers and St. Coman’s FC v CB Trotters.

Golf

Evelyn gets the ‘Wright’ result We start our weekly tour of the fairways and greens of County Roscommon in Athlone where the Ladies Michael Moore Volkswagen Competition was won by Evelyn Wright with 38 points ahead of Imelda Sheeran and Maria Elliot. The men’s equivalent was clinched by Charlie Walsh with 39 points ahead of Kevin Maguire and Frank O’Regan. In Boyle, the Fore Club Alliance Competition was won by Pat Brogan who edged out Jonathan Egan and David Wynne on the countback. Aidan Grealish from Strokestown took the gross prize. Elsewhere, the men’s 12-hole competition on Thursday was won by Owen Garvin and Friday’s scramble was win by the team of Charlie O’Donnell, Tommy King and Marian Ahern. Across in Carrick-on-Shannon Phil McWeeney took the Betty Studio Stableford with 29 points ahead of Mary King on 28. Junior golf summer lessons begin for ages 7-17 next Wednesday (July 13th), so drag them away from the Playstations and X-Boxes and get them out on the course! Lessons are always popular so book with Anne Cox, Benny Boyle or Chris on 071-9667015. Ladies lessons will begin on the same day, contact Noeleen Moffatt 086-8192495. In Castlerea, Ronan Cahill won the committee prize last Sunday ahead of Sean O’Connell. The ladies’ competition was won by Valerie Callaghan on 39 points ahead of Mary Gunning and Mamie Creaton. The Connacht District competition was by Maura Kelly and Valerie Callaghan who will represent the club in Ballina on Thursday, July 14th. Finally for this week we return to Roscommon where the Sunday competition was won by Declan Browne ahead of Ian Glennon and the Kearneys (Ken and Mark). The ladies’ competition was won by Ruth Lennon on 39 points ahead of Ciara Herward Ryan and Kate Walshe. The senior men’s was won by Pat McDonagh ahead of Frank Mullen.

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Sarah Jane Moran (winner of the Best Dressed Lady Competition) and Marietta Doran pictured at Ladies Day at the Roscommon Races. Picture: Andrew Fox

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Influential full-back Neil Collins is a definite absentee through injury and there are fitness doubts too about Diarmuid Murtagh. Roscommon are chasing a 23rd Connacht Senior Football title – and a first in six years – when they face Galway in Salthill this Sunday (2 pm throw-in). Roscommon defeated New York, Leitrim and Sligo en route to Sunday’s final, while bookmakers have installed Galway as slight favourites following their unexpected with over six-in-arow provincial title chasing champions Mayo. See inside this week’s issue for a super 32-page pull-out supplement on the big match.

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