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newsbriefs Coffee Morning for Hospice Mayo/Roscommon Hospice is appealing for individuals, companies, groups, schools and coffee shops to host a coffee morning/evening on their behalf on ‘National Coffee Morning for Hospice’, which takes place on Thursday, September 20th – or on any date that suits. Coffee and promotional materials will be provided free of charge. The construction of a 14-bed Hospice facility in Castlebar is well underway and it is hoped it will be completed early next year followed by the construction of an 8-bed unit in Roscommon. The capital cost of both projects is approximately €15 million, which will be raised from fundraisers. Hospice is calling for the public’s support. Through events such as coffee mornings, they will continue to ensure that patients with life-limiting illnesses from Mayo and Roscommon have the best possible facilities available when needed. All donations welcome/pledge a donation by calling 094-9388666/online www.hospice.ie or email info@ hospice.ie.

Graveyard Masses at Kileenan and Ardcarne Graveyard Masses will take place at Kileenan Cemetery on Saturday, August 18th at 3 pm and Ardcarne Graveyard on Sunday, August 19th at 12 moon. A collection will be held at the entrance to Ardcarne Graveyard to fund the lighting of Ardcarne Church and Graveyard.

RSPCA fundraisers this weekend The Roscommon Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) will hold two fundraisers this weekend. This Friday (10th) the association will host a door collection at Dunnes Stores in Roscommon town. On Saturday and Sunday (11th and 12th) the RSPCA will hold annual church gate collections at Taughmaconnell Church. If you can volunteer an hour of your time, please contact the RSPCA on 087-0505594. All money raised goes directly to animal welfare in County Roscommon.

Cemetery Sunday at Cloontuskert Cemetery Sunday will be celebrated in Cloontuskert Cemetery on Sunday, August 12th at 6 pm with Mass and the blessing of the graves.

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CONSUMER RIGHTS Time out…Meliosa McIntyre, Roscommon County Library What’s your idea of the perfect night in? My idea of the perfect night in would involve taking a relaxing bubble bath before snuggling up in front of the fire to watch Netflix. What about your ideal night out? I’d be quite partial to dining out in good company, so Indian food with friends would be one of my favourite nights out. I also enjoy going to the cinema. What would your ideal weekend away in Ireland involve? I have to say I love to stay at the Mount Falcon Hotel, which is located just outside Foxford in Co. Mayo. I am a Mayo woman after all…I know…please don’t hold it against me! What about a holiday abroad? I love visiting the Algarve in Portugal. I’m not long back from a holiday in Albufeira with the kids. We were over there in June and it was lovely. What’s the best movie/Netflix/TV series you’ve seen lately? I know it’s not really recent but one of my all-time favourites is

Breaking Bad on Netflix. I also loved watching Gossip Girl with my daughter. In fact, I was addicted to it for a while! What do you do to relax? I like to walk, jog, run or whatever I’m able for. I used to run competitively when I was a bit younger but had to stop due to injury. Now, I just like to get outside and exercise in the fresh air. Where’s your favourite place in Co. Roscommon? My favourite place in Co. Roscommon is the library of course! Apart from that it would probably be somewhere like Mote Park. I also enjoy walking in my own area around Ballybride and Stonepark. This is a difficult question to answer because I used to work on the mobile library and therefore I’ve seen so many nice places around Co. Roscommon.

Our Person(s) of the Week… Quote of Our persons of the week are the Irish hockey players who reached the final of the Women’s Hockey World Cup last Sunday in London, before losing to defending champions the Netherlands. It was Ireland’s first ever World Cup medal and they received a heroes’ welcome in Dublin earlier this week. It was a good week for agricultural shows. The successful staging of the Castlerea Agricultural Show was followed by news of further investment in national shows by the Department of Agriculture. Meanwhile, the Roscommon Show will be officially launched in Hannon’s Hotel tonight (Thursday).

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Good WEEK It was a bad week for Co. Roscommon in the national news. Firstly, it was revealed by An Garda Síochána social media that a truck driver had been arrested in Cloontuskert while driving eleven times over the legal limit on Tuesday. Then, according to reports on Wednesday, an illegal puppy farm was shut down with over 100 animals rescued at a premises in the county.

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Driver ’11 times over limit’, on wrong side of road – Gardai in question happened at 3.10 pm on Tuesday when Roscommon Gardai arrested the driver of an articulated vehicle at Cloontuskert, Co. Roscommon. Gardai say the driver was on the incorrect side of the road. When the motorist stopped for Gardai, the driver “had a bottle of wine open beside him”. The man, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was immediately arrested and taken to Roscommon Garda Station. According to Gardai, he was deemed to be 11 times over the legal alcohol

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Gardai say a motorist who was driving on the wrong side of the road had an open bottle of wine beside him and was later deemed to be 11 times over the legal alcohol limit. The extraordinary episode was reported on the official An Garda Síochána Twitter account. The Garda Traffic Corps was very active in the general Roscommon area – and countrywide – over the August Bank Holiday weekend. The incident

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Michael McDonville; Joe McConville, President, Tree Council Ireland; Brendan Fitzsimons, CEO, Tree Council of Ireland; Minister Denis Naughten; Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council, Cllr. Ivan Connaughton and Senator Terry Leyden pictured at the launch of The Laudato Tree – Great Green Wall project in Roscommon town on Wednesday. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

Ireland to play leading role in ‘Great Green Wall’ in Africa The Laudato Tree – Great Green Wall project was launched in Roscommon Town on Wednesday by Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment Denis Naughton, who talked about the planting of fourteen trees to represent Ireland and the thirteen African countries involved in

the project. The project is an environmental initiative between Ireland and sub-Saharan Africa to combat the effects of climate change which is increasing desertification across the Sahel, a region to the south of the Sahara Desert. Planting a Great Green Wall of

trees 8,000km long and 15km deep, through 13 countries from Senegal to Djibouti will prevent soil degradation and erosion, sequester carbon from the air as well as directly help dozens of local communities. The project, which was first launched by President Michael

Design team for €7.85m Rehab Unit to be announced ‘very shortly’ The Design team for the €7.85m Medical Rehabilitation Unit being planned at Roscommon Hospital is set to be appointed very shortly, according to Fine Gael Senator Frank Feighan. “Following a tender process, I understand that the announcement of the successful design team for this 20-bed capital project is now pending and I look forward to the team being in place as quickly as possible. “The tender process to select a project design team commenced in August 2017 and prospective contrac-

tors sent their tenders back on December 27th last. Unfortunately, there appeared to be unwelcome delays in moving this process along; however, I raised the matter directly with Junior Health Minister Jim Daly in June and, since then, the HSE has refocussed its efforts in getting the team in place”. Senator Feighan said that the unit will be “another” huge boost to Roscommon Hospital. The facility will operate as a satellite centre under the auspices of the National Rehabilitation Fine Gael Senator Hospital (NRH) in Dun Laoghaire. Frank Feighan.

D. Higgins in March, takes its inspiration from the Laudato Si encyclical of Pope Francis. Tree planting is already well advanced in Ghana and Burkina Faso where dozens of local communities are directly benefitting. For more information, check out www.greatgreenwall.org.

Roscommon Show launch tonight The launch of the annual Roscommon Agricultural Show will take place on Thursday, 9th of August (tonight) in Hannon’s Hotel, Roscommon at 9 pm. The committee are appealing for some more volunteers to join them this year. New members are very welcome. All are welcome to the show launch. The committee would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our sponsors for their fantastic support. It is much appreciated. Thanks also to all our loyal volunteers. Contact Damien (Chairperson) on 086-8509845 or Christy (PRO) on 0862209338 for further information.

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Praying a Public Rosary in Roscommon All are welcome to pray a public Rosary for Ireland at 4 pm on Saturday, August 11th in the grounds of the Sacred Heart Church in Roscommon town. This event is coordinated nationally by Ireland Needs Fatima. Contact Mary Fallon for more details on 085-8503191.

Annual Rooskey Cycle for Hospice The annual Rooskey fundraising cycle in aid of Mayo/Roscommon Hospice takes place on Sunday, September 23rd with registration at 8 am at the old school in Rooskey. The 92km cycle commences at 9.30 am; 58 km cycle at 9.40 am and 20km cycle at 9.50 am. Entry is €20 single and €30 for a family and helmets are compulsory. All are welcome to join the cycle. Donations especially appreciated. Contact 087-6575272 for more information.

MS Ireland Church Gate collection Co. Roscommon branch of MS Ireland held its Annual Church Gate Collection at Mass times at Ballyforan Church recently. The amount raised was €253.25. Branch work is made possible through fundraising and the branch would like to extend a word of gratitude to each and every one of our supporters and to our loyal Church Gate collectors and their helpers.

Lough Derg retreat There will be a one-day retreat to Lough Derg on Saturday, 1st of September. Bus will leave Sacred Heart Church carpark in Roscommon at 6.30 am sharp. Collection points at Tulsk and Boyle. Contact Therese on 087-1206343 or Mary on 090-6661959.

Outdoor performance at The Bishop’s Palace The Pilgrim Players’ inaugural production of Much Ado About Nothing will take place in the grounds of Edmondstown House in Ballaghaderreen from Friday, August 17th and

Wednesday for six weeks from 10 am to 1 pm, Roscommon Women’s Network at the Old Mill, Castlerea will host a programme of horticulture, cookery and shopping tips aimed at creating a greener, healthier community and environment. The programme will also run for six weeks in Open Doors, Monksland Business Park in Athlone from Thursday, September 20th from 10 am to 1 pm. For more information, please contact Roscommon Women’s Network on 0949621690 or text Nora on 086-8099154 or email nfahy@rwn.ie. This programme is free of charge and open to all.

Pictured at Croke Park last Sunday for the All-Ireland Super 8s match between Roscommon and Dublin was Annette Regan with Andy and Breda Murtagh, parents of Roscommon players Ciaráin and Diarmuid.

run until Sunday, August 19th. Audiences are invited to pack a picnic and come to The Bishop’s Palace to enjoy an outdoor festival performance of Shakespeare’s best-loved rom-com. Tickets to the event cost €15 and are available on the door by cash or card. To reserve tickets and for more information, go to www.

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Post ofﬁces: Kerrane and Murphy call on Naughten to stop closures Sinn Féin’s spokesperson for Roscommon, Claire Kerrane, is calling on Minister Denis Naughten to intervene and prevent the closure of over 100 rural post offices and “the destruction of rural communities”. Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy said that the Gov-

ernment should not and must not allow the closures to proceed. And he has called on Minister Denis Naughten to prevent closures happening purely on the basis of ‘profit and loss’ considerations. Post offices in this area which are set to close in-

clude Granlahan, Knockvicar, Loughglynn and Athleague, as well as Menlough, Woodlawn and Glinsk in County Galway. Ms. Kerrane said: “An Post’s retirement deal is a very worrying development for rural communities and will no doubt lead to further decline of services in rural Ireland. It is estimated that over 100 small post offices are at risk of closure because of new contractual arrangements with An Post that have come about as a result of the attractive retirement deal that An Post is offering to existing postmasters”. Ms. Kerrane called on Minister Denis Naughten to intervene and encourage the communities affected to make their voices heard. “If the Minister is serious about reversing rural decline then he must intervene to save these post offices from closure”. For his part, Deputy Murphy claimed that the post offices have been given no

support to offer new services or reinvent themselves in the face of changing times. It was, he said, Fianna Fáil’s view that the Department should initiate a Public Service Obligation (PSO) to keep these atrisk post offices open and to maintain the post office network at current levels. “Minister Denis Naughten cannot allow these decisions to be made solely on the basis of profit margins. Rural post offices deliver a service that cannot be measured in profit and loss”.

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Roscommon Mart Show & Sale prize winners Best Weanling Bull 1st: Joe McGarry, Caldra, Newtownforbes, Co. Longford; 2nd: Joe Davis, Carroweeny, Williamstown, Co. Galway; 3rd: Thomas Maloney, Kiltevna, Dunmore, Co. Galway. Best Weanling Heifer 1st: Joe Davis, Carroweeny, Williamstown, Co. Galway; 2nd: John Feeley, Culleen, Kilteevan, Co. Roscommon; 3rd: Eddie Kilmartin, Cams, Cloverhill, Co. Roscommon.

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‘It’s all fault of FG/FF Government’ Tom Crosby, former councillor and independent candidate for next year’s local elections in the Boyle/Strokestown electoral area, has said that he was “outraged and saddened to hear that a number of post offices in County Roscommon, Leitrim and Longford are amongst those to close”. It is, he said, yet another attack on rural Ireland. Mr. Crosby added: “We in Tarmonbarry already lost our post office some

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years ago –as did our neighbours in Clondra – and it is deeply distressing to hear that so many more branches around the country are to follow suit. It marks the end of an era for many towns and villages and sadly it will contribute to rural isolation for so many”. Mr. Crosby said that the closures are all at the hands of what he called the “FG/FF led government” which he said has proven itself to be totally incompetent.

Roscommon Town Comhaltas branch will hold its next music session in Doorly’s Cornerhouse Pub on this Sunday evening from 6 pm until about 8.15 pm. All good listeners welcome. The branch wishes the best of luck to all Roscommon competitors in Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Drogheda during the following weekend.

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In praise of August Bank Holiday weekend… On the August Bank Holiday weekend, the whole country is conscious that summer is perhaps beginning to ebb away…and autumn is limbering up in the background… On Sunday, at Cemetery Mass in Bornacoola, the man reading the Prayers of the Faithful was wearing shorts and a ‘California’ t-shirt; no-one blinked. It’s that time of year… At Castlerea Show on Monday, old men in short sleeves talked about the mundane things in life – and football – and the memory of rain-lashed shows in summers past had all but faded. Playgrounds and parks dotted around the county bustled with vibrancy, the good weather and school holidays ensuring peak numbers. It’s that time of year, that kind of summer, that kind of weekend. Yes, there’s something special about the August Bank Holiday weekend. The country just seems to chill. And communities expand for a brief, heartwarming period. In many households, sons and daughters (or other relatives) are visiting. The dynamic changes. Impressive cars nuzzle up to country houses and confident young couples emerge with their wide-eyed, gadgetclutching children and their updates from the city. The August Bank Holiday has its own rhythm. Those who aren’t hosting visitors relax on this weekend too. Many people are on holidays themselves. I think we all sense that summer is beginning to ebb away; Autumn is limbering up on the ‘second pitch’, preparing to take centre stage. The August Bank Holiday weekend is probably special too because it’s this subtle confluence of events and feelings. The Galway Races are like a particularly dazzling lighthouse in the sea, drawing in the nation’s attention. Many communities focus in on the August Bank Holiday weekend as

Saturday & Sunday It’s become a cliché now to say ‘It was a great weekend of sport’, but there you go. Most people have a degree of interest in sport; many of us are passionate followers. Worldwide, we are now consumers of sport on an unprecedented scale. These days, we are blitzed with sports action (and stories) like never before; all sorts of sports too. The relentless media coverage of actual sporting contests is followed by 24/7 reaction and debate on social media… Last weekend was good, very good. I dipped in and out, I have to admit. On Saturday I just had to try and get the grass cut. Every now and again I went for radio updates on the GAA, as Kerry dra-

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a focal point for their festival, carnival or show. The GAA season moves up one more gear and it’s time for teams to surf the increasingly unpredictable and demanding seas, or disappear into the distance and a winter of conversations around what might have been. It’s a milestone weekend, a time for people to enjoy being off work, feed off the buzz from the various activities, and of course for parents to try and salvage some quality time with kids before the school bell sounds. Of course we’ll be particularly sorry to see this summer go. This summer has been so good, that while we’ve certainly enjoyed it, we’ve been unable to avoid that Irish thing of being distracted by always fearing the wonderful weather might break at any moment. Still, it has been fabulous…that weather never properly broke…and the big holiday weekend stayed loyal to this summer’s trends. Bank Holiday Monday in Roscommon town was perfectly peaceful, just like Bank Holiday

matically fell from the championship and Monaghan marched on. On Sunday, I adopted full ‘armchair critic’ mode, savouring the hurling and gaelic football, and keeping an eye on the hockey. It has become the norm just now to describe each new hurling game as ‘a gift from the Gods’, but the start of the Galway/Clare replay suggested that the Gods felt we had been spoilt the previous weekend. Sure, Galway were good, but the first half was nothing special; indeed there were many errors. We don’t have to call every hurling game a classic! The second half, however, certainly was thrilling. After falling well behind, just as they had done in the drawn game, Clare rallied back and exposed a recurring weakness in this undoubtedly formidable Galway team. In the end, Galway won by a

Mondays are meant to be. The Bank Holiday is not like a normal weekday and it’s not like a Saturday or a Sunday either. Quietness descends. I drove up Main Street at 10.30 am. As befits the times we live in (cycling being ‘massive’ now), three men, kitted out in the very best cycling gear, cycled three fine racing bikes past ETL (the well-known landmark premises). Just as they proceeded to turn into the entrance to Gleeson’s (the well-known restaurant/B&B), a middle-aged man cycling an ordinary old bike (the well-known High Nelly type) eased past them. You’d understand it if he had a chuckle to himself. The town was brimming with walkers – like cycling, a phenomenon of our times! The weekend itself had been incredibly busy all over the country, but the actual Bank Holiday – the Monday – is a day of calmness, a day for relaxing (unless you happen to be working). On Bank Holidays, we catch our breath. Still, it’s just the 6th of August, as I write. Still

point, but Clare had self-destructed, hitting a shocking 19 wides. I didn’t see that much of Donegal v Tyrone (well, I kept an eye on it), staying loyal to Roscommon, who faced the immensely daunting task of playing Dublin in Croke Park. These two matches were entertaining enough. Dublin easily saw off Roscommon in a high-scoring, irrelevant match. Roscommon never gave up, got some great scores and left the pitch well beaten but with pride intact. I was rooting for Donegal, but Tyrone were deserving winners; they are a formidable team. And yet it is hard to see any of Galway, Monaghan or Tyrone stopping Dublin. In London meanwhile, Ireland’s sensational run in the hockey World Cup ended with an honourable defeat to the greatest team on the planet, the hockey heroines from the

a few weeks to go until the early mornings, the rushed lunches, the search for uniforms, the twisting and turning of cars outside schools. Still some weeks of summer to savour. Then, when September comes, a new season (and we often get excellent weather in that month too). But we will miss this amazing summer of 2018, with its epic heatwaves, its consistently good weather, the World Cup, the trips to the beaches, the barbeques, the hurling, the hockey too! Back in Roscommon Town on Monday afternoon, there was hardly a movement in Abbey Street at 3.30 pm. Doors shut…businesses at one with private houses. A drop of rain, but not convincing. An odd car moving here and there. A young couple pushing a toddler in a pram. Roscommon flags still fluttering. The town was so quiet, I could hear nothing but the hum of lawnmowers from somewhere in the distance on this lazy August Bank Holiday Monday.

Netherlands. Ranked 15th of the 16 competing nations at the start of the tournament, the Irish team had made history with their extraordinary feats. Defeat in the final, but the World silver medals and the memories are there forever. I never find the Charity Shield (won by Manchester City) of any interest, but on Sunday night I enjoyed reading online accounts of a great start in The Championship by Leeds United. There is barely contained excitement at Leeds these days following the appointment of acclaimed manager Marcelo Bielsa. A 3-1 win on the opening day of the season over the bookies’ favourites for promotion (Stoke) will do nothing to control expectations! However, long-suffering Leeds fans like myself know perfectly well not to count chickens until they have completed their process of hatching.

We’ve waited several years for that return to the Premier League. It will happen at some stage. Maybe this season… A very enjoyable weekend of sport then…still, those genuine hurling classics of the weekend before last apart, probably the most enjoyable sporting event I’ve seen in a while was one of the many underage GAA blitzes which are held around the county. The one I attended, hosted by St. Dominic’s, was superbly organised and attracted lots of eager teams. It was a credit to all concerned. And the kids had a ball. There was no blanket defence, no feigning injury, no diving and no verbal abuse of opponents or the ref. Just joy, innocence, carefree football, soft drinks, crisps…and daydreams of what might be in the future…

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West Bake in Glenamaddy now holding recruitment days Now a leading European bakery Based in Glenamaddy, Co. Galway, West Bake’s 110-strong team operates a state-of-the-art bakery which produces the freshest and most delicious muffins, cookies and cakes that customers right across Europe love and enjoy. It’s West Bake’s capacity to produce over 200 million muffins, cookies and cakes each year and its custom decorating hall which makes the company one of Europe’s leading private label bakery partners. Since its foundation in 1973, the company has continued to grow and now supplies a large number of major supermarkets across Ireland, the UK, and Europe, including Dunnes Stores, Tesco, Aldi, Lidl and Forezia in Europe. 2007 saw a major investment in new buildings and machinery by

the West Bake board of directors. The company has been producing near full capacity, operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and producing 12,000 muffins per hour or 110 million per year! The board of directors recognise that there is scope for further expansion in order to open up new markets. The directors believe “that

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there is a huge market that remains untapped, one such market is small service shops located at underground stations across Europe, where there is huge potential”. Closer to home, there

also remains scope within the Glenamaddy plant for rapid expansion, and discussions are ongoing with suppliers to supply new equipment to meet the latest production forecasts. With this in mind, West

Bake needs to recruit more staff in order to meet the needs of its ongoing development plans and the company has arranged local recruitment open days to meet these requirements.

West Bake staff members come from a wide radius around Counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and the surrounding areas. Apart from creating employment, West Bake as a company involves itself in local communities by, amongst other things, providing work experience, placements and tours for local schools. * See advertisement for details of recruitment open days

People NEWS Hospital walk-in x-rays to resume A walk-in x-ray service at Roscommon Hospital which has not been available for some time – due to a malfunction of equipment – is set to be restored by the 25th of September. Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has welcomed the news and says he had raised the difficulties with Health Minister Simon Harris on a number of occasions. Deputy Murphy: “Many people were unable to have x-rays of the hip, spine, pelvis and abdomen carried out at the walk-in x-ray facilities at Roscommon Hospital. “Initially it had been hoped that new equipment would be in place by the end of July 2018. However, I have been informed this week that the infrastructural works which were required to accommodate the new equipment are more extensive than originally envisaged, and due to the long lead time for some of the specialist fixtures and fittings, the expected date of installation of the equipment has been moved out to mid-September”. Deputy Murphy said that infrastructural works are scheduled to start this week and it is expected that the new equipment will be up and running on 25th of September.

