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Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon and formerly of Coolderry, Four Roads. Tuesday,  28th June 2022, peacefully at her home in her 103rd year.

By Noel Fallon As we soldiered on in Cloonakilleg/Clooneycollig bog near Mount Talbot back in the 1980s, I couldn’t have foreseen the day when a ban on turf…

Over €3.7m allocated to organisations on Animal Welfare Awareness Day #AWD21

Irish Water plans major upgrades to several water treatment plants in the Shannonside Northern Sound region as part of new plans to enhance supply in the region...

Roscommon County Council is advising motorists of a temporary road closure close to Athleague which will take place tomorrow (Friday). Diversions will be in…

Share this article Gardai in Roscommon are asking the public to be on the look out for a specific car that they believed has been involved in recent break ins in Roscommon. Gardai in Roscommon are urging the public to be on the look out for a northern registered black Citroen C5 following recent break ins in the county. The vehicle and Its occupants are suspected to be involved in the break in of home in the Dysart area on the 20th of April. The suspects were disturbed in the house and fled the...

A former General Election candidate who was racially abused in an anonymous phone call has revealed he was left with a huge level of fear and left constantly looking over his shoulder. John Uwhumiakpor, who ran in last years General Election in the Dublin Fingal area as a candidate for People Before Profit party, was informed by the anonymous caller Dont get involved in Irish politics. Irish politics is for Irish people." John, who is originally from Nigeria but is now an irish citizen and has ...

A man convicted for racially abusing a General Election candidate in an anonymous phone call left a profound effect on the victim and his family, a court has heard. Edward Smith (61) anonymously phoned Dublin Fingal People Before Profit candidate John Uwhumiakpor and told him Dont get involved in Irish politics. Irish politics is for Irish people. Smith claimed he consumed alcohol on the day he made the anonymous phone call and lost the run of himself, Balbriggan District Court heard. The cour...

A MAN racially abused a General Election candidate in an anonymous phone call by telling him: “Don’t get involved in Irish politics. Irish politics is for Irish people,” a court has heard. Edward Smith (61) made the phonecall to Dublin Fingal People Before Profit 2020 General Election candidate John Uwhumiakpor just weeks before last year’s election. His actions left a “profound effect” on the victim and his family, Balbriggan District Court heard. Smith claimed he consumed alcohol...