Roscommon County Council
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Roscommon hit by flooding following rainfall warning
- Environment
- January 19, 2021, 08:17
Flooding threatened some homes and farmlands in Co Roscommon on Tuesday after widespread heavy rainfall across the region. Met Éireann had forecast a(...)

Eight councils’ Traveller housing plans fail to meet demand - report
- Social Affairs
- July 30, 2020, 10:46
Eight local authorities have more Traveller families identified as needing housing than the councils plan to deliver over the next four years, accordi(...)

Budget surplus, bankers’ pay and a predicted property investment boom
- Economy
- December 5, 2018, 06:30
There’s a sense of 2007 about the news today, amid reports of a near-record corporation tax take, renewed pressure to pay more to bankers, and a repor(...)

From Shanghai to Shannon: a twinning formula
- Sponsored
- October 31, 2018, 00:00
Twinnings between Irish and Chinese towns and provinces are becoming more commonplace, paving the way for more opportunities in business, education, t(...)

Denis Naughten stays plugged in to his loyal constituents
- Politics
- October 15, 2018, 01:00
It was business as usual for former minister for communications Denis Naughten on Saturday as he launched the first phase of the Portunny Heritage Tra(...)

The magic and loss of coming out in rural Ireland
- Stage
- September 10, 2018, 05:00
While Ireland’s marriage equality referendum in 2015 was a seminal moment for the country, it was also a seminal moment for Co Roscommon – but perhaps(...)

Roscommon County Council staff strike over flexi-leave
- Irish News
- June 21, 2018, 08:10
More than 100 hundred Roscommon County Council staff are staging a one-day strike in a dispute over flexi-leave that could have implications for all p(...)

Freedom of Roscommon conferred on artist Brian O’Doherty
- Social Affairs
- April 27, 2018, 18:45
The Freedom of Roscommon has been conferred on artist, author, doctor, art critic and academic Brian O’Doherty (89) who was born and grew up in Ballag(...)

Over two-thirds of regional roads in state of disrepair, audit shows
- Environment
- January 26, 2018, 22:55
Over two-thirds of regional roads across the country were recorded as being damaged in 2016 but money spent by councils on repairs declined that year,(...)

Artist Brian O’Doherty to receive Freedom of Roscommon
- Social Affairs
- January 23, 2018, 21:07
The Freedom of Roscommon is to be conferred on artist, author, doctor, art critic and academic Brian O’Doherty (89) who grew up in Ballaghaderreen. He(...)