One-hour workshop on Breast Cancer RSG Derrane in association with Breast Cancer Ireland will hold a free one-hour workshop on Breast Cancer in the DALE, Resource Centre, Derrane, Roscommon on Wednesday, 22nd August at 12 noon. All welcome. For more information or to book a place call Mary on 090-6625852 Ext 230 or email mganley@rsg.ie

RECRUITMENT OPEN DAYS We will be holding Recruitment Open Days in the following locations; Monday 13th August 11am-4pm Gleesons Townhouse, Market Square, Roscommon. Tuesday 21st August 11am-4pm Hesters Golden Eagle, Main Street, Castlerea. We have a number of opportunities with a choice of shift patterns available. So please come along on the day with your CV. We look forward to meeting you.

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ROSCOMMON-CHARTRETTES…21 years on

Twenty years a-twinning – This year marks the 20th anniversary of the twinning between Roscommon Town and Chartrettes. The Roscommon-Chartrettes Twinning was established in 1998 by the then Chairman of Roscommon County Council, the late Tom Foxe, and the then Mayor of Chartrettes, Monsieur Tino Petruzzi. In June 2018 fifty-six people travelled to Chartrettes where they were hosted for the weekend by local families. There was a welcoming Dinner on the Friday evening at the Chartrettes

Mairie, where both the Mayor of Chartrettes Mr. Michel Bureau and then Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council Cllr. Orla Leyden addressed the gathering and spoke of the value of this cultural exchange over many years which has enriched both communities with student exchanges and greater cultural understanding. The Chairperson of Roscommon Town Twinning Eamonn Gleeson, Secretary Nicola Kelly and the Chairperson of Chartrettes Town Twin-

ning Linda Lauro also spoke, extolling the opportunities that this twinning has created over twenty years. On Saturday, 23rd of June, a symbolic treeplanting ceremony to mark the twenty-year anniversary took place in Chartrettes with the Mayors of Chartrettes and Roscommon. Cllr. Orla Leyden said that the Roscommon group received an incredibly warm welcome from the people in Chartrettes, which they were very appreciative of. Contiuned on page 11 –>

Musical performances a highlight Donata Maria Roberto and Izabella Roan pictured in Roscommon town as the Roscommon Town Twinning group prepared to depart for Chartrettes. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

Helen and John Earley pictured in Roscommon town as the Roscommon Town Twinning travelling party prepared to depart for Chartrettes. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

The trip to France was greatly enhanced by the presence of musicians from the Roscommon Town branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Éireann. The CCÉ group was led by Bill Cunningham and was joined by a group of young singers and dancers from the St. Coman’s Wood and Fuerty primary schools. The group’s two concert performances over the weekend ensured that our fine tradition was showcased in style. The senior musicians taking part were Mick Cully (button accordion & piano), Bill Cunningham (fiddle), Mary Jo Fitzpatrick (piano, concertina, flute), Rosaline Lardner (fiddle, concertina, vocals), Andrew Newland (pipes, flute, concertina), Anne O’Brien (fiddle). The junior musicians were Daniel Feerick (flute), Aoife Connol-

ly (concertina), James Connolly (fiddle), Laura Crean, Zoya McCrann and Eabha Killeen (button accordions). Variety was the order of the day as musicians played reels, jigs, barn dances and hornpipes, while the young dancers delighted the onlookers with their performances. Solo dances were performed by Orlagh Crehan and Donata Leyden-Roberto, and they were joined by Aimee Lavin, Ciara Killeen, Isabelle Quinn, Amy Winston, Zoe Feely and Isabella Rowan for a fine display of set-dancing. The children also sang two beautifully arranged renditions of Trasna na dTonnta and Peigín Leitir Mhóir, while Rosaline Lardner sang here own macaronic adaptation of Mo Ghile Mear on both nights.

In a short speech in both French and Irish, Bill Cunningham paid a poignant tribute to Christine Sorret, secretary of the first Chartrettes committee, and to Tom Foxe. Both Tom and Christine were heavily involved in the early days of the twinning project and both are now deceased. Bill then went on to perform the plaintive Anach Cuain on tin whistle in their memory. Slow airs solos were beautifully played by Mick Cully on button accordion, Mary Jo Fitzpatrick on flute and Andrew Newland on uilleann pipes and bagpipes. Young musicians Aoife and James Connolly played a concertina /fiddle duet, while Laura Crean, Zoya McCrann and Eabha Killeen played a few fine sets of reels. Their parents and their Comhaltas music teachers,

Mick and Mary Jo, might can be very proud of them. In like manner, Sinead Killeen-Moran and Kate Crehan can take a bow for their wonderful work with the all-singing all-dancing girls from the aforementioned primary schools. An impromptu session of music and dance at the departure gates at Charles de Gaulle Airport on the Monday night ensured that a wonderful weekend of Roscommon/Chartrettes cultural connections and friendship ended on a spectacular high! * The Roscommon Town branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Éireann would like to extend their thanks to Michael Flahive for the use of the Hyde Centre for rehearsals (please note: music classes will resume in September in the Hyde Centre, Roscommon).

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ROSCOMMON-CHARTRETTES…21 years on

Chartrettes and Roscommon Continued from page 10 –> She said that the mutual respect of cultures was very evident. It was a great opportunity to yet again showcase our Irish language, music, song and dance in France, and a great chance to experience French culture and language. Cllr. Leyden thanked Roscommon County Council for their continued support. The Town Twinning Committee was especially appreciative of

the diligent work of Secretary Nicola Kelly in co-ordinating the event with a very large delegation. They also thanked Eamonn Gleeson, Chairperson, for his work and use of Gleeson’s Townhouse and Restaurant for meetings and thanked Treasurer, Patricia Morris and Cultural Officer, Bill Cunningham. Cllr. Leyden said that she hoped that a sizeable group from Chartrettes would travel

to Roscommon Town next May to mark the 21st anniversary of the twinning during Roscommon Lamb Festival 2019. * Roscommon Twinning Committee and Roscommon Town CCE would like to give a special thanks to Martina Greene of East West Travel for her help with the travel arrangements.

Marie McCrann, Ava Killeen and Zoya McCrann pictured in Roscommon town as the Roscommon Town Twinning group prepared to depart for Chartrettes, France to mark the 20th anniversary of the twinning of the two towns. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

Antoinette Winston, Sinead Killeen, Ava Killeen, Amy Winston and Ciara Killeen pictured in Roscommon town as the Roscommon Town Twinning group prepared to depart for Chartrettes, France to mark the 20th anniversary of the twinning. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh Members of the Town Twinning travelling party pictured in Roscommon town ahead of their trip to Chartrettes, France to mark the 20th anniversary of the twinning. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

Nicola Kelly (Secretary), Eamon Gleeson (Chairperson), Bill Cunningham and the then Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council Cllr. Orla Leyden pictured in Roscommon town as the Roscommon Town Twinning group prepared to depart for Chartrettes, France to mark the 20th anniversary of the twinning. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

Members of the Town Twinning travelling party pictured at Avenue Roscommon, Chartrettes, France.

Eamon Gleeson, then Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council Cllr. Orla Leyden, Sean Beirne, BOI, pictured in Roscommon town as the Roscommon Town Twinning group prepared to depart for Chartrettes, France to mark the 20th anniversary of the twinning. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

Nicola, Zoe and Una Feeley pictured in Roscommon town as the Roscommon Town Twinning group prepared to depart for Chartrettes, France to mark the 20th anniversary of the twinning. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

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People NEWS Irish hockey team should compete in Commonwealth Games – Feighan

Ella, Oisin, Robbie and Freddie Kelly, Joe Cunnane and Elaine Kelly pictured at Roscommon Races on Tuesday. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

Fine Gael Senator Frank Feighan has said the brilliant exploits of the Irish women’s hockey team in the World Cup has presented a great opportunity to look at the prospects of the side competing in the next Commonwealth Games. Congratulating the Irish team on its “heroics”, Senator Feighan said: “There is a golden opportunity now for this team which has touched the hearts of everybody on the island of Ireland to compete in the next Commonwealth Games, which will be held in Birmingham in 2022. “In a long lead-up to this year’s Commonwealth Games in Australia, there was a huge behind-thescenes lobbying campaign to have an all-Island men’s hockey team compete in this year’s Games. Unfortunately, despite everyone’s best efforts that did not materialise. “However, I’m now calling on all Irish Hockey stakeholders to look at the prospects of this brilliant Irish women’s hockey team, which has members from across the island of Ireland, competing in the next Commonwealth Games in the UK. “I think such a possibility would provide a fantastic sporting opportunity which would have benefits for our whole island”.

Eye field tests set to resume in September – Murphy Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy says Roscommon patients will no longer have to travel to Galway for basic eye field tests as the specialised lenses have been replaced in the Ophthalmology Department in Roscommon and should be operational by the end of September 2018. Deputy Murphy tabled a parliamentary question with the Minister for Health as a number of constituents had raised the matter with him in recent weeks. “People who were previously able to get a simple eye field test under the Primary Care system in Roscommon were told that they must travel to University College Hospital, Galway as the lenses for the specific machine in Roscommon were not replaced”. Deputy Murphy now says that, following his Representations, the Ophthalmology Department in Roscommon have now received the specialised lenses. It is hoped to have the equipment operational by the end of September 2018.

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Ballyforan NS is set to receive emergency works funding which will see fire safety works commence in the school in the coming weeks. Reacting to the recent announcement by the Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton, Minister Denis Naughten said the emergency works were “vital”. “The funding will see works take place at the school in the coming weeks and the Board of Management will receive details of the approval shortly. This investment is vital for the school and I hope that the works can be completed as soon as possible,” he said. Senator Maura Hopkins welcomed the news but said there must be no delay in commencing the work. “I am very pleased to see this application getting a positive response from the Department. I will continue to work closely with Minister Bruton to ensure this funding can be drawn down by the school without delay, in order to allow these works to take place as soon as possible,” she said.

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NewsPeople OUR FAMILIES: Ireland has been chosen by Pope Francis to host the World Meeting of Families from 21-26 August 2018. The Vita House Family Centre at Abbey Street, Roscommon, celebrating its 25th birthday this year, will host events as part of the World Meeting of Families from 22nd-25th of August (more details in future issues). This week, in conjunction with Vita House, the Roscommon People continues our special series of weekly articles celebrating the diverse families in our community.

An adventure which worked out well…thanks be to God we were welcomed by the Irish people With Brazil going through a deep recession, Valeria Maria, her husband Umberto Assis and their family pursued a better life…in Ireland. This is their story of the big move to Roscommon...(also published in Portuguese alongside)  VALERIA MARIA DA SILVA ASSIS

y family and I came to live in Ireland in 2002. My husband had come four months earlier in order to organise things. I followed after with our two sons. We left everything behind – family, friends, profession – to try and make a better life for ourselves and our children and also to help both our families in Brazil. Leaving Brazil was a very difficult decision, but it was necessary as the economy was going through a period of deep recession, as it is again at this time. Many do not understand what motivates people to emigrate but, in our case, it was the opportunity to have a better life that motivated us to break the shackles and set out on an adventure to a country which was very far away and foreign to us. My husband (Umberto Assis) arrived here in August 2002. He went first to Gort where a friend of his who had met him at the airport was living. This friend was the precursor of our story. From Gort, my husband came to work in Lambert Tractors, Donamon, Roscommon (where he is still working). These were very difficult days for him in a foreign country, a different culture and, most especially, because of the difficulties in communication. Owing to the fact that he did not speak the language he had many days of sadness and loneliness, and it was at this time that he suggested that I come to live here. I did not hesitate as it was always my objective to have a united family. And God provided everything. In December of 2002, myself and my sons, Pedro Assis (who was 6 at the time) and Kaio Assis (who was 5) arrived in Ireland in the middle of

Pictured from left to right are: Pedro Henrique, Anna Victoria, Umberto, Valeria Maria, Kaio Victor.

winter. Everything was different for us, every single detail and, to this day, I have stored it all in my memory. On arrival, we stayed in an apartment with some Brazilian friends. Everything was improvised but we were very happy. The fear of not being allowed to enter the country or being deported had passed, and now was the time to thank God and begin to confront all the challenges which would come our way. So, we faced all the obstacles with courage, determination and hard work and with the certainty that what we were doing was right. We had some very difficult moments but we always relied on the support of good Brazilians who were already here. Also, we had many Irish friends who helped us rent a house, register with the Gardai in the local immigration office, enrol the children in school, etc. These were our first steps and, by degrees, we were getting organised and adapting to a new culture. Thanks be to God we were very warmly welcomed by the Irish community. Always working hard, our sons grew up and developed and, in 2009, our daughter, Anna Victoria Assis (8 years) was born in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. Today, we are all naturalised

Irish citizens. We visit our families in Brazil every year and that way we lessen our loneliness and that of the people we left behind. For us, living in another country was an adventure which worked out well. We grew as human beings; we surmounted many obstacles; we integrated in a different culture; we became citizens of the world. We are very happy here and grateful for all that Ireland has contributed to our lives.

u e minha familia viemos viver na Irlanda em 2002. Meio esposo veio 4 meses antes para poder organizar as coisas. Depois eu e meus 2 filhos viemos. Deixamos tudo para traz, familiares, amigos, profissao, para tentar uma vida melhor para nossos filhos, e poder ajudar nossos familiares no Brasil. Deixar o Brasil foi uma decisao dificil, mais necessaria, a economia passava por um periodo de rescecao, igual ao momento atual. Muitos nao entendem o que motiva as pessoas imigrarem. Sao tantas questoes mas, em nosso caso, ter uma oportunidade de uma vida melhor foi o que nos motivou a quebrar os grilhoes e nos aventurar em um pais distante e

desconhecido por nos. Meu esposo (Umberto Assis) desembarcou aqui em Agosto de 2002 e foi primeiramente para Gort, onde o amigo que o havia buscado no aeroporto morava. E esse amigo foi o precursor de nossa historia. De Gort meu esposo veio trabalhar em uma oficina mecanica (Lambert Tractors) em Donamon, Co. Roscommon onde ele trabalha ate hoje. Foram dias dificeis para ele estar em um pais desconhecido, outra cultura e principalmente a grande dificuldade em se comunicar. Devido nao saber falar o idioma foi nesses dias de saudade e solidao que ele me propos a vir morar aqui. E eu nao hesitei, pois meu objetivo sempre foi ter uma familia unida. E Deus providenciou tudo. Em Dezembro de 2002, eu e meus filhos, Pedro Assis, na epoca com 6 anos e Kaio Assis, com 5 anos chegamos em pleno inverno. Foi tudo novo para nos, cada detalhe ate hoje esta guardado na minha memoria. Ao chegar ficamos no apartamento de uns amigos, tudo improvisado, mas estavamos felizes. O medo de nao conseguir entrar no pais (Deportacao) havia passado, agora era hora de agradecer a Deus e comecar a enfrentar os desafios que viriam.

E foi assim que encaramos os desafios com coragem, determinacao e muito trabalho e com a certeza de que tudo iria dar certo. Tivemos momentos muito dificeis, mas sempre contamos com o apoio de bons Brasileiros que aqui ja viviam e tambem amigos Irlandeses. Eles nos ajudaram a alugar casa, nos registrar na Garda, matricular as criancas na escola. Foram assim nossos primeiros passos e fomos nos organizando e nos adaptando a nova cultura. Gracas a Deus fomos muito bem acolhidos pela comunidade Irlandesa. Sempre trabalhando muito, nossos filhos foram crescendo e, em 2009, nasceu nossa filha Anna Victoria Assis (8 anos) em Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. Hoje todos nos temos a Cidadania Irlandesa. Anualmente, visitamos nossos familiares no Brasil e assim nos podemos amenizar a saudade de todos que la ficaram. Viver em outro pais para nos foi uma aventura que deu certo. Crescemos muito como seres humanos, vencemos obstaculos, nos integramos a outra cultura, nos tornamos cidadoes do mundo. Somos felizes e gratos em tudo que a Irlanda contribui em nossas vidas. – Valeria Maria Da Silva Assis

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Minister launches fodder production incentive The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has launched an incentive measure for tillage farmers to produce additional feed this autumn through a financial commitment of up to €2.75 million. The Minister launched the scheme having secured the agreement of the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe. Referring to the launch, Minister Creed said: “I am acutely aware of the need to prepare for the winter ahead. I have been actively engaged with the Fodder Group and through their work in maximising production of home grown fodder is a collective prior-

ity this autumn. Through this incentive, I am encouraging tillage growers to actively engage in the fodder market”. The initiative will provide an incentive of €155 per hectare for tillage growers who grow a temporary crop of short rotation grasses for fodder production over the winter months and €100 per hectare for those growing catch crops such as fodder rape, turnips, etc. Currently over 23,000 hectares of catch crops are supported under the AgriEnvironment Scheme, GLAS. This additional funding commitment aims to incentivise a doubling of this area. “This year has been a challenging year for both

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Macra launches ‘Know Your Neighbour 2018’ Macra na Feirme has launched its biggest annual community initiative for 2018, Know Your Neighbour. The goal of Know Your Neighbour is to provide communities with an outlet for neighbours to get to know each other and establish a strong support network. Every year Macra na Feirme encourages our clubs to set up a Know Your Neighbour event in their locality and encourage everyone in the region to attend. If you would like to hold a Know Your Neighbour event, simply download your Know Your Neighbour poster from macra.ie/downloads and email jcoffey@ macra.ie with details of your Pictured at the Claremorris Agricultural Show launching the Macra na Feirme Know Your event to be published on the Neighbour Campaign for 2018 last weekend was the Minister for Rural and Community Macra na Feirme website. Development Michael Ring and Macra na Feirme National President James Healy.

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Bullocks AAX 445kgs €1045, AAX 470kgs €1000, Lim X 415kgs €985, 2 AAX 455kgs €910, Char X 360kgs €700, Lim X 375kgs €900, Lim X 420kgs €910.

Heifers Lim X 470kgs €1020, Char X 535kgs €1005, AAX 570kgs €1000, Char X 565kgs €1000, Lim X 330kgs €660, 2 AAX 355kgs €785, Char X 395kgs €850, Lim X 300kgs €660.

€1000, Char X 350kgs €1000, BBX 400kgs €1100, BBX 325kgs €1050, BBX 305kgs €900, Char X 330kgs €955, BBX 330kgs €1200, Simm X 380kgs €800.

Weanling bulls BBX 670kgs €1660, BBX 625kgs €1480, Char 485kgs €1445, BBX 455kgs €1360, Char X 520kgs €1320, 4 BBX 448kgs €1300, SAX 445kgs €1300, Lim X 395kgs €1195, Lim X 385kgs €1150, Lim X 395kgs €1110, Char X 375kgs €1105, 3 Lim X 373kgs €1000, Char X 290kgs €940, Simm X 390kgs 955, Char X 310kgs €960.

Spring lambs 50kgs €110, 46.4kgs €110, 64kgs 110, 50.3kgs €110, 50.9kgs €108, 50.5kgs €106, 48.5kgs €105, 48kgs €102.

Weanling heifers BBX 415kgs €1500, BBX 460kgs €1325, BBX 445kgs €1300, AAX 450kgs €1175, Lim X 355kgs

Store lambs 41.7kgs €90, 42kgs €89, 41.8kgs €83.5, 40.7kgs €82, 38.2kgs €81.

Manager’s report… Brendan Egan, Castlerea Mart “There were 400 cattle on offer this week with a similar trade to last week. Demand was strong for the forward store bullocks and heifers, while the weanling trade was stronger this week with increased demand and better quality lots on offer. “In general, trade has stabilised and aided by good growth and increased farmer activity trade was maintained and in the case of the quality lots prices were improved. “Cows with calves at foot made form €1030 to €1680 per head. Springer cows made form €850 to €1060 per head. There were smaller numbers of calves on offer this week but demand remains strong with prices ranging from €250 to €780 for continental runner types. “Sales continue at Castlerea Mart today (9th) with our usual sale of bullocks, heifers, cows, calves, runners and weanlings. All sales commence at 11 am with three rings in operation”.

Manager’s report… Maura Quigley, Roscommon Mart “There was a slight increase in numbers this week with a firmer trade for all classes. However, plainer lots are more difficult to sell. Bullocks averaged from €2.18 per kilo up to €2.40 per kilo. Heifers made up from €1.93 per kilo up to €2.21 per kilo. Dry cows averaged from €1.73 per kilo up to €2.09 per kilo. “The mart will host a special sale of bullocks and heifers this Friday (10th) at 11 am including 30 pens of bullocks and 32 pens of heifers as well as dry cows. “Meanwhile, there was a large entry of top quality breeding sheep on offer at the opening sale of the season on Saturday last. 2-year-olds made up to €170 while the tops in the hoggets fetched up to €180. Hoggets ranged from €130 up to €180 per head. 2-year-old ewes made from €130 up to €170 per head. 3-year-old ewes made from €85 up to €142 per head. Sales as usual this Saturday at 11 am and gates open at 8 am. “There were similar numbers on offer at this week’s sheep sale. Prices for spring lambs peaked at €110 for 50kgs. Store lambs fetched up to €90. There was a better trade for cast ewes with prices ranging from €58 up to €133. Sales continue each Wednesday at 11 am for lambs and cast ewes. The mart will host a breeding ewes and hoggets sale this Saturday (11th) at 11 am, gates open at 8 am. “Also taking place this Saturday is a premier show and sale of Suffolk rams. Show takes place at 11.30 am with sale at 1.30 pm. “There was a good entry of excellent quality stock on offer at Tuesday’s show and sale of weanlings. There was a lively trade for weanling bulls with plenty of customers anxious for stock resulting in a good clearance of lots. Prices ranged from €2.52 per kilo up to €3.32 per kilo. There was a firm trade for quality weanling heifers with lots fetching from €2.45 per kilo up to €3.64 per kilo”.

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Ch 460kgs €1175, Ch 435kgs €1135, Lm 545kgs €1150, Ch 505kgs €1105, AA 555kgs €1240, Lm 640kgs €1415, PTx 660kgs €1380.

