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was also a vice-president of the national ladies board. She paid tribute to the many volunteers she has worked with at club, county and national level. “I’m just a clog in that team and it’s wonderful to be able to accept such an award on behalf of those dedicated volunteers. “In Roscommon, this is a very important year as we are celebrating 40 years since Roscommon ladies won the All-Ireland (in 1978). We have wonderful, high-calibre people and we’re so pleased that we have been able to announce plans for a Games Development Officer in the county recently. “We’re all singing off the same hymn sheet and all moving forward. This award is not just for me, it’s for all volunteers and I want to say a big thank you to all those volunteers. Ní neart go cur le chéile!”
Kerrane: ‘No new staff for Boyle facility’ Sinn Féin General Election candidate for Roscommon/Galway Claire Kerrane has criticised the Government for “leading the people of Boyle on” after the HSE confirmed that the new Primary Care Centre in Boyle will not have any new additional staff employed on opening. Ms. Kerrane said: “The HSE have confirmed through a Parliamentary Question response to Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson Deputy Louise O’Reilly that there are to be no new staff allocated to the Primary Care Centre in Boyle. “Despite the growing demand for services in Boyle and Roscommon, especially after the A&E was closed at Roscommon Hospital, the fact that no new staff will be employed by the HSE in this centre undermines the premise of primary care and the importance of these services to the community”.
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Leyden withdrawal to pave way for Murphy/ Keogh ticket? Political People: See Page 6 Cllr. Orla Leyden surprised party colleagues and the wider public this week by withdrawing from the upcoming Fianna Fáil Selection Convention, at which a candidate or candidates will be chosen to run for the party in the next General Election in Roscommon/Galway constituency. Nominations closed last week and there are now four remaining declared candidates. They are sitting TD Eugene Murphy, Cllr. Michael Connolly (Galway), party activist Seán Óg Higgins and Cllr. John Keogh (Roscommon). Cllr. Leyden had declared her candidacy last October but in an unexpected statement this week she announced that
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‘Such a lovely group of people!’ Other speakers on the night including award recipients. Tracey Wright, a QQI Level 5 Health Service Skills student, said: “I didn’t realise I would meet such a lovely group of people. We hadn’t any spare time but we got on with it. “We are here tonight because we all worked hard. I would like to thank our tutors and course co-ordinators for their patience and for all they have taught us. Nobody needs to fear going back to adult education�. Shaw, BTEI (Back to Education Initiative) coordinator for GRETB, congratulated the award recipients and the tutors. “You have achieved your awards through sheer hard work, you should be proud of yourselves. It’s a huge accomplishment. “We would like to thank the centres around the county who made their facilities available to us to run courses. She also thanked the employers who host students when they are out on work placement. It takes work to mentor a student and we appreciate the employers who host our students�. Ms. O’Connor-Shaw thanked her colleagues in GRETB with a special mention to Sabrina Kenny and Ann McNamara who work directly with her in Roscommon Adult Education Services. She also thanked course tutors. Ann McNamara, Community Education Facilitator with GRETB, said it was unusual to have the awards ceremony in winter rather than its
traditional date during Adult Learners’ Week in February. “It’s a sign of the large volume of learners going through the system. I enjoy these occasions because they are an accumulation of a lot of hard work. Lots of your free time is used up completing components. The awards ceremony is a positive occasion when great energy is evident,� she said. Charles Okoye, a QQI Level 6 Health Services Supervisory Management student, said: “I dipped in and out of QQI Levels 4 and 5 in Monksland and I have studied in Roscommon town for the last two years to complete QQI Level 6 Major Award. It has been a long journey for me and now I am pursuing a degree in Social Care�. Lynn Keery, Adult Education Officer with GRETB, concluded the evening by thanking the tutors for their work and expertise before praising family and friends of award recipients and her colleagues.
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QQI Major Awards in Health Service Skills. Pictured are (Back row, l-r): Olwyn Payne, Shane Doherty, Irene Lynch, Mikey Monaghan (Tutor), John Tynan and John Nally. Middle row (l-r): Sharon Conneely, Blazenka Nadj, Martha Fallon, Majella Fallon, Padraig McGrath, Caroline Duignan and Maureen Lee. Seated (l-r): Martha Mulvey (Tutor), Cllr. Paddy Kilduff (GRETB Board), Cllr. Kathleen Shanagher (Chairperson, GRETB Board), Cllr. Michael Maher (GRETB Board), Dónal Walsh (Adult Education Officer) and Stephanie O’Connor Shaw (BTEI/SKILLETB Co-ordinator). Pic: Glynn’s Photography, Castlerea LEFT: QQI Level 6 Major Award in Early Childhood Care & Education. Pictured are Dónal Walsh (Adult Educational Officer), Brid Moran, Beata Godzic, Cllr. Kathleen Shanagher (Chairperson, GRETB) and Ann McNamara (Community Education Facilitator). Pic: Glynn’s Photography, Castlerea
QQI Level 5 Minor Awards in Healthcare. Back row (l-r): Katie Murray, Inora Krzak, Sharon McIvor, Linda Smyth, Margaret Gannon and Inga Grace. Seated (l-r): Sabrina Kenny (QQI Co-ordinator), Cllr. Paddy Kilduff (GRETB Board), Cllr. Kathleen Shanagher (Chair, GRETB Board), Cllr. Michael Mahar (GRETB Board), Dónal Walsh (Adult Education Officer) and Ann McNamara (Community Ed. Facilitator, GRETB). Pic: Glynn’s Photography, Castlerea QQI Level 6 Major Award in Health Services Supervisory Management. Pictured are back row (l-r): Alison Neary, Katelyn Fitzpatrick, Treacy Linnane, Bukola Olaoye, Christina Carty and Cllr. Kathleen Shanagher (Chairperson, GRETB Board). Seated (l-r): Charles Okoye, Catherine Ormsby (ESF), Stephanie O’Connor Shaw (BTEI/SKILLCo-ordinator), Cllr. Michael Maher (GRETB Board) and Gloria Onwukwe. Glynn’s Photography,
QQI Level 6 Minor Award in Childcare. Pictured are: Cllr. Paddy Kilduff (GRETB Board), Cllr. Kathleen Shanagher (Chairperson, GRETB Board), Collette Donnelly Healy, Cllr. Michael Maher (GRETB Board), Dónal Walsh (Adult Education Officer) and Ann McNamara (Community Ed. Facilitator, GRETB). Pic: Glynn’s Photography, Castlerea
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For a woman who normally displays the shrewdest of political judgement, Orla Leyden appears to have at least temporarily lost her sure touch. Cllr. Leyden will surely know that her withdrawal this week from the upcoming Fianna Fáil Selection Convention is a PR embarrassment at the very least, and may also have dented her standing with some party grassroots. Cllr. Leyden has made last-minute convention withdrawals before, but this time it’s different. This time, there had been a real sense that the experienced councillor was finally making a serious bid to enter national politics. When she declared last October, there was no sense that she was being (just) cajoled into action by supporters, no sense that she was uncertain about the timing. It seemed clear that Cllr. Leyden had finally and very deliberately picked her moment. She was (and is) Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council; the reconfigurated constituency (Roscommon/Galway) was seen as suiting her perfectly; most persuasively of all, there were Cllr. Leyden’s own confident words: “…I want to continue making a contribution in both Co. Roscommon and nationally…” “There are so many areas I feel I could improve as a TD but where I’m limited as a councillor”. “I’m determined and there is an opening and while the time wasn’t right last time around, it is now”. There have been false dawns in the past, but Cllr. Leyden made it clear last October that a marriage of circumstances – including her own belief that she could now balance the demands of family and politics should she be elected to the Dáil – had led to her conviction that ‘the time was right.’ Three months on, and Leyden has again with-
drawn at the last moment, perhaps for once and for all ending whatever Dáil ambitions she has toyed with. Just what went wrong in ‘Camp Leyden’ is not really clear. You can, when looking for grounds for the uturn, dismiss Cllr. Leyden’s vague statement this week. Cllr. Leyden simply says her focus for 2018 will be on completing her term as Cathaoirleach. But in October, Cllr. Leyden was pointing to this very role as grounds for her candidature, saying “being Cathaoirleach has made me realise I’m up for the challenge”. The rumour mill suggests that the real reason for the Leyden withdrawal lies with a fierce campaign from the Eugene Murphy camp and a growing belief that Cllr. John Keogh is a ‘chosen one’ from the perspective of FF HQ. The Roscommon People understands that supporters of Deputy Eugene Murphy have vigorously made the case to party TDs and Senators (and the all-important HQ) that Cllr. Leyden is too close geographically to ‘their’ candidate. Representations to the contrary were of course made on behalf of Cllr. Leyden. There are reports of very tense exchanges between both camps. There is also speculation that the convention numbers may not have been adding up for Cllr. Leyden. Deputy Murphy retains significant support amongst delegates. If defeated at convention, Leyden may not have been added on, certainly not if Keogh is the darling of Dublin. Cllr. Leyden isn’t unique in withdrawing from an election race shortly after declaring, but the u-turn of January 2018 has taken many within her party by surprise. Public reaction to Cllr. Leyden’s declaration in October had suggested that, if she could get through convention, she was destined to poll
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very well. Getting on to the ballot paper was the challenge. Orla is regarded by many as the most capable member of Roscommon County Council, with an impressive grasp of her brief. To borrow/paraphrase football parlance, she may go down as one of the best TDs that Roscommon never had! (Of course a Senate run by Orla, post the retirement of her father, Terry, cannot be ruled out). Meanwhile, there is speculation that, irrespective of how he fares in an open vote at convention, Cllr. John Keogh can count on being added on by Fianna Fáil HQ. That, and much else, remains to be seen. Seán Óg Higgins and Cllr. Michael Connolly are still in the race, but as of now the odds favour a Murphy/Keogh FF ticket in Roscommon/Galway.
Rooskey businessman to run in local elections DAN DOONER
Rooskey businessman Andrew Reynolds has declared his interest in contesting next year’s local elections for Fine Gael. Reynolds, who is 28 years of age, owns cafés in both Longford town and Roscommon, and is also a leading member of the Roscommon Solstice Choir. He recently confirmed his intention to seek a council seat in the Boyle Municipal District in 2019. “I have been a member of Fine Gael since I was 18 years old and I have been canvassing for the party for the past nine years,” he said. “It was always a case of when I would
run, never ‘if’. Really, I felt that things have been improving for smaller communities and there has been an increase in funds made available for these communities. “I feel that my area of Rooskey and Kilmore and surrounding areas needs representation so that it receives some of this funding. “So my intentions are to run in the local elections in order to provide that representation. Obviously I will have to go forward to convention, and I’m sure there will be a contest. It will then be up to the members of the Fine Gael party as to whether they want to choose me or not, and hopefully that decision will be made in the autumn of this year”.
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Emmet sets sight on seat Strokestown businessman and community activist, Emmett Corcoran, has declared his intentions to run as an Independent candidate in local elections in 2019. The 25-year-old is heavily involved with the Strokestown Town Team, of which he is secretary, and is also a former parliamentary assistant of Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice. Corcoran, a one-time Roscommon-South Leitrim byelection candidate, has announced that he expects to run in the Boyle Municipal District next year.
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Children in infants’ classes at Gaelscoil de h�de enjoying play time (Aistear).
Gaelscoil de h�de Girls’ and boys’ football teams. Sport plays an important role at the school.
Gaelscoil de hĂ?de students enjoy music.
Maidin oscailte ag Gaelscoil de hĂ?de Gaelscoil de hĂ?de, the only Gaelscoil in the county, is holding an open morning on Saturday, January 27th from 11 am to 1 pm. Parents and children interested in enrolling in the school for September 2018 or 2019 are welcome to attend and learn what the Gaelscoil has to offer. The open morning provides an ideal opportunity to explore the school and its facilities first-hand, meet the principal and other members of the school community and includes a formal address at 11.30 am. Located at Cruby Hill, Galway Road, Roscom-
mon town, Gaelscoil de hĂ?de, was founded in 2000 and it operates under the rules and regulations of the Department of Education and Science. It is a Catholic school and Irish is the medium of teaching in the school and it is also the means of communication between the teachers, children and Board of Management. The ethos of the school is to create a learning environment where the uniqueness of each child is nurtured. Gaelscoil de hĂ?de offers a mixed school with boys and girls being taught together from junior infants to sixth class. There is
STEM is enjoyed by children in all classes.
supervision in the schoolyard from 8.30 am every morning and an afterschool homework club supervised by school staff. All mainstream subjects including German are taught while interactive whiteboards are available in all classrooms as well as a fully equipped computer room and tablets. Three buses serve the school with collection from the school to several child-minding facilities. Sport, including swimming, is available for all classes. As well as debating and quizzes, a large number of after-school activities are also available to students including: sport, golf, art and crafts, instrumental music and coding. Life is very busy in the school and the children are exposed to a very wide range of activities. Middle classes are currently preparing to take part in Coirm Gael Linn and FÊile Ceoil na Scoileanna while senior classes are enjoying their German classes as well as preparing to exhibit a project at the RDS Primary Science Fair in Limerick. Earlier in the year, children from a variety of classes enjoyed success at the Scór na bPåistà competition. The U-11 and U-13 quiz teams are currently in preparation for the Credit Union Quiz and our debating team is preparing for the Primary Debating competition. Gaelscoil’s Green Schools Commit-
tee meets regularly and is working toward their 8th Green Flag on the theme of Marine Environment. The school is also preparing for the Digital Schools Award. Gael-
scoil de hĂ?de has links with several sports bodies and their representatives visit the school on a weekly basis to help in the implementation of the sports curriculum.
Please join us! Gaelscoil de hĂ?de would like to welcome you along to the open morning on January 27th to hear about the school and consider for yourself if it suits your
needs. Email: eolasgaelscoildehide@gmail.com or phone Orla on 0906628860 for further information. TĂĄimid ag sĂşil le bualadh leat ag an maidin oscailte.
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Ballymurray National School Enrolment Evening
Thursday, 1st February at 7.00 p.m.
Our enrolment/information evening for parents will be held on Thursday 1st February 2018 at 7.00 p.m. We invite you to come along to view the school and to meet the teachers. We will be happy to answer any queries you may have.
TEL: 090 6661217 e.mail: principal1.ballymurrayns@gmail.com
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Pictured at Kilteevan National School yesterday were Karen O’Donohoe, Campaign Ambassador for Energia Get Ireland Growing, Brenda Donohue, Today Show With Maura and Daithi, students and staff from Kilteevan National School. Picture: Andrew Fox
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There was great excitement at Kilteevan National School yesterday (Wednesday) as Brenda Donohue from RTE’s Today Show and Karen O’Donohoe, Energia’s Get Ireland Growing Ambassador arrived to meet with Méabh Egan, Maria Fox and James Lunt from fourth class. The students, their teacher Miss O’Connor and Principal Colette Brennan will appear on The Today Show with Daithi and Maura today at 3.30 pm to talk about their school garden and how they put their ‘Sow Award’ of €500 from the 2017 Energia
GIY Get Ireland Growing Fund to use. Karen O’Donohoe also announced yesterday that Energia would be presenting the Kilteevan NS gardeners with a further €1,000 in funding. School Principal, Colette Brennan, said the hugely successful school garden came about following a ‘thank you’ card from a parent two years ago. “Maria Fox’s mam, Tish, gave a ‘thank you’ card in June two years ago and mentioned the an area of waste ground at the back of the school. She asked if it was OK to try a few things with the space. The garden was her plan and we all rowed in behind her”. The garden, supported by the
hard work of students and teachers including Ms. O’Connor, Mrs. Lynch and Mr. Flynn has gone from strength to strength following a Roscommon County Council grant of €900 two years ago. The school, which has close links to Eileen Fahey and her fellow Kilteevan Tidy Towns volunteers, has also been voted ‘Roscommon’s Tidiest School’. Yesterday was the icing on the cake for Kilteevan NS as they made national television with RTE’s Brenda Donohue commenting that she was “blown away” by the garden and the hard work of all those involved.
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Pictured at Kilteevan National School yesterday were Karen O’Donohoe, Campaign Ambassador for Energia Get Ireland Growing, Colette Brennan, Kilteevan National School Principal, Brenda Donohue, Today Show With Maura and Daithi, Trisha Fox, James Lunt, Meabh Egan and Maria Fox. Pic: Andrew Fox
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Tributes paid to teenager who died in Lanzarote tragedy Tributes have been paid to the young Ballaghaderreen man who died in a tragic moped accident in Lanzarote on Saturday, January 13th. The 18-year-old was holidaying with family in the popular resort on the Canary Islands when he was involved in the fatal accident last Friday, according to local sources. The young man has since been named as Stephen O’Gara, from Aughurine Moyne in Ballaghaderreen. Mr. O’Gara had been undertaking a carpentry apprenticeship in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and had attended St. Nathy’s College until fourth year. A friend of the family said that he was an only child and flew to Lanzarote with his mother and grandparents last Thursday.
Prayers were said for the repose of his soul at Mass in St. Nathy’s College on Tuesday. St. Nathy’s Principal, Declan Dunne, paid touching tribute to the young man earlier this week. “Stephen was a lovable guy, a really decent individual who had a lovely, infectious smile. He had a glint in his eye and he brightened up the room. You couldn’t get mad or stay mad at him because he’d win you over. “I was just thinking about this the other day: there aren’t too many teenagers who would go away on holiday with their mother and grandparents. That just shows you the kind of person he was,” Mr. Dunne said. The community in Ballaghaderreen is devastasted by the tragedy.
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ENROLMENT AFTERNOON Friday, 26th January at 1-3pm We invite you to come along to view the school and to meet with the teachers and Principal. We will be happy to answer any queries you may have. All are welcome. For further information, contact the Principal at 043 3321545 or email smgslb.ias@eircom.net. Check out our website www.lanesboroughprimaryschool.ie
Abbey Hotel Wedding promotion giveaway
Fairytale wedding dress to be won! Abbey Wedding Showcase on Sunday, January 21st The Abbey Hotel have teamed up with Lamelia Bridal Studio Sligo to offer one lucky Abbey Bride a chance to win this fairytale wedding gown. This rich ivory oyster colour sparkling A-line gown features an off the shoulder embellished lace bodice with sheer back and flowing tulle skirt and is truly an amazing prize for one lucky lady! T&C: You must like both Lamelia Bridal Boutique and Abbey Hotel Facebook pages, register your details at our wedding showcase or by email to weddings@abbeyhotel.ie. There are lots of other amazing prizes in the Abbey Hotel wedding promotion giveaway including free Photobooth Hire from Paddy’s Photobooth, a bespoke wedding cake from Pete’s Pops, a €250 Voucher from Infinity Wedding Services, a Donut Wall treats table, free ‘Wishing Well’ hire from Weddings Couture and pretty Stella & Dot jewellery. So there are lots of reasons not to miss the Abbey Wedding Showcase on Sunday, January 21st with free admission from 2-5 pm. All 45 exhibitors will be giving attractive discounts, from a range of cake suppliers, florists, banks, photographers, beauticans, stationery, photos booths, love signs, bridal wear and suit hire (with menswear suppliers Edward Donnellan, Matt O’Brien Longford and Spirit Clothing) featuring on the day. The Abbey Hotel is an award-winning wedding venue having scooped the ‘Top Rated Castle Wedding Venue’ with Wedding Dates in 2017. There is a 10% discount off all new weddings booked on the day and there will be complimentary wine, finger food, goodies galore from Pete’s Pops and not forgetting the popular Bridal Pamper Zone with little hair and make-up treats for all Abbey Brides-to-be. All couples also get to take home a complimentary copy of Confetti Magazine. Follow the Abbey Hotel on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for updates.
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Pictured at Ros FM for the launch of the new outside broadcasting unit were Frank Scott, Colin Burke, Bernard Kearney, Mac McComish, Fiona Dunne, Joseph Wrynne, Niamh Loftus, Aidan Raftery, Llyod Clarke, Shane Browne, Robert Dwyer, Martina Dockery, Jerry Jago, Susan Smyth and Daniela Stoica. Picture: Andrew Fox
Outside broadcasting unit boost for Ros FM DAN DOONER
Local radio station Ros FM, which broadcasts to Roscommon town, recently announced the arrival of a new outside broadcasting unit which was provided by funding through Roscommon County Council. Ros FM Chairperson Bernard Kearney said that the new unit would be a big boost to the local radio station. “The outside broadcasting unit is something we had been talking about for a while and I’d certainly like to
thank Roscommon County Council in relation to that because we applied for funding (for an outside broadcasting unit) a number of times and never got it. But we got €2,800 last summer from the Council so that was 90% of the unit funded. “The thing about the outside broadcasting unit is that when you’re looking for sponsorship it allows us to call out and broadcast shows a couple of times of year from sponsors,” he said. Mr. Kearney said that Ros FM pro-
vides a learning platform for the local community. “For people who have an interest in radio, this is a learning platform and we have a community and disability ethos. We have a board of twelve people and a further 30 people who come and keep us on the air from 11 am to 7 pm from Monday to Friday. “It’s a huge effort from people and there are volunteers in here every day and we are always open for new volunteers and sponsorship,” he concluded.
Pictured at Ros FM for the launch of the new outside broadcasting unit were Susan Smyth and Daniela Stoica. Picture: Andrew Fox
The event will be held at The White House Hotel, Ballnlough, Co. Roscommon Cost for the full day is €25 per person which includes refreshments and a light lunch The Investing in Children Membership Award will also be showcased throughout the day
To book your place please contact Breda/Linda on 094 9870111/0863792575 or email info@fdcl.ie.
Launch of new Men’s Shed in Ballaghaderreen A new Men’s Shed has been formed in Ballaghaderreen and a premises secured. The opening function is organised for Wednesday, 24th of January in the Ozmond Centre (behind church) in Ballaghaderreen, from 7-9 pm.
The use of this premises is kindly donated to the shed members while refurbishment works are being completed on the shed. Please note, a Tractor, Motorcycle and Vintage Run is organised for Sunday, 1st
of April in Ballaghaderreen to raise funds for same. Registration of members on the night and all are very welcome for a cuppa and a chat. Any queries, contact Martin on 087-8143441.
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Lecarrow Benevolent Fund AGM The Lecarrow Benevolent Fund AGM will take place next Monday (22nd) in Coffey’s Lounge in Lecarrow at 9 pm. Recently, work was completed on a storage shed for St. John’s new cemetery. Funding had been provided by the Lecarrow Benevolent Fund. New members are welcome to attend the AGM next Monday in Coffey’s Lounge, Lecarrow.
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Castlecoote-Fuerty set for Fleadh Cheoil Fleadh Cheoil Ros Comáin 2018 will be held during Easter Weekend in Castlecoote-Fuerty for the second year in a row. As Easter is very early this year, all Fleadh music, song, dance and Comhrá Gaeilge entries must be with your local Comhaltas Rúnaí by February 23rd. For the Roscommon Town branch area, an rúnaí is Liam Ó Cuinneagáin (Bill Cunningham), 1 Cloonbrackna Avenue (090-6626729 or 0863345817). Competitors are reminded of the Comhaltas rule, that names of Irish origin must be given in their original form (Irish). Other names should also be given in their original form. Late entries will not be accepted by any branch rúnaí.
