Hotel initiative could bring a hint of Italy to... BoyleRoscommon community hope to capitalise on attention given to town after Moone BoyTue Apr 18 2017 - 01:00
Broadband nightmares: No signal, no salarySmall businesses in rural – and not so rural – areas are at the mercy of erratic wifiTue Apr 04 2017 - 18:32
Ice-breaker: Syria and Pakistan play soccer in BallaghaderreenPakistani locals in Co Roscommon town put best footballers forward to welcome refugeesMon Apr 03 2017 - 05:00
Bodies of man and woman taken from river ShannonCouple on boating trip in Carrick-on-Shannon; Garda treating deaths as tragic accidentFri Mar 31 2017 - 20:10
Sligo to retain ban on fracking in county development planCouncil chief, backing activity, cites conflict between national and local government needsMon Mar 27 2017 - 18:30
Bus strike: ‘I am so angry. I’ve worked the last four nights and I want to go home’Among thousands left stranded were Ireland fans travelling to World Cup qualiferFri Mar 24 2017 - 17:22
Newborn among 76 Syrians to arrive in RoscommonBallaghaderreen community warmly welcomes first contingent of refugees to townTue Mar 21 2017 - 19:10
Sligo musician Matt Kivlehan unlawfully killed, inquest rules59-year-old suffered deep stab wounds to left and right sides of his neck in his homeMon Mar 20 2017 - 14:16
Planned Donegal oyster farms face growing oppositionFarms approved by Minister could lead to industrialisation of ‘most beautiful county’Sat Mar 18 2017 - 01:00
Seven-year sentence for ‘most vile abuse’ of grandnieceWoman tells court her childhood and innocence were stolen by Robert Sumner (76)Wed Mar 15 2017 - 14:26
Ballaghaderreen prepares to welcome Syrian refugeesFinishing touches are being applied to the former hotel that will house the new arrivalsMon Mar 06 2017 - 01:00
Fine Gael’s Frank Feighan to seek return to DáilSenator says public attitude has shifted over Roscommon Hospital A&E closureSun Mar 05 2017 - 17:13
Ballaghaderreen builds ‘welcome wall’ for Syrian refugeesPlaygrounds built as Welcome to Roscommon group prepares centre for 37 childrenFri Feb 10 2017 - 01:00
Suspended sentence for soup kitchen operatorOliver Williams convicted under Charities Act for unregistered soup kitchen in SligoThu Feb 02 2017 - 18:14
Bus Feda owner rejects Bus Éireann’s accusationsBrian O’Donnell says his Donegal-Galway service is not undercutting ExpresswayWed Jan 25 2017 - 08:12
Roscommon refugee centre manager hopes for ‘happy place’Jacqueline Mullen overwhelmed with offers of help from locals in BallaghaderreenWed Jan 25 2017 - 01:00
Funding withdrawn for youth services in BallaghaderreenTD says move by department leaves vacuum for 500 young people who use serviceTue Jan 17 2017 - 01:00
Leading works of art popping up in Sligo schoolsModel arts centre outreach scheme takes paintings out of gallery to inspire childrenMon Jan 16 2017 - 01:00
Syrian refugees for Roscommon to include 13 young childrenFianna Fáil TD calls for child psychologist appointment ahead of arrival of 37 childrenFri Jan 13 2017 - 01:00
Ballaghaderreen locals feel compassion for refugees but unease'I think Irish people are sympathetic because after the Famine, where would we have been?'Sat Jan 07 2017 - 01:00
Housing 80 Syrians in Ballaghaderreen ‘not a bad news story’Council chief: ‘This is a good news story for desperate people who are in desperate need’Fri Jan 06 2017 - 14:42
Roscommon community urges State to act over flood barrierWork on demountable barrier at Castleplunkett turlough stalled over access rowTue Jan 03 2017 - 17:52
Homeless in Sligo: couch surfing hides true extent of crisisOver 1,000 on housing list while numbers contacting Focus Ireland up 50 per centMon Jan 02 2017 - 01:00
Bord Pleanála refuses permission for Lidl store in LeitrimBoard overrules council in blocking Carrick-on-Shannon developmentThu Dec 29 2016 - 18:43
Mother’s plea for HSE to fund diabetes testing deviceFreestyle Libre can monitor glucose levels in blood through skin instead of finger pricksWed Dec 28 2016 - 01:00