Ch 955kgs €1900, AA 900kgs €1735, AAX 845kgs €1685, Ch 700kgs €1425.

Heifers BBX 395kgs €1110, Lm 420kgs €1080, Lm 370kgs €1060, BB 338kgs €1055, Ch 470kgs €1170, Ch 800kgs €1835, Lm 560kgs €1440, AA 550kgs €1310.

Weanling bulls Lm 255kgs €720, Ch 345kgs €1010, Ch 425kgs €1175, Ch 415kgs €1130, Lm 320kgs €980.

Weanling heifers Ch 290kgs €775, SIx 240kgs €610, Ch 330kgs €830, Ch 300kgs €760.

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Michael ‘Ring-fences’ €600,000 for Agricultural Shows The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring TD, said on Tuesday that a €600,000 allocation by his Department to agricultural shows represents an important investment in rural communities and the rural economy. Minister Ring was speaking as he announced funding to support approximately 120 agricultural shows around

the country which are due to take place in 2019. Each show is eligible to receive €5,000 from the Government in an effort to support these important rural community events. This investment is being carried out in coordination with the Irish Shows Association (ISA) and the recipients are all members of that Association.

Minister Ring said: “This represents a substantial investment in rural communities and in the rural economy by the Government. I know that this funding will provide a huge boost to the agricultural shows that are such an integral part of our rural culture. They are a showcase for local communities and for all that is good about rural Ireland”.

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Educating your college-going teen regarding sexual consent  MIRIAM KERINS

Students across Roscommon will receive their Leaving Cert results on August 15th, and, while we wish each and every one of them the very best, we would also urge them to be aware of their emotional and their personal and physical safety, especially when attending celebratory parties, post Leaving Cert holidays, and when they enter into third level education next month. Our reasons for advising caution comes on foot of Dr. Pádraig McNeela’s (NUI Galway) study titled ‘Are Consent Workshops Sustainable and Feasible in Third Level Institutions?’ This is an excellent body of work, which includes surveys carried out with more than 3,500 students at sexual consent workshops held at four colleges nationally. However, some of the findings have made for startling reading. For example, parents may be horrified to know that, according to the survey’s data, when it came to the students’ views on the impact that alcohol has on a person’s capacity to give consent to have sex, a shocking two-thirds of those polled did not believe that someone would be too drunk to consent to sex after they’d consumed 28 standard alcoholic drinks. This has got to be worrying for any parent of a college-going child reading this; especially one who has not yet had that important talk regarding consent! With the above disturbing findings in mind, during this week,

before they enter college for the first time or even make a return to their studies, we would urge parents/guardians to invite their teen for a cup of tea, a chat and an honest, no holds barred discussion around this important aspect of their son’s/daughter’s future college life, in order that they will flourish, be safe and have a happy education as well as social experience. And, while it’s understandable that it’s normally female students who are more vulnerable to being either sexually harassed

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or assaulted, especially when under the influence of alcohol and their capacity to consent is compromised, it’s important to know that male students are at risk too, so chat with your sons. Remember parents, while the State’s sex education initiative, i.e. the Relationships and Sexuality Education programme (RSE) should help to prepare your child regarding the prevalence of sexual assault occurring at college level, as it’s 20 years old, it’s vastly outdated

or even the results’ night party, and their entry into third level is highly likely to be when they’ll experience their first sexual experience. This week, please try your best to make sure you’ve covered all bases to help your child explore all of the positive aspects of their sexuality and satisfy yourself that they are fully aware and that they fully understand the consequences around both obtaining and giving their sexual consent.

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Time to get cracking on those back-to-school duties?  MIRIAM KERINS

There’s not a parent alive who hasn’t fallen prey to what I call the parenting pitfalls, where we all make silly and avoidable mistakes. As a mother of two, (four if you count my two husbands…just a joke, but sometimes we need to parent our hubbies too, right girls?), and grandmother of one, believe me when I tell you I’ve been there, done that, made the mistakes and could have been a suitable case for psychological treatment given the emotional guilt bashing I doled out to myself. However, armed with a bit of advanced warning, I reckon I could have avoided some of my irrational contretemps and ended my career as a travel agent for guilt trips by the time my kids entered second-level education; but alas nobody put me wide. For this reason, I’d like to, if I may, offer readers a bit of a heads up. I hope you don’t mind.

Back to school shopping not done: Okay, if your little darling is starting school this September, and you haven’t yet managed to shop for uniforms and books, while you know you need to get your butt in gear, do remember you’ve been overscheduled and overextended all summer juggling work and childcare; so don’t beat yourself up, but do remove the jam stains from that list pinned to the fridge door now and for God’s sake get cracking. I don’t give them enough ‘quality’ time after school: Ah stop, you do enough for them. Our parents didn’t know what the term ‘quality time’ meant. Besides, I never had hours to make marla animals. (It’s called playdoh now), because I was too busy working, cleaning, cooking, paying bills and queueing for school stuff for them. Sure let them play/fight with their brother/sister. After all, isn’t that why you gave them a sibling? I insist my kids load the dishwasher

and make their beds before school: So? Giving them chores is characterbuilding. Stop panicking; you’re not a slave driver running a sweat shop! You’re simply giving them responsibilities, something that’ll stand to them when they get a job, meet a life partner and raise their own families. Parenting is a major responsibility, and while there’ll be days when your cup will runneth over with joy, there’ll also definitely be days when it’ll runneth over with stress, anxiety, self-doubt and rivers and rivers of guilt. But, in the grand scheme of things, remember mammies and daddies, your baby, your toddler, your child, your teen and your eventual adult will, from the moment they come into this world and you hold them in your arms, be the one greatest and the most important love affair you’ll ever have in your life. Sooo, er, try not to mess them up too much, but do get them into school prep mode now!

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Business Noel Mannion, Teagasc, John Coyle, James Coyle, Mike Pearson, Gurteen Agricultural College, George Coyle, Mattie Ryan, Cathaoirleach, Tipperary County Council, Tom Short, IFA, Denis Naughten TD, Minister for Communications, Climate Action & Environment, Thomas Hubert, Irish Farmers Journal, Barry Caslin, Teagasc, Jack Caslin, Gerard Coyle, Eoghan Coyle, Caoilfhionn Coyle, Eala Coyle, Ivan Connaughton, Cathaoirleach, Roscommon County Council, and Thomas Ryan, IFA, at the Energy in Agriculture launch at the farm of Gerard and Caoilfhionn Coyle, Corra Beg, Athleague, County Roscommon recently.

Decrease in number of 182 registrations in Roscommon The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) issued the official 182 new vehicle registration figures for July, along with their second Quarterly Motor Industry Review of 2018. Car sales figures for the month of July show that 182 registrations are down 2.75% (26,944) compared to July 2017 (27,707). Light commercials are currently up 12.4% (4,433) compared to July last year (3,944), while Heavy Goods Vehicle registrations were also up 23.28% (376) in comparison to July 2017 (305). New car registration in County Roscommon experienced a decrease of 10.16% on the same period last year. There were 990 new registrations, compared to 1,102 in July 2017. The report highlights that while Ireland’s economic indicators continue to evolve in a positive manner, pointing towards an expanding economy, as consumer spending continues to improve at a steady rate, the depreciation in the value of sterling since the end of 2015 has made life more difficult for the Irish motor trade, with new car sales been displaced by used imports from the UK. Used car imports have increased by 11.7% year to date, aided by the weakness in sterling, as the motor industry continues to experience significant uncertainty, with monthly declines in new car registrations figures reflecting the substantial impact of Brexit. Other noticeable trends within the marketplace show that the average price of a new car in June 2018 was 1.9% lower than a year earlier, while car buyers are paying 4.1% more for higher specifications cars. The recent move away from diesel towards petrol has result in the average C02 emissions from new car sales seeing a slight increase.

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‘People’s lives are being put in danger’ Reader’s Open Letter to Dr. Oliver Whyte, Clinical Director of Westdoc As Clinical Director of Westdoc, I wish to inform you of my frightening experience with Westdoc services in Roscommon on June 18th last. I rang the Westdoc services in Roscommon town at 3 am due to breathing difficulties. A triage nurse answered the phone. I explained to her that I needed to see a doctor and that I needed a nebuliser. She said she would speak to the doctor on call and ring me back. She rang me back to say that the doctor did not have a nebuliser and that I was to go to my nearest Accident & Emergency Unit. I was shocked and in deep distress at hearing

this. I could not believe a doctor would effectively refuse to see a patient. You know, and every reader in Roscommon knows, that the nearest A&E Unit Roscommon town is Portiuncula Hospital, a 45-minute drive approximately. This locum doctor gave reasons in a letter to Westdoc for not meeting me. It was not clear whether I was a known asthmatic patient. She was keen to send me to a hospital in order to exclude any cardiac cause for my shortness of breath. She did not know my background medical history. And I was an unregistered patient of Westdoc. If the doctor was willing to see me or at least had the courtesy to phone me, I could have made my ‘medical history’ quite clear to her.

She was keen to send me to a hospital without seeing me to write the necessary doctor’s letter for the hospital. If one is not registered with Westdoc, does this mean that a patient will not be seen? I took it upon myself to drive to Portiuncula Hospital. I was not prepared to wait two hours for an ambulance to come to my family home. It took an ambulance two hours to get there three weeks previously, to attend to my sick mother. Dr. Whyte, this doctor apologised for ‘any inconvenience caused’. An inconvenience? My life was at risk. I feel there was negligence here. What is the purpose of having Westdoc services in such instances? Why leave the responsibility to the triage

nurse? If that is the case, why don’t patients just go to their nearest A&E and forget about contacting Westdoc? When I rang the Medical Council, I was informed that the doctor in question had a registered address that is a 90-minute drive from Roscommon. Why are locum doctors being asked to cover from such a distance? People’s lives are being put in danger. I now call on you, Dr. Whyte, as Clinical Director, to look into this matter as I would not wish for any other patient to go through such a distressing experience. I would also be interested to hear from readers who have had similar experiences with Westdoc. Yours sincerely, (Name and address with Editor)

‘An unforgiveable lack of communications’ Ballinderry Roscommon F42 RR04, Dear Editor, In the last edition (03/08/18) of the Roscommon People, the Editor commented about the current jobs status, with that extremely funny and accurate observation...‘the IDA, famously, visits Roscommon about as frequently as Arlene Foster does GAA games’. Brilliant! But, when thinking about the Roscommon Town situation, I am reminded of The Bard – ‘The fault dear Brutus lies not in the stars but in ourselves, that we are underlings’. To paraphrase Shakespeare, ‘The fault dear Roscommon lies not in the stars but in our location, the netherworld of Ireland’? Roscommon has an unforgiveable lack of communications. We are some twenty miles from the nearest motorway, to which we are connected by a poor two-lane road, which is bisected by two rail level crossings, the N61 carrying much heavy truck traffic between Cork and Rosslare and on to the north-west, because in Ireland there aren’t any crosscountry motorways such as Cork/ Limerick to Derry, for instance? Additionally, as Roscommon has only half a bypass, much of that truck traffic thunders through the town centre. We have a poor rail service, absolutely pathetic. So infrequent are the timings, why would anyone use it as a form of reliable transport? Is it possible to get from Roscommon to Galway and back, by train, easily in one day? Ditto, bus service; infrequent, and shadows the rail route. And finally, that most important lack of communication of all, high-speed broadband. Lumping together all of the foregoing, especially the last-

mentioned, what incentive is there for any right-thinking entrepreneur to set up a business here? I would venture to suggest the situation is compounded by a lack of indigenous skills. Any ambitious and qualified young person will look around and set their career sights elsewhere, and who can blame them? Despite the county boasting many sites worth visiting, we’re not on any tourist route, and what must visitors think when seeing that eyesore on Castle Street, the overgrown weed-strewn location that was once ‘The Royal Hotel’? Every Irish government, of whichever hue, has failed the electorate miserably in the lack of investment in the infrastructure. Politicians promise always the sun, moon and stars, but the future, and how to obtain it, eludes them. Post offices are closing. Why are these not being replaced by mobile post offices, which were common decades ago in the rural UK, also, mobile banks? They were built on single-deck underfloor-engined bus chassis’ and provided muchneeded facilities to those living in small villages. Politicians and their flawed grand vision? Think Hamlet –‘tis a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying...nothing. Loathe to think pessimistically, but the paucity of a Dublin vision (in this context, an oxymoron?) condemns us to a lingering death... It is said a country gets the politicians it deserves. Who have we upset to get lumbered with these over-paid indolent and ill-educated myopics? I’ll wager that if was posed to the lethargic of Leinster House the question ‘Roscommon Town?’, 98% would need to Google it. Depressingly yours, Michael Dryhurst

Pictured at Croke Park for the Dublin/Roscommon Super 8s match last Sunday.

Well-known Roscommon supporter Ray Gannon (Carrick-on-Shannon) sent us this perspective on following the Rossies against ‘the greatest team to ever play the game’ in Croke Park last Sunday…

‘The last of the diehards’ The search for the Holy Grail goes on… There we were up in the Hogan Stand on Sunday surrounded by Dubs – but we were happy. Happy to be there to cherish the occasion and play the best team in the land on the sacred green pasture that is Croke Park. As Paddy Joe says, any day you see a Roscommon team take the field in Croke Park you get a lump in your throat. We will forever be Rossies and will never let the side down through the good and the not so good days. The team played their hearts out and we went down fighting to the bitter end. Any day you put up a score of 2-16 against what must be the greatest team to ever play the game, you’re doing well. This Dublin team are as complete a package as we will ever see. They are awesome – the speed and strength in the tackle is surreal. Our team deserves great credit for reaching the Super 8s. The management and backroom team have put in a huge effort, which cannot be

taken for granted. They lived football 24/7 for the last six months. Everything else took second place. It was a pleasure to be there to witness the occasion. Down pitchside was another of the diehards, our great photographer from Ballaghaderreen, Mick McCormack. Good job he had the long lens with him –you would nearly need Google Maps to pick out us Rossies in the crowd. Joey and Paul were keeping us in touch with Galway in the hurling and Donegal in the football. Young Frankie was in touch with the hockey on his ipad. A good showing from Mayo in the curtain-raiser, but Kildare were that bit more powerful on the day. It’s good for the game to see the likes of Kildare get an All-Ireland win. Pity a few Mayos didn’t hang on and give us some vocal support, but I suppose the battle of Ballaghaderreen is still unforgotten! The man with the hat from North Roscommon was there. Councillor Kathleen from Roscommon was her usual happy self. I also met a young family from Knockcroghery on the

way in, and Tommy was there from Kiltoom. Aisling was down on the pitch keeping our players in top condition. Her other half was sitting in front of us with his brother in-law. We were in good company and the good thing about us Rossies is that no matter where you are in the world and you wear the jersey or Jimmy Murray’s 1943/44 t-shirt you will be welcome. Without doubt the best cheer of the day was for Bernard Brogan’s arrival on the pitch as a blood substitute. Good to see him back after injury. It was great to see some Roscommon players coming up on to the stand to get photos taken with family members after the game. Sure that’s what young people want and the memories will live with them forever. It can only happen in the GAA – in no place else in the world would this be allowed. Us diehards will prevail for as long as we are Rossies and remember, ‘the best is yet to come’. Keep the faith. Thanks for the memories. Yours in sport, Ray Gannon

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Double send-off for Eimear and Paul… There will be a special ‘send-off’ for 2018 Roscommon Rose Eimear Reynolds on this Friday, 10th of August in her home village of Rooskey. The event, in Cox’s Bar, Rooskey, will kick off at 9.30 pm. On Saturday, 11th of August there is a send-off for both Roscommon Rose Eimear and Roscommon Escort Paul Clabby. This latter event will

be held in The Red Parrot, Roscommon commencing at 9.30 pm. Entertainment, food and raffle and everyone is invited and welcome to come along on either/both nights and wish both Rossies well before they head off to the International Rose of Tralee Festival (15th to 23rd of August). We wish the very best of luck to Eimear and Paul!

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Vinegar Bill gig conﬁrmed The brilliant Knockcrogherybased band ‘Vinegar Bill’ will be on stage in PJ’s in Castlecoote on Saturday night, August 18th next. Vinegar Bill are a renowned

folk/trad band with a deservedly large following, and a night in their company is always enjoyable, with great music, singing and craic. PJ’s, run by PJ and Bernie Naugh-

ton, is a great setting for live music in an intimate atmosphere, so Saturday, August 18th promises to be a very special night in the popular Castlecoote premises. (More details next week).

Pictured are Roscommon Rose Eimear Reynolds, Roscommon Escort Paul Clabby and Roscommon Rose of Tralee committee chairperson Yvonne Donohue.

Gaels in ﬁnal push for draw support Club now ﬁelding 31 teams – big draw this Saturday If you’re not in, you really can’t win – if you are, you just might! Whether you’re a winner or not, the local community will be a winner, as all funds raised in Roscommon Gaels’ big draw this weekend will go towards the ongoing development of facilities by a club now fielding a remarkable 30-plus teams. Roscommon Gaels are making a final appeal to the public this week for support for their major club development draw. It will be held this Saturday. Based in the ever-expanding county town, Roscommon Gaels are currently developing facilities as the club continues to cater for numerous teams across the codes and age categories. There are some really enticing prizes up for grabs in the draw, including tickets for the All-Ireland finals (football and hurling) and also match tickets, flights and accommodation for a trip to Old Trafford to see a Manchester United game.

These are busy times for the club. Roscommon Gaels are continuing to develop their club grounds at Lisnamult. The club has successfully completed four state-of-the-art dressing rooms with catering and meeting facilities, together with a new sports wall. The club fields 31 teams across all ages and codes, supported by 123 coaches/mentors who give their time voluntarily. With this number of teams being catered for, the club requires significant funding on an annual basis and hence the need for ongoing fundraising activity. The Gaels’ club development draw will take place on this Saturday, 11th of August. Tickets are €10 each (book of 6 for €50) and are available from club members (tickets can also be purchased via Roscommon Gaels website, www. roscommongaels.ie). Please support. For further information, contact Frank Nally on 087-2348206.

Based in the ever-expanding county town, Roscommon Gaels are currently developing facilities as the club continues to cater for numerous teams across the codes and age categories. Pictured at the recent Roscommon Gaels 5km Fun Run/ Walk were Siofra Hession, Martha McSharry, Eve McNeill, Gwen Killion, Anna Kiernan, Laura Glynn, Alannah Sutton and Ellen Ryan. Picture: Andrew Fox

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WeekendPeople SUNDAY GOSPEL REFLECTION Sometimes we feel like Elijah in today’s First Reading. We want to lie down and die, keenly aware of our failures – that we seem to be getting no better at doing what God wants of us. We can be tempted to despair, as the prophet was on his forty-day journey in the desert. We can be tempted to “murmur” against God, as the Israelites did during their forty years in the desert (see Exodus 16:2, 7, 8; 1 Corinthians 10:10). The Gospel today uses the same word, “murmur” to describe the crowds, who reenact Israel’s hardheartedness in the desert. Jesus tells them that prophecies are being fulfilled in Him and that they are being taught by God. But they can’t believe it. They can only see His flesh, that He is the “son” of Joseph and Mary. Yet if we believe, if we seek Him in our distress, He will deliver us from our fears, as we sing in today’s Psalm. At the altar in every Eucharist, the angel of the Lord, the Lord Himself (see Exodus 3:1–2), touches us. He commands us to take and eat His Flesh given for the life of the world (see Matthew 26:26). This taste of the heavenly gift (see Hebrews 6:4–5) comes to us with a renewed command – to get up and continue on the journey we began in Baptism to the mountain of God, the kingdom of heaven. He will give us the Bread of Life, the strength and grace we need – as He fed our spiritual ancestors in the wilderness and Elijah in the desert. So let us stop grieving the Spirit of God, as Paul says in today’s Epistle in another reference to Israel in the desert (see Isaiah 63:10). Let us say to God as Elijah did, “Take my life”. Not in the sense of wanting to die. But in giving ourselves as a sacrificial offering – loving Him as He has loved us, on the Cross and in the Eucharist. – Scott Hahn Ph.D., www. salvationhistory.com (and courtesy of Sacred Heart Church)

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A weekend of sporting highs It’s the bank holiday Monday, and as I’m writing this at the kitchen table, I can only say that it’s been one of the best sporting weekends that I can ever remember. It started off on Friday evening, when myself, my brother Duff, James Gavin and Jim Roarke met up at Roscommon Golf Club and played 18 holes in the Creggs Rugby Club Classic. While we didn’t get the call to go back in for the presentation ceremony (which presumably means we didn’t win), we had good fun and thoroughly enjoyed the outing. Roscommon is a long course, so by the time we played the last hole it was nearly pitch dark, and I spent several minutes looking for my ball, which by some miracle was sitting pretty in the middle of

the green. There was some speculation that it might have been placed there by the hand of God, but I categorically deny any wrongdoing. It was on the green as a result of a brilliant shot that no-one, including myself, managed to see. As it was about the only time I got on the green in what they call regulation figures, I have now decided to play all my future golf at night. Maybe I will produce better scores that way. Anyway, on to Saturday, and the bane of my life – work – meant that I was in the shop in Athlone while the Irish ladies hockey team were trying to pull off one of the greatest sporting achievements of all time by becoming the first Irish team in any sport to qualify for a World Cup Final.

When they beat Spain in a penalty shoot-out, the radio – and Des Cahill – was pure radio gold. Within a few minutes of the match finishing and Ireland going through to Sunday’s final against the incredibly talented Dutch, we were listening to messages from a lad cutting silage somewhere on his tractor who told us he was crying his eyes out at the result (hope it wasn’t that he was broken down); another visitor to the Clonmacnoise early Christian site rang to say she had spent the duration of the game praying for a win, and Des told us that in all his years presenting the sports show they had never seen a reaction like it, and the number of messages into RTE surpassed anything they had encountered before.