Active Retirement resume meetings Roscommon Town Active Retirement Association will resume weekly meetings on Thursday, February 1st at 2.30 pm in the Education Room in the Sacred Heart Hospital.
South Roscommon Vintage Club…off to Taughmaconnell On Sunday next, January 28th, all roads lead to the Taughmaconnell Community Centre for the 2018 South Roscommon Vintage Club Annual Auto Jumble. As in other years, the event will feature a good selection of vintage tractors, motorcars and motorcycle
Pictured at an awards night on Saturday in Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown for the team that won the All-Ireland Colleges ‘C’ Football Final were Martina Murray, Leah Hackett, Ann Gilleran and Suzanne Lohan. Picture: Andrew Fox
spare parts for sale. There will be a big model show and food catering on site. The club’s 2017 Christmas Dinner was held at the Shamrock Lodge Hotel in Athlone and the event turned out to be highly enjoyable. The South Roscommon Vintage Club corn threshing took place in Athleague village on Sunday October 29th. Over a sunny bank holiday weekend our Vintage Club staged an impressive display over two days at the All-Ireland Sheep Shearing Championships in Kiltoom, Athlone. On a Sunday in late August a keen group of the South Roscommon Vintage members travelled to Eyrecourt in East Galway to support a charity road run in aid of the Niall Mellon Trust Foundation. For details on the Auto Jumble on Sunday, January 28th contact Liam Keogh on 087-7565147.
Garden Club to meet at Abbey Hotel
The next meeting of the Roscommon Garden Club will take place on Monday, January 29th at The Abbey Hotel. The guest speaker on the night will be Barry Ward from Ballinasloe Garden Centre. The topic of Barry’s talk will be
‘Making your garden pay’ which will include composting and rejuvenating your garden. Ballinasloe Garden Centre has been in business for almost 30 years and is a family-run company. Barry has had an interest in agriculture and horticulture since childhood and he trained with the Franciscans in Multyfarnham, Mullingar. He has also worked in the Sap nurseries in Kildare and has had a landscaping company for well over 30 years. Barry will have seen many changes in the industry over the years and with his knowledge and experience we are in for a very interesting night. All are welcome on Monday (29th) at The Abbey Hotel for what promises to be informative evening.
Concert this Sunday in Glenamaddy Town Hall Craobh Tom Morrison is starting the New Year with a concert this Sunday (21st) in Glenamaddy Town Hall. The concert, which runs from 5-7 pm, will feature some of the great young traditional musicians in the area. The €5 entry cost includes refreshments, entry to a draw for a hotel break and to Jim Pete’s
pub for a music session following the concert. Please support.
CPR/AED training in Loughglynn All CPR/AED trained responders in the Loughglynn/Gorthaganny/ Lisacul areas are now due to renew their training. Training will take place in Loughglynn Community Centre on Friday, January 26th from 5.30 pm-8 pm, while two further training sessions will be held on Saturday, January 27th (morning and afternoon). To book a class that suits you, please contact Dympna on 086-0682109, Breege on 087-1268806 or Andre on 0877425947. New members are very welcome to join the class and learn vital life-saving skills.
Thanks from Underwater Search and Recovery Club Roscommon & District Underwater Search and Recovery Club would like to thank all who contributed so generously to our church gate appeal on the weekend of January 6th and 7th. The monies collected will go towards the purchasing of essential search and recovery equipment. We depend on your generosity so thank you again for your support.
Glenamaddy Parish set for Icon’s arrival The Icon of the Holy Family was specially commissioned by World Meeting of Families 2018. The Icon has now started to travel to each diocese in Ireland and next week will be in five parishes in the Archdiocese of Tuam, Glenamaddy parish being one of them. The icon is designed to encourage reflection and prayer as part of the journey of preparations to WMOF2018. The icon is accompanied by petition boxes, where families can write their intentions and prayer. As well as preparations for the World Meeting of Families 2018, which began last September, Glenamaddy Parish also had a ‘Family Giving Tree’ where people donated unwanted gifts over the Christmas period and the huge amount of gifts collected were delivered to Galway Simon Community to help families in need. Next Tuesday (23rd) at 8 pm Parish Priest of Glenamaddy Fr. Paddy Mooney will celebrate Mass and will be joined by Fr. Michael Goaley, Glenamaddy, Fr. Fergal Cunnane, Dunmore and Fr. Tommie Commins, Kilkerrin. More details will be available outlining a more detailed programme at our Masses this weekend. All are welcome to Glenamaddy to celebrate Mass next Tuesday.
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Four days in Germany… into a shop, you invariably got a friendly hello, but after that, eyes and sometimes feet follow your every move, as though you have a getaway car outside. Understandable, I suppose, but a bit off-putting! In one shop, the woman behind the counter had a shockingly stern expression. Everywhere I turn, I feel her eyes shadowing me. And she’s standing beside a display of penknives. I buy a miniature car. Apparently it’s an ambulance. The woman perks up. “Ah, you need a doctor!”
Monday oday (January 1st), we’ve arrived in Germany for a first-ever post-Christmas break. Earlier today we rang in the New Year in Roscommon; a few hours later we were on a Ryanair flight. All six of us are here; Fiona, myself and our four children. We have six travel bags and we will be travelling around Germany and Austria by train. What could possibly go wrong? After arriving at Stuttgart Airport, we taxi to our hotel, which is further ‘out of town’ than we and the old Internet thought. The good news is that the hotel stands in the impressive shadow of a huge stadium. It is next-door to it. I investigate, and yes, it’s the home stadium of Stuttgart FC. It’s the MercedesBenz Arena. Being so close to a great European football stadium gives me butterflies; I’m a boy again. Unfortunately, there’s no football until later in the month. It seems they take a break in January in The Bundesliga. Still, it’s nice to spend two nights next door to the home of Stuttgart FC, and I pass a half hour in the adjoining fans’ store. But I’m not converted from my loyal and long-suffering support of Leeds United. In the hotel this evening, we discover that the bar/restaurant has been adorned with an Irish name. Yeah, right. At least they’ve gone to the trouble to stock Guinness. After we order food, I glance at the drinks menu. Beside ‘Guinness’, they provide a description (for the benefit of the bewildered): ‘Guinness: A velvety black Irish beer with a creamy finish accompanied by slight coffee note.’ The gentle sales pitch notwithstanding, I invoke the ‘Be suspicious of Guinness abroad’ rule. Unashamed porter prejudice. I order a local beer and it’s grand.
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Tuesday day trip to Heidelberg. It’s the beginning of a week of train journeys. We plan to stay two nights in Stuttgart, two in Rothenburg, three in Salzburg and one in Munich. Fiona and the girls will oversee the travel plans…checking train times, working out what ticket packages should be purchased, determining when and where we transfer, locating the correct platforms, very impressively getting a family of six across a landscape that is new to us. Me? I will relentlessly count us and our travel bags. My job’s not as complex as it
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Emma, Ciara, Alannah, Matthew and Paul Healy pictured outside Heidelberg Castle, Germany.
sounds: Basically, every time we step off a train or tram, joining a new busy web of commuters on a platform, I check that there are six of us and six bags. And every time we step on to a train or tram I do the same. And every time I reach ‘six’ I exhale a satisfying man sigh and then try to catch up with the rest of them. Heidelberg is a historic town and a beautiful one. We’re only there for a few hours. The highlight is our trip to Heidelberg Castle. It’s a pretty spectacular experience; an epic, winding walk to the summit, then a sensational view of the old city from its peak. astles and museums are great, but I can’t resist people watching. The various train stations don’t disappoint. Back at Stuttgart Main Station, there’s all human life and smoothies and hot dogs and jewellery and crafts. “You have to try hot dogs (Wiener Würstchen) in Germany” the girls told me; I did, and I didn’t like them. A weathered looking middleaged man leaning against a wall raises his crutch and shouts what I’m confident are German expletives into the stranger-dotted nothingness of his day. Occasionally we have to check a detail or two about our schedule and so we find ourselves in a spacious ‘Information Room’ at Stuttgart Main Station. There’s no-one in front of us so we march up to the desk. “You have to get a number!” booms the highly unimpressed lady behind the desk, looking at us as if we have stolen every bit of joy from her life. So we get a number and join a ‘queue’ on a long bench. Beside us, a cocky man speaks in a cocky tone into his mobile. Then he lights up a fag. The woman behind the information desk roars at him. The
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desk almost shakes. The offender responds with a crude and rude gesture which involves his finger. Within sixty seconds, two police officers arrive, usher him outside and he’s soon apologising and pleading innocence. Half an hour later, still inside the walls of the station, he’s lit up again, a few feet away from angry crutch man and a lifetime away from obeying the law.
Wednesday he hotel in Stuttgart was very good and the staff were friendly and helpful. I might return when Leeds draw Stuttgart in the Champions League. The staff all ‘had English’, so we didn’t bother much with our German phrasebook. A range of free coffees from a machine in the lobby went down a treat with us. ‘Have a nice day’ some American guests said to us as we checked out, and we intended to do exactly that. Today we are travelling on leg two of our journey: to the medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Arriving at a tiny train station later, we disembark from the train. Six people, six travel bags. A ten-minute walk to the town. We weren’t sure what to expect, but our hopes were high. Once we got there, we were bowled over by the beauty and charm of this town. All the more enchanting because it was still Christmas, Rothenburg is like something you’d see in a Disney movie. Beautiful cobblestone streets, unusually shaped and quaint houses, magical shops, a breathtaking square, majestic and historic buildings… we loved it. There’s a fabulous town hall, historic churches and museums, and particularly enjoyable was our walk around the old city walls.
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Our hotel was ancient and all the better for it, the lobby adorned with antique paintings and memorabilia reflecting the area’s history. A few doors down, an Italian restaurant which we liked. On our first night there, three young American men took a table near us. In their 20s, at a guess. They placed their order. Soon they are talking about Trump, about what is happening to their country. I listen for a minute or two. Their conversation is considered, concerned, constructive. They are despondent about the state of the Republican Party and not thrilled with the Democrats either. “I can’t believe the Republicans haven’t split (since Trump)” one guy says. They despair for their country. It’s interesting listening to them; heartening and reassuring too. I can’t help but think that any one of these three articulate, patriotic, likeable lads would probably make a more stable and sensible President of the United States than the present incumbent.
Thursday here are souvenir shops everywhere. Some of the shops in Rothenburg ob der Tauber are magical in terms of their beauty and quaintness. There is a huge emphasis on Christmas decorations…toys, souvenirs, gifts, jewellery, thousands of beautiful items, many of them unique and hand-made. Things are quite expensive…but so tempting. They are obsessed with cuckoo clocks: entire walls are adorned with beautiful variations of clocks. Some of the Healys are sitting ducks for the cuckoos. One tongue-in-cheek gripe with the owners/staff in these shops however; most of them had the ‘Staring suspiciously at customers’ thing going on. When you went
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here’s a Medieval Crime Museum in Rothenburg and it’s well worth a visit. We called in and couldn’t leave. It was fascinating. Over a number of floors, this renowned museum details much of the extraordinary history of crime and punishment in that area in medieval times. There are numerous original items on display. Reading about the torture meted out to people is fascinating. People sentenced to death usually faced a very grim end. Often, undesirables were literally hung, drawn and quartered in front of a baying public in the town square. Others were drowned or boiled to death, or impaled or decapitated by a sword of axe. You could be executed by being set on fire or being crushed. We read of the various gruesome methods of torture/shaming/ punishment for people deemed to have offended the powers-that-be. It was entirely usual for people to be humiliated in the town squares. Men and women were put on public display wearing ‘shame masks’ while locked into stocks or some such restraining device. Ah, all these centuries on, we had to shake our heads and see the… er…humour in some of this. Two women who were bickering would be marched into the square and shackled together, their heads stuck through a gap in a piece of timber, their hands jutting out through two holes. There they remained, unable to move, staring at eachother, released only when they had made up. There was even a shaming mask for ‘bad musicians.’ And if a man treated his wife badly, locals came around and took the roof off his house. After two hours of all this fascinating torture trivia, it was time to leave and return to the bright, mild afternoon outside. Anyone for coffee? Or a ‘German hot dog’?
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Next week: Three days in Austria… including ‘The Sound of Music, a Concentration Camp and Mozart’s birthplace’
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Anger at ordeal of patient (90) who was seven hours on trolley Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy says a 90-year-old woman who had to spend seven hours on a trolley at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe could easily have been attended to in Roscommon Hospital. He says the episode is further evidence of “a health system which is unfit for purpose”. Deputy Murphy said the woman was left waiting on a trolley for seven hours in Ballinasloe following an x-ray for a minor fracture. “While the staff in Portiuncula were very kind to this lady, they are operating under very difficult circumstances and are under extreme pressure.
“This 90-year-old lady was transferred from x-ray to the A&E where she was left waiting for seven hours on a trolley. Understandably she was very distressed until a family member was able to arrive”. Deputy Murphy said the woman was discharged with an appointment to attend Merlin Park the following day where she was given the all clear. “The question is – did this lady really need to be sent to the A&E at all? This type of thing is adding to unnecessary stress and anxiety for older and more vulnerable people. These type of interventions should be able to be provided in Roscommon Hospital”.
Picture shows Mary Earley and Cllr. Orla Leyden, Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council, presenting the Dermot Earley Bursary Award to Rachel Fitzmaurice. Also in picture are Seán Kilbride and Martin Dolan. Pic: Gerard O’Loughlin
Dermot Earley Bursary awards for local stars The Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council Cllr. Orla Leyden presented the Dermot Earley Bursary, valued at €1,000 each, to two outstanding recipients for 2017/2018. Rachel Fitzmaurice from Fuerty and Cian McKeon from Boyle were present to accept their awards in Áras an Chontae with Mary Earley (wife the late Dermot Earley) also in attendance to congratulate the winners. Rachel is a former pupil of the Convent of Mercy in Roscommon town and a dual Camogie and Ladies county footballer. She holds an All-Ireland Schools title in soccer, was named the schools
senior sportsperson of the year in 2017 and is currently studying engineering in NUIG. Cian is a former student of the Abbey Community College in Boyle and currently studying Education and Training in DCU. Cian plays for Boyle GAA Club and was a member of the Roscommon panel that won the Connacht Senior Championship in 2017. The Dermot Earley Bursary is awarded annually by Roscommon County Council to two athletes, attending first year in a third level college, with an accomplished background in sport and education.
Cian McKeon pictured here with Mary Earley and Cllr. Orla Leyden, Cathaoirleach of Roscommon Co. Council, receiving a bursary award in the presence of Martin Dolan and Seán Kilbride. Pic: Gerard O’Loughlin
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Pictured at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition last week was Adam Kingi, Lanesboro Community College with his project titled: ‘Smartphones – Can they affect the neuroplasticity of babies and young children?’ His project highlighted the excessive usage of electronic devices by young children now, and included a statistical analysis of the potential this has to result in child developmental issues.
Minister Denis Naughten and Peter Evans, BT Ireland, with Sinéad Kelly, Scoil Mhuire Gan Smal, Roscommon, and her project ‘Could a Smartphone app be an all-in-one guide to emergency situations and services’. Pic: Peter Houlihan
David McDonnell and Cormac Hoare from Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown, and their project ‘The formula for Super Honey’. Pic: Iain White
Ruth Murphy presents the Social and Behavioural Intermediate Individual third place award to Michael Lough, Roscommon Community College, for his project ‘Attitudes to Public Green Space in Rural Irish Towns’ at the RDS last week. Pic: Chris Bellew
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Senator Maura Hopkins pictured with Roisin Tully, Mairead Tully and Zara Hunt from Scoil Mhuire gan Smal, Roscommon town at last week’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS in Dublin.
Peadar O’Scanaill, MVB Veterinary Council of Ireland presents the Veterinary Council of Ireland award to Cora Sharkey, Castlerea Community School. Pic: Chris Bellew/Fennell Photography
Cormac Hoare, Senator Maura Hopkins, David McDonnell and Modwena Geoghegan (teacher) from Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown last week’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS in Dublin.
Well done to Niamh Flaherty and Arianna Cahill from St Nathy’s College in Ballaghaderreen who were Highly Commended at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition for their project on different toothpaste brands entitled: Does Money Buy You A Smile. Deputy Eugene Murphy is pictured here with Niamh and Arianna and Alex Campbell of BT Ireland.
Roscommon students make their mark at Young Scientist Exhibition Co. Roscommon was well represented at last week’s BT Young Scientist Exhibition at the RDS in Dublin. 23 projects were on display from schools across the county during the event which ran from Tuesday to Saturday. Local students took home a number of awards from this year’s exhibition while Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown teacher, Modwena Geoghegan was awarded the Perrigo Biological and Ecological Educator of the Excellence Award. Scoil Mhuire gan Smal student, Niamh Petrie, took first place in the Social and Behavioural Intermediate Individual award while Michael Lough was awarded third place in the same category. Elsewhere, there was recognition from the Veterinary Council of Ireland for Castlerea Community College student, Cora Sharkey. Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins was in attendance and she was impressed with the large number of Roscommon students taking part. “It was fantastic to see 23 projects from students right across Co. Roscommon on display at this year’s exhibition. “Those involved in the competition locally have put a huge amount of work into their projects over the past number of months. It was incredible to
Ruth Murphy, Chief Counsel Business and Public Sector, BT, presents the Social and Behavioural Intermediate Individual first-place award to Niamh Petrie, Scoil Mhuire gan Smal, Roscommon, at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition at the RDS last week. Pic: Chris Bellew
see and learn about the wide variety of projects students undertook. “The students are a credit to their families, schools, and communities, and are fantastic ambassadors for our county,” she said. Senator Hopkins also
paid tribute to the county’s teachers and said it was very important to continue to encourage an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) due to employment opportunities in those sectors.
Ron Janish presents the Perrigo Biological and Ecological Educator of Excellence Award to Modwena Geoghegan, Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition last week. Pic: Chris Bellew/Fennell Photography
Deputy Eugene Murphy, who also attended the BT Young Scientist exhibition at the RDS, has congratulated all local students who took part. “Congratulations to all the local award winners at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition. Special
Congratulations to Modwena Geoghegan from Scoil Mhuire in Strokestown who scooped the Perrigo Education of Excellence Award as part of the Teachers Awards at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition. “The hard work, dedication
and passion of teachers can sometimes go unrecognised but the commitment and drive of teachers is necessary to promote the STEM subjects and Modwena is certainly flying the flag for County Roscommon. Well done,” said Deputy Murphy.
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ICMSA calls for immediate action on fodder At least 60,000 bales are required to meet the fodder shortage in the Northwest alone which has extended into counties Monaghan, Cavan and Roscommon, according to Mr. Lorcan McCabe, Deputy President of ICMSA, who expressed disappointment at the reluctance of the Department of Agriculture, Food & Marine
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IFA Rural Development Chairman Joe Brady has urged Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed to make GLAS payments to all farmers who are still awaiting them. The IFA Rural Development Chairman said there are still more than 10,000 farmers due an advance payment for 2017. Advance payments began in early December. Joe Brady said that according to the Department of Agriculture there are more than 600 farmers whose nutrient management plans are outstanding, 880 whose commonage management plans have not been submitted, and 260 farmers whose documentation in relation to Low Emission Slurry Spreading has not been submitted. Joe Brady pointed out that this is far less than the 10,000 farmers due a payment and there is no reason the remaining farmers cannot be paid. “It is important that farmers and planners send in whatever documentation is required so that payments can be made”, the Rural Development Chairman said. So far, €136m has been paid out under the 2017 GLAS scheme. IFA estimates that a further €60m is due to farmers under the 2017 scheme.
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“We have made consistent recommendations to the Department to subsidise the transport of forage and to introduce vouchers for ‘fodder stretcher’ ration but to date, these suggestions seem to have fallen on deaf ears”. A Department intervention is quite clearly required, he concluded.
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Char X 725kgs €1240, Lim 640kgs €1225, Lim X 685kgs €1220, Char X 715kgs €1190, Lim X 535kgs €950, AAX 600kgs €930, Char X 615kgs €920, Lim X 465kgs €765, Char X 535kgs €700.
Lim X 520kgs €1100, Lim X 305kgs €830.
Heifers Simm X 500kgs €1045, BBX 475kgs €900, Char X 415kgs €750, AAX 400kgs €750, AAX 335kgs €700.
Finished lambs 61.4kgs €116.50, 54.8kgs €115, 59.3kgs €115, 50.8kgs €113, 49.7kgs €110.50, 49.5kgs €107, 47.5kgs €106.
Store lambs 40.6kgs €92.50, 43kgs €92, 41.9kgs €91, 41.5kgs €85, 37.8kgs €74.50.
Manager’s report… Brendan Egan, Castlerea Mart “There were 350 cattle on offer at our first sale for 2018. Trade in general was similar to pre-Christmas with good demand for all categories on offer. “Forward store bullocks and heifers were the strongest trade on the day while the top quality weanlings were slightly improved in price. The dry cow trade is holding firm with better quality cows making over €2 a kilo while the first of this year’s calves met a lively trade. “Cows with calves at foot made up to €2100. Springer cows made from €850 to €1365. Young calves made form €130 to €340 per head with stronger runner lots making from €370 up to €745 for the continental type lots. “Sales continue at Castlerea Mart today (18th) with our usual sale of bullocks, heifers, cows, calves, runners and weanlings. All sales commence at 11 am.”
Manager’s report… Maura Quigley, Roscommon Mart “There were small numbers on offer for the first cattle sale of 2018 (Friday, January 12th). There was a lively trade for all classes with a 100% clearance of lots. Prices for bullocks ranged from an average of €2.33 up to €2.72 per kilo, while heifers averaged from €1.86 per kilo up to €2.09 per kilo. Dry cows made from €1.62 per kilo up to €1.91 per kilo. There will be a special sale of heifers tomorrow (Friday 19th) at 11 am as well as bullocks and dry cows. “We had a small entry of lambs for our first sale of 2018 (Wednesday, January 10th). There was similar trade for the finished lambs with lambs making as high as €116.5. The trade for cast ewes was similar to the previous sale before Christmas with prices ranging from €75 to €133. Cast ewes made from €75 to €133 per lot “Sales continue each Wednesday at 11 am for lambs and cast ewes. Scanned in lamb to P.B. Charollais ram, due from 22nd January onwards”.
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Lm 480kgs €1280, BBx 440kgs €1040, Ch 520kgs €1275, Ch 550kgs €1350, Lm 560kgs €1325, Lm 635kgs €1445, Six 605kgs €1290.
Lm 920kgs €1865, Si 820kgs €1590, Chx 695kgs €1380, Fr 495kgs €630, Lm 745kgs €1350.
Weanling bulls Heifers Lmx 425kgs €1100, AAx 385kgs €1095, Ch 365kgs €1065, Lm 460kgs €1170, AA 450kgs €1050, BBx 600kgs €1580, Lm 535kgs €1255.
AA 295kgs €815, Ch 290kgs €790, Lm 255kgs €740, Lm 410kgs €1165, Ch 460kgs €1135, Ch 415kgs €1115, Ch 385kgs €1075.
