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Roscommon

# roscommon - Thursday 16 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Outbreak

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

From TheJournal.ie Roads

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.

From TheJournal.ie Hidden Ireland

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

From TheJournal.ie Turf War

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

From TheJournal.ie Bishop

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

From TheJournal.ie Need To Know

The Evening Fix… now with added how Indiana Jones should have ended

Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today…

From TheJournal.ie Cryptosporidiosis

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

From Business ETC Job Losses

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

# roscommon - Wednesday 27 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Students

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

O'Dowd Update This post contains videos

# roscommon - Tuesday 12 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Penalty Points

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

From TheJournal.ie Inquiry

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

From TheJournal.ie Roscommon

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

From TheJournal.ie RIP

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

From TheJournal.ie Sex Offenders Act

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

From TheJournal.ie THE Rankings

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?

From TheJournal.ie John Brennan

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.

From The Score Connacht

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

From TheJournal.ie Attack

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

From The Score Looking Back

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

From The Score Reward

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

From TheJournal.ie Savita

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.

From The Score Forecast

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

From TheJournal.ie Over The Moone

‘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

From TheJournal.ie Roads

Pedestrian dies crossing the road in Roscommon

Gardaí say they are investigating a fatal road traffic collision on the Carrick Road in Boyle last night.

# roscommon - Friday 28 September, 2012

Moone Boy This post contains images

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

From TheJournal.ie Septic Tanks

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

From TheJournal.ie Cannabis Plants

Man in court over Roscommon shed drugs haul

Gardaí found €300,000 worth of cannabis plants when they searched the shed on Tuesday.

# roscommon - Wednesday 19 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Drugs

Gardaí seize €300k worth of cannabis from Roscommon shed

A man in his 30s was arrested at the scene after Gardaí seized 380 cannabis plants from the shed.

# roscommon - Saturday 15 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Tragic

Roscommon men died from smoke inhalation

Gardaí are still awaiting results from toxicology reports.

# roscommon - Friday 14 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Fire

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.

From TheJournal.ie Roscommon

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

From TheJournal.ie Road Deaths

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

From TheJournal.ie Roads

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

From TheJournal.ie Rescue

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

From TheJournal.ie Mina Bean Uí Chroibín

Hard-line Catholic religious campaigner dies

Devout Catholic Mina Bean Uí Chroibín helped the parents in Roscommon ‘House of Horrors’ incest case to hold on to custody of their children.

# roscommon - Monday 30 July, 2012

Smack Down This post contains videos

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).

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