In fairness, for an amateur team who were competing with several full-time professional players, it was a stupendous achievement, and in a small country where we have had outstanding female sportswomen – like Sonia O’Sullivan, Katie Taylor, Catherina McKiernan and the golfing Maguire twins, Leona and Lisa – these hockey players have elevated our status on the world stage and deserve all the praise and accolades that they will now receive. Their heavy defeat in the final in no way detracts from their heroic deeds, and if I had a tractor I too would have cried my eyes out. By now I was on my way home, excited at the thought of watching Galway play Monaghan in the last

A great trip to Croker The Bank Holiday Saturday night passed off quietly and peacefully. I had a few, very few, quiet pints in Mikeen’s, followed by an early bed, as I was heading to Dublin on the Sunday morning. This was a long-planned visit to our daughter Lisa, who lives in Malahide, but as luck would have it (maybe luck is stretching it), myself and my son Mark were given premium tickets to Croke Park, where, in case you haven’t heard, the Rossies were taking on the mighty Dubs in what was the last of their Super 8s matches. Off we headed on Sunday morning – after the obligatory full Irish – and, having made it to Malahide, myself and Mark hit for Croker on the Dart, where I made friends with a true blue Dub supporter who invited us to join him and some buddies in Maher’s of Ballybough for a few beers. Sadly, as we wanted to see the hurling replay between Galway and Clare, we didn’t take him up on his invite and instead made for the wonderful Croke Park stadium. We made it just as the sliothar was thrown in, and I have to say the premium ticket was just something else, as we watched the game on a giant screen that that was so big, yet so clear, that you would think you were playing yourself, that in a room that had several hundred people. It was just magic. We had the dinner there as well… a top class helping of roast beef for me (with all the trimmings – and a good deal more), and the only thing that annoyed me was that 90% of the support was for Clare and it was the Dubs’ supporters that were fairly roaring on The Banner. When Shane

O’Donnell scored the goal in the second half, the roof nearly lifted off. I have to say it was one of the great individual goals of all time, but at the time I was fit to kill half the Dubs around me, and in truth the Galway lads were outrageously lucky to win by a solitary point. Out then to the hallowed ground to see the football game, and as I watched the Dubs in the flesh for the first time since I togged out against them for a league match back in early 1975, my mind drifted back to that day, a day that was to be the end of my wonderful(?) intercounty career. It’s only now, 43 years later, that I realise I should not have been there at all, as not having turned up for the previous league game against Offaly, I must have been dropped off the panel – but nobody told me. The penny didn’t drop, even though when myself and my good mate, Jack the Lower (who was my chauffeur) turned up at the team hotel before the game, there was no food for us, only for Gerry Beirne saving the day when he managed to get some tea and sandwiches for us. Then when we got to Croke Park we had to plead our case to be let in at all, with Jack nearly having to pay in, until finally, having togged out with all the other lads, I realised something wasn’t right when there was no jersey for me. It didn’t finish there either as there was no room for me in the dugout, and so I sat amongst the supporters, in my togs, on a freezing cold day. As no-one would have known me they must have thought I had escaped from some institution. Besides it being the end of my career at 23 years of age, the main thing that game is remembered for is the fact

of their Super 8s games, but if ever excitement was misplaced this most certainly was – and the stuff that was served up in Salthill should have carried a health warning –unless you were from Monaghan. But as Galway have a semifinal next Saturday against the Dubs, I will make no comment on last week’s effort, and will wish them well in a match where they will do very well to stay in touch with Jim Gavin’s men. The other semi-final will be a battle between Tyrone and Monaghan, and it would be a good man (or woman) who would predict that result. The popular verdict is that Tyrone will prevail, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the Farney men could spring a surprise.

that it was the only time the great Dermot Earley was sent off after he hit Bobby Doyle with a haymaker that Muhammad Ali would have been proud of. Anyway, my day-dreaming over, I sat down to watch the present-day Dubs, and even though it was more like a challenge match than a championship encounter, it was an education to see them in action. Their athleticism, speed, power and ability was there for all to see, but it was their workrate that impressed me the most; their willingness to chase back, even when winning by a large margin, was amazing, and they truly are an example to all who want to excel at football. The Rossies played their part as well, and they tried to play their football right to the end, and despite getting a bit of a beating, they contributed a lot to a game I quite enjoyed. There were very few Primrose and Blue colours in view, as not too many travelled to the Capital, but those that did could be proud of their team and realise they have been terrific ambassadors for their county over the last Shane O’Donnell couple of years. As for us, we went for a lovely meal in the Scotch Bonnet in Malahide. It was just superb. We followed that with a few pints in the renowned Finally for this week, the posters and tickGibney’s pub, which was absolutely ets have arrived for our annual fundraiser in hopping on the Bank Holiday Sun- Dowd’s, Glinsk, on September 15th. It’s in aid of the Lourdes Invalid Fund and Cancer Care day night. All told it was a great day, and while West. We will be out and about from next week I won’t be there next Saturday – due on calling to your houses, looking for your to that horrible thing called work – ever-generous support. my heart will be with Galway, and I hope they do themselves justice. Let’s hope they have a go and take on the Dubs. As Mayo have shown several times, it’s the only way.

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Till next week, Bye for now!

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Why I’ve lost my confidence in Leo! Patricia Mangan and Tommy Hora pictured at Roscommon Races on Tuesday. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

Teresa Mollahan and Barbara Taylor pictured at Roscommon Races on Tuesday. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

Miriam Hastings and Erica Delaney pictured at Roscommon Races on Tuesday. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

It’s a well-known fact I tend to lose things. Car keys, single socks, my patience, and my skin’s collagen density…need I go on? However, just as my faith had been slightly restored in An Taoiseach…following his brilliant couldn’t-be-ar**d attitude regarding the Brexit Bugle’s (UK Sun) childish and personal put-downs, I’m sorry to say I’ve now lost my confidence in him! And, what’s worse, despite the fact I’ve searched very hard to retrieve that missing confidence – harder than I’ve searched for Donald Trump’s scruples, and even harder than when I tried to find the square root of the hypotenuse while at school – try as I might, I just cannot locate a morsel of credence or trust in our Leo. It’s gone. Tá sé imithe! Why? Well let me explain folks! Back in May, An Taoiseach stood in front of this country and decreed that no woman caught up in the cervical smear scandal would have to go to court to fight for compensation. However, on foot of terminally ill Ruth Morrissey being forced to take the stand to detail (under what must have been extreme duress for herself and her family) the impact of her suffering,

our hero Leo, responding to criticism, did his typical should have been “more clear” about face; making me wonder if the man to whom we’ve entrusted our country’s future ever analyses the enormity of his statements? Firstly, any citizen feeling aggrieved is constitutionally entitled to their day in court, both the plaintiff and the

defendant; and I’d imagine if anyone affected by the scandal does go the legal route, the US labs at the centre of this exposé will strenuously argue their case, because it’s likely they don’t give a rat’s ass about these harmed women or their families. However, if it’s a case that errors were made and it’s crystal clear and proven beyond doubt who was

Are policy-makers plotting the death of rural Roscommon? 161 postmasters/mistresses across the country are taking redundancy – leading to closures – and, sadly, by October, Athleague post office’s wonderful facility, which, I’d imagine, like all rural post offices, is the beating heart of this lovely community, will shut its doors. Now, for a government who insists they believe in diversity, fairness, equality and inclusion, it’s my belief that once again, when it comes to Roscommon and the fantastically resilient people living in this county, all of those non-discriminatory sentiments are just a

Liam and Eve McNeill pictured at Roscommon Races on Tuesday. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

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big pile of hot steaming cow dung! Instead, like a group of over-fed predators, too greedy to rise, open their walk-in wallets and save us, I imagine the policy-makers conspire, plot and plan the death of our rural communities. Look, maybe I’m being a drama queen, but I’m beginning to worry our government is trying to airbrush us Rossies out of Ireland’s overall landscape, while they concentrate on making everyone gravitate towards big cities! I mean, when you look at it, there’s a fair bit of circumstantial evidence

here…let’s examine it. They did away with our banks, they closed down our Garda stations, and they don’t deem us worthy of having high-speed broadband. One by one, service by vital service and closure by closure, our government is alienating us; trying to break us, and, by terminating another of our post offices they’re simply pounding another nail into Roscommon’s coffin. It’s about time we reminded our Ministers that, come election time, if they expect Roscommon to be there for them, then they’d better be there for us!

at fault, proceedings should hopefully be straightforward for these ladies. However, as there are 221 women (that we know of) affected, I’d imagine there may be some cases balancing precariously on the fringe of negligence, and, in that instance labs will lawyer up to the hilt and go at these extremely ill and vulnerable women, (some of whom are running out of time), with both barrels in order to strongly contest their cases. While currently, An Taoiseach’s latest stand is that he wants “all cases settled by mediation,” and has committed to a Commission of Inquiry into this horrendous controversy, I’d imagine the courageous women at the centre of this tragedy are placing their trust in Mr Justice Charles Meenan, and hope he’ll be the man to identify mechanisms to avoid traumatic court proceedings for them. I personally hope His Honour can come up with a more compassionate channel for these wronged women; one which allows them to gain their much-deserved resolution and redress as a matter of urgency.

I’m sick of attention-seeking earth mothers!

French-based mother Sarah Schmid, the woman who filmed herself giving birth to her sixth child alone and naked in her back garden without any medical aid or pain relief, and then released the footage on the internet where over 1.4 million viewers, (including her five other kids), watched it, proclaimed last week she’d found the experience “empowering” for women! I’m sorry love, but while you may be hoping for a call from the Vatican for your halofitting, I believe any woman who finds giving birth without medical assistance or pain relief ‘empowering’ has inhaled too much gripe water! Now I admit I refused pain relief during my two births because I was concerned the drugs would hurt my unborn babies. In hindsight, I was a dope. Childbirth is a personal experience for all women. I’m sick of these earth mother types trying to force the au natural is best, just run to the cabbage patch, bear down, push hard and out pops a kid c**p on us! If you’re really desperate for attention Sarah, why not really ‘empower’ women by enlightening them to the post-partum haemorrhoids, the lactation leaks and the lifelong kid-career juggling that lasts ‘till they leave home!

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LOUGH REE Monster Festival

The Greene family from Lisacul pictured at Croke Park for last Sunday’s All-Ireland Super 8s match between Roscommon and Dublin.

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Flashback to 2017: The Lough Ree Monster pictured travelling up the River Shannon. Picture: Andrew Fox

(Above) Roscommon fans the McGloin brothers from Ballyleague pictured at Drumcondra Railway Station last Sunday.

(Right) Madelene and Harry Martin pictured at Croke Park during last Sunday’s AllIreland Super 8s match between Roscommon and Dublin.

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2. Return of the Monster! On Friday evening (10th), events will commence with a Kiddies’ Disco in the Big Red Barn. The Lough Ree Monster will then re-emerge from the Shannon at 9.30 pm and moor on the banks of the river for the weekend.

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4. Fun for grown-ups There will be music all weekend in the Big Red Barn, which is licensed to sell alcohol. On Friday night, DJ Martin will be taking us back to the ‘80s as the late-night music gets underway at 11 pm. Saturday will see superstar of Irish and Country music, Mike Denver, making a welcome return to Lanesboro Ballyleague. Sunday will of course feature the departure of the Lough Ree Monster as well as music from The Conquerors.

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Pictured at the 2017 Lough Ree Monster Festival were Aisling O’Dowd and Emma Hussey. Picture: Andrew Fox

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Lough Ree Monster returns this weekend! The Lough Ree Monster Festival returns to Lanesboro Ballyleague this weekend with entertainment for all in the Big Red Barn across three days. The festival will commence with a special event organised by the local and county library. Coinciding with the Lough Ree Monster Festival, Lanesboro Library will host an evening of entertainment this Thursday (9th) at 7 pm. The organisers are “very excited to welcome author Jack Harte back to his old stomping ground”. Jack will read from his most recent publication ‘Rehabilitating the Serpent’. There will be music and refreshments on the night. The weekend entertainment kicks off with the return of the Lough Ree

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Head along to Lanesboro Ballyleague this weekend and catch a glimpse of the Lough Ree Monster and enjoy all the entertainment on offer!

Monster on the Shannon this Friday night at 9.30 pm. The monster’s return will be followed by ‘80s disco music with DJ Martin. Saturday night sees dancing with Country music legend Mike Denver at the Big Red Barn – not to be missed! On Sunday, The Conquerors provide the music for what promises to be a wonderful dancing and

jiving competition in the Big Red Barn with €300 in prizes up for grabs! The weekend will draw to a close as we wave goodbye to the Lough Ree Monster for yet another year with a fireworks display at 9.30 pm. So head along to Lanesboro Ballyleague this weekend and catch a glimpse of the Lough Ree Monster before it returns to the depths of the Shannon!

Pictured at the 2017 Lough Ree Monster Festival were Alice Farrell, Marianna Donlon, Katie Brady, Rosie Farrell and Eabha Boland. Picture: Andrew Fox

Pictured at the 2017 Lough Ree Monster Festival were Niamh, Ciara and Mary Flynn, Emma Farrell and Rachel Flynn. Picture: Andrew Fox

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Majella Hunt from Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands pictured presenting the prize to winning jockey Paddy Mullins who won the Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands Flat Race on board My Sister Sarah at Roscommon Races on Tuesday. Also pictured is Roscommon County Council Cathaoirleach Cllr. Ivan Connaughton. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

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Frank, Vincent and Luke Hanley pictured at 1st anniversary celebrations at The Brewery, Roscommon last Saturday night.

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All over Ireland there are properties in need of serious repair and The Great House Revival will champion the bravery of those willing to take them on. They are now on the hunt for suitable projects and are looking for historical homes that are about to undergo a restoration. This could include Church conversions, old school houses, rural Garda stations, farmhouses and farm buildings, cottages or Georgian townhouses.

Architect Hugh Wallace will be on hand to guide the audience and the homeowners through their project. A passionate advocate of ambitious restorations, Hugh wants to see our abandoned crumbling, classic architecture live on, and become relevant in the 21st century. If you, or someone you know is about to embark on a restoration of any kind, Animo TV want to hear from you – email property@animotv.ie or call 01-5310957.

FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION RESIDENCE ON C.126.40 ACRES AT GORTEENCLOUGH or CORRAMORE, ATHLEAGUE, CO. ROSCOMMON F42 VX39 By Public Auction Thursday 23rd August 2018 at 4pm In The Bridge House, Athleague, Co. Roscommon, F42 RR71 Prime residential farm comprising excellent quality lands located adjacent Athleague Village

Set out in lots as follows: Lot 1: Entire Property - Residence and Outbuildings standing on c.126.40 Acres Lot 2: Three Bedroom Residence on c.1 Acre Lot 3: c.85.54 Acres of excellent quality lands Lot 4: c.24.70 Acres of excellent quality lands Lot 5: c.15.16 Acres of lands at end of country lane For further details, maps & brochure contact Joint Selling Agents:

Moran Auctioneers Tel: 090-6624531. PRSA 001472 Architect Hugh Wallace, presenter of RTE’s ‘The Great House Revival’ programme.

Connaughton Auctioneers Tel: 090-6663700. PRSA 001350

Solicitor for the carriage of sale: Billy Brandon Solicitor at Patrick J. Neilan Solicitors, Roscommon Tel: 090-6626245.

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Final offers invited for John’s Property of the Week John Earley (FIPAV) of Property Partners Earley, Roscommon, is this week inviting final offers for a prime four-bedroomed detached residence, located at Emlaghbeg, Donamon, Co. Roscommon as his property of the week. John describes the property as “an imposing four-bedroomed detached two-storey countryside residence of approx. 2,185 sq.ft. standing on a beautifully mature site area of approx. 0.7 an acre”. The residence is located in a most attractive residential location on a quiet and peaceful cul-de-sac roadway. It is presented for sale in excellent condition throughout. This property must be viewed to be fully appreciated and the auctioneer now invites immediate viewings and offers to sell. Guide Price: €150,000. For further details contact John Earley (FIPAV, TRV), Property Partners Earley, Stone Court, The Square, Roscommon on 0906626579, email jearley@ propertypartners.ie or log on to www.propertypartners.ie. Emlaghbeg, Donamon, Co. Roscommon

NEW TO THE MARKET FARM LANDS AT

LISNAVILLE, FUERTY, CO. ROSCOMMON

Prime agricultural lands containing approx. 51 acres in total located in a renowned agricultural district close to Castlecoote village and only approx. 6.3 km from Roscommon town. The said lands must be of interest to all local farmers wishing to increase their existing holdings and can be sold in one or more lots should market interest dictate: Lot 1: Approx. 4.8 acres Lot 2: Approx. 2.88 acres with the benefit of FPP (PD/08/805) for a dormer style residence. Expires: 14/08/2018. Lot 3: Approx. 4.5 acres. Lot 4: Approx. 28.36 acres. Lot 5: Approx. 4.81 acres. Lot 6: Approx. 5.51 acres. The auctioneers now invite immediate viewings and all offers to sell. Joint selling agents: Property Partners Earley & Michael O’Rourke Auctioneer & Valuer PSRA Licence No. 001481

www.propertypartners.ie Stone Court, The Square, Roscommon. Tel. 090 66 26579. Fax: 090 66 25405. EMAIL: jearley@propertypartners.ie

Michael O’ Rourke ~ AUCTIONEER & VALUER ~ • Creggs, Roscommon • Phone: (090) 66 21125 (087) 2242329 • Email: michaelroarke@eircom.net PSRA No.: 003821

PSRA Licence No. 001481

NEW TO THE MARKET A MOST ATTRACTIVE 4 B/R SEMI-DETACHED RESIDENCE OF APPROX. 1,660 SQ.FT STANDING ON A SITE AREA OF APPROX. 1.06 ACRES

FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ON FRIDAY 17TH AUGUST 2018

LOCATED AT

THE TULSK INN PUB & COUNTRY BALLROOM

STONEPARK, ROSCOMMON

MAIN STREET, TULSK VILLAGE, CO. ROSCOMMON.

All offers after €150,000 to sell

PRICE GUIDE: €175,000. “One of the regions most renowned entertainment venues”

NEW TO THE MARKET A luxury 5 B/R dormer style residence of approx. 2,220 sq,ft located at

28 Oldwood, Athlone Road, Roscommon Town

A quality and superbly located 4 B/R semi detached property standing on a beautifully mature site area of approx. 1.06 acres.

For sale by public auction on Friday 17th August 2018 at 4pm on the premises (unless previously sold)

This character property comes to the market in excellent condition throughout with the benefit of a peaceful countryside location only minutes from Roscommon town centre and just off the main Galway route. Offering spacious living accommodation throughout, this is a property that must be viewed to be fully appreciated and the auctioneers now invite immediate viewings and all offers after €150,000 to sell.

A renowned and highly regarded trading house having established itself as one of the regions most popular entertainment venues. Tulsk is a thriving village which can accommodate for most everyday needs and is known as the crossroads of the west of Ireland. Servicing a large catchment area, The Tulsk Inn Pub and Country Ballroom is primely positioned to cater for large functions, dances, social events and all local and passing trade. The property is presented for sale in excellent condition throughout by its present owners and offers a premium opportunity to develop and expand the property’s existing reputation in the country music scene and beyond. The auctioneers now invite immediate viewings. Overall floor area: c. 4,284 sq.ft. LEGAL: MS MARY ROSE MCNALLY, MESSER’S PADRAIG KELLY SOLICITORS, STROKESTOWN, CO ROSCOMMON. TELEPHONE 071 96 33666

An exclusive residence located in a prestige location in the exclusive Oldwood development just a few minutes walk from the beautiful natural setting that is Mote Park. On your doorstep is the impressive Roscommon Golf Club and close by is Dr. Hyde Park the home of local GAA, Roscommon University Hospital and Hannon’s Hotel. Exceptional exterior and interior finish throughout complimented by a cobble-lock driveway and mature gardens. Seldom do properties of this quality come on the market and viewing comes highly recommended by the auctioneers.BER C1

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PropertyPeople PSRA Licence No. 001821

Sean Naughton MIPAV

COMMISSIONER FOR OATHS, AUCTIONEERS, VALUERS, ESTATE AGENTS THE SQUARE, ROSCOMMON TEL: (090) 6625080 ((offi office) ce) Mob: 087 2479486 — Fax: (090) 6627161 Email: seannaughton@eircom.net

FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY NO 26 LOUGH REE PARK, BALLYLEAGUE, CO. ROSCOMMON

4 Bedroom Dormer Semi Detached Residence for sale at Lough Ree Park, Ballyleague, Co. Roscommon. Accommodation briefly consist of Kitchen/Dining Room, Sitting Room, 4 Bedrooms, Utility, Toilet & WHB and Family Bathroom. This property is located in a Cul de Sac within walking distance of beautiful scenic village of Ballyleague. Open to Realistic Offers

Bungalow at Sandﬁeld, Knockcroghery Sean Naughton Auctioneers is delighted to offer to the market this four-bedroomed bungalow with large site and garage for sale by private treaty at Sandfield, Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon. Accommodation consists (briefly) of kitchen, living room, four bedrooms and bathroom. The property had additional benefit of OFCH, garage and large garden area. This property is in need of some refur-

bishment; however it would make an ideal family home. The residence is conveniently located 10 minutes’ drive from Roscommon and 20 minutes from Athlone Town centre. Viewing is strongly advised. Offers in the region of €130,000 are invited. For further details or to arrange a viewing please contact Sean Naughton Auctioneers on 090-6625080 or email seannaughton@eircom.net

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FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY GOLF LINKS ROAD, ROSCOMMON

5 Bedroom 3200 Sqft Luxury Detached Residence with Garage for Sale at Golf Links Road, Roscommon Town. Accommodation briefly consist of Ground Floor: Kitchen, Dining Room, Living Room, Games Room/ Bedroom , Sitting Room, Large Foyer Hallway, Cloakrooms, Utility, Bathroom and Dwns Toilet & WHB First Floor: 4 Double Bedrooms (2 En-suite), Large landing with feature dome ceiling and viewpoint over Foyer below, Bathroom & Hot-press. This property is located in a much sought after area of Roscommon Town. Viewing is strongly advised by appointment only with auctioneer. Price on Application. VIEWING STRONGLY ADVISED

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FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY 2 Sites with FPP, Ballymoe, Co. Galway 2 Sites with Full Planning Permission recently granted for a 4 Bedroom Property on each site. These sites are located in centre of Ballymoe Village and planning permission has recently been granted. Price on Application

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Sandfield, Knockcroghery, Co. Roscommon.