Weanling heifers Lm 285kgs €900, Lm 255kgs €750, BBx 315kgs €990, Lm 355kgs €985, Ch 340kgs €940, Lm 305kgs €830.
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‘DISGUSTING!’ Growing litter problem at Athleague facility
There is a growing litter problem at recycling facilities in Athleague.
Athleague Tidy Towns have appealed to people using recycling facilities to avoid littering the area with unwanted and non-recyclable waste. A statement from the group highlighted the ongoing problems at the facility. “In recent weeks it was noted in the Roscommon People the problem of litter being left at bottle banks as well as along roadsides throughout the county. “Here in Athleague we are pleased to have recycling facilities for glass, cans and clothes, but sadly they are being abused. “Some people leave their containers including bags, boxes, buckets, etc. behind. They also take the liberty of leaving kettles, toasters, delph and batteries as well as leaving behind bags of bottles on the ground without emptying them. The Civic Amenities Centre in Roscommon town caters for all this extra waste. “It is disgusting enough to see this rubbish left at the recycling banks, but during the recent stormy weather this rubbish has also been blown throughout the village”.
David Diffley, MIPAV, TRV, of Property Partners Earley, Roscommon is this week pleased to advise that he has closed the sale of a primely located eight-bedroomed former public house and butcher shop of c. 5,000 sq.ft. located at Main Street, Ballygar, Co. Galway for a very satisfactory price. David describes the property as “a substantial property being a former residential public house and butcher shop located in the heart of Ballygar town. The said property stands on an extensive site area with the benefit of rear access together with an array of out buildings”. David further commented: “We have experienced a very busy selling period with quality properties attracting strong interest in all areas. Due to demand, we are now seeking properties in all areas for disappointed underbidders and cash buyers. We welcome all submissions and offer a free appraisal service”. If you wish to make an enquiry, contact David Diffley, MIPAV, TRV, of Property Partners Earley, Stone Court, The Square, Roscommon on 090-6626579 or email ddiffley@propertypartners.ie or log onto www.propertypartners.ie.
LEGAL: DERMOT MACDERMOTT, SOLICITOR, CASTLEREA. TEL. 094 96 20125.
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FINAL OFFERS INVITED TO SELL A MOST ATTRACTIVE 3 B/R SEMI DETACHED RESIDENCE OF C. 1,235 SQ.FT LOCATED AT
27 KILDALLOGUE HEIGHTS, STROKESTOWN, CO. ROSCOMMON
Final offers after €80,000 to sell. A quality property located in the established and sought after Kildallogue Heights development conveniently located beside Strokestown and all amenities. The said property is presented for sale in good condition throughout and has the benefit of a large garage to side with spacious garden areas servicing the front and rear. We now invite final viewing and final offers after €80,000 to sell.
Wanted, wanted, wanted! Property Partners Earley, Roscommon are this week advising that following a number of sales of farms in the region over the past number of weeks, they now require farms in all areas for cash clients and disappointed underbidders. John Earley commented: “Following on from a number of successful farm sales in the area over the past number of weeks, we now require farmlands of all sizes acres in all areas. We offer a comprehensive sales service with a one of the largest databases of customers in the region. Should you wish to place your property on the market, we offer a free consultation service and we welcome all enquiries”. To avail of a free consultation, please contact one of the professional team at Property Partners Earley, Roscommon on 090-6626579, email jearley@propertypartners. ie, or log onto www.propertypartners.ie.
Wanted – land to let
Athleague Tidy Towns have appealed to people using recycling facilities to avoid littering the area with unwanted and non-recyclable waste.
A substantial double fronted town centre property standing on a prime site area. The said properties are zoned “Core Town Centre” under the Castlerea Local Area Plan 2016 - 2022 and offers a substantial rear garden area with huge potential. Altogether, this is a quality property to come available in this prime location in the centre of Castlerea town and we now welcome viewings and all offers to sell.
Property Partners Earley, Roscommon are this week advising that they require farms of all sizes in all areas for the forthcoming letting season. John Earley commented: “We have an extensive client base and substantial pre-enquiries for the forthcoming letting season and consequently we require farms of all sizes to meet demand for both short and long term lettings. We offer a free consultation service and we welcome all enquiries”. To avail of a free consultation, please contact one of the professional team at Property Partners Earley, Roscommon on 090-6626579, email jearley@propertypartners. ie, or log onto www.propertypartners.ie.
LEGAL: MARIE CONNELLAN, MESSERS PA CONNELLAN & CO, STROKESTOWN. TEL. 071 96 33009.
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NEW TO THE MARKET A PRIME COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT PROPERTY OF C. 1,170 SQ.FT LOCATED AT
GOFF STREET, ROSCOMMON TOWN, CO. ROSCOMMON A primely located commercial property positioned adjacent to Roscommon’s main street, the AIB bank and all local businesses. Ground floor retail unit of c. 840 sq.ft – vacant possession. 1st floor office space of c. 330 sq.ft – subject to a tenancy. Tenant not affected. The auctioneers now invite immediate viewings and all offers to sell.
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LANDS TO LEASE – 5 YEAR TERM C.41 Acres located at Cloonmurly, Kilteevan with the benefit of storage shed and hay shed Enquiries invited.
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there are no delays in the lending process. REA Seamus Carthy are on the majority of lending institutions panels and can provide these valuations efficiently. Aishleen advised that they also specialise in Red Book valuations for commercial and residential portfolios, land sales, capital gains tax, rental valuations, fair deal valuations, probate valuations and landlord and tenant advice. At REA Seamus Carthy we ensure that the highest professional standards are adhered to at all times. We are Registered Valuers and differentiate ourselves from others.
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Lands Total Area c. 2.24 ha. (5.5 ac.) together with Buildings thereon. Current use G.A.A. Pitch and Dressingrooms FINAL OFFERS By Friday, 9th February 2018
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For further information or to get professional advice in relation to commercial, residential or land valuations contact Aishleen O’Toole or Seamus Carthy at REA Seamus Carthy on 090-6630001 or email info@ reacarthy.ie.
The lands are currently used as a G.A.A. Pitch and Car Park. There has been a lot of investment in the lands to create a good quality playing surface and there is good drainage. The buildings comprise dressingrooms and store c. 76 sq.mts. and a ball alley c. 90.5 sq.mts which requires investment. The property has a good location on the edge of the town and is serviced by a public road and footpath. It has a public water supply, septic tank and electricity. It offers a unique opportunity to purchase a facility such as this which is ready to go. It is also an opportunity for anyone seeking a holding of lands with potential. Full details from the auctioneers.
Townhouse must be viewed! At Abbey Street, Roscommon Town, Hughes & Company are offering for sale an attractive five-bedroomed townhouse with a large private yard and rear entrance. The property would be suitable for further development subject to planning permission being granted. Viewing is a must. For further information or to make an appointment to view, contact the office on 090-6627003 or email info@pathughesauctioneers.com
REA Seamus Carthy continue their USA marketing campaign for 2018 with their upcoming property exhibition, taking place in New York on the 8th March 2018.
REA Seamus Carthy – bringing properties to New York REA Seamus Carthy continue their USA marketing campaign for 2018 with their upcoming property exhibition, taking place in Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel, 687 Lexington Avenue, New York on the 8th March 2018. Seamus Carthy of REA Seamus Carthy, Roscommon Town confirms that demand from property buyers in the USA is consistently increasing with sales conducted through his office last year with buyers from New York and Boston. “Through the REA group, we are the first to pioneer Irish sales in the US” commented Seamus. “We now are bringing properties to New York, giving a host of US buyers the chance to browse in comfort and talk to the experts on the ground”. To register and showcase your property in our New York exhibition, Contact Nuala Diffley at REA Seamus Carthy, Roscommon Town on 090-6630001. Get the best price for your property.
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On the books of Hughes & Co Hughes & Company have a number of units to let in Roscommon Town, including: * Circa 800 sq. ft. commercial unit to let at The Square, Roscommon Town, formerly Mary Raftery Ltd. Jewellers. The property is been let with a 4 year 9 month lease. The building is in excellent condition and located in one of Roscommon’s most sought after areas. The unit comes with the benefit of an alarm and shuttering. * At the Lanesboro Road, Roscommon Hughes & Company have available to let a large commercial unit which was formerly Connacht Motors. It’s to the rear of the Top Filling Station. 9,500 sq. ft. area available in one or two lots to suit. Also available is a secure car compound. For further information or to make an appointment to view, contact the office on 090-6627003 or email info@ pathughesauctioneers.com
The Square, Roscommon town.
Lanesboro Road, Roscommon town.
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PropertyPeople Seeking all types of properties Due to continued success Hughes & Company are urgently looking for all types of property in and around Roscommon for a number of disappointed underbidders. If you are thinking of buying or selling, talk to Pat. Let him advise you – his advice is free. Call 090-6627003 or email info@pathughesauctioneers.com
For sale in Strokestown Hughes & Company have for sale at Church Street, Roscommon a large four-bedroomed residence in need of some modernisation. Pat is confirming that they are accepting offers in excess of €120,000 for this residence. For further information or to make an appointment to view, contact the office on 090-6627003 or email info@pathughesauctioneers.com
Apartments for sale At the Racecourse Road, Roscommon Hughes & Company are offering for sale four one-bedroomed apartments. The building is fully let at present and has the benefit of 3 phase power and is generating an annual rental income of €14,000. For further information or to make an appointment to view, contact the office on 090-6627003 or email info@pathughesauctioneers.com
No. 14, Vesnoy, Strokestown
New to the market with Pat Hughes The week Hughes & Company have new to the market at No. 14, Vesnoy, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon an attractive three-bedroomed residence located a short walk from Strokestown Town centre. The residence is finished to a high standard with accommodation consisting of a sitting room, kitchen cum dining room, downstairs bathroom. Upstairs consists of three bedrooms, with one having a toilet off same. The residence has the benefit of a large garage to the rear. Pat is encouraging interested parties to view the property as it is in pristine condition. For further information or to make an appointment to view, contact the office on 090-6627003 or email info@pathughesauctioneers.com
20 acres in Tulsk for sale
Racecourse Road, Roscommon.
At Glenballythomas, Tulsk, Hughes & Company are offering for sale circa 20 acres with excellent road frontage. The lands are located in one block. For further information or to make an appointment to view, contact the office on 090-6627003 or email info@pathughesauctioneers.com
WE NEED YOUR HELP! ATTENTION PROPERTY OWNERS IN BALLYGAR NEWBRIDGE MOUNTBELLEW ●
Houses sought in Ballygar, Newbridge and Mountbellew Connaughton Auctioneers are seeking properties in the following areas: Ballygar, Newbridge and Mountbellew. Ivan Connaughton, right, commented to Roscommon People: “Due to an unprecedented amount of sales in those areas in 2017 we have a growing list of buyers eager to purchase property in these areas in particular. “One of the key factors for people purchasing properties in these particular areas is the commute to work in areas such as Loughrea, Tuam, Athlone, Roscommon, Ballinasloe and Galway City. With prices on the rise there is still value to be achieved in the satellite towns which people are now looking to as an alternative. “As an example of the current demand, if we take Newbridge in isolation, we have four ready-to-go purchasers with funds in place seeking to purchase within one mile of Newbridge Village”. Anyone thinking of selling can avail of a Free Valuation. Contact us today on 090-6663700 to arrange same. No sale, no fee. Email: info@ivanconnaughton.com. Web: www.connaughtonauctioneers.ie
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If you have LANDS TO LET IN 2018 YOU NEED TO TALK TO
C.210 ACRES AT STROKESTOWN, CO. ROSCOMMON • Good quality lands • Newly fenced for sheep • Serviced with water (No Charge) • Pen & Crush standing thereon • Available from 1st March 2018 to 1st February 2019 • Sheep & Cattle Only +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
C.55 ACRES AT LECARROW, CO. ROSCOMMON • First time letting of excellent quality lands • Set out in two lots (can be leased in lots) • 5 bay slatted shed (16 foot slat) with creep • Pen & crush • Being leased on a 5 or 6 year term from 1st March • Sheep & Cattle Only • Entitlements Included +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
C.11.5 ACRES AT ATHLEAGUE, CO. ROSCOMMON We will provide you with a FREE VALUATION of your lands Call Connaughton Auctioneers on (090) 66 63700
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CIPD to host Employment Law talk The Midlands Region of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has announced details of an upcoming talk ‘Annual Employment Law Update’. This event, which is kindly sponsored by Collins McNicholas Recruitment and HR Services Group, will take place in the Sheraton Athlone Hotel at 8 am on Wednesday, January 24th. The event will focus on a review of case law and other developments in Employment Law over the last year. There will be a particular emphasis on upcoming changes in Employment Law and what
Pictured (l-r) are: Tomasz Perkowski (CIPD Midlands Committee PR Member), Sorcha Gavin, Alison Sheridan (CIPD Midlands Committee Chairperson), and Niall Curley (CIPD Midlands Committee PRO and Secretary). CIPD will host an Annual Employment Law Update next Wednesday (24th) at the Sheraton Hotel in Athlone.
practitioners should be aware of over the coming year. There will be a networking opportunity
with breakfast provided, followed by the speaker commencing at 8.30 am. This event is due to finish at approximately 10 am,
following a Q&A. The speaker for the event is Alastair Purdy, a partner with Purdy FitzGerald Solicitors. In this ses-
sion, Alastair will share insightful information on Employment Law and will discuss the key changes and challenges facing organisations. Overall, the presentation on the morning will be highly practical in nature and of relevance to anyone with an interest in Employment Law. The session will close with facilitated discussion amongst the attendees to reinforce the key takeaways regarding Employment Law. To attend this event, please RSVP to midlandscipd@gmail.com by close of business on Friday, January 19th.
BUSINESS At A Glance Successful seminar A seminar convened by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Denis Naughten to review the criteria for the connection of rural towns to the natural gas grid, has concluded. The seminar examined the Study, commissioned by the Minister, into the wider economic costs and benefits of potential extensions of the Irish natural gas network. In addition to this seminar Minister Naughten has welcomed the confirmation that Gas Networks Ireland has sought tenders to construct a new gas pipeline from Athlone to the Centre Parcs project in Ballymahon.
First AGM of Ballaghaderreen Chamber of Commerce Following a very successful launch and an active 2017, the Ballaghaderreen Chamber of Commerce are holding its first AGM on Wednesday, January 24th at 8.30 pm upstairs in Durkin’s Bar & Restaurant on the Square. We want to encourage all businesses to attend this AGM and continue the much-needed work of the Chamber for the benefit of all businesses in Ballaghaderreen. Following the AGM there will be light refreshments and an opportunity to business network. Looking forward to meeting you on the night and to you being part of ongoing support and continued development of the Chamber.
Senator says ‘Ryanair policy is anti-family’ Fine Gael Senator Frank Feighan has asked that Ryanair appear before the Oireachtas
It’s a first…at Klassic Cleaners Well-known dry cleaners’ Klassic Cleaners (Roscommon) recently introduced a first in the region! Having recently invested in a Wetclean system, Klassic Cleaners had a follow-up on site training day with Hemant Zavery of Cole & Wilson soap products. Hemant is widely known as one of the best specialist cleaning experts in Ireland and the UK. The system allows safer cleaning of many delicate items such as beaded/decorated dresses and gowns Pictured are Joan Lynch, Liam Stephens and Hemant Zavery. including wedding gowns, eco-friendly, and is unIrish dancing dresses, etc. any colour fading on cotderstood to be the first of It also allows the cleaning ton trousers, jackets, etc. its kind in Roscommon. of deep dyed items without This system is also very transport committee over what he believes is a punitive seating allocation policy for families. “Before a change in Ryanair policy last year, family members checking in online at the same time almost always ended up sitting together on-board. Now, families have to pay an extra charge to guarantee that they will have seats together, otherwise they will be subject to random seat allocation. “This issue has already caused much furore but I believe that many families don’t and shouldn’t have to pay a charge which can range from €4 to €15 per passenger. I have
myself witnessed families, who haven’t paid the charge, unnecessarily separated aboard aircrafts, causing confusion and stress when it should be a time of joyful anticipation. “I have now written to my colleague on the Oireachtas transport committee and its chairman, Fergus O’Dowd, with a view to inviting Ryanair to come before us and explain the rationale behind this policy. “I am a huge admirer of Ryanair who have led the way in revolutionising the airline industry but I am calling on the company to review this punitive policy which I strongly believe is anti-family,” he concluded.
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‘The Man in Black’ returns
The Number 1 Johnny Cash Tribute right across America, ‘The Man In Black’, returns to Roscommon Arts Centre on Tuesday, February 20th for one night only. After a completely ‘sold out’ show in February 2017, Terry Lee Goffee and his band are back and you won’t want to miss this show. He sings like Johnny and he looks like Johnny and he performs just like the great man too, with energy, charisma and vitality! Johnny Cash’s own siblings have given this show the seal of approval with Tommy Cash stating: “The show is great, my brother would be proud” and Joanne Cash Yates declaring “It’s a wonderful show, I would recommend it to anyone, you don’t impersonate my brother, you pay tribute with honour and Terry does this in spades”. Tickets are selling fast for ‘The Man in Black’ so don’t delay and book yours now from Roscommon Arts Centre on 090-66 25824/www.roscommonartscentre.ie.
Pictured in the Hollywood Bar, Roscommon were Coleen Kelly, Aaron Killilea and Alex Murray. Picture: Andrew Fox
It’s easy to remain Keane on Sean Paul Healy You start to describe Sean Keane as ‘laidback’… and you find yourself scrambling for a more… laidback word. He is the most relaxed of performers. First on stage were his trusty (and very talented) musicians, Fergus Feely and Pat Coyne. Then came Sean. The venue was Roscommon Arts Centre, last Saturday night. He moved into our midst in a gear somewhere below ‘sauntering.’ Cup of tea in hand, box of tricks under his arm (it actually contained his various instruments). The lightest of figures, he is dressed in a
t-shirt and dark suit. What really catches the eye is the ever-present smile. From 8 pm kick-off, it was a lovely, informal, intimate concert. The instrumentals and songs were memorable; adding to the enjoyment was Sean’s brief introduction to each song/ piece of music. It struck me on the night that we really do owe a debt of gratitude to people like Sean for the way in which such gifted artists have lovingly cared for (in some cases resurrected) old songs, all with a view to passing them on to future generations. Time and time again Sean introduced songs from a century or more ago. One dated back several centuries! Many of the songs related to Ireland’s
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It struck me on the night that we really do owe a debt of gratitude to people like Sean for the way in which such gifted artists have lovingly cared for (in some cases resurrected) old songs
relationship with America. Many related to emigration from Ireland to the States. Others were about the first settlers in America. The music and songs were underpinned by a pride in Irishness, by an appreciation of those who have gone before us. Many of the songs were sad but beautiful. And of course Keane’s voice is something special; almost hypnotic, certainly unique. On Saturday night in Roscommon’s fabulous Arts Centre, Keane was accompanied by Fergus Feely and Pat Coyne. The mood was light, with lots of laughter. Coyne sang a lovely version of ‘Peggy Gordon’; Feely went down a treat with his version of a Merle Haggard song. Of course all eyes – and ears – were primarily on Keane. Feely and Coyne work a treat with the
sean-nós star, the night’s understated main attraction. He hardly ever stopped smiling and it was hard to take your eyes off him…switching instruments, tapping his toe, occasionally closing his eyes, captivating the audience with his voice, his songs of loss, love and such things. Long may the man from the great, gifted family in Caherlistrane in Co. Galway do his thing. When they signed off, just after 10.30 pm, it was after two or three encores and a standing ovation. We met Sean briefly in the foyer and I found myself not congratulating him, but thanking him. A while later, they were off into the night, three wandering wise-cracking musicians continuing their journey of life into the future, keeping the past alive.
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New Year & New You Anna Maria Carroll
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It’s always comfy – and healthy – at the Comfy Café! A variety of healthy options, such as freshly prepared salads, are on the menu in the Comfy Café, one of the most established dining outlets in Roscommon town (Main Street) and county. The business is run by brother and sister partnership Daire and Oonagh Stephens, who source all of their produce locally from well-known suppliers such as Molloy’s. Healthy breakfast options include fresh fruit salad or delicious porridge with honey and banana. Their orange juice is freshly squeezed on request. Also on the menu each day is a low calorie healthy option, designed by Nutritionist Sarah Browne (check it out on Facebook). We also have a great range of salads available daily and we make freshly prepared smoothies! So, the Comfy Café is the place to dine this year, if you want to adhere to your New Year’s resolutions! From Monday to Thursday, the Comfy Café is open from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm, while, on Fridays and Saturday, it is open from 8.30 am to 6 pm.
A New Year, a New You! BILLY BROGAN
Many people will have made a New Year’s resolution to lose those ‘extra Christmas pounds’, quit smoking, drink less, have a proper study plan or make some other change in their life. A New Year often brings new ideas and while the enthusiasm is high at the start, often we won’t stick to this plan and we drift quietly back to old habits and end up feeling worse about ourselves. There is always a reason and often we can’t see or don’t want to deal with this reason. We all can get a bit down on ourselves for not starting that diet or that big change we said we were going to make, but to be down on ourselves is counter-productive, feeds our negative thinking and increases the chances of not wanting to start tomorrow – or ever. Remember that every journey begins with a single step – ideally a small step – and the same applies to changes in our lives. We fear change because we don’t want to break old habits and we unconscious-
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go? This involves structure and a plan. If we tell ourselves we are going to do something and then don’t do it, we initiate a cycle of negativity – we think badly of ourselves for not doing what we said we would do and that thinking creates bad feelings. If we feel bad about ourselves, we can think that we must actually be bad, we feel worse about ourselves – and so the cycle goes on. Often this is also fed by negative thoughts from our past or issues that affect us that we don’t allow others to see –simple yet powerful self-esteem issues, relationship issues, which are hidden, in the unconscious mind. Counselling helps us uncover these issues, which affect our thought process, and we gain inner strength. Setting SMART goals feeds positive thoughts while dealing with fears or negative thoughts. Specific: I am going to walk for 30 minutes a day. Take this approach rather than ‘I am going to get fit in 2018’. Measurable: Ensure that it’s within your ability and
see and know what you need to do). This gives you commitment. However, if we take one step in the direction we want to go in then we break that cycle of negativity and begin to think in a positive way. So, instead of thinking “I’m a failure, I said I would start a diet today
Remember that every journey begins with a single step – ideally a small step – and the same applies to changes in our lives.
ly justify giving up. Change does not have to be big and dramatic, but it generally is. Small changes that are manageable are just as effective. If a big change is too much for you now, look for the small step. What small change can you make in your life today that will move you towards your goal and help you take that first step in the direction you want to
capabilities. Weekly and monthly check-ins. Attainable: That they are within reason – I am going to run a marathon in two months is unattainable! Realistic: Setting the bar too high can be setting you up for failure. Timely: Setting a timeframe or a series of them depending on your goal. Have a plan (writing this down gives structure – you
and I didn’t” and consequently feeling bad about ourselves, if we do one small thing that is positive we will change the way we feel about ourselves, reduce our anxiety/stress and feel more positive about our goals. In this case we may think “…well I didn’t diet today, but I did cut out all biscuits so that is a step in the right direction, I’ll
build on that tomorrow”. Concentrate on what you did (no matter how small) not on what you didn’t do! Counselling is about helping you through the ob-
stacles that stop you from succeeding. Visit www.billybrogan. com or call Billy on 0949659966 or 086-0675433 for further information.