Shannon community responds to plans to dredge the river‘Not before time’ say locals as OPW pledges to undertake strategic maintenance worksMon Dec 12 2016 - 01:00
Carrick-on-Shannon residents unhappy with new flood planOPW proposals to build flood defence wall have met scorn, anger and derision from localsMon Dec 05 2016 - 13:55
Mother appeals for killer of ‘innocent boy’ to give himself upSam Smith was shot aged 23 in 2005 at the door of his sister’s house in SligoWed Nov 23 2016 - 17:27
An Post accused of ‘callous’ plan to close Sligo post officePriest speaks out as company reviews contract after death of Ballygawley postmasterSun Nov 20 2016 - 15:23
Plastic on the menu as marine pollution spreadsTonnes of plastic waste being dumped into the oceans affecting bird and marine speciesThu Nov 17 2016 - 06:00
Man ends 36-day hunger strike after asylum process access assuredMinister lifted deportation threat on Monday but Iranian (44) waited for confirmationTue Nov 15 2016 - 20:22
Direct provision hunger striker has deportation threat liftedKurd refused food for 35 days as he would ‘rather die of starvation than go back to Iran’Tue Nov 15 2016 - 01:00
Asylum seeker on hunger strike for 34 daysFianna Fáil TD Marc MacSharry appeals to Minister to review case as matter of urgencyMon Nov 14 2016 - 01:00
Man who drove car while garda held on to window jailedJudge says Garda John Walsh lucky not to have been killed in Co Sligo incidentFri Oct 28 2016 - 13:33
Misadventure verdict on teenager’s death after taking ecstasyToxicology results show evidence of drug and alcohol consumption mix in Leitrim fatalityWed Oct 26 2016 - 20:28
Anglers stage lake protest in support of anti-fracking BillBianca Jagger and Glen Hansard among those backing the Love Leitrim campaignSun Oct 23 2016 - 14:11
Garda ‘feared for his life’ after being dragged by suspect’s carMan pleads guilty to endangering Sligo officer who tried to search him for drugsTue Oct 18 2016 - 16:37
Enda Kenny: Castlebar blows hot and cold on plan to run againLocals evenly split between supporters and those saying someone else should get chanceTue Oct 11 2016 - 19:09
‘Brokeback Mountain’ author Annie Proulx at Iron MountainWriter praises Dermot Healy at literature festival but has a pop at John SteinbeckMon Oct 10 2016 - 01:00
Walkout by gardaí at Sligo station deferredEngineers’ report highlighted antiquated heating system and ‘third-world’ toilet facilities in stationFri Oct 07 2016 - 01:00
Recruitment of staff sanctioned to keep Sligo libraries openFour full-time library staff plus two librarians to get six-month contractsTue Oct 04 2016 - 01:00
Councillors move to stop closure of three Sligo librariesSection 140 motion to force council chief executive to keep branch libraries openSun Oct 02 2016 - 21:52
Man shot dead in front of girlfriend and baby, inquest toldHughie McGinley (26) died after gunman put small weapon to left temple and shot him onceThu Sept 29 2016 - 20:50
Strokestown launches bid to become heritage attractionLocal community plans partnership with Strokestown House to transform townThu Sept 15 2016 - 21:17
Sligo libraries face closure due to council staff cutsCounty associated with WB Yeats may lose two of its three libraries if staff cuts go aheadThu Sept 15 2016 - 06:00
Cattle breeder convicted on sale of animal linked to banned drugStanley Richardson convicted of selling bull which had been given phenylbutazoneWed Sept 14 2016 - 01:00
Gardaí to investigate alleged attack on detective at GAA matchViolence erupts after supporters say referee played eight minutes of extra timeThu Sept 08 2016 - 01:00
Frank Feighan ‘vindicated’ as new €5.5m unit opens at Roscommon hospital‘I do not think enough people were willing to stand up and be counted,’ says former TDWed Sept 07 2016 - 14:07
Higgins apologises for treatment of deported IrishmanJimmy Gralton denounced as a communist by Fianna Fáil government in 1933Sat Sept 03 2016 - 14:21
Some 4,000 Irish girls sent to Australia under orphan schemeDescendants of orphans transported to Australia want memorial in Carrick-on-ShannonWed Aug 10 2016 - 01:00