Lands for sale at Clooneenbane, Oran Sean Naughton Auctioneers is delighted to offer for sale by private treaty c.30 acres of fair quality lands at Clooneenbane, Oran, Co. Roscommon. Offers in the region of €180,000 are invited. For further details, please contact Sean Naughton Auctioneers on 090-6625080 or email seannaughton@eircom.net

Athleague village, Co. Roscommon

Prime commercial/ residential investment opportunity in Athleague village Sean Naughton Auctioneers is delighted to offer to the market a four-bedroomed luxury detached residence for sale by private treaty with a large garden, located in the centre of Athleague village, Co. Roscommon. Accommodation includes – downstairs: kitchen, dining room, living room, sitting room, utility, toilet and wash hand basin, storage room. Upstairs: four bedrooms (one ensuite), large landing and family bathroom. The property has many additional features, such as solid wooden floors throughout, master bedroom (ensuite) and walk-in wardrobe. The property boasts large outside space, with garden to the rear with off-street parking. This property has commercial potential due to its excellent location in the centre of Athleague village, a location which was formerly the old schoolhouse (which has been completely redesigned to modern standards). This property is in an excellent location, within walking distance of local amenities such as shops, school, parish Church, etc. Viewing is highly recommended and the property has to be seen to be fully appreciated. Price on application. For further details please contact Sean Naughton Auctioneers on 090-6625080 or email seannaughton@eircom. net

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PRSA no.: 002058

FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION (Unless Previously Sold)

Lands at

Teermore, Elphin, Co. Roscommon C. 10.2 Acres of Prime Quality Lands

In The Central Bar, Elphin, Co. Roscommon Thursday 16th August 2018 at 3.30pm Consisting of c. 10.2 acres of good quality lands at Teermore, Elphin, Co. Roscommon in a prime location close to the towns of Elphin, Ballinagare and Boyle. These lands, in one manageable lot, are well renowned for their fattening qualities, with some road frontage, well serviced with a cattle handling crush, water and fencing along with a 2 bay hayshed & leanto. Maps and further information available on request LEGALS: DOCKERY SOLICITORS, ELPHIN, CO. ROSCOMMON. PHONE: 071-9635350

For further information please contact PROPERTYTEAM SMITH KELLY SCOTT, The Crescent, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Oﬃce - 071 9662124 Mobiles – 086 2531736

‘Auburn’ Golf Links Road, Roscommon

New to the market at Golf Links Road Property Partners Earley are delighted to present to the market a luxury four-bedroomed bungalow residence of approx. 1,500 sq.ft. located at ‘Auburn’ Golf Links Road, Roscommon This house stands on a beautifully mature site area, primely located adjacent to Roscommon Golf Club and all town amenities.

The said residence is presented for sale in excellent condition throughout, offering spacious living accommodation together with a garage area of approx. 210 sq.ft. set to the side. Altogether, this is a rare opportunity to acquire a luxury residence in one of Roscommon town’s most sought after residential areas

and the auctioneers now invite immediate viewings and all offers to sell. For further details or to arrange a viewing, contact Property Partners Earley of Stone Court, The Square, Roscommon on 090-6626579 or email jearley @propertypartners. ie or log on to www.propertypartners.ie.

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PropertyPeople Auctioneers & Valuers NO. 1 ABBEY ST., ROSCOMMON. TEL 090 66 27003. FAX 090 66 26296 EMAIL info@pathughesauctioneers.com Web: www.pathughesauctioneers.com

NEW TO THE MARKET – FOR SALE Circa 40 acres at

FRENCHPARK, ROSCOMMON with approximately 30 acres under forestry. Can be sold in one or two lots to suit. For further details contact the office on 09066 27003 E-mail info@ pathughesauctioneers.com :- LEGAL:- DONAL KEIGHER & CO. SOLICITOR, NORTH GATE STREET, ATHLONE, CO. WESTMEATH. PH. 09064 77707.

Commercial building at Castle Street, Roscommon This week Hughes & Company have on offer at Castle Street, Roscommon a large commercial building consisting of two commercial units with a range of stone stores and a large yard with direct access onto Lanesboro Street and Castle Street. The property also contains living accommodation consisting of five bedrooms, kitchen cum dining room, sitting room, living room and bathroom. The property is located in a prominent location and is in excellent condition with extensive road frontage onto Castle Street.

The property is being offered for sale by private treaty or public auction at a later date. Pat Hughes has confirmed there is a lot of interest in this property which is located in one of Roscommon’s most sought after areas. The building would be suitable for various types of development subject to planning permission being granted. For further information or to make an appointment to view, contact the office on 090-6627003 or email info@pathughesauctioneers.com

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For Sale by REA ONLINE AUCTION KINGSLAND COTTAGES, FINISKLIN, BOYLE, CO. ROSCOMMON This development provides an ideal investment opportunity to investors and developers alike.

Comprising a 5 bedroom detached property providing an ideal family home, 3 x 3 bedroom self contained holiday apartments, 1 x 1 bed apartment and an associated facilities building providing office/reception/games room and ancillary accommodation. Completion is required and immediate viewing highly recommended. Auction Date: 31st August 2018-www.reaonlineauctions.ie Please contact Seamus Carthy at REA Seamus Carthy 090 663 0001 AMV: €225,000

FOR SALE Circa 130 acre Residential Farm in one lot at

CURRAGHBOY, ROSCOMMON. The lands are located convenient to Curraghboy Village and have been well maintained and farmed over the last number of years. For further details contact the office on 090 6627003 LEGAL:- AIDAN O’CARROLL, SOLICITOR, MELLOTTE O’CARROLL SOLICITORS, 11 PEARSE STREET, ATHLONE, CO. WESTMEATH. PH. 090 64 92014

For Sale by REA ONLINE AUCTION KILNAMANAGH, FRENCHPARK, CO. ROSCOMMON, F45AD60

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FINAL OFFERS For Sale 3 Bedroomed Dormer Bungalow at

ARDANAGH, ROSCOMMON finished to a high standard

RS E F F O L

FINA

The residence is located a short distance from all local amenities. Accommodation consists of a Sitting Room, Kitchen Cum Dining Room, Utility, Downstairs Bedroom and Bathroom. Upstairs has 2 Double En-Suite Bedrooms. For further details or to make an appointment to view contact the office on 090 6627003 or e-mail info@pathughesauctioneers.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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FOR SALE A prime Site with the benefit of full planning permission located on the

BALLINAGARD ROAD, ROSCOMMON The Site has the benefit of mains water and sewerage. Selling to every offer in excess of €60,000. For further details contact the office on 090 6627003

Castle Street, Roscommon a large commercial building consisting of two commercial units with a range of stone stores and a large yard with direct access onto Lanesboro Street and Castle Street.

Fully refurbished townhouse on books of Pat Hughes Hughes & Company are offering for sale a fully refurbished three-bedroomed townhouse with accommodation consisting of sitting room, kitchen cum dining room, three bedrooms and a bathroom. The residence, at Abbey Street, is finished to a high standard and is located in one of Roscommon’s most sought after areas. For further information or to make an appointment to view, contact the office on 090-6627003 or email info@pathughesauctioneers.com

Well-known Roscommon auctioneer Sean Naughton (left) and well-known community activist Micheal Curley (centre, recently retired after a long career with the Bank of Ireland) recently met up with Galway hurling great Ollie Canning.

‘Fisherman’s Cottage’ well worth viewing This week Hughes & Company are re-advertising The Fisherman’s Cottage at Cloontymullen, Kilteevan due to a cancellation. The cottage is located approximately three miles from Roscommon Town and a half a mile off the main Lanesboro to Roscommon Road. Accommodation consists of a living room, sitting room, kitchen, bathroom, three bedrooms and a bathroom. The residence is in excellent condition and stands on a circa half-acre site. For further information or to make an appointment to view, contact the office on 090-6627003 or email info@pathughesauctioneers.com

Dormer bungalow with ﬁve bedrooms At Boyle Road, Roscommon, Hughes & Company are offering for sale a large fivebedroomed dormer bungalow on a circa half-acre site. The residence is finished to a high standard and is located less than a half a mile from Roscommon Town centre in a nice cul-de-sac with excellent views of the town. Accommodation consists of entrance hall, dining room with door leading to living room and kitchen. There’s a large utility with fitted units. Downstairs are three bedrooms, two double bedrooms (fully fitted) and one single bedroom and toilet with shower and wash hand basin. Upstairs: two large bedrooms with built-in units and wash hand basins and a large bathroom. Small shed to the rear. The residence stands on a large mature landscaped site with a tarmac driveway to the front and rear. For further information or to make an appointment to view, contact the office on 090-6627003 or email info@pathughesauctioneers.com

A traditional 3 bedroom country home offering exceptional value for money situated on a quiet country road side setting convenient to the picturesque town of Boyle. The property is to be sold by way of an Online Auction on 24th August. Immediate enquiries are advised. Potential, Potential, Potential. Please contact Seamus Carthy at REA Seamus Carthy 090 663 0001 AMV: €30,000

For Sale by REA Online Auction 11 THE OAKS, FRENCHPARK, CO. ROSCOMMON

Extremely well presented 4 Bedroom townhouse situated in a modern and fully completed residential estate in the village of Frenchpark. This property is “turn key” and ready to walk into. Of interest to owner occupiers and investors alike. AMV: €70,000

OFFERS NOW BEING CONSIDERED BALLYCONBOY, BALLINAGARE, CASTLEREA, CO. ROSCOMMON, F45DV58

Traditional 2 storey farmhouse with outbuildings, set in mature setting. Immediate viewings are strongly advised. Please contact Seamus Carthy at REA Seamus Carthy 090 663 0001 AMV: IN THE REGION OF €100,000

REA Seamus Carthy have experienced a surge in residential site sales in various locations and land sales in close proximity to Roscommon Town. We currently have a high volume of clients seeking all types of properties. Please contact Seamus Carthy confidentially if you are considering selling

ROSCOMMON TOWN T: 090 66 30001 • W: www.reacarthy.ie

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Residence in Athleague on c.126 acres for Public Auction

C.126.40 acres with residence located just outside Athleague Village.

Joint selling agents Moran & Co. Auctioneers & Connaughton Auctioneers are offering for sale by Public Auction on Thursday, 23rd of August next c.126.40 acres with residence located just outside Athleague Village. The property will be offered for sale in five lots, as follows – Lot 1: Entire property…residence and outbuildings standing on c.126.40 acres; Lot 2: Three-bedroomed residence on c.1 acre; Lot 3: c.85.54 acres; Lot 4: c.24.70 acres & Lot 5: c.15.16 acres.

PSRA Licence No. 001350

Auctioneers David Moran & Ivan Connaughton state: “We are delighted to offer this fine property for sale by Public Auction on Thursday, 23rd of August. “The residence is in good condition – needing redecoration – and the lands are of excellent quality with all lots fronting onto the River Suck in what is a renowned farming district. The auction will commence at 4 pm in The Bridge House, Athleague. “Contracts are available for viewing before the auction by contacting

the solicitor for the carriage of sale Billy Brandon of Patrick J. Neilan Solicitors, Roscommon on 0906626245. “Any other enquiries and viewings can be dealt with by contacting Connaughton Auctioneers on 0906663700 or Moran & Co. Auctioneers on 090-6624531. “We look forward to a successful sale on the day and everybody is welcome to attend the auction in The Bridge House on Thursday, 23rd of August at 4 pm”.

● Property Sales ● Lettings ● Valuations Athleague, Co. Roscommon. Tel. (090) 6663700. Mob. (086) 8985013 www.connaughtonauctioneers.ie

NEW TO THE MARKET DALTON’S PUBLIC HOUSE FUERTY, CO. ROSCOMMON F42 YY20 PRICE REGION: €195,000

NEW TO THE MARKET

c.71.5 Acres in four lots

Four Bedroom Bungalow Residence at

FUNSHIN, FAIRFIELD & LEAHIVE CREGGS,

HAWTHORN DRIVE, ROSCOMMON TOWN F42 W275 Offers Excess €185,000

CO. GALWAY • Prime parcel of lands c.71.5 Acres • Located convenient to Creggs, Ballygar, Newbridge & Glenamaddy • All well fenced with water • Renowned, thriving traditional Irish pub • Located between Roscommon and Castlecoote • Presented in excellent condition • Wealth of charm & character throughout • Ground floor includes main bar, lounge & modern toilet facilities • First floor includes large four bedroom living area • Patrons car park and new smoking area to rear • Overall site area c.1.5 acres Viewing is highly recommended and by appointment only. Enquires in confidence.

• Set out in four lots as follows: Lot 1 – c.40.85 Acres at Leahive Lot 2 – c.11.65 Acres at Leahive Lot 3 – c.10.6 Acres at Fushin & Fairfield Lot 4 – c.8.4 Acres at Fushin

• Attractive four-bedroom residence in excellent condition • Standing on large mature corner site • Boasting spacious living accommodation with garage adjoining kitchen/ dining suitable for conversion • Detached garage to side c.360 sq.ft • Located in much sought after area of Roscommon Town • Viewing highly recommended, by appointment only

Contact the office on 090 6663700

Viewings at evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays also accommodated with Connaughton Auctioneers.

NEW TO THE MARKET

Two Bedroom Cottage Residence at

Five Bedroom Detached Residence at

“ADAIR COTTAGE”, TROMAUN, CO. ROSCOMMON F42 Y447

2 CLAREMONT, BALLYFORAN, CO. ROSCOMMON H53 W584

PRICE REGION: €110,000

PRICE REGION: €195,000

To arrange a viewing contact the office on 090 6663700

WANTED WANTED WANTED Due to large volume of record sales, we require

Residential Properties • Charming 2 bedroom country cottage • Standing on a large mature site c.1 acre • Located in a peaceful country side setting • c. 3 miles from Roscommon Town • Excellent condition throughout • Spacious living accommodation including conservatory/ sunroom to rear Viewing comes highly recommended, by appointment only To arrange a viewing contact the office on 090 6663700 Viewings at evenings, weekends and bank holidays also accommodated with Connaughton Auctioneers

in all locations • Large five bedroom detached residence • Centrally located to the towns of Roscommon, Ballinasloe and Athlone • Fantastic family home with private gardens to front and rear Viewing comes highly recommended, by appointment only To arrange a viewing contact the office on 090 6663700 Viewings at evenings, weekends and bank holidays also accommodated with Connaughton Auctioneers

Call us today on 090 663700 for a FREE VALUATION

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Department of Health Approved Every Monday Tully’s Total Health Pharmacy Main Street, Castlerea

Telephone: Mobile: This driving School conforms for the new RSA regulations & legislation

For appointment: (094) 96 21647 / (089) 4142233 • Home visits • Insoles and Orthotics prescribed

CHIROPRACTOR ROSCOMMON CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC

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Specialising in:

• BACK PAIN • HEADACHES • NECK PAIN • LIMB PAIN

Telephone: 086 8433433

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

VHI and Laya Covered

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

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

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

Patrick Lynch Clinical Dental Technician

Henry Street Medical Centre Roscommon TELEPHONE:

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Classifieds FARMING  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 Metre 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  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  GRAZING WANTED: 3-5 acres required for Horses. Ballymurray/Knockcroghery area only. Tel: 087 2237084

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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

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D.A.F.M. Approved

Gardening, Maintenance & Painting Roscommon Town • Indoor & Outdoor Painting • Winter Garden Clean-Up • Power Washing Driveways - Paths • Prepare Lawns for Spring • Hedge Trimming • Planting • Grass Cutting • General Maintenance

Contact Walter on 087 9519873

Reg No: EL000083

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: Ladies Raleigh Bike and 2 electric heaters (one convector and one oil filled radiator) as new, Glenamaddy area. Tel: 086 1778520  FOR SALE: Double axel trailer, Tractor drawn, in need of repair (18ft long x 6ft wide x 6.5 ft high). Floor 18 inches from ground. Body work floors and doors need attention €350. Tel: 086 3339466

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GARDENING

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CONTACT KEVIN:

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PARKLAWN TREE SERVICES • Certified Arborists • Tree Surgery • Dangerous Tree Removal • Wood Chipping • Leylandii hedges reduced and shaped. Comprehensive insurance cover. I.S.A. member.

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Garden Clearance

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JOE HEALY Tree Services • Hedge Cutting • Dangerous Tree removal • Wood Chipping • Fully Insured

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DANGEROUS TREE REMOVAL SERVICE • Woodchipping • Log Splitting • Tree Surgery • Hedge Cutting

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JOAN MOORE Therapy Rooms

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GARDENING SERVICES

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HOLISTIC

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HOLISTIC

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

HEALTH & WELL-BEING

Private & Commercial Power washing 25 years experience Free Estimates Given

Phone Alan on:

090 6661635 or Mobile:

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 TO RENT: 3 bed house to rent in Tarmon Manor, Castlerea, O.F.C.H. and solid fuel stove. Tel: 083 4836931

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 TO LET: 3 bed house to let in Four Mile House. Solid fuel and oil central heating. Tel: 087 9394432

086 4679798 PHYSICAL THERAPIST ● Neuromuscular therapy

& orthopaedic sports massage Appointments with Anne Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Saturday. Molloy’s Pharmacy, The Harrison Centre, Roscommon

Roscommon Physical Therapy Clinic 18 years experience in treating babies to adults Physical Therapy CranioSacral Therapy Medical Dry Needling Prescription Orthotics Pilates – Small Classes

LISBROCK BOARDING KENNELS & CATTERY

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

Brideswell, Athlone, Co. Roscommon

REFLEXOLOGY

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• 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

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

PROFESSIONAL PAINTING & DECORATING CONTRACTOR

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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)

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 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

PLANNINGS ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We, Morris Lohan Consulting Engineers are applying to Roscommon County Council on behalf of Clive and Debbie Bagshaw for planning permission retention for a Garage and Two Storage Sheds at Lismacool, Elphin. Co Roscommon. Signed: Morris Lohan Consulting Engineers, 22 Castle View, Castle Street, Roscommon Ph Office: 090 6627950 www.morrislohan.ie The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and that submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We are applying on behalf of Edwina Nelson for planning permission to construct a dwelling house, garage, septic tank unit and treatment system with percolation area at Aghaclogher Townland, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. Signed: Edwina Nelson Edwina Nelson, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon That the planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

PLANNINGS

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

www.morrislohan.ie ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We, Padraig and Lisa Anne Campbell intend to make application to Roscommon County Council for planning permission to refurbish and extend existing dwelling, replace existing septic tank with proprietary effluent treatment system and percolation, associated site development works and services at Coolatinny, Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon. Signed: Gaynor Architectural + Design Services Ltd. Architects Fallon Avenue, Roscommon Phone: 090 6626974 Mobile: 086 8115449 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, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

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PLANNINGS

ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL Outline planning permission is sought on behalf of Paula Bleahene, to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage with a waste water treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works at Gortanabla, Taughmaconnell, Co. Roscommon. Signed: Padraic Hession & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Unit 6 Galway Technology Park, Parkmore, Galway.

The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application and such submissions or observations 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, Fr. Stephen Ezenwegbu, on behalf of Aughrim Parish Church, intend to apply for permission for development at, St. Bridget’s Church, Dangan, Kilmore, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon, N41 AX27. The development will consist of the renovation and restoration of the existing parochial house, repair and renovation of church roof, and construction of a new public WC to replace an existing facility, with associated site works. 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, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We, Morris Lohan Consulting Engineers are applying to Roscommon County Council on behalf of Brian McGrath for planning permission retention to retain as constructed and complete dwelling house and domestic treatment system and percolation area (previously granted under PD/05/1143) at Frasnadeffa, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. Signed: Morris Lohan Consulting Engineers, 22 Castle View, Castle Street, Roscommon Ph Office: 090 6627950 www.morrislohan.ie The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application and such submission or observation will be considered by the authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We, Patrick and Sinead Sharkey are applying to Roscommon County Council for planning permission to construct a dwelling house and domestic garage and to install a treatment system and percolation area and carryout all ancillary site works at Teevnacreeva,Tibohine, Frenchpark, Roscommon. Signed: Morris Lohan Consulting Engineers, 22 Castle View, Castle Street, Roscommon, Ph Office: 090 6627950 www.morrislohan.ie The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application and such submission or observation will be considered by the 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.

SITUATIONS VACANT

TAXIS AND HACKNEYS

TURF/FUEL/ FIREWOOD

 PAINTER / DECO-

TOM KILDUFF CABS

WANTED: Fallen trees for firewood. Ash, Beech, Birch and Whitethorn. We are safety certified and insured. Phone:

RATOR REQUIRED: Either experienced or willing to serve apprenticeship. Must be reliable and willing to work. Box No: 1171 c/o Roscommon People, Abbey Street, Roscommon  CHILDMINDER REQUIRED: Kind reliable childminder required to mind 2 children in children’s own home. Fluent English essential, flexibility is essential to accomodate Parent’s Shift Work. Box No: 1168 c/o Roscommon People, Abbey Street, Roscommon

SITUATIONS WANTED  BOOK KEEPER AVAILABLE: For small businesses who can-not justify employing a full time staff member for this purpose. I can look after your ongoing accounts needs like weekly/monthly wages, accounts records, VAT returns etc. If you are interested please contact: Box No: 1170 c/o Roscommon People, Abbey Street, Roscommon

PLASTERING

PLASTERING SERVICE All aspects of Plastering ● Interior ● Exterior ● Domestic ● Commercial ● Modern &

Traditional Methods ● Restorations ● Dry-lining ● Insulation

Tel: (086) 2544662 086 3821515

TOMMY GILLIGAN

CABS

TELEPHONE: 086 8099 503

KELLY’S EYE Taxi and Minibus hire.