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The art of Mindfulness at Sensory Me Adult Mindfulness Meditation Class For peace, calm and happiness 4 week term beginning Monday, 22nd Januray 8pm to 9pm at Sensory Me, Goff Street, Roscommon €35 (4 week term)
Children Creative Mindfulness Class Classes for 4-10 year olds from 6.30 to 7.30pm €35 per child (€30 siblings) 4 week term beginning Monday, 22nd of January at Sensory Me, Goff Street, Roscommon For bookings please contact Sensory Me on 085 7354662 or Louise Shanagher on 085 2063304
Louise Shanagher is a children’s therapist, mindfulness teacher and Psychology Lecturer from Co. Roscommon. Louise has a BA and MSc in Psychology and further qualifications in Psychotherapy and Play Therapy. Louise is the author of the ‘Mindfully Me’ series, Ireland’s first children’s series of mindfulness books and is a contributor and facilitator of CPD College’s Mindfulness for Primary Schools course. Louise is passionate about creating a happier and healthier world for children to grow up in. Her mission is to promote and nurture positive mental health for children while equipping them with valuable self-care tools that will last a
lifetime. Louise also lectures on the Introduction to Mindfulness course in AIT and regularly gives mindfulness classes to children, teenagers and adults. Mindfulness is described by Jon Kabat-Zinn as “paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgmentally”. Mindfulness practice is about directing our attention to what is happening right here, right now, with an attitude of kindness towards ourselves and our experience. Mindfulness has become very popular in recent times with schools, hospitals, prisons, the military, and many workplaces now using this life-changing practice. Regular mindfulness practice can
help us reduce stress, stay healthy, improve relationships, increase focus, attention and memory as well as deepen our understanding of ourselves, others and the world around us. Mindfulness is very beneficial for children, helping them manage worries, difficult emotions and stressful situations. Mindfulness helps children calm and focus their minds, helping with concentration and memory. Mindfulness helps children feel more confident and boosts positive thinking and selfesteem. Louise teaches creative mindfulness classes for children and adults’ mindfulness classes in Sensory Me, Roscommon. For the
children’s class, term 1 will begin on Monday the 22nd of January. There will be one children’s class suitable for children aged 4 to 10 years from 6.30 to 7.30 pm. An earlier class will be run in the next term. The cost for the four-week term is €35 per child and €30 for siblings. Louise also will teach an adults’ mindfulness class which will also run over a four-week term. The classes for adults will also begin on the 22nd of January and will be held from 8 pm to 9 pm. The cost for the four weeks is €35. If you have any further questions you can contact Louise on 0852063304 or by email on louise. shanagher@gmail.com.
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David’s record weight loss! Pictured in Castlerea for the National Operation Transformation Walk last Saturday were Sarah Joyce, Áine Webb, Katie Freeman, Saoirse Webb and Aoife Freeman. Picture: Andrew Fox
OT Leader sheds over a stone in first week DAN DOONER
Pictured in Castlerea for the National Operation Transformation Walk last Saturday were Ciara McDonnell, David Cryan, Kathryn Thomas and Sarah Mulligan. Picture: Andrew Fox
Pictured in Castlerea for the National Operation Transformation Walk last Saturday were Michelle Brennan, Sheila Foley, Saoirse Foley, Ailbhe Brennan, Conneely and Seán Brennan. Picture: Andrew Fox
Tulsk native, David Cryan, lost a staggering 1st 2.5lbs on RTE’s Operation Transformation this week. The Garda Sergeant was visibly shocked as presenter Kathryn Thomas announced his weight loss, which was a new record for the show, on Tuesday night. David had been joined by Kathryn and the RTE cameras in Castlerea last Saturday morning as they led one of Operation Transformation’s national walks. Tuesday’s episode of the show
Pictured in Castlerea for the National Operation Transformation Walk last Saturday were David Cryan and Kathryn Thomas. Picture: Andrew Fox
included footage of David at home, where his wife Siobhán offered terrific support, and at work in Dublin, where he fought the temptation to buy a bar of chocolate while working the night shift. All the hard work and sacrifice paid off for our hero as he wowed the panel of experts and
viewers both in Roscommon and nationwide with his recordbreaking weigh-in. This week, David’s target weight loss is 4lbs or 1.8kg. His current weight is 18st 3lbs (115.7kg). It would be a brave man or woman to bet against surpassing his target next Tuesday night!
Pictured in Castlerea for the National Operation Transformation Walk last Saturday were Sgt. Frank Egan, Inspector Timmy McCarthy, Kathryn Thomas, David Cryan, Sgt. James Muldowney and Danny Burke. Picture: Andrew Fox
Kilglass Gaels take part in ‘Ireland Lights Up’ campaign The GAA and RTÉ Operation Transformation have come together for ‘Ireland Lights Up’, a campaign helping communities across the 32 counties to enjoy healthy walks in the safe, bright, environs of their GAA club. In a bid to make walking more accessible and safe for the masses, almost 100 GAA clubs throughout Ireland will turn on the floodlights/
lighting systems at their pitches for ‘Ireland Lights Up’, promoting both the physical and mental benefits of walking and exercise, as well as the fantastic facilities that local GAA grounds have on offer to people in their locality. Kilglass Gaels GAA Club were one of those clubs who registered for this event and the club were rewarded with the honour of representing Roscommon &
Connacht during the launch which will be shown on RTE during this weeks Operation Transformation programme. The cameras crew visited their club grounds on Saturday evening last. Every Monday during the Operation Transformation Programme from the 22nd January-26th February 2018 Kilglass Gaels Club will be open and lit up for you, your family and friends to come and
Pictured supporting RTE’s Operation Transformation at Kilglass Pictured supporting RTE’s Operation Transformation at Kilglass Gaels on Saturday Gaels on Saturday were Seamus and Niall Kilcrann. Picture: Andrew were Therese Conboy, Teresa Moran and Mary McGuire. Picture: Andrew Fox Fox
walk from 7 pm to 9 pm. All are welcome. Anyone looking for further information please contact Micheál on 087-9890726 or Charlie on 087-125 2985 for further details. Kilglass Gaels GAA Club will be supporting County Roscommon man David Cryan, a competitor in the Operation Transformation Programme during his weight loss journey.
Pictured supporting RTE’s Operation Transformation at Kilglass Gaels on Saturday were Una and Emma Compton. Picture: Andrew Fox
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It’s not Fake News: Trump is great craic! Minister Naughten pictured at Lough Acalla, Kilconnell, which has recently received significant investment, including the removal of old wooden angling catwalks and the insertion of a new concrete catwalk and floating galvanised angling catwalk and access pathway.
Naughten: ‘Angling fund is now open’ Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment Denis Naughten is urging angling groups and associations across Roscommon-Galway to apply for funding that will help boost angling visitors to the region and encourage new anglers to take up the sport. The Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) Sponsorship Fund 2018 is now open for applications until Monday, January 22nd. “I am encouraging angling groups across RoscommonGalway to apply for funding that will help boost angling tourism in the region which in turn will have a positive knock-on effect of supporting our local economy and maintaining jobs in the hospitality sector. Recreational angling is estimated to have contributed over €800 million to Ireland’s economy last year while supporting more than 11,000 jobs,” said Naughten. “The IFI Sponsorship Fund can be used to finance the staging of major international competitions locally that would showcase on a global scale what we have to offer in the Lakelands. The fund can also be spent on encouraging novice anglers to get involved in fishing as a hobby through education and awareness campaigns. “In addition, the fund can help towards resourcing initiatives that promote conservation and protection of inland fisheries and sea angling including seminars, workshops and training. Support from the sponsorship fund can either be financial or advisory from Inland Fisheries Ireland staff members,” the Minister added. The fund supported 79 events and initiatives across 19 counties last year. Applications for funding from the sponsorship fund 2018 is now open until Monday, January 22nd and all applications can be made online at www.fisheriesireland.ie.
Roisin Lydon and Paudie Mannion pictured on their special day at the Abbey Hotel. The happy couple’s wedding pictures featured in VIP magazine.
It’s just about a year ago since, according to Michael Wolff in his ‘Fire and Fury’ book, Donald Trump surprised himself, his backroom team and the rest of the world by becoming President of the United States. You would have to say that, whatever about being safer, the world would certainly be a lot duller if Hilary Clinton had made it to the White House. ‘Fake News’ has become Trump’s answer to everything no matter what he says about anything, including his derogatory description of Haiti at the weekend. Just like his speech in which he reportedly said that African nations were “s***hole countries” – you can be sure that will be passed off as ‘Fake News’ also. However, his recent little spat with Kim Jong Un, the highly volatile leader of North Korea, about the size of their respective nuclear buttons, in which Trump claimed to have a bigger and more powerful button than Jong Un, would appear to be a little childish and it would hardly inspire confidence in his leadership qualities. Nonetheless, if he doesn’t
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plunge the world into chaos, and if we can avoid another world war (a big ask, in my opinion), I have to say he’s great craic, very different to any president we’ve seen before and for newspaper editors around the globe, he must be a godsend – he sure is good for headlines! Regarding our own President, Michael D is beginning to annoy me a little bit. I am a great admirer of Michael D Higgins, and I think he has done a wonderful job as our main man, but with an election
due this calendar year, surely it’s time he says whether he intends to go again or not. It is on record that he said, in 2011 when he was elected to the Áras, that he would only hold the office for one term. If he still feels that way then to my mind he should stick to his word. It’s time to tell the world so we can let our other would-be Presidents get on with it. Matt Cooper, in the Mail the other day, wondered if we will ever have a political President anywhere again, with the
Local fund lifts the January gloom The month of January is, traditionally, a month where we feel sorry for ourselves – we usually have over-spent, over-eaten, and over-indulged in alcohol, and the chickens come home to roost in the cold, harsh, dark, dreary, and miserable January days. The trousers that fitted perfectly in November are now getting stuck halfway up the thighs, the bank account that for a little while (after getting a couple of weeks’ pay, and a little extra due to the Christmas bonus) looked as if it belonged to someone else, is now even worse than normal – and that’s saying something! It’s fair to say that everything is looking and feeling fairly grim. That was before I met a Lecarrow resident, whom I won’t name, and he told me the very inspiring story of the Lecarrow Benevolent Fund, which is definitely one of the great local community success stories. Now the theory behind it is so simple that you would
wonder why every parish doesn’t do it! Basically a committee is in place in Lecarrow, which through its own fundraising efforts, has a fund, which, in simple terms, is used to help out people in their own immediate area and further afield who, for whatever reason, are in need of a financial dig out. Now obviously we didn’t go into the actual nuts and bolts as to how the scheme works but in an era which is dominated by greed and selfishness it is heartwarming to hear of a community which is prepared to do so much to help their own in time of need. I know this fund has been in existence for quite a long time now so obviously a lot of people have been helped over the years and all I can say is well done to everyone involved, it’s a wonderful initiative, and maybe it’s time to roll it out in other local communities – now that’s food for thought.
Americans talking of having a chat show host, Oprah Winfrey, as a possible runner in 2020. Here it’s Miriam O’Callaghan that’s being touted as a realistic candidate – personally I couldn’t care less who or what becomes our Head of State, provided he or she is a positive ambassador for our little country. I do think it’s time we knew where we stood regarding a Presidential election but no matter how much pressure I’m put under, I’m telling you now I will not be a runner!
St. Ciaran’s GAA needs you!
Finally for this week, Justin Conlan asked me to remind you all in the Creggs, Fuerty and Athleague areas, that the St. Ciaran’s GAA AGM takes place at Mulhern Park on Friday night next at 9 pm. Everyone is invited to attend. As soon as young players in this area are finished with underage football they split up and play with either Creggs or Fuerty, depending on which place they are from. It should never be forgotten the part St. Ciaran’s (the local underage GAA club) plays in their development and it needs all the support it can get. The underage structure has been very successful down through the years, and an example of the quality of the players it currently produces is that in a county challenge match played over Christmas against NUIG, three of the six starting Roscommon backs, Shane Dowd, Aengus Lyons and Philip Neilan were all St. Ciaran’s players. Now I am aware that it was only a challenge, and maybe none of that trio will be there when championship time comes round (or maybe they will) but either way, it still shows that the club is developing some top class talent. So, if you have time on your hands and would like to help out in any way, get to Mulhern Park on Friday night at 9 pm and I’m sure you will be more than welcome.
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WeekendPeople SUNDAY GOSPEL REFLECTION The calling of the brothers in today’s Gospel evokes Elisha’s commissioning by the prophet Elijah (see 1 Kings 19:19-21). As Elijah comes upon Elisha working on his family’s farm, so Jesus sees the brothers working by the seaside. And as Elisha left his mother and father to follow Elijah, so the brothers leave their father to come after Jesus. Jesus’ promise – to make them “fishers of men” – evokes Israel’s deepest hopes. The prophet Jeremiah announced a new exodus in which God would send “many fishermen” to restore the Israelites from exile, as once He brought them out of slavery in Egypt (see Jeremiah 16:14-16). By Jesus’ Cross and Resurrection, this new exodus has begun (see Luke 9:31). And the Apostles are the first of a new people of God, the Church – a new family, based not on blood ties, but on belief in Jesus and a desire to do the Father’s will (see John 1:12-13; Matthew 12:46-50). From now on, even our most important worldly concerns – family relations, occupations, and possessions – must be judged in light of the gospel, Paul says in today’s Epistle. The first word of Jesus’ gospel – repent – means we must totally change our way of thinking and living, turning from evil, doing all for the love of God. And we should be consoled by Nineveh’s repentance in today’s First Reading. Even the wicked Nineveh could repent at Jonah’s preaching. And in Jesus we have a greater prophet than Jonah (see Matthew 12:41). God has come as our savior to show sinners the way, as we sing in today’s Psalm. This should give us hope – that loved ones who remain far from God will find compassion if they turn to Him. But we, too, must continue along the path of repentance – striving daily to pattern our lives after His. – Scott Hahn Ph.D., www.salvationhistory.com (and courtesy of Sacred Heart Church)
THE BRIDGE CLUB Roscommon Bridge Club North/South – 1st: L. Shine & K. Murray, 2nd: V. & M. Brennan, Gross: M. Egan & O. Fahy. East/West – 1st: K. Dowd & P. O’Shaughnessy, 2nd: T. Murphy & T. Smyth, Gross: M. & P. Mellett. Happy ‘71 Bridge Club 1st: M. & T. O’Keeffe, 2nd: T. Murphy & J. Halliday, Gross: V. & M. Brennan. St. Coman’s Bridge Club North/South – 1st: M. McDermott & A. Kilduff, 2nd: K. Hanley & J. Walsh, Gross: M. Fallon & G. Hoban. East/West – 1st: G. Spillane & M. Hickey, 2nd: N. Costello & C. McGrath, Gross: A. Shine & M. Naughton. Ballymurray Bridge Club Section A North/South – 1st: J. McGrath & S. Melia, 2nd: M. Naughton & K. Gately, Gross: E. Mulry & G. Neilan. East/West – 1st: M. Byrne & P. O’Gara, 2nd: P. & V. Finneran, Gross: G. Bannon & J. O’Gara. Section B North/South – 1st: M. Regan & C. Neilan, 2nd: E. Moran & M. Lennon, Gross: S. & M. Gregory. East/ West – 1st: G. Relihan & H. Lynn, 2nd: K. Coyle & M. Dolan, Gross: K. Jones & M. McDermott. Kilbride Bridge Club North/South – 1st: F. Keane & B. Gillooly, 2nd: A. McCourt & S. Macken, 3rd: P. Clogher & P. Dowd. East/ West – 1st: A. Gaffney & J. Hunt, 2nd: M. Fallon & P. Donoghue, 3rd: B. & T. Moran.
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Would you snoop through your partner’s phone messages? We’re officially in the middle of ‘break-up season’ folks. Yep, apparently January sees more divorce applications than any other month, with those unhappy people who’ve agonisingly managed to spend the festive season and the New Year barely managing to keep it together, now secretly plotting their great escape routes before Cupid gets an opportunity to fire his arrow in time for Valentine’s Day! Of course there are many reasons why couples break up immediately following Christmas. It could be she’s bought him a year’s membership to a premium gym, even though his ass spends 24/7 keeping that sofa on the floor. And, no matter how much she tries to preen and buff him, he’s never going to morph into Mark Wahlberg and greet her with six pack abs and hulking biceps. Then again, he could have bought her some risqué lingerie, and no matter how much he fantasises, she’s got no desire to look like a Babestation bimbo now has she? However…and I don’t want to be the prophet of doom, but if Ireland’s Got Talent Judge, the gorgeous Denise Van Outen’s relationship with partner Eddie Boxshall goes bust, it won’t be due to those January blues, it’ll probably be due to the fact she’s given him the password to her phone, enabling him ‘to read her messages whenever he wants’. Denise says she often exchanges ‘flirty banter’ with
her male friends, and she wants Eddie to be certain they aren’t ‘inappropriate’. Okay, nothing wrong with Denise’s intentions; she’s obviously happy to be open and honest with Eddie, and that’s a positive attribute. However, when she added, her partner of more than three years ‘is yet to give her the passcode to his phone’, I thought that was peculiar. Now, while I’d imagine readers might agree with me that transparency and honesty are important traits to have in every relationship, privacy and trust are also essential and that’s why both myself and hubby don’t have access to each other’s phone, email, social media or bank passwords. We don’t need them. We’re not saddos constantly wondering who the other is texting! Besides, when you trawl and snoop through your partner’s messages you’re not
only proving how insecure you are, you’re invading their privacy and the privacy of those who’ve sent them personal information. Let me tell you, being a suspicious snoop (while normal) will not reassure you if you don’t trust your partner and secretly ferreting through his/her phone is really a sign of something more serious. You see, while it takes time for trust to build, remember that faith, that belief you once held, will disappear faster than air from a burst balloon, and having access to their personal details will not prevent infidelity. Now while the goal of our marriage is to blend into one unbreakable unit, our individualism is extremely important to us, and when couples begin to breach certain boundaries they should know that the trust, the conviction and the respect they once held dear is now
gone and it’s time to get out of Dodge for your own mental wellbeing. That said folks, if hubby asks me for my password I’ll happily give it to him, and I’ll fully expect that if I ask for his he’d immediately reciprocate …otherwise we’ll both have major problems.
Just my opinion… but… Donald Trump is ‘a stable genius’. And, he’s ‘like, really smart’. That’s his opinion. Mine is that when a powerful, influential individual can publicly denigrate fellow human beings (allegedly) saying they come from “s**thole countries” and think it’s acceptable, it’s time to tell it like it is…POTUS is a RACIST!
Brace yourselves for peak flu pressure ‘HSE: We’re ready for flu outbreak,’ claimed The Irish Examiner’s headline last October, quoting Director General Tony O’Brien as saying “Our community healthcare organisations, and our hospital groups have been planning for this winter since before the summer”. Well you didn’t prepare fully now did you Mr. O’Brien because, as I write, while AH3N2 or ‘Aussie flu’ continues to sleigh us, another B Yamagata strain of the deadly virus is
wreaking havoc; with responsibility for 60-70 percent of confirmed flu cases, but your penny-pinching organisation didn’t see fit to shield us by making available a second, expensive vaccine which could have protected us. So tell me this… as the virus peaks, what part of confining your stocks of vaccine to the trivalent, standard flu jab is being ‘ready’? I mean, has anyone with a discernible brain cell made an accurate assumption as to how our
already over-crowded A&Es would cope in the event of a major disaster, i.e. possible terror attack? Has anyone (Simon Harris and Tony O’Brien I mean you) given any consideration as to how the people of County Roscommon, (who have no A&E facilities) would survive in the event of a national emergency occurring…or do you consider us as not being worthy of receiving even the most basic of healthcare?
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Snow, frost, torrential rain and storms - sometimes all in the one day - have befallen us for months now. We wonder when it will stop. Even the optimists amongst us are tired of the old adage ‘when winter comes, can spring be far behind’. All are in need of a little cheering up and
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Did you know that Ireland has the fourth most expensive electricity charges in the whole of the EU, falling just behind Germany, Belgium and Denmark? Given this information, it’s understandable that, according to an online survey carried out by iReach Insights, four in five of us (me included, given last year’s electricity price increase) are concerned about the cost of heating our homes this winter. And so, if you’re one of those readers who’re carefully monitoring or even rationing your home heating use this week, we’ve got some tips that may help you keep a bit warmer during the cold spell. Before you ramp up the thermostat, open your curtains and allow any natural sunlight to flood into the room, but do close them up at night. Heat up your hot water bottle; wrap it in a pillow case and cosy up under a duvet with a winter warming drink or hot meal. However, don’t opt for the obvious hot toddy which technically will make you feel temporarily warmer (and possibly a bit merry) – you see, as it’s alcohol, it may in fact eventually only serve to lower your body temperature.
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If you’re a senior citizen you’ll understand what I mean when I say the current harsh winter conditions are probably proving difficult for your physical health and wellbeing. You see, the plummeting temperatures affecting the county can not only make a senior citizen more susceptible to health issues like the flu virus, it can also render them to be predisposed to suffering from hypothermia, etc. And so, this week, if you’re a senior citizen who has mobility/health issues, or who just needs a bit of help, and you’re feeling the chill, why not ask a family member or a friendly neighbour to give your home a quick sweep over and seal up cracks and cavities in order to insulate and conserve your heating energy.
Ask them to: Fit thermal linings to your curtains. Get a qualified and certified engineer to service your heating system. Please make sure to ask for identification before you allow anyone into your home. Have a thermostat timer fitted and make sure you know how to operate it. If you’re finding it hard to cope financially, find out if you qualify for any age-related fuel discounts and check out the details of the Household Benefits Package at your local Citizens Information Centre. You
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Siobhan Nester c/o Donnellans Noel Hanley c/o K. Collins Gladys + Kevin c/o K. Hoare Mairead Tully c/o Vets Supplies Ros John Martin c/o Murray’s Pub Ann Brennan c/o Supervalu Jimmy Menton c/o John F. Kerrigan Eileen Kelly c/o Breda Healy 5 PROMOTERS PRIZES OF €5 EACH:
Sorcha Warde Oliver Tully John F Kerrigan Thomas Hoare Kathleen Collins Total Receipts: €374 Total Prizes: €200
Block & Bricklaying
Experienced Brick/Blocklaying Gang Available for houses, extensions, sheds, walls, foundations etc...
Contact Kieran on
087 7157857 CAREER ADVICE 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
CONTACT: Abbeyside House, Abbey Street, Roscommon.
Tel: 090 6630760
Email:abbeysidehouse@ eircom.net Facebook: www.facebook. com/careersgraceoreilly
Opening Hours: 9 am - 5.30 pm, Mon-Fri.
