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2 months ago | 
roscommonherald.ie | Christina McHugh
Christina McHughI’m not sure who it was that said “it is better to light a candle than curse the darkness”, but I can tell you I have been cursing the darkness as well as lighting a myriad of candles over the past week, with the only signs of light visible being those coming through the gaping holes where forestry once stood. Where I live, near Castlerea in Co Roscommon, we’re into day eight as I write this without power, and up to a few minutes ago, without water.
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Mar 24, 2024 | 
roscommonherald.ie | Christina McHugh
A Castlerea native is to be presented with an Order of Australia Medal for his services to Australian Rules Football. John Bligh, whose name was included on the honours list announced on Australia Day, will be presented with his medal at a special ceremony on Wednesday, April 17th. A proud member of North Shore Football Club in Geelong, a port city in Victoria, John emigrated to Australia in 1952 when he was just nine years old.
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Jan 27, 2024 | 
roscommonherald.ie | Christina McHugh
A man in his 70s has died in a fatal road traffic collision in County Roscommon. Gardaí at Castlerea are appealing for witnesses following the fatal traffic incident today, Saturday, January 27th. Shortly before 2 p.m. Gardaí and emergency services responded to a single vehicle collision on a local road in Frenchpark. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a man in his late 70s, was taken by ambulance to Sligo University Hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased.
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Jan 21, 2024 | 
roscommonherald.ie | Christina McHugh
Over 170,000 homes, farms and businesses are without power tonight with the expectation of further power outages as Storm Isha tracks across the country. According to ESB Networks the worst impacted counties include Roscommon, Mayo, Galway, and Kerry. ESB Networks says that teams are restoring power where safe to do so, but it is expected that the number of customers without power will increase.
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Jan 20, 2024 | 
roscommonherald.ie | Christina McHugh
An orange weather warning for wind has been issued for County Roscommon. This morning, Saturday, the national forecaster issued a severe weather warning for wind for Roscommon. The warning comes into effect on Sunday, January 21st at 5 p.m. and is valid until 2 a.m. on Monday morning, January 22nd. Met Eireann says to expect very strong southwest winds with severe and damaging gusts.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
roscommonherald.ie | Christina McHugh
A woman in her 80s has died in a road traffic collision on the N17 near Milltown in County Galway. Gardaí are investigating the fatal road traffic collision involving three vehicles, a van and two cars, that occurred shortly after 10 a.m. this morning, Tuesday, January 16th on the N17 at Gortnagunned, Milltown, County Galway. A female passenger (80s) of one of the cars was fatally injured in the collision.
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Jan 13, 2024 | 
roscommonherald.ie | Christina McHugh
A renewed appeal for information has been issued by Gardai after a spate of burglaries in the county in recent weeks saw several homes ransacked. On December 21st Gardaí received a report of a break-in at Rackens, Curraghboy. The burglars forced open a back door and back window and ransacked numerous rooms in the house with an amount of cash taken.
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Jan 13, 2024 | 
roscommonherald.ie | Christina McHugh
Gardai and emergency services attended the scene of a two vehicle collision in County Roscommon on Friday evening. The collision, involving two vehicles, occurred on Friday, January 12th on the main Roscommon Town to Ballyleague road close to Ballyleague. Gardaí confirmed to the Roscommon Herald that they “attended the scene of a road traffic collision involving two vehicles that occurred at approximately 8.15 p.m. on Friday, January 12th at Clonadra, Ballyleague”.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
roscommonherald.ie | Christina McHugh
A County Roscommon food business was served with a closure order in December by the HSE, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). The closure order was served on Sausage Paradise (butcher shop), Pound Street, Ballaghaderreen on December 13th last. The closure order required that "all of the premises be closed as the internal and external surfaces of the outdoor cooking - smoke house were constructed of chip board that posed a risk of contamination to food".
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
roscommonherald.ie | Christina McHugh
A woman in her 50s has died in a road traffic collision in County Sligo. Gardaí and emergency services attended at the scene of the collision involving two vehicles shortly after 7.30 p.m. this evening, Monday January 8th on the R290 at Dunamurry, Ballygawley, County Sligo. One of the motorists involved, a woman aged in her 50s, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the second car was taken by ambulance to Sligo University Hospital. Their injuries are not described as life threatening.