PHONE:

087 2727888 JOHN BEATTIE Cab and Bus Hire Roscommon

086 2670670 BUS HIRE FOR ALL OCCASIONS

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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 and Beech, stored indoors, free delivery within a 25 mile radius of Roscommon. Tel: 086 2437376  LOADS OR BAGS: Footed Turf for sale, Lanesbor area. Tel: 087 6175160  FOR SALE: Small truck loads of turf for sale, 9x5 14” Box, heap on top €200 delivered. Tel: 087 6280483  FOR SALE: Large lorry loads of turf. Screened and delivered. Orders for this years turf taken now. Tel: 086 7236301

2018 SEASONED TURF also Cattle Bedding Available Tel: Donal

086 2721812 (All areas)

USEFUL SERVICES

DOMESTIC APPLIANCE REPAIRS: WASHING MACHINE, REPAIRS, DISHWASHER REPAIRS, OVEN AND TUMBLE DRYER REPAIRS Contact Paul on 086 0538977 087 4046478 www.appliance-repairs.ie  SHANE NAUGHTON ROOFING CONTRACTOR Roofing, slating, tiling, 1st and 2nd fixing and flooring. All aspects of carpentry and building undertaken. Tel: 086 3155329.

SEPTIC TANKS EMPTIED DRAINS/SEWERS CLEANED PERMIT NO: NW CPO - 09 - 03267 - 03

TELEPHONE MICHAEL HAVERTY: 086 8381227 or 086 1997815  HANDYMAN AVAILABLE: Indoor and outdoor painting, power washing, garden fencing erected, hedge cutting, general maintenance, no job too small. Tel: 086 0815802  ELECTRICIAN AVAILABLE: Safe electric registered. All work considered. No job too small. Phone Paul on 086 2553153 anytime or email: p086 2553153@gmail.com  CARPENTER AVAILABLE: Doors, floors, kitchen fittings, decking and garden furniture made to order, general property maintenance etc... free quotation, no job too small, 30 years experience. Call Paul: 086 3421114

Telephone

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WOMEN’S SHED

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S T R O K E S T O W N WOMEN’S SHED: Will be held on Tuesday, August 14th at 2pm in the Hub Cafe, Church Street, Strokestown. (Needle Felting). Tel: 089 9725741

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USEFUL SERVICES

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KEANE OIL BOILERS • 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 CRASH REPAIRS

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

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WINDOWS/DOORS

CLEANING

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Racecourse Road, Roscommon

DOOLEY CHIMNEY REPAIRS • Lining • Relining • Rebuilding • CCTV Camera Inspection

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WE SUPPLY & FIT Double & Treble Glazed Windows & Doors, Patio Doors, French Doors, Porches and Conservatories WIDE RANGE OF COMPOSITE DOORS

Thermally efficient and high security with reinforced frames offering quality without compromise.

Telephone: 090 66 33026 www.roscommonwindows.ie

BLINDS

FARMING

Dead & Worn-Out Animals Contact

JOHN GREENE BALLINASLOE

TEL: (090) 96 88606 (090) 96 88830 (090) 96 87651 Lowest price guaranteed Daily collection

INSTALLATION

Bonded Bead Cavity Wall Insulation Cellulose, Sheepswool, Fibreglass, SIGA Airtightness New Buildings & Retroﬁt Call in or contact us for free advice and quotes

Unit 2, Ballybrit Industrial Estate, Galway

BRENDAN DOOLIN

Also Wooden Venetians, Velux Window Blinds. Tel: 090 66 30521 Mobile: 086 8115928

GLASS

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Tel: 071 96 68368 - Stained Decorative

and Frosted Glass - Double Glazed Units - Bevelled Glass/ Mirrors - Glass Shelves/Table Tops - Painted Glass Splashbacks - Balcony Glass

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- CCTV Camera Inspection For Professional For Professional Advice Contact Advice Contact: John Hibbitt: Tel: 090

9673336 2678350

Mob: 086 Email:

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WINDOW AND DOOR REPAIRS • Door Handles • Door Locks • Letterboxes • Window Hinges • Patio Door Repairs • Misted and Double Glazed Units • Reseal Windows and Doors

Contact David Martin on 087 9959417 uPVC WINDOW AND DOOR PARTS NOW IN STOCK TO SUIT ALL BRANDS • Handles • Hinges • Locks • Letter Boxes • Double Glazed Units supplied and fitted Fully insured

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TARMACADAM

Gerry Monaghan

TARMACADAM CContact: GGerry M Monaghan h

SERVICES: • Tarmacadam • Kerbing • Patio • Domestic & Commercial TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT HRI SCHEME

Contact us for further information Kiltoom, Athlone, Co. Roscommon T: 090 64 93386 M: 086 8207242 or Darren on 086 8972265 E: gerrymonaghan1@eircom.net

PUBLIC NOTICE

STEPHEN HOARE CLEANING SERVICES • ROSCOMMON • Carpets & Upholstery Cleaning • WINDOW CLEANING • POWER WASHING Fascias & Soffits • Gutters & Down pipes • Drive ways ‘paths and patios’ KEEN and COMPETITIVE PRICES

M: 086 3912396 PH: 090 66 62892

House & Garden Maintenance

Alan Somers Cluain Árd, Ardsallaghmore, Roscommon. Tel: (090) 66 27970 Mobile: (086) 8161651 Email: aboutthehouse@imagine.ie

Powerwashing - House, Driveway, Roof Complete Painting Service DIY Solutions

Chimney Cleaning Service NOW AVAILABLE

THE DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT AREA OF ROSCOMMON

Public Dance Halls Act, 1935, Section 2.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PUBLIC DANCING LICENCE Michael Flahive, Ard Aoibhinn, Roscommon - Applicant. Secretary, Dr. Doughlas Hyde Park Club, Roscommon - Applicant. TAKE NOTICE that Michael Flahive, Ard Aoibhinn, Roscommon, Secretary, Dr. Douglas Hyde Park Club, intends to apply to Roscommon District Court to be held at The Courthouse, Roscommon on Tuesday, 18th September 2018 at 10.30a.m., for the Grant of a Licence to use a particular place to wit the Dr. Douglas Hyde Park Club House situate at Ardsallagh, Roscommon, in the Court area and District aforesaid, for Public Dancing. Dated this 7th day of August, 2018. SIGNED: Thomas V. McCrann & Son, Solicitors for the Applicant Church Street, Roscommon. To: The District Court Clerk, Government Buildings Golf Links Road, Roscommon. To: The Superintendent, Garda Siochana, Roscommon. To: The Chief Fire Officer, Fire Authority HQ, Circular Road, Roscommon. To: The Secretary, Roscommon County Council, Aras An Chontae, Roscommon.

AN CHUIRT DUICHE THE DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT AREA OF ROSCOMMON

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER OF A LICENCE

DISTRICT NO: 9

INTOXICATING LIQUOR ACT, 1960, SECTION 28 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR THE TRANSFER OF A LICENCE CONFIRMATION OF PUBLICAN’S LICENCE TAKE NOTICE that we the undersigned on behalf of Collins Nissan Limited of Hudson Bay Filling Station Barrybeg Athlone County Roscommon at the Annual Licensing Court sitting of the District Court to be held at The Courthouse, Athlone, County Westmeath on the 26th September, 2018 at 10.30am for a Certificate to enable Collins Nissan Limited to receive a Transfer and Confirmation of an ordinary licence for and on behalf of Collins Nissan Limited holding the lowest estate or tenancy in respect of the premises situate at Hodson Bay Filling Station, Barry Beg, Roscommon Road, Athlone, County Roscommon in the Court Area and District aforesaid heretofore licensed in the name of Martin Collins and Fiona Collins of Hudson Bay Filling Station, Barrybeg, Athlone, County Roscommon. Dated this 7th day of August, 2018. SIGNED: CALLAN TANSEY SOLICITORS Solicitors for Applicant Boyle County Roscommon

DISTRICT NO: 4

Applicant: PAUL CARTHY

AN CHUIRT DUICHE THE DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT COURT AREA OF ATHLONE

DISTRICT NO: 4

Licensing (Ireland) Act 1833, Section 6 Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1960, Section 29

DISTRICT COURT AREA OF ROSCOMMON

PUBLIC NOTICE

DISTRICT NO: 4

TAKE NOTICE that Paul Carthy of Lisagallon, Cloverhill, County Roscommon intends to apply to the Annual Licensing Court to be held at District Court, Roscommon on the 18th of September 2018 at 10.30a.m. for the TRANSFER to the Application of the seven day publican’s on-licence attached to the premises known as The Central Bar situated at Market Square, Roscommon, County Roscommon in the court area and district aforesaid. Dated this 1st day of August, 2018. SIGNED: Mahon Sweeney Solicitors for the applicant Main Street, Roscommon. To: The Superintendent, Garda Siochana, Garda Station, Roscommon Town, County Roscommon. To: The Chief Fire Officer, Roscommon County Council Aras an Chontae, Roscommon Town. To: The Chief Clerk District Court Office Golf Links Road, Roscommon, County Roscommon

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FAMILYNOTICES ....ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND ANNIVERSARIES KELLY (Nee Conboy) Peggy

McGRATH Joe

CARTY Kevin

Celtic Avenue, Roscommon (10th Anniversary)

Turpane, Ballyforan In loving memory of our dear son Kevin who died on 13/8/96 (Aged 15 years) (22nd Anniversary)

Late of Tonlagee, Roscommon (2nd Anniversary)

Deep in our hearts your memory is kept to Love, to cherish and never forget

Lovingly remembered by your husband Michael ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ God saw you getting tired, A cure was not to be He put his arm around you and whispered “come to me” with tearful eyes we let you go, And watched you fade away Although our hearts were broken we could not make you stay A golden heart stopped beating hard working hands at rest God knows why he took you he only takes the best

Lovingly remembered by your daughters, Deirdre, Sandra, Michelle and Valerie, Sons, Marty and Michael, grandchildren, extended family and friends ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Time goes by and life goes on but from our thoughts you are never gone.

Lovingly remembered by your brother Seamus Anniversary Mass in Four Mile House, Roscommon on Saturday, 11th August at 8.15pm.

O’BEIRNE Charlie Carnagh, Kiltoom, Co. Roscommon (19th Anniversary)

In loving memory of Charlie, who died on August 17th 1999 Time goes by and life goes on But from our thoughts You are never gone

Loved and remembered by wife Maura, sons, daughters and extended family. Anniversary Mass in St. John’s Church, Lecarrow on Sunday 12th August at 11.30am.

In loving memory of Joe who died on 10th August 2008 May he Rest in Peace As each day dawns We think of you, As each night falls We pray for you. And throughout our lives No matter where, In our hearts You are always there.

Sadly missed by your wife Kathleen, daughters Mary and Martina, son-in-law James and grandchildren Clíona, Alanna and Ella. Anniversary Mass in the Sacred Heart Church, Roscommon on Friday,10th August at 10am.

HUNT Peter Who passed away on the 8th August 1998. Ballinderry, Four-Mile-House. (20th Anniversary)

Deep are the memories, Precious they stay; No passing of time, Can take them away.

Always remembered by your family. Anniversary Mass in Four-Mile-House Church on Sunday, 12th August 11am.

MULRYAN (nee Quinn) Maureen Brookvale Avenue, Roscommon (5th Anniversary)

Memories are forever To treasure all life through Our’s are very special Because they are of you.

Sadly missed by Seamus and Catherine and all the Mulryan family.

FALLON Pat and Kathleen

In loving memory of our dear parents, whose anniversaries occur at this time

August comes with sad regret, The day, the month We will never forget, A tribute of love to a son so dear, So close to our hearts Each day of the year, Falling tears and aching hearts, Are things we have to bear, But losing Kevin the way We did, will always seem unfair. Pray for us, O Dearest Father, To Jesus Christ our King, That he may bless our lonely home, Where thou once dwelt therein, And pray that God may give us strength, To bear our heavy loss, For no one knows only He, The treasure we have lost.

Loved and sadly missed by Mammy and Daddy. ~~~~~~~~~~ KEVIN To have you for our brother Was cause enough for pride, No one could ever equal you, No matter how they tried, Although we cannot see you, You are with us night and day, For you have a special love, Death cannot take away, Your gentle nature, Your kindly ways, Leave golden memories of bygone days, Never selfish, Always kind, What happy memories you left behind, Will those who think of him today, A little prayer to Jesus say.

Loved and remembered always by your brothers Michael and Frank. Anniversary Mass in Ballyforan Church on Friday, 10th August at 7.30pm.

Today recalls the memories Of two loved ones gone to rest. And those who think of them today Are those who loved them best. The flowers we lay upon their grave May wither and decay But the love for them who lies beneath Will never fade away.

FINNERAN Gerry & Mae Ballinagare, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. (4th Anniversary)

Lovingly remembered and always missed by your family.

BURKE Margaret Goff Street, Roscommon and Ballinasloe

FINNERAN Niall Skyvalley, Taughmaconnell (13th Anniversary)

Who passed away on 10th August 2003. (15th Anniversary) Mae, whom God called home on 1st May, 2014. Gerry, whom God called home on 26th July, 2014. In loving memory of Margaret. RIP Quietly your memory We will always treasure Loving you always Forgetting you never.

Lovingly remembered by your sister Eileen and family, Rahara. Anniversary Mass in the Sacred Heart Church Roscommon on the 12th September at 10am.

GARVEY Mary “Babs”

Everyday is some small way Memories of you come our way No longer in our lives to share But in our hearts you are always there

Missing you always Niall. Love from Mam, Dad, Darren, Louise, Derek, Ava and Amy. Anniversary Mass will be celebrated in St. Ronan’s Church, Taughmaconnell on Tuesday 14th August at 7pm.

Caltraduff, Ballyforan. Who passed away on 2nd August 2003 (15th Anniversay)

MAM Gone is the heart So caring and true. There is never a day, we don’t think of you, Death can-not part us, Nor distance divide For each day of our life, You walk by our side.

Missed and loved always from your sons and daughters and families. Anniversary Mass in St. Joseph’s Church, Ballyforan on Saturday, 11th August at 10.30am.

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DEAR MUM & DAD Four years have passed, our hearts still sore, As time rolls on, we miss ye more. A mum and dad, so loving and kind, What beautiful memories ye have left behind. Our lives go on without ye, But nothing seems the same. We have to hide our heartache Whenever we hear each name. Sad are the hearts that love ye, Silent are the tears that fall. Living without you both, Is the hardest part of all. Ye really did so much for us, With hearts so kind and true. And when we needed someone, We could count on both of you. Those special years will not return When we were all together, But with the memories and love within our hearts, Ye will walk with us forever.

Remembered fondly and loved by Micheal, Martina, Daniel and Rose; also, our Uncle Thomas; our Aunts – Elizabeth, Patricia and Jeannette; our cousins, extended family, neighbours and friends. Mum and Dad’s Fourth Anniversary Mass will be celebrated in the Sacred Heart Church, Ballinagare on Wednesday, 15th August (Feast of the Assumption of Our Blessed Virgin Mary) at 7.00 p.m.

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FAMILYNOTICES ....ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND ANNIVERSARIES KILDUFF Tom

DERVAN John

5 Circular Road, Roscommon. Who passed away on the 12th August 1998. (20th Anniversary)

Muckinagh, Ballygar, Co. Galway.

Those we love don’t go away They walk beside us everyday Unseen, unheard, but always near, so loved, so missed, so very dear.

Very sadly missed Tom, Eve and Eddie Kilduff. Anniversary Mass in Sacred Heart Church, Roscommon on Monday, 13th August at 10am.

KILDUFF Tom 5 Circular Road, Roscommon. (20th Anniversary) Silent memories keep your near Time passes memories stay Quietly remembered every day

Sadly missed by your daughter Anne.

KILDUFF Tom

On behalf of our mother Kathleen, we Susan, Martín, Noel, Peter and extended family of the late John Dervan would like to acknowledge the support and kindness shown to us following the recent loss of our father John who passed away peacefully on July 13th 2018. We would like to thank all who attended and sympathised with us. Many having travelled long distances to attend his Funeral. Your Mass Cards, words of support and floral tributes mean so much to us. We wish to express sincere gratitude to all the medical staff at Portiuncula Hospital and Dr. Daly’s surgery, Ballygar, also the staff of the Nightingale Nursing Home, Ahascragh who all showed Dad great care and attention. Our particular appreciation goes to the staff of Galway Hospice who were with him in his final hours for their care and help. A special thankyou to Fr. Breslin, the Mass servers and the choir for providing a dignified Requiem Mass. To Larry Gordon undertaker for his professionalism and David Moran for the use of his Funeral Home. To the grave diggers for preparing dad’s final resting place and to John Fallon’s catering for providing a lovely meal. An exceptional recognition goes to Frank Turley who was an outstanding friend and support to John and ourselves during dad’s illness. As it would be impossible to thank everybody individually, please accept this acknowledgement as a token of our sincere appreciation. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass has been offered for your intentions. Month’s Mind Mass for John will take place in St. Mary’s Church, Ballygar on Saturday, 11th August at 12 noon.

THOMPSON Bridie Willsgrove, Ballintubber, Castlerea (7th Anniversary)

5 Circular Road, Roscommon 12th August 1998 (20th Anniversary) A Silent thought, A quiet prayer, For someone special, In God’s care

Always remembered by Hugh, Ruth and Jenni.

FLYNN Brian and Ann Donamon (15th Anniversary)

In loving memory of Brian and Ann who passed away on 17th August 2003 Time and years slip gently by, But love and memories never die. In our hearts ye will always stay, Loved and remembered everyday.

Sadly missed by your loving family. Anniversary Mass in Donamon Castle on Saturday, 11th August at 9.30am.

Precious and loving memories of our dear mother, Bridie Thompson, late of Willsgrove, Ballintubber, Castlerea, who died on 6th August, 2011. Also remembering our dad, Jim, who passed from this life on 9th February, 1989. Just close your eyes and you will see, All the memories that you have of me, Just sit and relax and you will find, I’m really still there inside your mind. I’m in that place that’s filled with love, Known to you all as ‘up above’ Just remember me as if I were still alive, Enjoying my game of twenty-five.

Fondly and lovingly remembered always by her family and friends. Anniversary Mass in St. Bride’s Church, Ballintubber on Sunday, 12th August, at 11.30am.

THANKSGIVINGS NOVENA TO ST. MARTHA Oh Saint Martha, I resort to thee and to thy petition and faith. I offer up to thee this light which I shall burn every Tuesday for nine Tuesdays. Comfort me in all my difficulties through the great favour thou didst enjoy when our Saviour lodged in thy house. I beseech thee to have definite pity in regards to the favour I ask. Interceed for my family that we may always be provided for in all our necessities. I ask thee St. Martha to overcome the dragon, which thou didst cast at thy feet. Say one Our Father and Three Hail Mary’s. Light a candle every Tuesday and the above prayer made know with the intention of spreading devotion to St. Martha. This Miraculous Saint grants everything before the five days are ended, no matter how difficult. S.O’C.

PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN O Most Beautiful Flower of Mt. Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. O Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my Mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in my necessity (make request). There are none that can withstand your power. O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (3 times). Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3 times). Say this prayer for 3 consecutive days. M.K.

SINCERE THANKS I wish to publish my sincere thanks to Our Lady, The Sacred Heart, St. Anthony, St Martin and St. Jude for helping me through difficult times, also for my son passing his Driving Test, Sacred Heart of Jesus I place all my trust in you, forever grateful.

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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 favour, not mine, Amen. Say this prayer three times, for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted. Never known to fail. I.W. PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN O Most Beautiful Flower of Mt. Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. There are none who can withstand your power. O Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my Mother (make request). O Mary, O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (3 times). Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3 times). Thak you for your mercy towards me and mine. This prayer must be said for 3 days and published. I.W. 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. A.M.K. THE MIRACULOUS PRAYER Dear Heart of Jesus, Our Lady, St. Joseph and St. Clare in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask this special one (mention it). Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour, not mine, Amen. Say this prayer three times, for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted. Never known to fail. K.E.A.

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THE MIRACULOUS PRAYER Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask this special one (mention it). Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour, not mine, Amen. Say this prayer three times, for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted. Never known to fail. M.K. THE MIRACULOUS PRAYER Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask this special one (mention it). Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour, not mine, Amen. Say this prayer three times, for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted. Never known to fail. U.G. THE MIRACULOUS PRAYER Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask this special one (mention it). Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour, not mine, Amen. Say this prayer three times, for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted. Never known to fail. C.G. THE MIRACULOUS PRAYER Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask this special one (mention it). Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour, not mine, Amen. Say this prayer three times, for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted. Never known to fail. E.T.