COUNSELLING COUNSELLING & HYPNOTHERAPY Are you effected by Anger Issues, Bullying, Bereavement, Confidence/self-esteem issues, OCD, Stress, Depression, Eating disorders Panic/Anxiety, Relationships, Exam pressure, Sexual Abuse Contact: Billy 094 96 59966 Mobile: 086 0675433 or visit www.billybrogan.com
CHIMNEY CLEANING
CHIROPODIST
CHIROPODIST
PODIATRIST For all foot ailments Siobhan Murray BSc (Hons) Podiatry M.Ch.S.I.
Complete Chimney Services
CHIMNEY CLEANING
• Power brush and vacuum technology for cleaning chimneys, stoves, ranges and open fires
• Removes up to 50% more than traditional methods • Firebacks replaced and flues repaired • Can be cleaned from the bottom up • Chimney cowels and crow guards fitted Power washing and gutter cleaning services. Telephone:
087 2798704
CHIMNEY CLEANING POWER SWEPT No Mess Reasonable Charge ALSO AVAILABLE FOR POWER WASHING
TELEPHONE: 087 9657933 090 66 26752
CHIMNEY REPAIRS
CHIMNEY SWEEP • Open fire, stove, ranges • All flues and chimneys • Power brushed & vaccumed • No mess, no fuss • CCTV camera inspections • Detailed report and CCTV recording provided for insurance claims • Fully insured Also available for powerwashing and gutter cleaning fergalkelly@live.com
Fergal 086 1016899
Department of Health Approved Every Monday - Cuan Aire Resource Centre, St. Patrick’s Street, Castlerea
Kathleen’s Mobile Footcare Provided in the comfort of your own home Kathleen Wynne
For appointment: (094) 96 21647 / (089) 4142233
Foot Care Practitioner
• Home visits • Insoles and Orthotics prescribed
071 9637984 / 086 3562718
MCFHP, MAFHP
PODIATRIST/ CHIROPODIST Mark Kilgallon B.Sc Podiatry (Hons) M.Ch.S.I. Department of Health Approved
EVERY FRIDAY St. Joseph’s Resource Centre, Boyle For appointment
085 1503353 086 8538404 Email: m.kilgallon23@gmail.com
CHIROPRACTOR ROSCOMMON CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC Specialising in:
• BACK PAIN • HEADACHES • NECK PAIN • LIMB PAIN
Telephone: 086 8433433
• House Visits • Insoles and Orthotics Prescribed • Chiropody Services
Roscommon West Business Park, Circular Road, Roscommon. David Connor
Clinics also in Ballaghaderreen and Castlebar
BSC (Hon.) Chiro. MSc. Chiropractic Association of Ireland
VHI and Laya Covered
FOOT CLINIC ROSCOMMON – MOLLOYS PHARMACY (Monday to Saturday) Also available in Boyle & Athlone, Carrick-on-Shannon -------Chiropody treatment and all aspects of Foot Pain. Orthotics prescribed
By Appointment Only –
087 2982214
Tel: Catriona Byrne DIP CHFP
COMPUTERS DC Computer Services Providing IT services for Homes, Businesses & Schools. Home Callouts.
NO FIX NO FEE PC Maintenance – Upgrades, Repairs, Virus & Spyware removal. Network Solutions – Cabling, Hardware & Software Installation & Maintenance. Contact David Conboy Tel: 087 7496459 Email: info@dccomputerservices.ie Web: www.dccomputerservices.ie p
DRIVING LESSONS
O TOW WITH LEARN T
SYL’s
School of Motoring
Have you a licence to tow a trailer? Car/Jeep & Trailer Training available SPECIAL RATES FOR BEGINNERS AND STUDENTS Gift vouchers available
Call (085) 1348779
Learn to drive with ....
Roscommon Driving School Telephone:
090 66 61102 Road Safety Authority Approved Driving Instructor
JOHN DOORLY School of Motoring RSA REGISTERED AND FORMER DRIVER TESTER
Excellent pass rates CAR - 12 EDT LESSONS CAR & TRAILER (B&E) TRUCKS - RIGID, ARTIC & CPC
GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE
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
HEALTH & WELL-BEING
Tel: 086 2387528 www.aclearsteerdriving.com
DENTAL ● Amatsu Therapy
Dental Design Studio
● Neuromuscular therapy
• Natural Cosmetic Dentures • Palate Free Dentures • Flexible Dentures • Repairs & Re-lines • Express replacement of lost/broken dentures
Appointments with Anne Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Saturday.
Patrick Lynch Clinical Dental Technician
Henry Street Medical Centre Roscommon TELEPHONE:
090 66 65917 087 228 8780
& orthopaedic sports massage
Molloy’s Pharmacy, The Harrison Centre, Roscommon
Tel: 087 2721757 www.aobtherapies.com Vouchers available on-line
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Classifieds FARMING A B AT TO I R S E R V I C E AVA I L A B L E : Cattle, lambs and pigs. Ready for freezing. Home Cured and Honey Dry cured traditional bacon (not pumped with water) now available. Tel: Webb’s Butcher’s, 094 96 20005 or 086 4094715 PRESSURE TREATED STAKES FOR SALE: • 6ft stakes 4inch only €2.40 per stake or bale of 70 for €160 delivered • 5ft stakes 3inch only €2 per stake or bale of 100 for €180 delivered • Pressure treated Larch Strainers 8ft 7-10inch only €11 delivered or bale of 25 only €250 delivered • 200 meter rolls barbed wire €25 per roll • 100 meter 3ft sheep wire €75 per roll. Also staples and nails available. Contact Tom on 086 2628439.
FENCING/GATES
Des Kelly Fencing Over 20 years in business All types of fencing supplied and erected Including: • Cresoted Posts • Agricultural Fencing • Site Fencing • Security Fencing • Post & Rail Fencing • Concrete Fencing • Grant Approved Fencing No job too big or too small Just give us a call on
087 2346364 FRANCIS REGAN FENCING LTD For all your fencing needs. Glas Fencing Grant Fencing Post Rail
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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: 50 bales of silage for sale Rahara/ Knockroghery area. Tel: 089 4327516 FOR SALE: 2007 Mercedes C180, one owner, local car, NCT 08/18, spotless, full service history, €3,750. Tel: 087 2388628 FOR SALE: Dishwasher, perfect working order. Tel: 087 9657933 or 090 6626752
To advertise, telephone 090 66 34633 or email advertising@roscommonpeople.ie
GARDENING
HOLISTIC
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 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.
Tel: 086 6077307 or 086 8125165
Neuromuscular Therapy Providing: • Deep Tissue Massage Sports Massage • Dry Needling • Sports Injury Treatment • Postural Analysis & Corrective Treatment
Over 30 years in business
HOLISTIC
SEAMUS HUNT • Massage & Sports Therapist • Holistic Massage • Injury Assessment & Treatment • Ultrasound & Infra Red Available
Tattie Hoaker, Health Store, Goff Street, Roscommon Telephone:
email: mormovement10@ gmail.com
KATHLEEN KELLY M.I.R.I.L. • Reflexology • Reiki • Indian Head and Shoulder Massage • Gift Vouchers Available • Evening appointments available
Tattie Hoaker, Health Store, Goff Street, Roscommon Phone:
086 3614230
ROSCOMMON YOGA STUDIO Stone Court, Castle Street TIMETABLE • Monday: Beginners Yoga & Mindfulness @6pm. Core & Tone @ 7pm • Tuesday: Beginners Yoga & Mindfulness @10am • Wednesday & Thursday: Beginners Yoga & Mindfulness@6.30pm Intermediate level:@8pm. **Energy Healing Treatments available by appointment only**
Call/text Avril Mullally 087 7020562 Roscommon YOGA www.roscommonyoga.ie
JOAN MOORE Therapy Rooms
LISBROCK BOARDING KENNELS & CATTERY
087 9201818 Find us on facebook
Phone Alan on:
090 6661635 or Mobile:
PROFESSIONAL PAINTING & DECORATING CONTRACTOR
Michael O’Reilly Roscommon Primary Care Centre Golf Links Road Roscommon Town Tel: 087 2979855
KENNELS
Gift vouchers now available
Private & Commercial Power washing 25 years experience Free Estimates Given
For Appointment Contact:
086 1930766
• Sports Massage • Deep Tissue Massage • Reflexology • Indian head Massage • Reiki • Aromatherapy • Dry needling • Thai Massage Roscommon West Business Park, Circular Road, Roscommon
PAINTER & DECORATOR
TO LET: 3 bedroom Townhouse, to let in Ballinlough. First letting and fully furnished. Tel: 087 6861346
087 2683079
DANGEROUS TREE REMOVAL SERVICE
Bernard Conroy Timber Clearance Ltd Tel: 087 2533101 Firewood For Sale
PROPERTIES TO LET/RENT/WANTED
Treatments may be covered by Laya or Aviva Healthcare
www.parklawntreeservices.com
• Woodchipping • Log Splitting • Tree Surgery • Hedge Cutting
PAINTING & DECORATING
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 www.lisbrockkennels.ie Members of IBKCA
For all your decorating needs CONTACT JOHN
086 4679798 PHYSICAL THERAPIST Roscommon Physical Therapy Clinic 18 years experience in treating babies to adults Physical Therapy CranioSacral Therapy Medical Dry Needling Prescription Orthotics Pilates – Small Classes Can we help you? Call us today to enquire Ph. 090 663 0009 Like us on Facebook www.rosptc.com We are now located at: 2 Castleview, Castle Street, Roscommon F42 C902
REFLEXOLOGY REFLEXOLOGY MARINA FUREY (MNRRI) African & Classical Reflexology Reflexology may bring relief from conditions such as: • Allergies • Eczema • Migraine • Back Problems • Infertility • Respiratory Disorders • Blood Pressure • Insomnia • Stress • Exam Stress • Bowel Disorders • Joint/Muscle Problems • Thyroid Imbalance • Colic • Pain Relief • Emotional Disorders - Ante Natal Reflexology - Cancer Care Reflexology - Infant/Child Reflexology Mobile Service Available Marina Furey B. Sc. (Hons)
Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon
Tel: 087 2264951 Find us on facebook
TO LET: 4 bed house also 2 bed house in Roscommon town for rent. (Suits professional). Tel: 086 0815229 after 4pm TO LET: 3 bedroom house to rent in Roscommon town. Tel: 086 8198819 TO LET: 3 bedroom bungalow, Beechwood, 3 miles from Roscommon town, out Lanesboro Road, storage heating and stove. Tel: 087 2822534
PLANNINGS
Design Consultation Planning Applications New Build, Extend, Renovate Bespoke Design Domestic, Commercial & Agricultural
086 3482387
APARTMENT TO LET: 2 bedroom modern upstairs apartment close to Roscommon town for letting. Would suit professional couple, no pets. Text your interest to 087 9481605
facebook.com/moleskinarch
TO RENT: Spacious apartment, suitable for two pepple, cul-de-sac street, Strokestown. Tel: 086 8106655
Consulting Engineers Castle Street, Roscommon Phone: 090 66 27950
TO RENT: 3/4 bedroom house to rent in Oran/Donamon. Solid fuel and oil fired central heating, all mod cons. Suitable for family/professionals, mature gardens. Viewing by appointment only. Tel: 086 8161539 TO LET: 2 bedroom apartment, to let. Athleague village. Tel: 087 7541730 TO LET: Luxury 2 bedroom apartment, to let, 10 mins from Roscomon town, own parking space, all mod cons, references essential. Tel: 087 2765421 TO LET: Room available in shared house in Roscommon town. Tel: 087 0519691 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. Tel: 086 8212732
PLANNINGS ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We Coillte Teoranta intend to apply for planning permission for: the construction of a new forest road entrance and associated site works for the purposes of harvesting a plantation at Aghaderry, Loughlynn, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. 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 to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within a period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.
info@moleskinarchitecture.com
MORRIS LOHAN • PLANNING APPLICATIONS • ASSIGNED DESIGN & CERTIFIER ‘New Building Regs’ • BER RATINGS ‘Domestic & Commercial’ • STRUCTURAL & CONDITION SURVEYS • FIRE DESIGN CERTIFICATES
www.morrislohan.ie
PLANNINGS ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We Coillte Teoranta intend to apply for planning permission for: the construction of a new forest road entrance and associated site works for the purposes of harvesting a plantation at Boghtaduff, Ballaghaderren, Co. Roscommon. 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 to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within a period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.
ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We Coillte Teoranta intend to apply for planning permission for: the construction of a new forest road entrance and associated site works for the purposes of harvesting a plantation at Ballindollaghan, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. 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 to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within a period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.
PLANNINGS ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We Coillte Teoranta intend to apply for planning permission for: the construction of a new forest road entrance and associated site works for the purposes of harvesting a plantation at Emlagh, Castleplunket, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. 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 to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within a period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.
ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We Coillte Teoranta intend to apply for planning permission for: the construction of a new forest road entrance and associated site works for the purposes of harvesting a plantation at Clooncah, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. 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 to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within a period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.
ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We Coillte Teoranta intend to apply for planning permission for: the construction of a new forest road entrance and associated site works for the purposes of harvesting a plantation at Boghtaduff, Ballaghaderren, Co. Roscommon. 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 to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within a period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.
ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We Coillte Teoranta intend to apply for planning permission for: the construction of a new forest road entrance and associated site works for the purposes of harvesting a plantation at Emlagh, Castleplunket, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. 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 to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee (€20) within a period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.
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Classifieds PLANNINGS ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We, Brian and Helen Nerney, intend applying to Roscommon County Council for planning permission for retention of change of use from Printworks Area to Fitness Studio, retention of external signage and all associated ancillary works at The Spool Factory, Patrick Street, Mocmoyne Td, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Signed: Michael Hennessy Advanced Planning & Design Services Dorrary, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Roscommon Tel 086 1701549 This 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 to the authority in writing, on payment of the prescribed fee within a period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application by the planning authority. ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL Dermot Hughes intend to apply for permission for development at Circular Road, Roscommon. The development will consist of partial demolition of existing two storey house to construct a new proposed two storey house extension. Signed: Juan Sotoparra SOTOPARRA Architecture + Design Ltd. 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 Roscommon County Council, 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, Patrica Compton intend to make application to Roscommon County Council for planning permission to construct part single storey and two storey dwelling, domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation area, associated site development works and services at Farnmore, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. Signed: Gaynor Architectural + Design Services Ltd. Architects Fallon Avenue, Roscommon Phone 090 6626974 086 8115449 This 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 on payment of the prescribed fee of €20 within a 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.
To advertise, telephone 090 66 34633 or email advertising@roscommonpeople.ie
SITUATIONS VACANT PART-TIME CLEANER REQUIRED Experienced cleaner required for food business in Roscommon Town approximately 13 hours per week - Mon, Tues, Thurs and Sat (some flexibility). We need a mature and responsible English speaker who will maintain a very high standard of hygiene and cleanliness on our premises. Some heavy lifting is required, send CV to: Box No: 1106 c/o Roscommon People, Abbey Street, Roscommon
TAXIS AND HACKNEYS
HUGH KILDUFF CABS Tel: 086 2479829
KELLY’S EYE Taxi and Minibus hire.
Padraig Healy Car & Mini Bus Hire Wheelchair Accessible
PHONE:
087 2727888
Call car direct
JOHN BEATTIE
(086) 2714879
Cab and Bus Hire Roscommon
086 2670670
Experienced Chef de Partie Required Abbey Hotel Roscommon are currently recruiting for a chef de partie to join our professional team. Formal training in Culinary Arts required with minimum 2yr practical culinary experience. Good working knowledge and experience of food hygiene and HACCP is essential. We are looking for individuals who have a solid knowledge of food and are passionate to develop within the Hotel industry, have creativity and flair and the ability to provide guidance to others showing a strong work ethic. CV’s to: tom@abbeyhotel.ie
TAXIS AND HACKNEYS
BUS HIRE FOR ALL OCCASIONS
TOMMY GILLIGAN
CABS
TELEPHONE: 086 8099 503
Pete’s Cabs
Roscommon
TUITION GRINDS: Castlerea area. Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate, Maths, French and Irish. Private tuition in your own home. Tel: 086 3282437 MATHEMATICS TUITION: Junior and Leaving Certificate, experienced education professional. One to One. Roscommon town. Please call or email for further information. Tel: 083 4843192 Email: mariag21eircom.net
ROSCOMMON
MATHS GRINDS Abbey Hotel, Roscommon
Experienced Higher Level Teacher Excellent notes provided Outstanding results
TURF/FUEL/ FIREWOOD WANTED: Fallen trees for firewood. Ash, Beech, Birch and Whitethorn. We are safety certified and insured. Phone:
086 2437376 THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL OFFERS: • Bags of seasoned timber €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. €75 DEAL: 1 tonne logs + 1 tonne turf, 1 bag 20kg coal + 1 free bale briquettes: for €75 • Tonne bags of turf and timber €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
FIREWOOD FOR SALE: Dry seasoned hardwood ash, beech, elm and whitethorn. Stored indoors. Tel: 086 2437376 TURF: January sale of last year’s shed stored dry seasoned black hopper turf. Delivered. Tel: 087 7462440
TRAINING
KMCG Safety Solutions
Your Safety is Our Business
MANUAL HANDLING COURSE Roscommon Town January 29th: 7pm - 11pm January 30th: 2pm - 6pm February 3rd: 10am - 2pm Contact:
086 3839012
kieran@ kmcgsafetysolutions.ie
TUITION
SITUATIONS WANTED HEALTHCARE WORKER: I am a fully trained up to date and qualified experienced QQI Level 5 Healthcare Worker with many years experience looking after the elderly. I am available to look after a person in their own home. I have also worked with and cared for Alzheimer’s Patients. I am experienced/qualified to work with pepople who may experience mental health issues. I will be available for full or part time hours and also to do Day/Night time’s shifts as required. I can supply references/ Garda vetting. For any queries or if further information is needed please contact me on the following mobile number. Tel: 087 1835310
Peter Lynch 086 8400002 PSYCHIC DOLORES PSYCHIC MEDIUM CLAIRVOYANT
• Tarot & Angel Card Reading • Honest & Confidential • Spiritual Guidance • Need Direction? Phone for an appointment -
090 66 23898 or 085 7857191 Athleague
EMAIL: roscommonmathsgrinds @gmail.com Native German speaker Fully Qualified
GRINDS IN JUNIOR AND LEAVING CERTIFICATE BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING Tutoring for college students in Business, Accountancy and Taxation.
LEAVING CERTIFICATE STUDENTS Would you like to do Accounting or Business as an extra subject? Higher or ordinary levels catered for
Contact: Nuala McGowan on 086 0352849
• Servicing • Repairs • Efficiency Testing Printout • Oil Tank Installation • Oil Boiler Replacement ALL WORK GUARANTEED Fully qualified and insured O.F.T.E.C. Registered TELEPHONE:
087 9131664 SEPTIC TANKS EMPTIED
Quality Small Job Services For Home or Business
CAN’T FIND ANYONE to do that small job, or you haven’t got the time ...
WE DO ANYTHING From fitting Curtain Rails to laying that footpath • Fast Reliable Service • Professional, Courteous Employees • Trustworthy
ONE CALL DOES IT ALL ! 094 96 31880 087 9100477
www.oddjobsolutions.ie Established since 2005
DRAINS/SEWERS CLEANED PERMIT NO: NW CPO - 09 - 03267 - 03
TELEPHONE MICHAEL HAVERTY: 086 8381227 or 086 1997815
DOMESTIC APPLIANCE REPAIRS: WASHING MACHINE, REPAIRS, DISHWASHER REPAIRS, OVEN AND TUMBLE DRYER REPAIRS Contact Paul on 086 0538977 087 4046478 www.appliance-repairs.ie 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 ELECTRICIAN AVAILABLE: Safe electric registered. All work considered. No job too small. Phone Paul on 086 2553153 anytime or email: p0862553153@gmail.com
Lorraine Beirne 086 3688302
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KEANE OIL BOILERS
USEFUL SERVICES
SHANE NAUGHTON ROOFING CONTRACTOR Roofing, slating, tiling, 1st and 2nd fixing and flooring. All aspects of carpentry and building undertaken. Tel: 086 3155329.
WINDOW CLEANING WINDOW CLEANING: Competitive rates. All areas covered. Also Gutters/ fascias. Contact John: 087 2291931
WOMEN’S SHED WOMEN’S SHED: Interested in setting up a Women’s Shed in Strokestown? Call Ruth Jacob. 089 9725741 or email arkle44@yahoo.co.uk
Painter Decorator Powerwashing Plastering Gardening General Handyman
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USEFUL SERVICES
Gerry:
086 6684179 CRASH REPAIRS
| Insurance Repairs | Restoration Work | Paint Repairs | Colour Matching | Panel Replacement | Valeting | And much more Rathra, Tibohine, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon T: 094 98 72870 M: 087 6077277 E: wreck.amended@yahoo.ie Do you have a house or shed that you want cleaned out and all unwanted items removed? If so ring: 087 9657933 or 090 6626752
SOULMATES SOULMATES - DON’T BE ALONE, LOVE IS ALL THERE IS: Find that special person for friendship and romance with like-minded people. Safe, reliable and confidential. Tel: 087 9216302/087
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Classifieds
To advertise, telephone 090 66 34633 or email advertising@roscommonpeople.ie
Appointments EmployAbility Roscommon
Temporary/Part-Time Position Available
Employ Ability is an employment support service for people who have a disability or health issue, live in Co. Roscommon and are seeking employment in the open labour market. The service is funded by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following position:
For a Busy Office in Roscommon Town Please apply to: Box No 1107 Roscommon People, Abbey Street, Roscommon
Full-Time Employment Facilitator. (Temporary) Fixed Term contract covering maternity leave for 6 months
Junior Warranty Administrator
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ROSCOMMON LGFA VACANCY FOR GAMES DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Roscommon LGFA wishes to recruit Games Development Officer to support the County Coaching and Games Team in delivering the County coaching programme to schools, clubs and county development panels. The successful candidate will be employed by Roscommon LGFA and will report to Chairperson Roscommon LGFA., and will be responsible for the following: Coaching and skills development with schools, clubs and County development panels. Managing and supporting county development panels including the identification, recruitment and training of personnel within Clubs and schools to effectively develop Ladies Gaelic football in the county. Developing and supervising a programme of courses and workshops. Working to develop and deliver Social Inclusion initiatives with Roscommon LGFA and Roscommon County Council. THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE: Excellent Ladies Gaelic football coaching skills and at least 3 years practical coaching experience. Appropriate LGFA Coaching Qualifications Completed Child Protection in Sport awareness Programme. Exceptional interpersonal skills. Suitable administrative and IT skills. Excellent communication/presentation skills. The ability to build and sustain good relationships and manage conflict. The ability to manage projects and deadlines. OTHER SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Own car with a full clean driving license. Ability to work and attend evening and weekend/activities in addition to normal day to day activities. Salary details and detailed job specification will be available on request from Roscommon LGFA.
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CANDIDATES INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION SHOULD APPLY BY SENDING A COVER LETTER AND UP TO DATE CURRICULUM VITAE TO: Marie Mc Aleer, County Secretary, Roscommon LGFA, Ballybride, Roscommon Town. Co. Roscommon Closing date for applications is 5pm Wednesday 24th January 2018 Roscommon LGFA is an equal opportunities employer.
