Roscommon
# roscommon - Thursday 16 May, 2013
New boil water notice in Roscommon due to cryptosporidiosis outbreak
The outbreak means that consumers must boil domestic water before using it to prevent illness.
# roscommon - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Man in his 50s dies in two-lorry crash in Roscommon
The accident occurred on the N5 between Ballinagare and Tulsk at around 5am this morning.
4 more off-the-beaten-track places you really should visit
As part of the Hidden Ireland series, Neil Jackman suggests four more heritage sites to visit in Offaly, Roscommon, Meath and Tipperary.
# roscommon - Friday 10 May, 2013
Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan tells Minister Deenihan to ‘put up or shut up’
Flanagan hit out at the minister following the appearance of two men in court yesterday charged in relation to alleged illegal turf cutting.
# roscommon - Thursday 2 May, 2013
Pope appoints Father Raymond A Browne as Bishop of Kerry
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Most Reverend William Murphy of Kerry and has appointed Bishop Browne to the role.
# roscommon - Friday 26 April, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added how Indiana Jones should have ended
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today…
Gut infection outbreak in Roscommon caused by water supply
A boil water notice has been issued for Rocommon town and surrounding areas.
# roscommon - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
130 jobs to go in Alkermes’ Athlone facility
The company said the decision was made following a reduction in demand for certain pharmaceutical products.
# roscommon - Monday 1 April, 2013
Have you started watching Moone Boy yet?
Get on it.
# roscommon - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Roscommon native elected as new USI President
The USI said Joe O’Connor has firsthand experience with the college grant system which will help him represent struggling students.
# roscommon - Friday 22 March, 2013
Here’s what we learned from Chris O’Dowd’s Jay Leno interview
Jay has a Limerick connection!
# roscommon - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Flanagan to address Dáil amid claims he denied penalty points were wiped
The independent TD was asked if he had penalty points wiped from his licence last December but denied he had. He intends to address the Dáil this evening.
# roscommon - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Labour senators seek new inquiry into priest’s murder in 1985
Fr Niall Molloy died in July 1985, but a trial jury was direct to acquit the accused before an inquest revealed a violent death.
# roscommon - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
Elderly woman dies in Roscommon road crash
The 83-year-old woman’s car hit a wall at Carrowphadeen just before 5pm yesterday evening.
# roscommon - Friday 1 February, 2013
Funerals to take place today of tragic wall collapse dead
Seán Mulleady, 47, and Paddy Gaffney, 65, lost their lives in tragic circumstances on Tuesday when a wall collapsed at the Connacht Gold DIY and Garden Centre in Co Longford.
# roscommon - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
Extradition for Roscommon man over failing to notify of change in residence
The PSNI said a European Arrest Warrant was issued in relation to failure to notify of a change in a place of residence, as required by the Sex Offenders Act 2001.
# roscommon - Saturday 12 January, 2013
This is the week’s news… skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: Tinfoil hats to protect against interweb; abortion floodgates ‘like Guinness at The Gathering’; James Reilly a mystery to the Troika.
# roscommon - Monday 7 January, 2013
IBAL Litter League 2012: Where did your town finish?
Kilkenny has been named Ireland’s most litter-free town by Irish Business Against Litter. Did your town feature highly?
Irishman who planned bin Laden raid to be named as new CIA head
John Brennan’s parents hail from Roscommon, and he was raised in New Jersey. The counterterrorism expert was deeply involved in planning the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
FBD League: Galway, Sligo and Leitrim triumph
Micheal Meehan was to the fore as the Tribesmen got their 2013 campaign off to a winning start in Tuam yesterday.
# roscommon - Friday 4 January, 2013
Up to 50 sheep killed by dogs in Co Roscommon
The animals were killed by a number of dogs last Saturday in a field in Castlerea, Co Roscommon.
# roscommon - Sunday 30 December, 2012
2012 Reflections: Gaelic Football Part 5
In the fifth of a six-part series, we look back on the football fortunes this year of Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo and Tipperary.
# roscommon - Monday 26 November, 2012
Going nowhere: Buckley signs new deal with Connacht
The Roscommon native has signed a two-year extension to his current deal.
Boy from Roscommon done good
Chris O’Dowd is filming a ‘date scene’ with Natalie Portman today. You wouldn’t get that in Boyle.
# roscommon - Friday 23 November, 2012
Hospital group to “cooperate fully” with HIQA Savita investigation
HIQA announced today that it is to undertake an investigation, separate to the HSE investigation, into the death of Savita Halappanavar at University Hospital Galway.
Battle of the Rossies as Brigid’s meet Ballaghaderreen in Connacht final
Here’s your guide to Sunday’s unique club decider in the western province as county border lines are blurred.
# roscommon - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
‘Moone Boy’ fuels surge in UK searches for hotels in Roscommon
Hotels.com says Chris O’Dowd’s Sky One is the latest show to prompt a surge of interest in the location it’s set in.
# roscommon - Monday 8 October, 2012
Pedestrian dies crossing the road in Roscommon
Gardaà say they are investigating a fatal road traffic collision on the Carrick Road in Boyle last night.
# roscommon - Friday 28 September, 2012
GALLERY: Roscommon goes back to the nineties for ‘Moone Boy’ filming
Chris O’Dowd’s Sky 1 comedy series has the whole town of Boyle involved.
# roscommon - Monday 24 September, 2012
Less than a fifth of homes register for septic tank inspections in €5 window
The discount registration window shuts next Friday – with only a fraction of the 437,000 tanks registered at the lower rate.
# roscommon - Thursday 20 September, 2012
Man in court over Roscommon shed drugs haul
Gardaà found €300,000 worth of cannabis plants when they searched the shed on Tuesday.
# roscommon - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
Gardaà seize €300k worth of cannabis from Roscommon shed
A man in his 30s was arrested at the scene after Gardaà seized 380 cannabis plants from the shed.
# roscommon - Saturday 15 September, 2012
Roscommon men died from smoke inhalation
Gardaà are still awaiting results from toxicology reports.
# roscommon - Friday 14 September, 2012
Post mortems carried out on men who died in Roscommon fire
Three men’s bodies were found in a house in Roscommon town this morning.
Three dead in Roscommon house fire
The bodies of the three men, all believed to be in their 20s or 30s, were found in the house just after 7.30 this morning.
# roscommon - Tuesday 21 August, 2012
RSA urges drivers to slow down after 11 road deaths in August
The Road Safety Authority has said that July and August are typically the most dangerous months on Irish roads.
# roscommon - Sunday 19 August, 2012
Teenager killed, and four others injured, in Roscommon crash
A 17-year-old boy is killed when the car he was sharing with four other males went into a ditch overnight.
# roscommon - Thursday 16 August, 2012
Three German tourists rescued from Lough Ree cruiser
The RNLI, Lough Ree Rescue, Athlone Sub Aqua Club and the Coast Guard launched the mission yesterday evening.
# roscommon - Wednesday 8 August, 2012
Hard-line Catholic religious campaigner dies
Devout Catholic Mina Bean UÃ ChroibÃn helped the parents in Roscommon ‘House of Horrors’ incest case to hold on to custody of their children.
# roscommon - Monday 30 July, 2012
Chris O’Dowd’s wife-to-be dismisses newspaper reports of ‘two weddings’
TV presenter and author Dawn Porter has taken to Twitter to rubbish rumours about a double wedding with the Bridesmaids and IT Crowd star (and Roscommon man).






















