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Leydon Brothers AFL Division 3 (Tansey Cup) Clann na nGael 2-18 Strokestown 2-9 AFL Division 4 St. Ronan’s 5-19 Castlerea St. Kevin’s 2-9 Roscommon Gaels W/O St. Croan’s AFL Division 5 Boyle 4-22 St. Aidan’s 0-5 Kilmore W/O St. Barry’s Oran 3-17 Ballinameen 1-5 Kilglass Gaels 1-11 Michael Glavey’s 0-9 St. Joseph’s W/O Kilbride King & Moffatt Building Services JBFC (Section B) Pádraig Pearses 2-14 Tulsk Lord Edwards 2-12

Fixtures Friday, August 10th

Seamus Carthy Auctioneers AFL Division 1 (7.45 pm unless stated) At Pairc an Phiarsaigh: Pádraig Pearses v Western Gaels At Strokestown: Strokestown v Boyle At Orchard Park: Elphin v St. Faithleach’s At Johnstown: Clann na nGael v St. Croan’s At Lisnamult: Roscommon Gaels v St. Brigid’s. 8.30 pm Connaughton Fuels AFL Division 2 (O’Gara Cup) (7.45 pm) At Ballyforan: St. Aidan’s v Castlerea St. Kevin’s At Kilronan Park: Shannon Gaels v Éire Óg At Ballinlough: Michael Glavey’s v Kilmore At Creggs: Creggs v Oran Leydon Brothers AFL Division 3 (Tansey Cup) (7.45 pm) At Kilbride: Kilbride v Kilglass Gaels At Ardcarne Park: St. Michael’s v Ballinameen Saturday, August 11th

Leydon Brothers AFL Division 3 (Tansey Cup) (7 pm) At Strokestown: Strokestown v St. Brigid’s At St. Dominic’s: St. Dominic’s v Clann na nGael At Nash Park: Western Gaels v St. Barry’s Senior Hurling Championship Knockout At Athleague: St. Dominic’s v Oran. 5 pm At Athleague: Tremane v Pádraig Pearses. 6.30 pm Sunday, August 12th

AFL Division 5 At Abbey Park: Boyle v St. Joseph’s. 12 pm King & Moffatt Building Services JAFC (Section B) At Lisnamult: Pádraig Pearses v St. Ronan’s. 6 pm

Underage update Thursday, August 9th

Minor Football Championship Division 1 At Ballyforan: St. Aidan’s v Strokestown. 8 pm At Kiltoom: St. Brigid’s v Pádraig Pearses. 8.30 pm At O’Rourke Park: Castlerea St. Kevin’s v Oran/St. Croan’s. 8.30 pm Minor Football Championship Division 2 (8 pm) At Mulhern Park: St. Ciaran’s v Roscommon Gaels At Tulsk: Tulsk Lord Edwards v Elphin-Ballinameen At St. Dominic’s: St. Dominic’s v Kilmore-Shannon Gaels-St. Ronan’s Minor Football Championship Division 3 (8 pm) At Ardcarne Park: St. Michael’s v Kilglass Gaels/St. Barry’s At Western Gaels: Western Gaels v Kilbride At Ballinlough: Éire Óg-Michael Glavey’s v Boyle U-14 Football Championship Division 2 (8 pm) At Orchard Park: Elphin-Ballinameen v Oran At Creggs: St. Ciaran’s v Kilbride At James Timothy Park: Éire Óg-Michael Glavey’s v Kilglass Gaels-St. Barry’s U-14 Football Championship Division 3 At O’Rourke Park: Castlerea St. Kevin’s v Tulsk Lord Edwards. 7 pm At Ballyleague: St. Faithleach’s v St. Dominic’s. 8.15 pm Friday, August 10th

U-16 Football Summer League At Kiltoom: St. Brigid’s v Pádraig Pearses. 7.30 pm U14 Hurling League Group 1 At Rockfield: Oran v Carrick Hurling Club (St. Mary’s). 7 pm U-14 Hurling League Group 2 At Four Roads: Four Roads v St. Dominic’s. 7 pm Saturday, August 11th

U-16 Football Championship Division 1 At Orchard Park: Elphin-Ballinameen v Pádraig Pearses. 5 pm Sunday, August 12th

U16 Football Championship Division 1 (12 pm) At Kiltoom: St. Brigid’s v Clann na nGael At Kilmore: Kilmore-Shannon Gaels v Boyle U-16 Football Championship Division 2 (12 pm) At Ballyforan: St. Aidan’s v Strokestown At Lisnamult: Roscommon Gaels v Éire Óg-Michael Glavey’s At Mulhern Park: St. Ciaran’s v St. Michael’s U-16 Football Championship Division 3 (12 pm) At Pairc Naomh Bearraí: Kilglass Gaels-St. Barry’s v Tulsk At Ballyleague: St. Faithleach’s v Kilbride At Enfield: St. Croan’s v Castlerea St. Kevin’s At Rockfield: Oran v St. Dominic’s Monday, August 13th

U-14 Football Championship Division 1 At Pairc an Phiarsaigh: Pádraig Pearses v Kilmore-Shannon Gaels-St. Ronan’s. 8 pm U-14 Football Championship Division 2 At Orchard Park: Elphin-Ballinameen v Kilglass Gaels-St. Barry’s. 8 pm

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Spot the Rossie! A young Roscommon supporter pictured at Croke Park last Sunday during the All-Ireland Super 8s match between Roscommon and Dublin.

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lan’s 25/1 Bachelor’s Walk won the penultimate handicap hurdle from Arch Stanton and Ourmanmassini. Next Meeting is on the 20th of the month. Davy Russell was taken to Tullamore Hospital with a suspected broken leg suffered in a fall from Crack On Thunder in the second race but following an x-ray it was revealed that he has only suffered severe bruising.

Racing News It is 70 years since a 12-year-old Lester Piggott rode his first winner at Haydock Park and on Saturday the maestro will be there as the track marks the 70th anniversary of that first ever victory. His first winner was called The Chase and Piggott went on to record his final victory in 1994 also at Haydock on Palacegate Jack. For the seventh year, Jim Bolger and twice National Hunt Champion jockey Davy Russell will bring household names in GAA and horse racing together to take part in the celebrity hurling match at 6 pm in St Conleth’s Park in Newbridge next Tuesday night in aid of the Irish Cancer Society. To date the project has raised over €700,000 for the Irish Cancer Society.

by Tom Red This weekend’s action There are two meetings today on the flat at Leopardstown beginning at 5.20 pm where the Bulmers Music continues after racing with English rock band Smokey of ‘Living Next Door To Alice’ fame. There is also a national hunt meeting, 6 hurdle races and a bumper, at the Cleveragh in Sligo with a 5.30 pm start. Tomorrow racing takes place in the south at Tipperary at 5.05 pm. On Saturday there is a NH evening meeting at Kilbeggan at 5.20 pm and an afternoon flat fixture at Cork off at 1.15 pm. Sunday’s action is on the level at the Curragh at 1.55 pm featuring the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes and over the jumps at Downpatrick off at 2.05 pm. On Monday evening racing returns to the west with a jumping meeting in Ballinrobe at 5.20 pm. This evening in Sligo, Castlehume catches my eye having won at Bellewstown and followed up at Galway on Sunday. He was off the track for over a year and looks like he could go in again with only the mandatory 6lb penalty before the

Competition Corner Parisian wins the 3-Y-O hurdle under Phillip Enright.

handicapper catches up with him. The only danger to him looks to be Pass The Ball.

Review of Tuesday at Lenebane Trainer WP Mullins had an opening and closing race double at Lenebane on Tuesday when Paul Townend rode Camelia De Cotte to win the opener and son Patrick rode My Sister Sarah to win the bumper, both were short priced favourites. In the handicap chase, Ringrone Castle, an outsider at 16/1, came good for Ruaidhri Joseph Tierney’s

Kinsale yard. In the beginner’s chase Arcenfete made the long journey from Waterford pay dividends for Henry de Bromhead and Sean Flanagan, replacing Dylan Robinson injured in a fall at Cork on Monday, at 6/1. In the first 3-Y-O hurdle of the season, Parisian trained by Eddie O’Grady finished 2l and 12l clear of the Gordon Elliott pair Smiling Eliza and the odds-on favourite Elysian Plains. Elliott and punters gained quick compensation when Dinons won the maiden hurdle at 5/6. Sean Flanagan completed a double standing in for the injured Davy Russell. Punters were again out of luck as Maurice Phea-

Off to Kilbeggan on Saturday evening are Marie Keane, Newtown; Domnick Tobin, Creggs and Joe Rooney from Oran. Your last chance to win tickets for Lenabane’s meeting on the 20th, we have three pairs of tickets for the meeting. To win Roscommon tickets we want to know how many meetings are there in Lenebane in August? Answers please on a postcard to Roscommon People, Abbey Street Roscommon or by e-mail to tomred17@gmail.com by 12 pm on Wednesday, August 15th. Please provide a contact phone number with all competition entries. Tickets have to be collected in the office in Abbey Street.

Ballybrit Review 2018 The opening beginners chase on Thursday provided some relief for punters with 6/4 favourite Minella Beau, pointed out here last week, winning from Caltex and Its All Guesswork by 3¼l and 2l. Again, the 2nd the column last week indicated Rashaan as value and he duly obliged at generous odds of 6/1, coming home from Ornua and Robin Des Foret by ½l and 5½l. Racing on the level started with Honor Oak, 2nd on Tuesday evening, going one better in the handicap over 1m leading all the way and gaining victory by 8l and 1l from Prosecution and Perfect Soldier at 11/2. Another recommendation last week. The Guinness Listed Stakes over 7f provided Dermot Weld with his first winner of the week and the best finish as Youlong Gold Fairy repeated his course and distance win of last year by a neck and a short head over Panstarr and Ship Of Dreams. The novice hurdle went the way of Willie Mullins but not with the expected Exchange Rate, which only finished 3rd, but with the 8/1 Calie Du Mesnil who beat Sapphire Lady ¾l. In the feature, the Galway Hurdle, a Willie Mullins outsider Sarjah won from Blazer, this column’s selection at 12/1, with the English raiders Leoncavallo and Bedrock 3rd and 4th. The winner was ridden by Willie’s son Patrick giving him his first win in the race and the first amateur to the win the race in 27 years. Camlann won the penultimate, a flat handicap, at 9/2 for John “Shark” Hanlon and the bumper went to Martin Brassil’s You Raised Me Up under Jamie Codd at odds of 9/4 and beating the favourites, Doctor Duffy and Golden Spread. We were very strong on this one last week and hope you all backed it. Friday opened with a Weld fa-

vourite, Zuenoon, ridden by Declan McDonagh and they completed a double winning the third with Lure Of The Sea, also favourite. In between, Pat Fahy’s Dani’s Boy won in the hands of Shane Foley at 16/1. The feature went the way of Closutton but once again to an outsider as Limini could only finish 3rd to stablemate Nessun Dorma, 14/1, and Princess Yaiza, 20/1. Wicklow Brave gave WP Mullins a quick double winning the 5 runner Rockshore Race at long odds on. In the Blazers Chase, Liam produced Snugsborough Benny to beat A Rated and Mine Now at 5/1 jf. In the closing race a 6th member of the Mullins clan entered the winner’s enclosure this week when Top Othe Ra, last year’s winner, came good again beating Stormey and On The Go Again by neck and ¾ l. The winner is trained by Thomas Mullins for his wife, Helen, and was ridden by their son David. On Saturday, Aidan O’Brien and son Donnacha recorded a double in the opening races with Broome and Astronomer. In the third octogenarian trainer Kevin Prendergast got on the scoresheet when Rinty Maginty came home in the hands of Danny Sheehy at 8/1. Shelia Lavery’s Truffles came up the hill triumphant for the second time in the week ridden by Gavin Ryan. Share The Honour, trained by Tony Martin prevented Camlann, a winner on Thursday, from doubling up with Erin back in 3rd. The featured handicap hurdle went to Low Sun trained in Closutton by WP Mullins from the English raider Minella Rewards with Shanning, another Mullins’ favourite, only third. Triplicate won the maiden hurdle for Joseph O’Brien under Mark Walsh and Finny Maguire completed a double on the week for Thomas Mullins in the bumper on Court Maid at 7/1. On Sunday, the final day, in the

Blazer leads at the last, but Sharjah gains the advantage in The Hurdle.

opening Opportunity Hurdle, Noel Meade trained Castlehume added to his Bellewstown win beating Derby De Thaix and Kellyiscool with Alan Short aboard at 10/1. In the second, local trainer Pat Kelly had the favourite, Lizzies Champ, on the ball and got punters off the mark. Gordon Elliott’s co-favourite Highway To Success won the Auction 2-Y-O Maiden. The feature, the Ahonoora Handicap, went for export to the John Quinn Malton trained Safe Voyage by a neck from compatriot Danielsflyer with Turbine

best of the home team ½l back. Having been 5th in The Plate on Wednesday, Henry de Bromhead turned out Sub Lieutenant again and the 9-Y-O duly obliged for Gigginstown. Show And Go provided de Bromhead with a quick double winning the handicap chase under Mark Walsh from Listen Dear and Eiri Na Casca. In the penultimate race Rovetta, a winner over hurdles here on Wednesday, obliged again for Jessica Harrington on the flat under Colm O’Donoghue. In the finale, Willie and Patrick

Mullins, sent punters home happy as Dorrells Pierji easily won the bumper at slight odds on 9/10. Willie Mullins retained his leading trainer title for another year with 12 winners, including 5 of the featured races, during the week. Mark Enright won the top jump jockeys’ award and Billy Lee retained the top flat rider award and Patrick Mullins was the top amateur, all with three winners each. That’s all folks from the Ballybrit Festival 2018 and onto more ordinary fare at Ballybrit in September and October.

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SPORTING WORLD WITH DAN DOONER

Summer is over, close the window!

In the sporting diary .... More Ladies’ success! Congratulations to Roscommon Ladies’ vice-captain, Laura Fleming, who was named Women’s Gaelic Players Association ‘Player of the Month’ for July after she fought off competition from Noelle Healy of Dublin and Geraldine McLaughlin of Donegal. The Ward Bros intermediate team play Laois in the All-Ireland Intermediate Quarter-Final in Moate this Saturday (11th) at 3 pm. Get out and support the ladies!

THE LEAD STORY Dan Dooner Remember those golden summers when the English Premier League ‘transfer window’ was played out over RTÉ Aertel teletext and Ceefax? Those were the days my friend: hanging off the edge of the couch as you waited for the page to update and a new signing to be confirmed. Previously unheard of players became instant heroes following big money transfers from abroad. The beauty of it was that you actually had to go looking for the transfer news; it didn’t invade every second of your life like it does now! Fast forward to 2018 and the summer transfer window has become an insatiable beast. 24/7 updates are now available from Sky Sports News and Twitter feeds, whether we want them or not. A fanatical global audience needs content, and it doesn’t really matter what kind of content it is. It has become a really tiresome part of the English Premier League pre-season and thankfully it closes today! As a Manchester United fan, I haven’t particularly enjoyed the last few seasons but not for the reasons you might expect. While finishing seventh and underachieving in Europe is something United fans are not used to, it’s the off-field antics which irritate me. Football’s changed and footballers have too. The Paul Pogbas have taken over from the Roy Keanes and that’s fair enough. But the one thing that does

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Golf Summer Camp in Strokestown

John Murphy, a lifelong Shamrock Rovers supporter and member of the Roscommon Hoops Supporters’ Club, sponsored the match ball for the recent Shamrock Rovers v Sligo Rovers game at Tallaght Stadium. He is pictured being presented with a signed ball by Trevor Clarke (player), club mascot ‘Hooperman’, and fellow Roscommon Hoops members.

Strokestown Golf Club will host a two-day Golf Summer Camp on August 15th and 16th with places available for those aged between 8 and 12 and for those over the age of 12. Participants will take part in golf lessons with a professional. Check out Strokestown Golf on Facebook for more information or contact Martin (087-9125996) or Margaret (0872984994). Booking essential.

bother me is something Eric Cantona warned us about back in the early 90s – the rampant commercialisation of football, especially the Manchester United ‘brand’. With that in mind, the club announced a new ‘whiskey partnership’ earlier this week when it should have been unveiling a new centre-back. Let’s just hope there are free bottles of ‘Chivas Regal’ on offer at each home game this season - even José might take a dram and lighten up!

People’s champions of the week

Gerry McGinty and Brian Mongan of ACS Civils Limited pictured presenting jerseys and tops to the St. Coman’s players who will be competing in the upcoming World Handball championships in Minnesota, USA.

Congratulations to the Roscommon & District Youth Soccer League U-11s who took part in the Dublin Cup at the AUL Complex last weekend. The ‘Tigers’ team (pictured) were the overall winners, beating Belvedere on penalties in the final, while the ‘Lions’ and ‘Cubs’ played each other in the Shield Final. Well done to the players, head coach Andy McKelvey, and coaches Evan Fahy, Callum McKelvey and Patrick Kelly. The squad also wishes to thank John Kennedy for his help over the weekend. Meanwhile, the very best of luck to the RDYSL U-12s and U-13s taking part in the Galway Cup in SalthillDevon this week!

The sporting brief Golf

Hanley win!

Pictured at Strokestown Golf Club recently was Jim Tunney receiving the Captain’s Prize from Martin Crinigan.

We begin our sporting roundup in Roscommon where John F. Hanley was the winner of Charlie McDonnell’s Captain’s Prize recently with a score of 135 overall. Eddie Miley finished second (139), Alan Craven took gross (144) and Kevin Kenny was third (139). Other winners included: Noel Farrell (Past Captain’s), Padraig Moran (First 18), Seamus Ó Donghaile (Second 18), Sean McGahon (Over 55s’), Jackie Maxwell (Ladies’ 9-hole), Anne McNally (Senior Ladies’) and Michael Corcoran (Juniors’). Meanwhile, Bernie Browne won the recent ladies’ 18-hole stableford while M Dolan claimed the senior ladies’ competition. Elsewhere, the Athlone gents enjoyed a good win over Mountbellew in their Jack

O’Sullivan zone semi-final last Thursday. Meanwhile, the winners of the gents’ competitions during a successful Open Week were: Jed Moylette (9-hole), Sam Delaney (18-hole), Derek McKenna (18-hole Bogey v Par), Sean Doyle (18-hole Wednesday), George Gunning (18-hole Thursday), Eddie Kelly and Michael Downs (FourBall Better Ball), and Michael O’Connor (Stableford). The ladies’ winners were: Assumpta Galvin, Margaret Byrne (9-hole), Lizzy O’Sullivan (12-hole), Angela Veldon (Monday), Imelda Sheerin (Tuesday), Frances McGettigan (18-hole), Celine Whitelaw and M Gillen (FourBall Better Ball). Finally to Strokestown where the Captain’s Prize to the Ladies was won by Martina Feehily (70), with Zoey McDermott second (71),

Kitty Dowd third and Ronnie Clarke taking the gross prize. The front nine went to Anne Henry, back nine to Rose Lally and the 9-hole to Margaret McGowan. Brid Connellan took Cat. 1 and Maureen Hanly Cat. 2. The Captain’s Prize to the Men was won by Jim Tunney, while John Martin was second and Tony Patton was third. Michael Cox took the best gross, Peter Hanly the front nine, Martin Kelly the back nine and Vincent Caulfield the Past Captain’s prize.

Pitch and Putt

Woodview winners The most recent best nett score at Woodview Ladies Pitch and Putt came from Margaret O’Connor. Sandra Kilkenny took 1st gross, while Mary Cunniffe and Ann Mar-

tin were 2nd nett and 2nd gross respectively. Competitions continue every Monday at 10.30 am and 7 pm. There is also a noncompetitive friendly game for members and non-members on Thursdays at 10.30 am.

Darts

Super League David Concannon beat Wayne Harries 3-2 in the final of last Friday night’s Hollywood Bar Superleague in Roscommon town. Concannon had beaten Thomas Concannon (3-1) in the last 16, Joe Elliffe (3-2) in the quarter-finals, and Paul Carton (3-0) in the semi-finals. Harries’ run to the final included wins over Mick Egan (3-1), Seamus Naughton (3-1) and Sean Fleming (3-0). The highest checkout on the night went to Joe Elliffe with a very impressive 152.

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SportsPeople Kepak SHC Round-Up

SHC enters knockout mode! Dominic’s’ push continues! St. Dominic’s 1-17 Athleague 1-16 St. Dominic’s will be well pleased with this surprise win against Athleague last Saturday, and as a result they will be going into this weekend’s quarter-final against Oran with a lot of confidence.

This win was also achieved with MJ Egan having been sent off after only 20 minutes. Athleague were already through to the semifinals but they will have to play better if they want to get their hands on the Mickey Cunniffe Cup this year. Dominic’s started like a train and they led by 1-7 to 0-2 after 17 minutes, their goal coming from Shane McCormack and by halftime they led by 1-10 to 0-5. Athleague were a better side on the resumption and a string of unanswered points meant they only trailed by a point going into the fi-

nal quarter. The sides were score for score after that until Tommy Doyle scored a point for Dominic’s with three minutes left. Then further points from John Murray and Padraig Halpin left Dominic’s four ahead. A late goal from Robbie Fallon in injury-time reduced the margin to one again, but Dominic’s held on. Scorers: St. Dominic’s: J Murray (0-6), T Doyle (0-3), S McCormack (1-0), MJ Egan (0-2), M Miley, A Naughton, R Kilcline, R Byrne, C Miley, and P Halpin (0-1) each. Athleague: R Fallon (1-5), B McGahon (0-4), C Mur-

ray (0-3), C Kelly (0-2), M Connaughton and T Connaughton (0-1) each.

Tremane set for champions Tremane 1-15 Oran 2-5 Tremane’s prize for this good win against Oran is a quarter-final against the champions Pádraig

Pearses this coming weekend. Jerry Fallon’s goal for Oran gave them a boost early on but Tremane scored five points late in the half to keep them ahead. Gearoid Keenan grabbed a goal early in the second half and at that stage Oran were two points ahead. Dylan Keaveney’s freetaking kept Tremane in front and they sealed a deserved win with a goal in injury-time from John Brennan. Scorers: Tremane: John Brennan (1-2), D Keaveney (0-5), S Mahony (0-2), M Keaveney, W Boyle, K Kellehan, M Kel-

lehan, J Naughton, and P Burke (0-1 each). Oran: J Fallon and G Keenan (1-1) each, P Kenny, H Rooney and E Kenny (0-1) each. Note: Both quarter-finals will go ahead this weekend on Saturday evening at Athleague. At 5 pm St. Dominic’s will have momentum going into their clash with Oran after their good form in the championship thus far. There won’t be much in this one. In the second game at 6.30 pm the defending champions Pádraig Pearses will be expected to get the better of Tremane.

BREAKING BALL Laois between Ladies and last four TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Intermediate Quarter-Final Roscommon v Laois on Saturday at Hogan Park, Moate at 3 pm  SEAMUS DUKE

With the momentum of a Connacht final win against Sligo and qualifier wins against Meath and Fermanagh behind them, Roscommon’s ladies footballers face Laois with a place in an All-Ireland semi-final at stake this Saturday in Moate with quiet confidence. The fact that Laois have just come down from the senior ranks and that they are playing in a division higher than Roscommon would indicate that they should be the hot favourites to win, but the formbook has shown that most of the teams left in this Intermediate championship

are of a similar standard and are capable of beating each other on any given day. Sligo, who were well beaten by Roscommon in the Connacht Intermediate final, were comfortable winners against Laois in the last round of the qualifiers and Laois will have to find far better form than that if they are to beat Roscommon on Saturday. They have some fine players, the likes of Erone Fitzpatrick, Laura Nerney, Ciara Burke, Eva Galvin and Claire Conlon are particularly impressive. However, Roscommon have had a great championship so far and Helena Cummins has been rock

solid between the posts. Honor Ennis, Rochelle Mullaney and Rachel Brady have been very impressive in the full-back line while Aisling McAuliffe, team captain Sinead Kenny and Amanda McLoone have been playing well in the half-back line. Joanne Cregg and Jenny Higgins have been dominating at midfield and they will have to perform well again this weekend. Up front Michael Finneran has plenty of options. Laura Fleming was outstanding against Meath and Fermanagh and Jenny Downey, Sorcha Bruen, Niamh Feeney, Roisin Wynne, Alice Kelley, Re-

The Roscommon Intermediate Ladies team take on Laois this Saturday at Moate for a place in the All-Ireland semi-final. Pic: Michelle Hughes Walsh

becca Finan and Sheila Brady are all excellent operators in attack. Roscommon manager Michael Finneran spoke to People Sport on Tuesday and is well pleased with how preparations have gone ahead of Saturday’s match. “Everything has gone well since the Fermanagh game. We had a few knocks after that but they have cleared up. There were a few club games last weekend but everyone came through those fine and we have clean bill of health.