Fearna Manor Nursing Home Castlerea require
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CARE ASSISTANTS AND CHEF with relevant qualifications. Please forward CV by post to Fearna Manor Nursing Home, Tarmon Road, Castlerea or email to: hrfearna@gmail.com by Friday 19th January
Roscommon Sports Partnership, an equal opportunities employer, funded by the Sports Ireland, invites application from suitability qualified persons for the following position:
Administrator/Sports Development Officer
This is a full-time temporary position to cover Maternity leave commencing in February 2018. The successful candidate will provide a range of supports to jobseekers and employers, including:• Initial Assessment • Planning and preparation for Employment • Job Sourcing • On-the-Job Support and Coaching • Advice and Support to Employers • Follow-up Support and Mentoring to both Employers & Employees The candidate will work a 39 hour week. A qualification and /or experience of placing people in Employment are desirable but not essential as some training will be provided. This post requires high professional standards and in particular the ability to communicate well with service users and employers. Garda Vetting applies to this post. A full driving licence is essential to this post. Please apply in writing enclosing Curriculum Vitae to: EmployAbility Roscommon. St Patrick’s Street Castlerea, Co. Roscommon Or by Email to: - info@rosemp.ie Informal enquiries (094) 9620328 Candidates may be shortlisted on the basis of information supplied. Closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm on Wednesday 31st January 2018 A panel may be formed as a result of this interview process. EmployAbility Roscommon is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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Roscommon & District Football League invites application from suitability qualified persons for the following position:
Community Employment Scheme Payroll Administrator at the RDFL Offices Lecarrow for a Temporary position of 19.5 hour per week Applicants must contact their local DSPI office to check if they are eligible for employmnent on a C.E. Scheme Duties will include: ● Payment of wages ● Create and Maintaining filing systems ● General word processing including Excel ● Dealing with telephone queries ● Dealing with general correspondence ● General Administration duties
Applications to be made in writing together with Curriculum Vitae and to include the names and contact details of 2 referees to: Chairman, Roscomon & District Football League, Lecarrow, Co. Roscommon Closing date: Friday, 2nd February 2018
Completed application forms, must be received no later than 12.00 noon on Monday, the 29th January 2018 to info@rosactive.org or Maternity Cover, Roscommon Sports Partnership Ltd, GRETB Offices, Lanesboro Street, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon Canvassing by applicants or their representatives will disqualify.
Frenchpark & Districts Childcare Clg is an award winning centre that offers a high quality, affordable child care service to the children and parents within the community and surrounding areas.
Early Years Educator Fixed Term Contracts Full-time and Part-time Candidates should have the following: Essential Criteria • Childcare FETAC Level 5 or equivalent • Knowledge of Pre-school Regulations 2016, Síolta and Aistear • Excellent communication skills both in writing and verbally • Ability to work as part of a team Desirable Criteria • First Aid and Child Protection training • 1 yrs work experience in a childcare setting • Experience of working in partnership with parents Benefits • Salary is €11.50 per hour • Staff Uniforms provided • 21 days annual leave per annum A panel may be formed to fill future vacancies. Applicants should forward their CV with covering letter in support of their application either by post or email to: Mrs Breda Joyce, Manager, Frenchpark and Districts Childcare Clg, Frenchpark, Co Roscommon. Email: info@fdcl.ie Closing date for receipt of applications: Friday 2nd February 2018 Frenchpark and Districts Childcare Clg is an equal opportunities employer.
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FAMILYNOTICES ....ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND ANNIVERSARIES NEILAN Michael (Mike)
CAHILL Seamus
HOARE Monika
Creemully, Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon. (1st Anniversary) Who died 2nd January 2017
St. Ciaran’s Park, Roscommon and formerly Abbey Street (1st Anniversary) Who departed this life peacefully on 17th January 2017
19 Hawthorn Drive, Roscommon (9th Anniversary)
On the First Anniversary of his passing, we, daughters Liz, Geraldine, and Joanne, sons Micky, Harry and Paddy, sister Addie and extended family would like to thank all those who sympathised with us at the time of our sad loss. Thank you to all who attended the Removal, the Funeral Mass and the Burial and to those who sent Mass Cards, messages of sympathy and floral tributes. A special thanks to Canon Liam Devine and Canon Eugene McLoughlin, for celebrating the Funeral Mass and to the choir for their participation. Thanks also to Sr. Christina for her kindness throughout. The family would like to express thanks to Smyth’s Funeral Directors for their sensitive and professional handling of the arrangements, to the gravediggers for preparing his final resting place so thoughtfully, and to all at Hannon’s Hotel for providing refreshments and support. Thanks to the staff at Portiuncla and Roscommon Hospitals where he spent his last weeks. A very special word of thanks to his carer, Ann Corcoran, who took such great care of Mike in his final years. As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, we hope that you will accept this notice as an expression of our sincere gratitude and appreciation. Your thoughtfulness and kindness will always be remembered.
Mike’s First Anniversary Mass will be held on Sunday, 21st January in Creemully Church at 11:30am
KENNY Darragh (5th Anniversary) Died 15th January 2013
BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE
HAMILL Tom Cloonslanor, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
In loving memory of Darragh Kenny, Gort, Lecarrow DARRAGH You left us quietly Your thoughts unknown But left us memories We are proud to own So treasure him Lord In your garden of rest Because here on earth He was one of the best.
Sadly missed by your mother Fidelma, father Liam, sisters Catriona and Sarah, brother Michael and Ciara. Anniversary Mass on Sunday 21st January in St. John’s Church, Lecarrow at 11.30am.
Whose birthday occurs on 18th January 2018 A smile for everyone A heart of gold The very best this world could hold Never selfish Always kind These are the lovely Memories you left behind
Always remembered by your loving daughter, Kathleen, son-in-law John and grandsons David and John R.I.P. Grandad
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Deep in our hearts your memory is kept to love, to cherish and never forget On the First Anniversary of Seamus Cahill’s death, his wife Máire (McCluskey) and the Cahill family would like to thank, most sincerely all the people who sympathised with us in our bereavement, those who attended his Funeral or called in person, sent Mass Cards, messages of sympathy and those who travelled long distances to pay their respects to Seamus. A special word of thanks to Fr. Joseph Rabbitt (Kiltegan) who celebrated his Funeral Mass in The Sacred Heart Church, Roscommon. Thanks also to, Sr. Catherine O’Rourke (Mercy Order, Sligo) who sang so beautifully at the Mass and to the Choir and organist who accompanied her and to Patsy Hanly and John Carlos who played his favourite traditional Irish airs. Thanks to Smyth’s Funeral Directors for their professionalism in making the Funeral arrangements, to the Sacred Heart Home for making the Chapel available for his reposing, to all the people who prepared his final resting place in St. Coman’s Cemetery and to the Abbey Hotel which provided refreshments after the Funeral. We owe a debt of gratitude to the management and staff of the Sacred Heart Home in Roscommon, the doctors, the physiotherapy unit, the OT unit, the porters’, the kitchen and laundry staff and particularly the dedicated team of nurses and carers in St. Michael’s Ward for their excellent caring service to him for over two years. Seamus was privileged to have been in their company and care, they greatly enhanced his life and he appreciated that very much. Special thanks to his good friends, relatives and neighbours who visited him in St. Michael’s Ward and to Fr. Sean Beirne, who visited him frequently, gave him Holy Communion and celebrated his Month’s Mind Mass. A special thank you to the medical team in Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe and especially the wonderful nurses and staff of St. Francis Ward who nursed and cared for Seamus in the week before he passed away peacefully and with dignity. Also, thanks to Dr. Michael Lynn, his valued doctor of many years, to the staff of St. Coman’s Medical Centre for their support and service and to Dr. O’Meara and his team in Roscommon Hospital who provided medical care and support to him over the years. Finally, sincere thanks to the various carers from the HSE and Derrane Disability Centre who were so helpful to Seamus and to the other carers also who attended him frequently and who brightened his days at home. As it would not be possible for us to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as a sincere expression of our appreciation and gratitude to you all. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for all your intentions. Anniversary Mass for Seamus will be celebrated in The Sacred Heart Home Chapel on Sunday, 21st January at 11am. May Seamus rest in peace.
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Treasured memories of a loving wife, mother and sister who passed away on 19th January 2009 MONIKA We’re missing you a little more Each time we hear your name We’ve cried so many tears Yet our hearts broken just the same. We miss our times together Things in common we could share But nothing fills the emptiness Now you’re no longer there We’ve so many precious memories To last our whole life through Each one of them reminders Of how much we’re missing you
Loved dearly and never forgotten by Harry and daughters Martha and Beth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ MONIKA Sometimes it seems a lifetime, Sometimes only a day, But deep within our hearts, dear Monika You are never far away. Unspoken thoughts, no outwards show, But deep inside we miss you so.
Always remembered and loved by your sisters Mary and Camilla, Jimmy, Donal, Paul and Ciara. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ MONIKA In all the world We shall not find A heart so wonderfully kind, So soft a voice, so sweet a smile Inspiration worthwhile. A sympathy so sure, so deep. A love so beautiful to keep
Always loved, never forgotten, your sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews Anniversary Mass on Friday, 9th February in the Sacred Heart Church, Roscommon at 8am.
CURLEY Josie
GALVIN Maureen
Castlestrange, Fuerty, Roscommon Whose 4th Anniversary occurs on 18th January 2018
Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon (10th Anniversary) In loving memory of a dear wife and mother, who passed away 18th of January 2008
In loving memory of our beloved mother Josie Curley, Castlestrange, Fuerty, who passed away on 18th January 2014 R.I.P. As each day dawns We think of you As each night falls We pray for you And in between No matter where Deep in our hearts You’re always there. Always loved and remembered by all your loving family.
TIGHE Philomena (18th Anniversary)
Loved and remembered by George and family Anniversary Mass on Sunday, 21st January in The Church of the Good Shepherd, Four Roads at 11am.
HOARE Annie Racecourse Road, Roscommon Many a lovely moment Many a silent tear But always treasured memories Of a Mother we loved so dear.
In loving memory of Philomena Tighe, who died on 22nd January 2000 Those we love don’t go away They walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard but always near Still loved, still missed every day
Always remembered by her family. Anniversary Mass on Saturday, 20th January in Glinsk Church at 7pm.
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FAMILYNOTICES ....ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND ANNIVERSARIES CORCORAN Carmel and Michael Killoy, Lecarrow (15th and 38th Anniversaries)
REYNOLDS (nee King) Sadie Ballymurray and formerly of Clooncullane, Elphin (1st Anniversary) We remember Sadie Reynolds, who passed away on 14th January, 2017
REGAN Ann
Ronan Hegarty
Liscoffey, Athleague, Co. Roscommon (13th Anniversary) Who died on 21st January 2005
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Cherished memories of Carmel, who died on 25th January 2003 and Michael, who did on 7th January 1980 Many a lovely memory Many a silent tear Always treasured memories Of parents we loved so dear.
Loved and remembered always by your sons and daughters, Marie, Padraig, Annette, Seamus and Micheál, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Anniversary Mass on Saturday, 20th January in Knockcroghery Church at 7pm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CORCORAN Carmel (15th Anniversary) No longer in our lives to share But in our hearts you’re always there.
Lovingly remembered by your sister Phil, brother-in-law Donald and family. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CORCORAN Carmel (15th Anniversary) Sadly missed along life’s way Quietly remembered every day.
Sadly missed by Kitty and family.
THANKSGIVINGS 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 own favour, not mine. Amen. Say this prayer three times, for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted. M. PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT Holy Spirit, you who make me see everythging and showed me the way to reach my ideals. You who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me and you who are in all instances of my life with me. I want to thank You for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from You no matter how great the material desire may be. I want to be with You and my loved ones in Your Perpetual Glory. Amen. Mention your request. While making the requst, promise to either publish this prayer of to circulate the favour. Say prayer for three days. After the third day, the request will be granted. B.D. 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 own favour, not mine. Amen. Say this prayer three times, for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted. A.M.K.
UNFAILING NOVENA PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY Oh Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of saints, your love for God and charity for His creatures made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited on your word, which you were ever ready to speak for those in trouble or anxiety. Encouraged by this thought, I implore of you to obtain for me (request). The answer to my prayer may require a miracle, even so, you are the ‘Saint of Miracles’. O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the Sweet Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms, and the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Publication promised for a great favour received. B.D. PRAYER TO ST. EXPEDITE Saint Expedite you lay in rest, I come to you and ask this wish to be granted (mention your request). Saint Expedite, now that I ask of you Saint Expedite, now what I want of you this very second don’t waste another day, grant me what I ask of you, I know your power, I know you because of your work, I know you can help me do this for me and I will spread your name with love and honour, so that it will be invoked again and again. St. Expedite grant this wish with speed, love, honour and goodness. Glory to you St. Expedite Amem. I want to publish this for favours recieved through St. Expedite to publicate for Thanksgiving. He is a very powerful Saint, he will not let you down. J.C.
On the First Anniversary of our beloved mother’s death, we, the family of Sadie Reynolds, Mae, Pat (R.I.P.); Ita, (R.I.P.); Michael, Harry, Jimmy, Kathleen, Coman, Bertilla, John and Gerard would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to our wonderful neighbours, friends and colleagues for their love, kindness and support over the past year. We offer our heartfelt thanks to all those who attended the Wakes at Ballymurray and Clooncullane; those who attended the Requiem Mass and Burial and to those who extended their sympathies, sent heartfelt letters and cards and who gave charitable donations. We are truly grateful. We would like to thank the Doctors, Nurses and staff of Roscommon University Hospital for their great kindness and care during Sadie’s short illness. Thank you to the members of the Clergy and Elphin Choir for the wonderful celebration of Sadie’s long life. Thanks to the Gravediggers and to the Undertakers, Cathal and Mary Brady, for their sensitivity and professional service. Many thanks to those who brought food and refreshments and looked after callers to the houses and those who directed traffic and assisted with parking. Thanks to Tracey’s Catering and the management and staff of Bothar Rua, Elphin. As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, please accept this notice as an expression of our sincere gratitude and appreciation. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for the intentions of all. “Will those who remember her today, a little prayer to Jesus say.”
Deeply loved, sadly missed and always remembered by her sons and daughters and their families. First Anniversary Mass in St. Patrick’s Church, Elphin on Sunday, 21st January.
LYNCH Thomas (Tommy) Dysart, Roscommon. (Month’s Mind) Passed away on December 24th 2017 at his home. Predeceased by his wife Bernadette, grandson Kevin Anthony and brothers Paddy, Peter and Eamon.
As we look back over time We find ourselves wondering ..... Did we remember to thank you enough For all you have done for us? For all the times you were by our sides To help and support us ..... To celebrate our successes To understand our problems And accept our defeats? Or for teaching us by your example, The value of hard work, good judgement, Courage and integrity? We wonder if we ever thanked you For the sacrifices you made To let us have the very best? And for the simple things Like laughter, smiles and times we shared? If we have forgotten to show our gratitude enough for all the things you did, We’re thanking you now And we are hoping you knew all along, How much you meant to us.
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PUBLIC NOTICE Application to Offaly County Council as the National Waste Collection Permit Office (NWCPO) for a waste collection permit relating to a waste collection activity or waste collection activities in the Connaucht/Ulster Region. Roscommon Amenity + Agricultural Services Ltd. of Raceview, Carrowabrickna, Co. Roscommon will be making an application to the NWCPO, within ten working days from the date of this notice, for a waste collection permit to collect waste which may include hazardous and non-hazardous, commercial, industrial, household, construction and demolition waste, sludges, slurries and septic tank waste and other waste in Roscommon County Council area. A copy of the application will, as soon as is paracticable after receipt by the NWCPO be available for inspection and for purchase at the principal offices of the local authority area or areas listed above.
Missed always by James, sons, daughters, sons-inlaw, daughters-in-law and all your grandchildren. Anniversary Mass on Saturday, 20th January at 7pm in St. Patrick’s Church, Athleague.
FULLARD Marie 4 St. Ciaran’s Park, Roscommon (1st Anniversary)
Sadly missed by his partner Teresa, daughters Yvonne and Valerie, sons Thomas, Gerard (and his partner Karen), son-in-law Colm and daughter-in-law Sandra, grandchildren, sisters, brothers in law and family.
Months Mind Mass for Tommy will be on Wednesday, 24th January at 7.30pm in St. Patrick’s Church, Dysart. A quiet thought A silent prayer For someone special In God’s care.
THANKSGIVINGS 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 own favour, not mine. Amen. Say this prayer three times, for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted. T.M.
In Heaven you rest No worry or pain But in my heart You will always remain
Always remembered by her partner Mick. Anniversary Mass in Sacred Heart Church, Roscommon on Sunday 21st January at 12.15pm.
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SportsEXTRA
Horses for Courses by Tom Red
No racing in Ireland today with tomorrow’s meeting on the flat at the allweather in Dundalk, stalls opening for the first at 5.30 pm. Saturday’s racing takes place at Proudstown Park outside Navan away at 12.20 pm and on Sunday racing is at Thurles in Co. Tipperary starting at 12.40 pm and featuring the Grade 2 Anaglog’s Daughter EBF Mares Novice Chase and the Grade 3 Kinloch Brae Chase. The going is expected to be soft to heavy, heavy in places at Navan and soft at Thurles with standard going at Dundalk. Cross channel, the Willie Mullins trained Un De Sceaux is odds on at 8/11 favourite for Saturday’s 8-runner Clarence House Chase but the Ascot feature appears to have developed into a match with a big gamble on Nicky Henderson’s Brain Power, 8’s to 9/4 since Monday. It must be Mullins’ luck at the moment that has inspired the gamble but never dismiss money. Racing at Clonmel last week was shrouded in fog and visibility was poor throughout the day and eventually so bad that the last two races, a handicap
chase and a hunter’s chase, were abandoned after officials decided to call a halt after the 2.40 race.
Festival Watch Leopardstown Starting on the 3rd February, the Dublin Racing Festival is throwing up some very attractive entries for some races like English raiders Buveur D’Air and Defi Du Seuil are possible opponents for Faugheen in the BHP Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown. There are 17 entries in the race including Melon, Yorkhill and Gordon Elliott’s exciting novice Samcro. The Frank Ward Solicitors Arkle Novice Chase looks a penalty kick Willie Mullins’ Footpad, who has impressed in both his outings over fences. With 9 other entries including stable mate Demi Sang and Pat Fahy’s Castlegrace Paddy remember the fences are there to be jumped. The Lacy & Partners Solicitors Novice Hurdle over 2m 6f is also on Samcro’s radar where he could face Cracking Smart, Real Steel, Getabird, Next Destination and Warren Greatrex’s
Challow Hurdle runner-up Mulcahys Hill among the 35 entries. The 20 entry Grade Two Coral Dublin Chase could see a rematch between Simply Ned and Min, with the latter’s stablemate Yorkhill confirmed a likely runner, too. On Sunday there are 4 Grade 1 races down for decision with 22 entries in the Irish Gold Cup but no Sizing John, last year’s winner. Gigginstown provide 7 of the 22, WP Mullins 5 and JP McManus 4. Jessica Harrington has an able replacement for sizing John in Our Duke. The Spring Juvenile Hurdle has attracted a small but quality field of 10 entries headed by Gavin Cromwell’s unbeaten Espoir D’allen. Deloitte sponsor the Novice Hurdle and a large field of 25 entries and in the Flogas Novice chase there are 18 potential runners. We will look at them in more detail next week.
Cheltenham Jessica Harrington’s 8-Y-O Sizing John will bypass the Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown go straight to the Gold Cup at Cheltenham. He is in good form according to Harrington who prefers to go to the Festival fresh.
Scoil Mhuire Strokestown awards night
Callum Fahey presents Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown manager Aidan Dooney with a memento of their All-Ireland win on behalf of the team. Pic: Mick McCormack
Pictured at the awards night in Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown for the team that won the All-Ireland Colleges ‘C’ Football Final were Robert Regan, Tony Lavin and Stephen Lavin. Picture: Andrew Fox
Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown Principal Eamonn Corrigan and football manager Aidan Dooney make a presentation to last Saturday’s special guest, Roscommon manager, Kevin McStay. Pic: Mick McCormack
Coney Island, who is entered in both the Gold Cup and the Ryanair Chase at the Festival, will run in either Irish Gold Cup on 4th of February. or the Ascot Chase on the 18th and after a decision will be made about Cheltenham according to trainer Eddie Harty There are 30 entries for the Queen Mother Champion Chase with over half of them, 17, trained in Ireland. WP Mullins has 9 including Douvan, Gordon Elliott 5 with 4 for Gigginstown, Henry de Bromhead 2 last year’s winner Special Tiara and Ordinary World and Alan Fleming 1.
General News The Fairyhouse meeting fell to the inclement weather yesterday as the track was found to be unfit for racing due to an inch of snow on the track. No replacement date has been announced as this goes to press.
Point to Point View There are two meeting on this weekend both on Sunday with racing at Dungarvan Co. Waterford and Kilfeacle near Cashel in Tipperary both scheduled to start at 12.30 pm.
BUCCANEERS RFC
Buccs’ Seconds in tame exit Buccaneers Seconds made a tame exit from the Connacht Junior Cup when going down 51-17 to Castlebar at wet and windy Cloondeash on Sunday. Castlebar’s pack was rampant in the opening quarter as the Blues notched three unconverted tries through Nigel Byrne, David Staunton and Fintan Casey in quick succession for a 18-0 lead (they had slotted over an early penalty) by the end of the first quarter. The impressive No. 8 Staunton got his second at the posts with Conway adding the conversion to stretch their advantage. Buccs finally made some inroads into the home half and, after Thomas McGann and Brian Diffley made good ground on the left, Callum Forde displayed nifty footwork and desire to get in for Buccs’ opening score. However, they leaked two further soft tries to Luke Staunton and Byrne before half-time. Conway converted both to give Castlebar a daunting 39-5 toehold at the interval. Buccs were more committed on the resumption but could not penetrate until Robert Enraght-Moony burst through for an unconverted try wide on the left after a quickly-tapped 57th minute penalty. Buccs scored a third try through Brian Diffley with Ryan Convey adding the conversion to reduce the visitors’ arrears to 17-39 with fifteen minutes remaining. However, that was as close as it got as Castlebar quickly retorted with a try and Brian Flannery scored his side’s eighth try in the final move with Conway’s conversion completing the home side’s 51-17 win.
This weekend…
Pictured are some of the 2013 Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown Connacht Schools winning football team and mentors. Back row: John Rogers, Martin Shanagher, Shane Carrington, Sean Mullooly, Luke Corcoran, Tom Corcoran and Seamus Donnolly. Front row: Cathal Compton, Cian Gibbons, David Carlton, Michael Fallon and Keelan Beirne. Pic: Mick McCormack
Buccaneers U-20s take on leaders Maynooth University/Barnhall when the JP Fanagan Leinster League Premier 2 resumes on Sunday. This will be the ultimate test for the Pirates who have struggled to recapture the form of last season when they finished runners-up to Sunday’s visitors. Kick-off at 2.30 pm at Dubarry Park. Buccaneers Seconds are on the road west on Saturday for a joust with their Galwegians counterparts in the Connacht Junior 1A League at Crowley Park, Glenina. Buccaneers Women travel to Carrick-on-Shannon for a Connacht Women’s League fixture against the Co. Leitrim ladies on Sunday. Kick-off at 1 pm.
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Sports People Andy Glennon, Gary Patterson and Shane O’Malley pictured ahead of Michael Glavey’s’ AllIreland Intermediate Club Football Championship Semi-Final against Kilanerin this Sunday. Preview on pages 45-47. Picture: Andrew Fox
See Pages 45 - 47 for full preview
Clubmen to their core! Glavey’s set for semi-final showdown
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Creggs RFC Report
THE GAIN LINE
Senior Rugby Creggs first team training continues on Friday night as they prepare for their next Connacht League game away against Ballinrobe on Sunday at 2.30 pm. Creggs currently sit at the top of the table but with three away games and one home fixture to go, there is a lot of rugby yet to be played. Meanwhile, the Firsts have been drawn against Corinthians in the quarter-final of the Connacht Junior Cup. Creggs will also play Corinthians in the Curley Cup Final. Creggs Seconds went jointtop of the J2 Connacht League last weekend without having to kick a ball as Sligo RFC failed to travel. The Seconds are away to Loughrea in the league on Sunday at 2.30 pm. Training continues on Tuesday and Friday nights with returning and new players always welcome. Creggs U-20s are in contention to win the Connacht U-20 Blitz Series. Having won the last round, the team is in joint-second position in the series, with two rounds to go.
Back in Creggs Maurice Buckley, brother of Connacht star prop Denis, has
signed back from Trinity College, where he is a student, and where he has played in the AllIreland League with their Dublin University Football Club (which holds the unique distinction of being the oldest club in the world in continuous existence). He is eligible to play again with Creggs from next Monday. Welcome back Maurice!
Youth Rugby Creggs U-13s: The U-13s put in a very good performance in the Connacht League against Ballinasloe in Creggs last Saturday. They were unlucky not to claim victory, with the game ending 17-17. The U-13s will now play Claremorris on Thursday night at 7.30 pm in Creggs in the league. Creggs U-14s: The U-14s will play a top of the table game against Galwegians RFC next Saturday at 1.30 pm in Creggs. It is effectively a Connacht League Semi-Final, with the winner of this game through to the league fnal. For the winners on Saturday, that looks likely to be against Corinthians RFC. Connacht U-15 A League: Creggs 57 Castlebar 17. Creggs overcame Castlebar after an excellent game last weekend. The hosts enjoyed an excellent start with winger Matthew Ryan touching down in the corner fol-
lowing a turnover. Creggs were rampant and the skilful backline proved unmanageable for the Castlebar men as the home side threatened in all areas of the pitch. Further tries followed including a second for Matthew Ryan and another for David Gacquin. Catlebar answered with two tries of their own to leave them with ten points at the break. Creggs came out in the second half with all guns blazing and tries from David Gacquin (2), Mark Dowd, Darren Gately, Dara Hughes and Eoin Ward (2) with conversions from Robert Colleran and Matthew Ryan made sure of a convincing victory. U-16 A Connacht League Quarter-Final: Creggs 10 Monivea 0. The U-16s played Monivea last Saturday night, under lights in Creggs in front of a sizeable crowd. The first score on the board went the way of the home team after 12 minutes when Mark Purcell struck a penalty after Monivea had been penalised for offside. Just before half-time, Darragh Kiernan went over in the corner for the only try of the game. Mark Purcell added the extras on the stroke of half-time to make it 10-0. Creggs had the better of it in the
The Creggs U-17s who took on Carrick last weekend.
second half but were unable to add to their tally. Intelligent kicking and Ronan Lambe’s work in the set piece kept Monivea from ever threatening a comeback. Creggs U-16s will now play a Connacht League Semi-Final away v Ballinasloe RFC on Sunday at 12 pm. Connacht U-17 A League: Carrick 11 Creggs 17. Creggs returned to winning ways last Sunday with a hard fought away win to Carrick. Their first score came on ten minutes when scrum half and Captain, Aodha Hession’s swift pass saw the Creggs back line out-pace their opponents and the try in the corner was well taken by the impressive Erin Coyle. It was fitting that Creggs next try was a reward for their forward
dominance with Eric O’Doherty powering over from close range. An error at the breakdown then saw Creggs penalised and Carrick converted the resulting penalty to leave the half-time score 10-3 to the visitors. Carrick were rewarded for a bright start to the second half with a try on 45 minutes to bring them within two points. On a rare second half visit to their opponents’ 22, Creggs’ driving maul from a line-out saw Hession go over for the deciding score with Mark Purcell adding a difficult conversion. Carrick scored a consolation penalty on full-time but Creggs left with a hard-fought 6-point win. The U-17s play away to Corrib
in the league on Sunday, 27th. Creggs U-18.5s will be hoping to take another step to retaining their Connacht League title when they play Ballinrobe this Friday night in Creggs at 7.30 pm. This is followed a week later by Creggs v Oughterard in the last round.
Mini Rugby Creggs Minis welcomed Buccaneers last Saturday for a blitz in Creggs. Next weekend Carrick will visit for a blitz with a 10.30 am kick-off. Girls Mini Rugby is being restructured and a new committee is being formed to promote and grow the game for the girls. More information in the coming weeks.
SICK AS A PARROT/OVER THE MOON ROSCOMMON & DISTRICT LEAGUE NEWS
Soccer Results
Dooner’s weekend predictions The big games are coming thick and fast in the Premier Division. Boyle Celtic host Castlerea Celtic this Saturday with both sides still firmly in the title race. Elsewhere, in Division Two, Rahara Rovers and Boyle’s B team will be hoping to keep pace with Moylough ’79 at the top of the table. This could be the weekend we see sides making huge strides in the race for silverware.
Thursday, January 18th The Herald Premier Division Moore United v St. Peter’s
FC. 8 pm The visitors will be expected to win this and put pressure on both Boyle Celtic and Castlerea Celtic ahead of their clash on Saturday. Prediction: St. Peter’s FC
Prediction: Draw Killeen Sports Division Two Shiven Rovers B v Cloonfad United B. 7.45 pm Could go either way but the home side gets the nod. Prediction: Shiven Rovers B
Saturday, January 20th
Sunday, January 21st
The Herald Premier Division Boyle Celtic v Castlerea Celtic. 7.45 pm Boyle might have a game in hand but this is a must-win. A draw would suit Castlerea more and that’s what looks most likely.
TP Brennan Connacht Cup Round 3 (2 pm) Mervue United v Ballymoe FC Ballymoe went down to St. John’s Athletic last weekend and may find the going difficult away from home this weekend.
Striking a pose! The Castlerea Celtic team which defeated Shiven Rovers 5-2 last weekend.
Prediction: Mervue United Renmore v Ballinasloe Town Ballinasloe Town were well beaten last weekend but I see them progressing here. Prediction: Ballinasloe Town The Herald Premier Division Dysart FC v Skyvalley Rovers. 11 am The hosts have looked that little bit stronger this season and will be hoping to put daylight between themselves and St. John’s this weekend. Prediction: Dysart FC Ballaghaderreen FC v St. John’s Athletic. 2 pm
St. John’s narrowly won the reverse fixture in Lecarrow earlier in the season. There is very little between these sides. Prediction: Draw Norio’s Takeaway Division One Hodson Bay Athletic v Ballinasloe Town B. 11 am The hosts are in good form and the league leaders will find it difficult. Prediction: Draw Dunmore Town v Kilkerrin United. 2 pm Kilkerrin are favourites for this local derby. Prediction: Kilkerrin United Killeen Sports Division Two (2 pm) Castlerea Celtic B v Skyvalley Rovers B The home side will be favourites here. Prediction: Castlerea Celtic B Moylough ’79 v Glen Celtic The league leaders could take a big step towards the title this weekend. Prediction: Moylough ‘79 Rahara Rovers v Boyle Celtic B Moylough ’79 will be hoping this prediction comes true. Prediction: Draw Roscommon United v Cam Celtic This should be a decent game. Prediction: Draw
The Herald Premier Division Ballaghaderreen FC 2 Skyvalley Rovers 1 Ballymoe FC 1 St. John’s Athletic 2 Castlerea Celtic 5 Shiven Rovers 2 Norio’s Takeaway Division One CP Ajax 2 Lough Harps 0 Strokestown United 3 Ahascragh United 1 Killeen Sports Grounds Division Two Glen Celtic 1 Rahara Rovers 3 Roscommon United 1 Boyle Celtic B 1 Skyvalley Rovers B 2 Shiven Rovers B 5 FAI Junior Cup Round 6 Ballinasloe Town 0 St. Michael’s 4 TP Brennan Connacht Cup Round 3 Boyle Celtic 5 Manor Rangers 0 Cloonfad United 1 Corrib Rangers 2 Dysart FC 1 Carbury FC 2 Moylough ’79 0 Castlebar Celtic 8 St. Peter’s FC 4 Iorras Aontaithe 0 Moore United 4 Ballygawley Celtic 1 TP Brennan Connacht Shield Round 2 Hodson Bay Athletic 4 Knocknacarra FC 2 Kilkerrin United 4 Dynamo Blues 1 Swinford 4 Cam Celtic 2
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SPORTING WORLD WITH DAN DOONER
@dan_dooner
GAA – No strength without unity The best Christmas present I received recently was an attractively presented marriage of my two great loves: history and sport. ‘The GAA – A People’s History’ was not a book I had read prior to Christmas Day 2017 and therefore it was a wonderful surprise. It charts the history of the organisation from its very humble beginnings in the Hayes’
Hotel billiard room in 1884, where it was set-up in order to promote Irish games and culture. Funnily enough, British Sky Broadcasting wasn’t on the agenda at that first meeting. Fast forward to 2018 and most opinion columns in national newspapers are written around the same topic: the commercialisation of our games and the intrusion of
THE LEAD STORY Dan Dooner global companies like BSkyB. The humble volunteer, who won’t be granted a testimonial dinner in recognition of service
to the GAA, is largely forgotten about as the sport becomes more and more professional. Volunteers like Roscommon
Ladies Board Secretary, Marie McAleer, are vital to the GAA and therefore it was wonderful to receive news earlier this week of Marie’s recognition from the GAA for her life-long service to ladies football, both in Roscommon and on the national stage. At the end of our chat about next month’s Presidential Awards in Croke Park, Marie
broke into Gaeilge and uttered the wonderful phrase: “Ní neart go cur le chéile!” It translates as ‘There is no strength without unity’ and is as appropriate in the modern GAA as it was at meetings of like-minded individuals in 1884 and or indeed 1974 when Marie and her fellow volunteers founded the Roscommon Ladies Board.
Volleyball face-off! Defending All-Ireland ‘C’ Volleyball champions, Convent of Mercy, will face local opposition in this year’s final, which takes place in UCD today. Roscommon Community College will be hoping
to put their neighbours to the sword and claim national honours and local bragging rights. The AllIreland C Final starts at 1 pm and it could go down to the wire!
Roscommon Community College volleyball team: Shannon Carter, Rachel Tarmey, Sophia Ivanenko, Tara Naughton, Tara Hegarty, Laura Leonard, Lauryn Flaherty, Ina van Opstal, Caoimhe Leonard, Roksana Ptak, Yasmin Cunningham, Tia Cronin and Zara Grehan. Also pictured are teachers Sheila Gunn and Siobhan Tully. Absent are Rachel Tarmey and Maebh Hickey.
The Covent of Mercy volleyball team: Chloe Egan, Zara Hunt, Amy Hanly, Hazel Murray, Roisin Tully, Laura Crean, Emily Horan, Anna Finan, Sheena Kilroe, Nessa Madden, Aoibhe Kelly, Ciara Farrell.
The sporting brief Handball
Beatty beats Jennings! In a surprise result, St. Coman’s Darren Beatty defeated reigning Connacht Junior champion
Sean Jennings in their 40x20 Junior Singles County semi-final held in St. Coman’s last Saturday night. Jennings started brightly and stormed into a 9-2 lead but Beatty reverted to an overhand Z serve and
came back to take the first 21-15. Jennings took a 7-0 lead in the second but once again Beatty responded with a series of aces and took the second 21-14. Next up for Darren is the winner of the Denis Crea-
ton and Oisin Naughton semi-final. Lisacul’s Barry Nolan claimed victory following a titanic 40x20 Junior ‘C’ Singles semi-final against Kilglass’ John Coggeran on a score of 21-11, 12-21, 21-15.
People’s champions of the week
Congratulations to the Castlerea Kings basketball team who defeated Athlone Town in the Longleitros league last Saturday night at the Hub, Castlerea.
Golf
Weekly round-up We start our weekly roundup with Athlone and results of last Sunday’s Midland Intermediate Alliance outing in Mullingar. Ned Mollaghan was the winner with 39 points, second place went to Tony Buckley (39) and third was Martin Murray(38). Recent winners at the club included Aidan Flanagan (15-hole stableford, January 6th); Liam Browne (15-hole stableford, January 13th to 14th) and Lily O’Sullivan (Ladies 12hole stableford, January 6th). The course remains closed in Boyle for renovations but 2018 membership rates are now available and distance membership is becoming increasingly popular. Contact Terry on 086-8297496 or Paula on 086-6038638 for more information. Upcoming highlights include: The Spring League which takes place over
three weekends in February and the Captain’s Drive-In on February 25th. Finally to Castlerea where a new management committee was announced following the recent AGM: Marian Caulfield (President); Eugene O’Connell (Chairperson); Catherine Collins (Hon. Secretary); Alan Devine (Hon. Treasurer); Mickey Freyne (Registrar); Gerry McDonagh (Captain); Mamie Creaton (Lady Captain); Joe Caulfield (Vice-Captain); Elizabeth Devine (Lady Vice-Captain); Kieran Kenny (Junior Convenor); Matt Griffith (Course Manager); Valerie Callaghan, Pyers O’Conor Nash and Jimmy Joyce (committee).
Darts
Back throwing! We brought you news last week that Wayne Harries had claimed the Christmas Singles title in Hannon’s Hotel recently after he beat Mick Egan 7-3 in the final. Mick had the highest
check-out of the day with 126 following another top quality competition. Now all focus shifts back to the league!
Touch Rugby
Coaching Day! Athlone Touch Rugby will host a coaching day on Saturday, January 27th at AIT. Three of Ireland’s best and most experienced coaches will be present on the day: Paul Brown, former National Director of Coaching with ITA; Billy Ngawini, ITA National Development Officer and Brian Leveau, ITA’s National Director of Coaching. This exciting event will take place on the AIT AstroTurf, beside the indoor arena on Saturday, 27th January from 12 pm to 3 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. For more details, contact Denis O’Connor on 085-7742751 or check out Athlone Touch Rugby on Facebook.
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Preparations going well ahead of NFL So the annual joust with Mayo in the FBD League is over, and while it would be very foolish for any Roscommon fan to be getting carried away with the three point win, there are plenty of grounds for optimism ahead of the National Football League campaign. The Roscommon panel is much stronger this year and that will be very important as we face into a quickfire round of games starting with Meath on Sunday week. New or returning players who have impressed in recent weeks have been Clann na nGael pair Fergal and Ciaran Lennon, although Ciaran will probably be restricted to the U-20 side earlier in the year at least. Conor Daly is playing great football and has scored eight points from play in our last four games. It’s good to have him back. Finbar Cregg is also a big addition to the team and his pace will cause a lot of defences problems this year. Our defence looks settled with Davy Mur-
ray, John McManus and Niall McInerney playing well in the full-back line. Conor Daly and Sean Mullooly are looking good for the half-back line with the possibility of recalling team captain Conor Devaney into the number 7 jersey. Midfield remains a problem area and Enda Smith looks nailed on for a spot there with the likes of Tadgh O’Rourke, Ian Kilbride and Fintan Cregg likely partners. Up front, the two Murtaghs are playing great football and it will be hard to ignore the claims of Donie Smith after some eye-catching displays recently. Niall Kilroy looks certain to get the number 11 jersey, with Niall Daly, Finbar Cregg, Cathal Cregg and Cian McKeon all in contention as well. We also have two great goalkeepers in Colm Lavin and James Featherston. I fully realise that Mayo fielded very short of regulars on Sunday but Roscommon played with a lot of confidence particularly in the sec-
ond half with 14 men and they kept the ball really well towards the end of the game when they were protecting their lead. It shows that the team are maturing nicely. It’s all about the game against Meath now and it is vital that Roscommon begin the campaign with a win. I had Bernard Flynn on the radio last Monday and he said that he thought Meath were very poor in the first half of their match against Longford in the O’Byrne Cup semifinal last Sunday but that they improved in the second period. If Roscommon can get their best starting 15 on the field then I am predicting a wining start to the league. It’s time to make Dr Hyde Park a fortress once again. More about that next week. I am also predicting that our second game - away to Tipperary will be a much tougher game. All in all, preparations are going well and I am confident that Roscommon will have a good year in 2018.
Questions for O’Neill to answer The Martin O’Neill debacle is another massive cock-up by the FAI who are past masters at it. The fact that they didn’t tie O’Neill down to a contract made for a farcical weekend. It was like ‘Lanigan’s Ball’ with O’Neill stepping in and out and in and out again. Now it looks like he will stay in the Irish job. He surely has questions to answer after his talks with Stoke, and his commitment to the Irish job must be questioned. What happens when the next Premier League job comes along? He is probably going to be re-appointed to the Irish job and why not from his point of view? Over a million Euro a year, only 8 or 10 games to play and no competitive match for another 12 months. In Manager Kevin McStay and selectors Liam McHale and Ger Dowd were looking on as Roscommon continue their preparations with FBD League wins over Sligo and Mayo last week. Pic: Andrew Fox
FBD Final should be played Friday! Kevin McStay’s call for the FBD League Final to be played this Friday night makes so much sense on a number of levels. The Roscommon v Galway game that is scheduled for Tuam next Sunday is totally meaningless, and if it goes ahead Roscommon will be fielding a third string team and it is likely that Galway will do the same. There won’t be 100 people at it. In fact, talking to Kevin after the Mayo match, if there is no change he intends to go to the Michael Glavey’s game himself! To play the final on the 18th of February in the middle of the league campaign is unfair on the players but that doesn’t seem to matter. It could be played somewhere like the Ballyhaunis Centre of Excellence under lights on Friday night. But will that happen? Highly unlikely.
Questions to answer? Martin O’Neill looks set to extend his stay as manager of the Republic of Ireland.
addition, there are very low expectations as we have very few top class players. It’s a no brainer. The FAI will facilitate him of course, you can bet on that one.
Fantastic weekend for Irish Rugby There was fantastic action in the rugby at the weekend not least the thriller between Munster and Racing ’92 in Paris. It was a game that Munster probably should have won and they are in a great position now with Castres coming up at the weekend. Leinster are looking great too and they are through to a home quarter-final with a game to spare. Ulster are still in with a chance too after a great win against La Rochelle. Connacht scraped a draw with Worcester but they are at home in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals and they can kick on from here. It has been a fantastic few weeks for Irish rugby and with all the teams still in contention; there will be justifiable optimism ahead of the Six Nations Championship.
Glavey’s set for Super Sunday The biggest day in the history of Michael Glavey’s comes around on Sunday when they contest the AIB All-Ireland Club Intermediate Semi-Final against Wexford’s Kilanerin in Tullamore. It is very hard to predict what will happen in these games as we have never seen what the Leinster champions are like but going on the type of football that Glavey’s played to beat the Mayo and Galway champions in the Connacht semifinal and final I will be very surprised if they are not preparing for an All-Ireland final on Sunday at about half past three. Iain Daly is a superb coach and he and his selectors have done a great job with this team. There will be a huge Roscommon crowd to cheer them on and they can reach the final if they can recapture any of that pre-Christmas form.
A great night in Strokestown On Saturday night I was honoured to be invited to Scoil Mhuire in Strokestown to share in the celebrations as they presented their successful senior team with the All-Ireland medals for winning the ‘C’ championship in 2017. It was a superb occasion and really well organised and a very appropriate way for the team to celebrate their success with their parents, teachers, coaches and sponsors. It was a classy affair and well done to everyone concerned.
Have Liverpool finally cracked it? Have Liverpool finally found the missing ingredients to make a team into possible Premier League champions? They won’t win it this season, but they are assembling a very exciting panel of players. Their thrilling win against Manchester City on Sunday is another sign that Jurgen Klopp is getting it right but they have a way to go yet. The concession of two late goals shows that they still have problems in defence although it has to be admitted that Virgil van Dijk was missing. But going forward they are lethal, and really easy on the eye. They will have to buy a decent goalkeeper and maybe one more defender but if they do that then they can challenge on all fronts. I have a feeling that they are a good outside bet for the Champions League this season.
Connacht are through to the Challenge Cup Quarter-Finals following a thrilling draw with Worcester last weekend.