“Laois will be strong. They were senior last year and they operate in a division higher than us in the league so that’s to their advantage. We will be going into the match in a confident mood after a good campaign so far but it will be a big test. “Hopefully there will be a big crowd there to shout us on. The crowds are getting better as the games go on and there is nothing better than winning to increase the interest. There is a massive prize for the winners: a place in the All-Ireland semi-final would be huge

for this group and that’s our aim now. “The victory in the Connacht final has given us great momentum and there is a great buzz about the camp and we are looking forward to the match. We want to be competitive and put in a performance on Saturday and see where it takes us,” he concluded. The performances against Sligo, Meath and Fermanagh have shown a growing maturity about this Roscommon team. They were playing poorly against Fermanagh in the first half but they never panicked

and they put in a great second half display to run out easy winners. There were equally impressive showings against Meath and Sligo. The fact that Laois were beaten by Sligo will give Roscommon a huge boost going into the game although this will be a tight and tense championship encounter. Roscommon’s preparations have gone well and there is no reason why they cannot account for the O’Moore County girls and qualify for the last four. Prediction: Roscommon

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Roscommon produced their best performance of the season so far to beat Armagh by five points. It was a tight game all through and Roscommon led by a point at half-time (0-10 to 1-6). Ciara Donnelly, who was Armagh’s best player, was the goal-scorer.

Roscommon were excellent in the second half and the goal they threatened came in the 46th minute when Laura Fleming was on target. Rachel Merry scored a late consolation goal for The Orchard but Roscommon had done enough and now they

will face Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final on Saturday, August 18th. Roscommon: C Connaughton; E McNally, N Farrell, C White-Lennon; A O’Meara (0-1), G Dowd, E Coyle; N Coyle (0-6), L Fleming (1-3); A Dempsey, S Fallon (0-1), S O’Brien (0-3); R Fitzmaurice, L Rowe, N Watson. Subs: Aisling McDermott for White-Lennon, Kathy Jones for Dempsey.

The Roscommon U-14 hurling team which recently won the Veronica Connolly Memorial Tournament, beating Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim in the process. Last Saturday the team travelled to Co. Meath where they enjoyed wins over Meath, Wicklow and Kildare.

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Premier League returns this weekend The Premier League is back with us again this weekend. The big question is can anyone challenge Manchester City for the title? The answer is probably no, but the team who look best equipped to give them a run for their money are Liverpool. They have spent big and Klopp will be under pressure to win a trophy now.

We’re a great sporting nation! The range of sports that Ireland is now doing well in is growing with every passing year. The women’s hockey team led the way last week getting to the World Cup final. I doubt if there are 1,000 hockey players in the whole country so it was some achievement. Our amateur boxers have long been at the top but now Ireland is achieving success at cycling, swimming and athletics where there are a number of young females in particular who are gaining a big reputation on the world stage. For a small country we are a great sporting nation and getting better.

Joe can be the difference for Tribesmen It was like old times in Thurles last Sunday as over 45,000 people gathered for the Galway v Clare AllIreland SHC semi-final replay. While it was not as good a game as we had seen the previous week, it was choc-full of incredible drama. Galway were very lucky to survive and Clare will rue those missed chances for many years to come. It sets up a fantastic All-Ireland final and it can go either way. Limerick will certainly not be afraid of Galway like they would if it was Tipperary, Kilkenny or Cork. But Galway’s main man is Joe Canning. The Portumna man is certainly one of the all-time greats. When Galway needed him last Sunday he came up trumps again. He might be the difference in the final.

I have followed Manchester United since I was a child. I have gone to see them play at least 30 times over the years but I have to say that I am losing interest in them with every passing week as Jose Mourinho engages in one major whinge after another. I welcomed his appointment when he took over but I was wrong. He is an egomaniac and

everything that happens is all about him. His negativity has got to impact on his players and in the dressing room. The quicker he leaves United the better as far as I am concerned. On the field United are good enough to get a Top Four place but that’s about it. Chelsea and Spurs will contend but I see Man City and José Mourinho has cut a frustrated figure this summer as Manchester Liverpool as one and two. United prepare for the new Premier League season.

U-20 ﬁnal a real humdinger The U-20 final last Sunday was a magnificent game between two teams who attacked from the first minute. Kildare were ten points a better team but they were almost caught by a Mayo side who simply refused to lie down. It was worth going to Croke

Park on Sunday to see Kildare corner-forward Jimmy Hyland alone. It was one of the most sensational performances I have ever seen in an All-Ireland final. He scored 0-10 and 0-8 from play. He can shoot off either foot and is lightening fast. We will be hearing about him again.

I have to say I was surprised that there were over 33,000 people in Croke Park last Sunday. The Dubs had a huge crowd there and there were big crowds from Mayo and Kildare but a tiny Roscommon crowd which was very disappointing. One thing I noticed on Sunday

was that the referee and linesmen for the senior game had a personal trainer who put them through their paces before the game started! A new innovation I have never seen before. What next - flag waving exercises for the umpires before the game starts?

Lessons learned ahead of Division One

Shane Lowry looks good value at 100/1 ahead of the PGA Championship in Bellerive this weekend.

Final Major of the year! It’s another huge week on the golfing calendar with the final Major of the year the PGA Championship at Bellerive. All the top players in the world are playing well at the moment and it promises to be another thriller. Tiger Woods has made an astonishing comeback to the tour in terms of the quality of his play but he has not won yet. What a week it would be to change that. Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas and Justin Rose have to be considered. I am going to have a few bob on Shane Lowry each way at a very big price. He was having a bad year until a few weeks ago but he has come into a bit of form since changing his caddy. He has contended before in majors so it won’t overawe him. 100/1 looks a great value bet to me.

So the Roscommon footballers’ campaign is over for another year and overall it has been a good year, but now it is over we all know where the problems lie. Despite the progress that has been made we are still some way off being a top four team. More strength and conditioning and a more defensive minded counter-attacking style will have to be considered and tried out in the Division One campaign which is coming in February. Hopefully there are more players out there that the selectors can look at in the forthcoming club championship. One thing is essential for 2019: we have got to find players for full-back and centre half-back and leave them there. This year Roscommon have used at least 8 different players at centre back and 5 or 6 at full-back. The central positions on any team are so important and we have to

sort that out as well. Can Roscommon join the elite band of teams? It’s possible. If Monaghan can do it then Roscommon can too. With the season over I wonder about the position of some of the older players on the panel particularly the likes of Seanie

McDermott and Ian Kilbride. There have been no announcements since Sunday but I would not like players like those to slip away having given such a commitment without being acknowledged. I’m sure we will hear more in due course.

Dublin v Galway on Saturday at 5 pm I was shocked at how poor Galway were against Monaghan in Salthill last Saturday night. A couple of people were suggesting after the game that Galway were not trying at all which is the most ludicrous thing I have heard in a long time. Teams like Galway cannot afford to be easing off against anyone. They were just beaten by a much better team. Dublin are coming into this game having had a stress-free Super 8 competition. They have an embarrassment of riches to choose from and it is a matter of who Jim Gavin will leave out. Galway were very competitive in the league final against the Dubs but this is the championship where it really matters and I can’t see anything other than a comfortable Dublin win. Prediction: Dublin

Tyrone v Monaghan on Sunday at 3.30 pm

Niall McInerney competes with Kevin McManamon during last Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC Super 8s match between Roscommon and Dublin at Croke Park.

Ladies’ big championship day out The Roscommon Ladies footballers have their big championship day out this weekend when they take on Laois in the All-Ireland quarter-final. There is an air of confidence

All-Ireland SFC SemiFinals at Croke Park

running through the team this year and that Connacht final win against Sligo has given the team a huge lift. This is a game that Roscommon are well capable of winning.

However, Michael Finneran and his backroom team will know that the team has to go out and perform on the day. We wish them the best of luck.

This should be a humdinger. Most neutrals would love to see Monaghan go on and win an All-Ireland but they will be up against it here. They have the memory of actually beating Tyrone in this year’s championship but the stakes are much higher now. Tyrone were very impressive coming late to win in Ballybofey and they have several classy operators in their side. They will have a gameplan to ensure that Conor McManus is kept away from the ball as much as possible. My worry about Monaghan is that they are too reliant on the brilliant McManus. Tyrone to edge it by three or four points. Prediction: Tyrone

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TIME ADDED ON… ‘Dead rubber’ fails to draw the Rossies  DAN DOONER

Making my way up the motorway towards Dublin last Sunday it was disappointing to see such little Primrose and Blue on cars heading in the same direction. The meaningless fixture against the All-Ireland champions on a bank holiday Sunday failed to entice the paying Roscommon public, which was quite understandable. And so the Roscommon players, who had already suffered two defeats in the inaugural Super 8s, took to the hallowed turf at Croke Park in front of a sea of blue. By half-time the few Roscommon fans who had made the trip feared the worst as Dublin opened up a 2-12 to 0-7 lead. The game effec-

tively over as a contest, both Dubs and Rossies lingered in the sun or at the bar during the interval. The second half saw some improvement from a Roscommon point of view as they hit a respectable 2-9 to another Dublin 2-12, injecting some respectability into the final score. Roscommon showed plenty of heart in that second period and it didn’t go unnoticed by the Dublin supporters still seated in the Hogan Stand at the full-time whistle. There was a sense of relief from both sides as the new-look quarterfinal phase reached its conclusion. For Roscommon, it signalled the end of a summer of suffering, while Jim Gavin and his Dublin team arrive at the semi-finals stage un-

scathed and reinforced by the return of modern day ‘King of the Hill’, Bernard Brogan. Wounds will be licked throughout the winter in Roscommon as Kevin McStay and his backroom team sift through the rubble of the last few weeks. While the gap - certainly in terms of physicality - appears wide, the recent strides taken by Monaghan and Roscommon’s Connacht rivals, Galway, prove that it is not insurmountable. The hope will be that Roscommon supporters, just like their near neighbours in the recent past, can become regulars in the eastbound lanes of the M6 at the business end of the championship over the Diarmuid Murtagh attempts to move possession forward during last Sunday’s All-Ireland coming years. SFC Super 8s match against Dublin at Croke Park.

Dowd proud of commitment to the cause  SEAMUS DUKE

Ger Dowd assumed the sideline and managerial speaking duties in the absence of the suspended Kevin McStay and despite the heavy beating, the Creggs man was very proud of the way that Roscommon fought to the end. He also agrees that a new strategy will have to be thought up to be able to compete with the top teams in terms of playing style and physicality, and he also revealed that Kevin McStay was at the match in a private capacity. “It was a difficult day; it was a bit of a surreal atmosphere, going into an AllIreland quarter-final but being out of the competition at that stage. As I said earlier, I have to commend our lads; we put in a huge effort all year. We’ve been at it now since November and the 34 lads stuck at it right to the very end. At half-time we were in a bit of a bad spot but I thought we rallied well in the second half. “We have to look at the positives and we scored 2-16, that’s a pretty decent tally against a team like Dublin. We have

to look at that. Obviously there are problems, there are things we have to address, and we’ve issues going back the way, if you like. But at the same time I thought our lads fought hard, right up until the end today. “We’ve 34 on our panel, they’ve all been there right until the very end, and it’s a huge commitment from lads as we all know. Some lads get very little game time, some lads get a lot, but they all stuck through it thick and thin, and we’re all very proud of that. “You’re not going to win games if you’re conceding 4-24 or anything like it, so it’s a problem we’ve had, and one we seem to run into against the top teams. I think it would be fair to say that we’ve probably beaten everybody at our level or a little above that, but when it comes to facing the top teams, the Dublins, the Tyrones, we come up a bit short, so that’s something we have to address and work on. “The lads are young, and there’s a good positive attitude around the place, despite the heavy defeat. It’s still nice to be

Ger Dowd (right) and Liam McHale (left) took charge of the Roscommon team in the absence of the suspended Kevin McStay for last Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC Super 8s match against Dublin at Croke Park.

in Croke Park, it’s the fifth All-Ireland quarter-final for this group in two years. Five All-Ireland quarter-finals, we must be doing something right as well. “With regard to the Super 8s, I think it’s a bit like the World Cup in soccer. In this new format, the first game is key. If you get beaten in the first game you’re on the back foot. We were on the back foot straight away, having played Tyrone, and we shipped a big beating at the end as well. To rally and get back six days later for the Donegal game was difficult. Any heavy defeat has a difficult effect on any team, that just got us off to a bad start and we were playing catch up after that. “I think everyone knows we’re wedded to a philosophy, we play an attacking brand of football. We have a team that can play, we’ve good forwards we feel, and we had framed the team around that but defensively there’s no question that we have been caught out. You can see there today again, physically we’ve just been pushed off the ball by the power of the Dublin team. These are the things that we are trying to address; we have been trying to address it for a number of years through strength and conditioning programmes. We’ve a great guy in David Joyce doing it, we’re very happy with him, but there’s more work to be done in all those areas. We as a management team have more work to do as well. There’s nobody at fault here, everybody’s putting in a huge effort behind the scenes. Our backroom team, we’re very happy with it, Kevin is happy. But all these things, we’ll have to sit down and address them. “I think, what those top five or six teams in the country have is physical power, pace, at a different level to what we have, that’s what I see. That’s the question for us, can we do anything about that, how can we improve it, can we make our team better, can we do something tactically that improves it? “Kevin wished us well this morning before we set off. He was in the stadium and he watched the game,” he said.

Dublin forward Cormac Costello put in a Man of the Match performance last Sunday to give manager, Jim Gavin, a selection headache ahead of this Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Galway.

Gavin: ‘Players have put their hands up’  SEAMUS DUKE

Dublin manager Jim Gavin was understandably pleased with his charges after the match and particularly the contribution of ‘man of the match’ Cormac Costello. “Cormac’s been showing that form for a good few months now, he’s applied himself really well this year and been very dedicated to his sport. A result of all the hard work was the performance you have seen today, but we’ve been seeing that from him in the shadows. It was great for him and also great for the team. “I think the team selection was to give players opportunities, rather than resting players. I think the team selection showed that a lot of guys have trained really well. The strength of the squad is the sum of its parts and I think we could see that today. Anybody who was on the pitch there put in a really big shift, for the team, not for themselves. They played for each other and that was the rationale from the management team’s perspective, to see that. “Obviously it creates more challenges for us now going into next Saturday (All-Ireland semi-final against Galway). A lot of players put their hands up today to travel and that’s a great way to have it,” he concluded.

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Dubs cruise in Croker demolition tions have been tried there over the course of the year which is unsatisfactory. We have to identify a regular number three and six for those positions. It’s crucial to have a settled spine in the team. The loss of Neil Collins and Sean Mullooly was also huge this year. It’s back now to club fare for the players and we can all reflect on what has been largely a positive year. Division One football beckons in the spring and there is no reason why Roscommon cannot target staying in the top division and regaining the Connacht title in 2019. But once we run into the very top teams we are in trouble and making that final step up is going to be very difficult going forward. Just a parting note about the crowd last Sunday, in all the years that I have been going to Roscommon games I have never seen a smaller Roscommon crowd at a championship game. Looking out from the Hogan Stand it was difficult to spot any Roscommon colours at all. We are constantly being told about how great the Roscommon supporters are for a small county. I fully realise the expense involved in going to these matches and the fact that there was nothing at stake. But taking all that into consideration, it was still very disappointing.

The Verdict Seamus Duke On the face of it, a 14 point defeat is nothing to be crowing about any day of the week, but Roscommon signed off their Super 8s campaign with some pride intact after a good second half display in a match that had nothing at stake and thus was played in a morgue-like atmosphere in Croke Park last Sunday. Before anyone thinks it’s time to call for the men in the white coats for being so positive, I fully realise that Dublin fielded largely their second string, and that there wasn’t one hard tackle in the whole game, but Roscommon kept going to the bitter end, and a total of 2-16 was reward for the efforts in the second half in particular, which yielded two goals and nine points for the Primrose and Blue. The defensive frailties which have been exposed in this Super 8s campaign were there again and to ship another 4-24 (the same total as Tyrone had scored) speaks for itself, but I was glad for the players that they kept going to the last seconds despite being outclassed. It showed that they have great pride in the jersey. But the facts are that if Roscommon want to progress to the next level they will have to change their style of play. The top teams know that Roscommon are very vulnerable at the back and can breach the defence at will. The lack of physicality in some of our players is also a problem and one that will not be easily fixed. But that

Conor Devaney attempts to move possession forward for Roscommon during last Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC Super 8s defeat to Dublin at Croke Park.

debate must be had over the next couple of months and in time for Division One of the National League in February. In fairness to Dublin, they picked off Roscommon easily with Cormac Cos-

tello outstanding. It’s hard to believe that Costello is just a sub when Dublin are at full strength. Paul Flynn, a four-time All Star (and another sub) was also in great form, and the hu-

man battering ram that is Eoghan O’Gara caused the Roscommon defence a lot of problems throughout. You got the impression that the Sky Blues were operating in second gear and anytime they

Diarmuid Murtagh gets his shot away during last Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC Super 8s defeat to Dublin at Croke Park.

upped the ante they were in for scores. From a Roscommon point of view Diarmuid Murtagh was their best player. Once again he showed that he is a top class operator with four great points from play. Not far behind was brother Ciaráin, although it was strange to see him taken off with almost 20 minutes to go. Tadgh O’Rourke, who is much criticised, had his best outing in a Roscommon jersey and he got through an amount of work on the day. Impressive too were subs Padraig Kelly, who certainly didn’t look out of place when he came on just after halftime, and Donie Smith who banged in an impressive 1-3 after his introduction. Although it was great to be a part of the inaugural Super 8s competition, Roscommon were out of their depth and well beaten in all three games. The experience gained can be turned into a positive, but only if players and management go away and come back with a plan to play against the very top teams in the land. We also have a problem at full and centre half-back. Several different players and several different combina-

Teams and Scorers Dublin: Stephen Cluxton; Mick Fitzsimons, Cian O’Sullivan, Philly McMahon (0-1); Eric Lowndes, John Small (0-1), Darren Daly; Paul Flynn (1-3), Michael Darragh Macauley (1-1); Jack McCaffrey, Eoghan O’Gara (2-2), Cormac Costello (0-7, ‘45, 2 frees); Kevin McManamon (0-3, 2 frees), Colm Basquel, Paddy Andrews (0-2). Sub: Conor Mullally for O’Sullivan (h/t), James McCarthy for McCaffrey (h/t), Mark Schutte (0-1) for J Small (43), Paddy Small (0-1) for Costello (43), Conor McHugh (0-2) for O’Gara (53), Andrew McGowan for Daly (60), Bernard Brogan for Schutte (61, blood), Schutte for Brogan (67). Roscommon: James Fetherstone; David Murray, Peter Domican, Niall McInerney; John McManus, Darra Petit, Ross Timothy; Tadgh O’Rourke, Enda Smith; Niall Kilroy (0-1), Ciaráin Murtagh (0-1, free), Conor Devaney (0-1); Diarmuid Murtagh (0-6, 2 frees), Brian Stack, Ciaran Lennon (0-2). Subs: Gary Patterson (1-0) for Timothy (h/t), Pádraig Kelly (0-2) for Kilroy (38), Donie Smith (1-3, ‘45) for Domican (49), Ian Kilbride for Stack (49), Cathal Cregg for C Murtagh (56), Seanie McDermott for McManus (67). Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

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The Roscommon team stands for the national anthem prior to last Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC Super 8s match against Dublin at Croke Park.

Key Moments First half Roscommon were reasonably competitive in the first quarter. Points from Brian Stack and Ciaráin Murtagh (free) saw the sides level after six minutes.

Seamus Duke McCauley slalomed his way through the Roscommon defence for another Dublin goal. Diarmuid Murtagh kicked two fine points and Niall Kilroy another but by half-time Roscommon were 11 points down.

The Dubs upped the ante after that and Cormac Costello scored three points in a row (1 free) to help his side into a 0-7 to 0-2 lead after 13 minutes.

Half-time score: Dublin 2-12 Roscommon 0-7

Conor Devaney and Diarmuid Murtagh (a free) brought Roscommon to within three points by the 19th minute but that was as good as it got for the Rossies as Dublin opened up between that point and half-time.

Within 30 seconds Roscommon were in for a goal when sub Gary Patterson’s shot was deflected past Stephen Cluxton.

In the 20 minute Paul Flynn looked to have been shooting for a point but the ball flew into the top corner and then in the 30th minute Michael Darragh

Stat Attack half ) Wides: Dublin 8 (3 first f ) hal rst fi (5 11 n mo com Ros Red cards: None Black cards: None Roscommon 1 Yellow cards: Dublin 0 ith) Sm (Enda 11 (7 first half ) Frees awarded: Dublin f ) Roscommon 12 (5 first hal 4-19 Scores from play: Dublin Roscommon 2-12 Attendance: 33,240 mac Costello Man of the Match: Cor ) blin (Du

Second half

Roscommon did have a couple of goal chances but Dublin struck for goal number three in the 41st minute when Eoghan O’Gara shot low to the Roscommon net following a five man move. Both sides emptied their benches as the half wore on. In the 50th minute O’Gara caught impressively and blasted home another Dublin goal and at that stage they led 4-18 to 1-8. But in fairness to Roscommon they never gave up and in the 52nd minute sub Donie Smith scored a superb goal having started the move himself. He also scored three fine points, and further Roscommon points from Ciaran Lennon (2) and Diarmuid Murtagh ensured that Roscommon put up a respectable total before the game ended. Full-time score: Dublin 4-24 Roscommon 2-16

Roscommon goalkeeper James Fetherstone attempts to deny Paul Flynn during last Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC Super 8s match at Croke Park.

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