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Roscommon edged out Mayo in this enjoyable FBD League clash played before a crowd of 2,000 people at Dr Hyde Park last Sunday. Having been reduced to 14 men just a minute into the second half when midfielder Ian Kilbride was harshly sent to the line by referee Martin Flaherty for a second yellow card offence, Kevin McStay’s side battled well to forge ahead and close out the win. Roscommon manager Kevin McStay was happy with the performance overall. “I thought it was a very enjoyable game from both teams perspective and it was competitive right to the end but you couldn’t take a whole lot more out of it to be honest. Both teams were understrength. But we are trying to close the gap on Mayo bit by bit, and today is another little step along the way. I don’t want the replay last August to define us and it’s nice to win. We won’t see Mayo until later in the
year maybe. We will take the positives out of the win but we won’t be overestimating it either. “We did well in the second half with 14 men and we kept the ball much better. Everyone put their shoulder to the wheel when Ian (Kilbride) went off and I was very pleased with the reaction. We were solid defensively and we kept Mayo to 11 points which is good any day you go out. But I say that in the knowledge that Mayo only had a trial team out. “I was thrilled with the way we kept the ball towards the end of the game for two or three minutes and it showed a growing maturity. Our game management was good although maybe Ciaran (Murtagh) could have tapped the penalty over the bar to make it a four point game but look, it was the FBD League and I wouldn’t criticise him in any way for going for the goal. It was a brilliant save too by the way,” he said. The manager and his selectors have every right to be pleased with Roscom-
mon’ ability to hold possession late in the game to deny Mayo any chance of getting the scores they needed. A maturity in their play and game management particularly in the second half, were further signs of Roscommon’s progression. The home side could even afford the luxury of missing a penalty in injury-time as Ciaráin Murtagh’s wellstruck effort was brilliantly saved by Rob Hennelly. Davy Murray and Niall McInerney were outstanding in the last line of defence while Conor Daly continues to impress in the half-back line. Midfield was struggling until Enda Smith came into the game very well in the final quarter. Up front Niall Kilroy had a good first half but he kicked the ball into the goalkeeper’s hands on three occasions. Conor Devaney worked hard and Ciaráin and Diarmuid Murtagh had their moments in attack. In wet and wintry conditions, Roscommon led by 0-4 to 0-1 after ten minutes, Conor Daly, Ciaráin Murtagh (free), Niall Daly and Niall Kilroy were all on target for the home side with impressive newcomer Fionn McDonagh replying for the visitors. But Ros-
Diarmuid O’Connor concedes a free as he impedes Davy Murray. Picture: Andrew Fox
common were struggling at midfield and Mayo had levelled the game at 0-6 apiece by the 26th minute. Sean Mullooly and Ciaráin Murtagh were the Roscommon scorers with McDonagh grabbing two excellent points for the Mayo men. Diarmuid Murtagh scored two points for Roscommon before the break (one a free) with Ciaran Treacy scoring one for Mayo to leave Roscommon ahead by 0-8 to 0-7 at half-time. Within three minutes of the restart Roscommon were down to 14 men when Ian Kilbride was harshly sent off for a second yellow card offence, and when Mayo equalised a minute later from a McDonagh free it looked ominous for the home side. But Roscommon were much better in that second period. Their ball retention was excellent and they scored some superb points. Three unanswered points from Enda Smith, Diarmuid Murtagh and Conor Daly saw the home side ahead by 0-11 to 0-9 after 45 minutes. Ciaran Treacy’s point reduced the margin to one but Roscommon kicked on again with points from Diarmuid Murtagh (2 frees) and Ciaráin Murtagh (another free) to lead by four with five minutes to go. Both sides had been making a raft of substitutions at that stage and the game had become disjointed as a result. Neil Douglas reduced the margin to three in the 68th minute with a fine point. But Roscommon held on very well to the ball in the final few minutes and a run of at least 30 passes saw the ball worked into sub Cian McKeon, and when was felled in the penalty area referee Martin Flaherty pointed to the spot. Ciaráin Murtagh hit his penalty well but Robbie Hennelly made a brilliant save but there was time for no more and Roscommon prevailed by three points. The win ensures that they will face Galway in the FBD League final at a date and a time to be fixed. It was a pleasing win from a Roscommon point
Enda Smith and Ian Kilbride battle for possession with Stephen Coen. Picture: Andrew Fox
of view and a good workout for both sides but much bigger tests lie ahead. Mayo have to travel to Monaghan in Division One in two weeks’ time while Roscommon will entertain Meath in Division Two. But so far so good, and another step along the way for Kevin McStay and his players. While it would be very foolish to look too much into this win there are definite signs of progress in this Roscommon team and the panel looks much stronger this year as the National Football League approaches. Roscommon: Colm
Lavin; Davy Murray, John McManus, Niall McInerney; Conor Daly (0-2), Sean Mullooly (0-1), Fergal Lennon; Enda Smith (0-1), Ian Kilbride; Niall Daly (0-1), Niall Kilroy (0-1), Conor Devaney; Ciaráin Murtagh (0-3, 2 frees), Diarmuid Murtagh (0-5, 3 frees), Finbar Cregg. Subs: Seanie McDermott for Cregg (54), Ronan Daly for C Daly (54), Donie Smith for Devaney (61), Cian McKeon for D Murtagh (65), Henry Walsh for Kilroy (67), Peter Domican for Lennon (71). Mayo: Robbie Hennelly;
Eoin O’Donoghue, Ger Cafferkey, Caolan Crowe; Colm Boyle, Paddy Durcan (0-1), James Stretton; Stephen Coen, Danny Kirby; Fionn McDonagh (0-4, 1 free), Diarmuid O’Connor, Conor O’Shea (0-1); Neil Douglas (0-2), Jason Doherty (0-1, free), Ciaran Treacy (0-2). Subs: Kevin McLoughlin for Doherty (53), Jason Gibbons for Boyle (53), Peter Naughton for McDonagh (66), Jamie Oates for Crowe and James McCormack for Kirby (68). Referee: Martin Flaherty (Galway) Man of the Match: David Murray
Brian Carroll, Roscommon County Board Secretary, Kevin McStay, Roscommon Senior Football Manager and Stephen Rochford, Mayo Senior Football Manager pictured as they greet each other after entering the field of play. Picture: Andrew Fox
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Night of celebration in Strokestown Scoil Mhuire’s All-Ireland winners honoured SEAMUS DUKE
It was a night of celebration at Scoil Mhuire in Strokestown last Saturday night as the 2017 All-Ireland ‘C’ Schools winning senior football team were presented with their medals by special guest, Roscommon senior football manager Kevin McStay. In addition, the senior team from 2013 who reached the All-Ireland final were also honoured and they received their Connacht winners’ medals almost five years after they had won the title! Parents, staff, members of the local Strokestown GAA club, sponsors and coaches were all in attendance and a magnificent three course meal was served to everyone present. MC for the night was school principal Eamon Corrigan. Mr Corrigan said that it was a very proud achievement for the school to win the All-Ireland title having
won the title in 2009 and having being beaten in the final in 2013. He praised team manager Aidan Dooney and selectors Joe Murphy and Damien Rooney for their work He also paid tribute to the local GAA clubs who had been so co-operative with the school and also the parents and sponsors for their support. He stressed the importance of team sport in the development of pupils and he thanked everyone who had an input into the success of the team. Willie Hegarty spoke on behalf of the Roscommon Games Development committee. He said that the presentation evening at the school was “a great idea in an appropriate setting”. He praised the sporting facilities at the school. “There are fantastic sporting facilities available at this school. It’s like driving into a top class third level institution. We have been so lucky in
Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown, 2017 All-Ireland Colleges ‘C’ champions pictured with mentors and special guest, Roscommon Manager, Kevin McStay. Pic: Mick McCormack
Roscommon with the underage success that we have had in recent years. “The facts are now that not alone have we All-Ireland colleges medals in the room but there are minor, U-21 and senior Connacht med-
Pictured at Saturday’s awards night in Scoil Mhuire, Strokestown for the team that won the All-Ireland Colleges ‘C’ Football Final were Andrew Fahey, Fergal Moylan, Thomas Murray and Cian Corcoran. Picture: Andrew Fox
Rochford reaction Mayo manager Stephen Rochford said his side were stretched thin following a backlog of fixtures as they fell to an FBD League defeat to Roscommon at Dr Hyde Park. “It was a well contested and competitive game from our point of view. What we were looking for was to compete and we did that well today. We had a lot of new faces there today and it was great to have a look at them. “Maybe people might say that it was harsh to have to play three games in five days but the calling off of the game last Sunday couldn’t have been helped and it had to be played this week. The fact that we have had a big squad meant we were spread a little thin and we were not able to ask serious questions of Galway and Roscommon today but it’s on to the preparations for the league for us now” “We still have another game to play in the FBD league against Sligo and then our total focus will be on the game against Monaghan in the league in two weeks’ time,” he concluded.
als in this room tonight and it is fantastic to see. This is a very special occasion and it is great to be a part of it,” he said. The medals for the 2013 team were presented by Kevin McStay before 2017 team manager Aidan Dooney addressed the gathering and he began by thanking sponsors, the staff at the school, parents, local clubs and everyone connected with the team. He also thanked everyone in connection with organising the homecoming after the AllIreland win. He made special mention of St Croan’s for the use of their pitch and the hard work of school secretary Joan Neary who was made a special presentation. Aidan Dooney said that it was a special year for the
team recalling that they lost just one game out of the 14 they played. “I know we won the AllIreland but I would count the Connacht final win against Ballyhaunis as the sweetest win we had. They beat us by 11 points in the league final but we turned it around to beat them by 9 in the Connacht final,” he said. He praised the 2009 and 2013 teams and said that in 2017 the players were a pleasure to work with. “This great win was down to them and only them. They put in the work, this is their night and they should cherish it,” he concluded. Then the medals for winning the county, provincial and All-Ireland championships were presented by Kevin McStay. Special guest McStay said that his links
with Strokestown and Scoil Mhuire went back 30 years. “There was a member of staff that I was chasing here 30 years ago (his wife Verona who was teaching there at the time) so I suppose you could say it was this school that was responsible for bringing me to Roscommon,” he said. “Winning an All-Ireland is a massive achievement. It is so hard to win one. In my career managing and playing I was involved in seven finals. We won two, lost three, and there were two draws. All of them were won or lost by a very narrow margin. I know how hard it is to win an AllIreland title so this should be celebrated and cherished. “This is a fantastic school, it’s inclusive and well run. Look at the way this presentation was organised and
ran tonight. It’s a credit to all concerned. The players, staff, parents, clubs and sponsors should be very proud of what has been achieved here. “The coaching of underage players is so important. I see it in my role with the senior team and I hope to be seeing some of these lads here tonight with the senior panel in the years to come. I said I was involved in seven AllIreland finals. Before I finish with Roscommon seniors I intend to bring that figure to eight. There are no guarantees in sport but that’s the aim. “I congratulate the players on their success. It’s a massive achievement and I am glad to see that it is been celebrated here tonight and it’s great to be a part of it,” he concluded.
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Ladies beaten by Mayo Roscommon’s ladies teams were in action last Sunday with the Intermediate team going down 5-17 to 1-12 against Mayo in the Connacht College/County Winter League Semi-Final in Ballinlough. With a young team and playing in wintry conditions, it was always going to be a tough afternoon’s work. Elsewhere, the U-14s played Offaly in a challenge game and performed well while the minor team hosted Donegal last Saturday and also put on a good display.
Pictured is Katie Heneghan (St. Aidan’s) who recently won the Scór na nÓg Connacht title for Recitation.
Pictured is the St. Dominic’s Léiriú team which won the Scór na nÓg Connacht title recently.
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Michael Glavey’s’ memorable journey in the 2017/2018 Intermediate Football Championship continues in Tullamore on Sunday when they will attempt to emulate St. Croan’s and reach the All-Ireland final. Standing in their way are the Wexford and Leinster champions, Kilanerin. It promises to be a great match and a big Glavey’s and Roscommon following is expected. Having won the Roscommon final in a very tight game against Fuerty, Glavey’s have played some wonderful football in their defeats of Mayo champions Bohola/May Davitts in Castlebar in the semi-final and against Galway title-holders Claregalway at Hyde Park in the Connacht final. A repeat of the type of football seen from Glavey’s in the Connacht final will almost certainly see them through on Sunday. The break of a couple of months is always a worry for teams training for the All-Ireland series but the situation is the same for both sides. Glaveys have no injury worries and the biggest task for manager Iain Daly and his coaches is to get them back playing the style of football we saw in that Connacht championship. Their opponents on Sunday, Kilanerin, are in bonus territory but they have shown great resolve
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and will to win in their campaign so far. They looked down and out against Kildare champions Raheens in the Leinster semi-final but they came back to pip them. Similarly in the Leinster final they came from three points down to beat Dublin side Ballyboughal by two points: 0-13 to 0-11. Their main inspiration and driving force is the legendary Mattie Forde who lined out at full-forward. Naturally his powers have dimmed with the passing of time but he is still the focal point of their side. The team are trained by his brother Pat and by all accounts they are very fit and have a great team spirit. Any team that is good enough
to win a Leinster championship cannot be taken lightly but this is a marvellous opportunity for Glavey’s to get to an All-Ireland final. The likes of Darren O’Malley, Shane O’Malley, Gary Patterson, team captain Conor Hussey, John Finan, Caoileann Fitzmaurice, Cathal Heneghan and Andy Glennon will all have to do their stuff on Sunday and if they do there is no reason why they cannot win this semi-final. I am aware of the qualities of this Kilanerin side as I have relations living in Wexford for many years past and they are a very compact side who will not give up but Glavey’s have the players to win this match if they apply them-
selves properly on the day. The excellent surface at Dr Hyde Park suited the Glavey’s style of play in the Connacht final and they responded accordingly. The venue on Sunday, O’Connor Park, is another lovely playing surface and it also suits Glavey’s. Every game in a championship is different and it doesn’t matter what style they play as long as they win the game. But I am confident that the Glavey’s players will rise to the occasion and that on Sunday at 3.30 pm or so they will be preparing for an All-Ireland final clash against Moy of Tyrone or An Gaeltacht of Kerry in Croke Park in a couple of weeks’ time. Prediction: Michael Glavey’s
Glavey’s boss fully focussed on Sunday ‘No special plans for Mattie Forde’ SEAMUS DUKE
Iain Daly is a very unassuming man but behind his very modest demeanour is an outstanding coach and manager. All you have to do is talk to the Glavey’s players about their manager. The respect that they have for him is incredible and not only has the former Roscommon player brought his side to the last four in the country, but they have got there playing some wonderful football. His next task is to engineer a win that would send Glavey’s into a Croke Park final. Knowing the man, he will leave no stone unturned in that quest. “Things have gone well since the Connacht final. We trained for a few weeks before Christmas and we gave them a break then and the last couple of weeks we have been back sharpening things up again. “We played a few challenge games that were useful. We have a couple of players carrying knocks but nothing serious thankfully. “Kilanerin will be tough opposition. They have a good sprinkling of experience and youth
Journalists Martin Wynne and Seamus Duke speaking to Iain Daly, Michael Glavey’s intermediate football manager. Picture: Andrew Fox
in their team. They have Mattie Forde of course and class is permanent. He is still a fantastic player but they have plenty of excellent players apart from him. I watched them live once and they seem to have a knack of staying in the games and winning them late so we will have to watch out for that. “We won’t be making any special plans for Mattie Forde because I find if you put too much effort into concentrating on one player you neglect other players that can be dangerous. But
everyone will have their own job to do on the day,” he said. “As far as we are concerned we want to put in a performance because if we don’t perform well then it is very unlikely we will win. “There is not much point in talking about All-Ireland finals because we are not there. We have to concentrate on this match and only this match. “O’Connor Park is a great venue and a lovely pitch to play on. I played on it many times and I always loved being there. We couldn’t ask for any better venue to be honest”. Daly said that there has been a long break between the Connacht final and Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final Glavey’s have been busy with training and preparation. “The gap between the Connacht final and the semi-final has its positives and negatives. You lose a bit of momentum I suppose, and you have to plan for it. We took a break after winning the Connacht final and then we worked hard for three weeks. Then we took a break for Christmas because these lads are not robots and we didn’t want them mentally tired. Hopefully we are fresh now but you never really know if you have got the balance right so hopefully we have gone about it the right way,” he concluded.
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It’s a very busy time for the Michael Glavey’s club as they prepare for the first ever All Ireland semi-final and one of those at the coalface in the background is club chairman, Gerry Coffey. “We are really looking forward to this match but we are so proud of the lads and their achievements to date. It’s onwards and upwards for Glavey’s and we are very happy about where we are at the moment. “We have been training in Athlone on Tuesday nights and here in Ballinlough on Friday nights and it’s going well. We played a few challenge games and it’s all about the preparations for the semi-final now. There is a huge buzz in the parish and you know we were a junior club just a few years ago and it’s a huge achievement for us to be where we are now and hopefully other clubs in Roscommon can follow our lead. We lost junior finals and then won one. We won an intermediate ti-
tle and were relegated, and we came back to win it again. Our aim this year was to win an intermediate title in Roscommon. But then we went on to beat the Mayo and Galway champions and here we are,” he said. Coffey was under no illusions as to the importance of Sunday’s game to club and parish. “This is massive for the parish and for the whole area. We notice it from our fundraising and other activities. Our club lotto is going well and the young people in the parish are now wearing Glavey’s jerseys instead of Man United and Liverpool ones which is great. There are flags out and the schools have been brilliant too. It’s a great experience for everyone in the area,” he said. “We have seen the dark days in this club too but this year has been fantastic and the whole county is behind us. We are in bonus territory now and we are really enjoying it. “This is a very settled and focussed group of lads. Iain and the backroom team have done a fantastic job. It has been a long lead-in to this semi-final but we are all looking forward to it now,” he concluded.
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Another Michael Glavey’s man who will be hoping to play a major role on Sunday is big midfielder Caoileann Fitzmaurice, son of legendary Glavey’s and Roscommon footballer Gerry. His partnership with John Finan has been instrumental in Glavey’s run to this All-Ireland semi-final and he was in a relaxed mood when he chatted to the local media on Friday night last. “We took a break after winning the Connacht final but once that break was over we got back into training and put our heads down and you know it wasn’t that long coming around. We have trained hard the last few weeks and preparations are going well. “I don’t know a lot about Kilaner-
in but I am sure Iain (Daly) and the coaches will have their homework done and will fill us in on them. We all know about Mattie Forde who was one of the best forwards in the country, and he’s still playing well for them but if they were good enough to win Leinster they must have a very good team apart from him. “But it’s all about preparation and we have to get that right and if we can repeat what we have been doing up to now we can turn up on the day and give a big performance. “The buzz around the parish has been incredible the past few weeks and there will be a huge crowd there and to see the young lads coming to training is fantastic. We want to give them another day out and that’s the aim now”.
Conor Hussey, Caoileann Fitzmaurice and Stephen Comer pictured preparing for Sunday’s All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship Semi-Final against Kilanerin. Picture: Andrew Fox
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Pictured celebrating Michael Glavey’s’ Connacht Final win over Claregalway last November were Kathleen Hunt, Gary Patterson and Mary Patterson. Picture: Andrew Fox
Gary Patterson is one of the more experienced Glavey’s players that will be hoping to lead his side to victory on Sunday in Tullamore. It was a momentous 2017 for Gary as he made his senior debut for Roscommon and was an integral part of the Glavey’s team that won the titles in Roscommon and Connacht. Like the rest of the Glavey’s players he is relishing the challenge ahead but is realistic enough to know that it will not be easy. “It’s a fantastic occasion to be looking forward to. It’s a huge day for the club, it’s the first time we ever got out of Connacht but we want to go a step further
now,” he said at last Friday’s media night in Ballinlough. “The hard work we have put in all year is paying off now and it is a credit to Iain and the coaches that the young lads on the panel have really pushed on this year. Everyone is enjoying their football and it’s showing out on the field, and against Claregalway we played some great football and hopefully that can continue. “We know that we played well in the Connacht final but this semi-final is a totally different game. The surface in Hyde Park suited us against Claregalway but in this semi-final the pitch could be heavy and the weather might not be great so it’s a different ball game. If we have to slug it out and win by a point
then so be it. It’s all about winning. “It would be great to get to a final but our sole focus is on the game against Kilanerin and we are not looking past them. But we know if we don’t perform there is nothing beyond that. “After the excitement of winning the Connacht final died down things have been very low-key and we have been training away and there hasn’t been much talk about the game to be honest but that will change this week. “I would be hoping that the experience that a few of us have with Roscommon will stand to us but it’s a team game and we have to perform on the day and hopefully it will be good enough to get us through,” he concluded.
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Seamus Hughes is a member of the Kilanerin back room team. He is a former player who has won a number of county championships with the club. Speaking to People Sport on Tuesday he says that the Wexford side will travel more in hope than in confidence to Tullamore on Sunday, But he says there is a great spirit in the Kilanerin team and that they are very well organised have trained hard. “The lads have trained hard and we are in bonus territory to be honest. In Leinster we met the Kildare champions Raheens in the semi-final and even though they were probably the better team on the day we scraped through in the end. Then in the final we played well against Ballyboughal of Dublin in the first half but we let them back into it and we came late with a few points to win it by two. “Mattie Forde is our main man still and he is a great servant. He is 38 going on 39 and he
Tiernan Murphy and David Frayne pictured preparing for Sunday’s All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship Semi-Final against Kilanerin. Picture: Andrew Fox
Danger man! Legendary Wexford forward Mattie Forde will be the focal point for Kilanerin this Sunday.
never misses a training session. He has two
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nephews on the team (the O’Tooles) who are good players as well and Niall Hughes is a very good midfielder. But it is largely a team effort. Apart from Mattie there is no real star. “Mattie Forde’s brother Pat is the trainer of the team and he is a top class coach. One thing is for certain, our team will be well organised, well trained, fit and will not give up. “Ours is a small club but there will be a huge
following for the area on Sunday. But there probably won’t be much support from the county in general because this is a hurling county. We don’t know a lot about Michael Glavey’s so we will be hoping to do well on the day to be honest. “We would be looking to the future here, we have a lot of good young lads but it’s great to be at this stage of the competition and sure let’s see how we get on,” he concluded.
Sean McGuire, Seán Markham and Alan Daly pictured preparing for Sunday’s All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship Semi-Final against Kilanerin. Picture: Andrew Fox
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INSIDE: FBD League match report…page 43
Happy with campaign, unhappy with schedule Roscommon manager wanted Friday decider SEAMUS DUKE
Roscommon manager Kevin McStay pictured prior to throw-in at Dr Hyde Park last Sunday. Pic: Andrew Fox
Speaking after Roscommon’s hard-fought win over Mayo in the FBD League last Sunday, Kevin McStay said that while Roscommon GAA had tried to get Sunday’s FBD game with Galway moved to Friday and played as the FBD League Final, he was happy with the campaign so far. The Connacht Council has since confirmed that Sunday’s game, which is now a dead rubber, will go ahead on with both sides meeting again in the final on Sun-
day, February 18th. “We have tried to get the Connacht Council to double up next weekend’s game against Galway as the final. We are talking about player welfare and here is a chance to do something in that regard. We will play it on Friday night. Michael Glavey’s are playing in an All-Ireland semi-final on Sunday and all the players want to go to see that game and support their colleagues. We in the management also want to go and see that game. This FBD League Final could be Friday night
under lights. We don’t mind where it is, we will travel,” McStay said. The Roscommon manager said he was happy with his team’s FBD campaign but said that it would have made more sense to conclude it this Friday. “It has been a really good FBD League for us and we have seen the guts of 40 players. However, it would be better to play the final this week rather than on the 18th of February which is in the middle of the league campaign. “There are two free Sunday between now and
April - February 18th when the FBD League Final is on and the 11th of March when the local CCCC want to play a round of the leagues with county players. Everyone is nodding to player welfare but when there is a chance to do something about it the clubs and the Connacht Council say: “we want the players”. I’m not saying it in a negative way and I think it would be a nice way to play this final on a Friday night, It would be a great way to finish this league,” he said.
Devaney: ‘FBD has been good for us’ DAN DOONER
Roscommon captain Conor Devaney told People Sport this week that while his teammates had presumed this week’s game against Galway would “double-up” as the FBD League Final, the extra game would be beneficial for match sharpness. “The extra game is no harm so I don’t think it worked out too badly from our point of view. Getting two National Football League games and then another against Galway is not a bad thing in terms of preparation. “The FBD League is good for a
number of reasons really. Firstly it helps with finalising a panel ahead of the national league. It gives players an opportunity – if they perform well in the FBD then they will most likely feature in the NFL,” he said. As for fixtures in general and the “month for clubs”, Devaney says that provided it’s scheduled properly, the new fixtures plan can be a step in the right direction. “After the league it’s nice to get a month back with the club. I can see why people are saying that the county comes first (in new plan) but if you look at the Michael Glavey’s lads, they haven’t trained with Roscommon so far and hope-
fully they won’t be back until after their club championship finishes in March. “For us it’s fortunate that our (championship) game is later in May but for other counties who play in early May, it might not work out. It will work out for about 50% of counties though. “I think it will go some way to alleviate the pressure because most counties will be able to play club championships in August and September. The full month in April is a great idea as long as the schedule can be sorted out. The start of the provincial championships should be the same all over the country”.
Roscommon captain Conor Devaney (pictured in action in the Connacht Final last July) says the extra game against Galway “is good for preparation”. Pic: Andrew Fox