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Exciting Point to Point in prospect on Sunday

Roscommon People — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Red On Sunday County Roscommon Hunt holds its second Spring Point to Point at Lisbride just outside the town on the main road to Athlone with the kind permission of the land owner Mr. Michael McSharry, Castlerea following last year’s very successful meeting on Easter Sunday. The 9 furlong right hand track is reasonably level and has 5 jumps on each circuit and there are 6 races down for decision. The first race at 2.30 is the 4-Y-O Maiden kindly sponsored by The Abbey Hotel Roscommon. There are 39 horses entered in this race and one that catches the eye is the John Berry trained Hot Or What 2nd recently in Kilworth to Carch Bob. Also Thomond O’Mara has 2 entered first timer Kilcascan and Dunkelly Castle by Old Vic which was 2nd two weeks ago to Shinrock Paddy in a fast run race at Monksgrange in Wexford. The 5-Y-O Geldings Maiden is next up sponsored by The Joint Masters and sees an entry of 48. Eamon ‘Dusty’ has a horse called Mont Tresor entered here and after a good rest since being 2nd to In The Haven in Horse and Jockey could give an improved run. Pat Fahey’s after being 2nd in a very fast run race at Monksgrange on his first run. This, with expected improvement, will not be far away but the pick of them in a very open race, with a lot of first time runners, looks to be Molly’s Garden 3rd here in his last run in November to Definate Appeal with Turn Up 2nd who went on to win his next race by a distance. This one gave a miss to Athenry last weekend. Challenging In the Winners of 1 sponsored by Autoworld Casey, Athlone there are 28 entries. If Muckys Mate who was challenging when falling at the last in Castletowngeoghan behind Jacks Monday last Sunday turns out he will take plenty of beating here. Vintage Krug, 3rd behind Hunter Chase winner next time out Royal Blood in The Pigeons, would look the good thing in this race. Others to consider are Tarablaze and Foster and Allen’s Westmeath Batchelor trained by Cecil Ross won’t be too far away if back to his best. The Open Lightweight sponsored by the Percy French Hotel and EDA Construction has the smallest entry on the day of 14 led by David Christie’s Arctic Copper, 3rd last week in Athenry, Ballintue Road winner of the Barbour Cup in Castletowngeoghan and Enda Bolger’s George Travis looking for it’s first open. David Christie’s 13-Y-O son of Montelimar is looking for his 4th win on this track and could w3ell do so in the hands of regular partner Claire McMahon.. In the Mares Maiden sponsored by DG Roofing Williamstown and Beirne & Beattie Engineering Roscommon Alkindly would not be winning out of turn for the Brabazon family 2nd on her last 2 outings she is due a visit to the winners enclosure. Lightening Sky and Inistioge look to be the ones to give her most trouble. There are 39 mares entered. In the final race sponsored by Ward and Burke Engineering, Kilcolgan there are 50 entries, the highest of the day. This race is confined to novice riders who have not ridden more than 5 winners at the start of the day. Bubbly On Ice 2nd in Castletowngeoghan last Sunday under Jenny Geraghty, sister of Barry and Ross, is one to note in this race. Brian Keenan’s Flash Freddie 2nd in Castletowngeoghan is also entered here and in Tallanstown. Toby Park has a few good places in his form but Bubbly On Ice looks the order of the day. The County Roscommon Hunt was revived in the Millennium year of 2000 after an absence of many years and has continued to grow from strength to strength. The Hunt looks forward to seeing a big crowd at the races and hope all enjoy the experience which is totally different from a day’s racing on the track.

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Roscommon town notes

Roscommon People — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Swimming competition Roscommon Parish Community Games swimming competition will take place on Sunday, 20th April at 5 pm at Roscommon Leisure Centre. Entry forms available at Roscommon Leisure Centre. Adorer required A permanent adorer is urgently required for four to five am on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel in Roscommon. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please phone Parish Office on (090) 66 26298 or contact any of the clergy. Recent deaths Please pray for the happy repose of the souls of Aideen Barrett, who died in Cyprus, sister of Terry O’Keeffe, Antogher Road; Catherine Gavin, Thornfield Drive, Lisnamult; Ita Feeney Fourmilehouse, mother of Mary Feeney, Sleaveen; Chrissie Keane formerly of Ballybride, who died in Kent, sister of Jean Morris, Golf Links Road; Justine Conboy who died in England, niece of Elizabeth Conboy/O’Rourke, Gallowstown; James Mattimoe, Boyle, brother-in-law of Chris McDonagh, The Walk. We offer sincere sympathy to their bereaved families and friends. First Holy Communion The next session in the ‘Do this in Memory of Me’ programme for First Communicants will be held in the Sacred Heart Church on Sunday next, 13th April at 10.30 am Mass. Church gate collection The Irish Society for Autism will hold their annual Church gate collection next weekend on 19th and 20th April. Please support. Tai Chi classes Enrolment is now taking place for Tai Chi classes at Vita House in Roscommon. Early booking is advisable as places are limited. Other courses available include ‘Move on and re-build’ a course for separated people beginning on April 16th, and weekly meditation takes place at 1.30 to 2 pm every Thursday. For further details on any of above, please phone (090) 66 25898. Volunteer evening Would you like to make a difference to the lives of others? Have you ever considered doing some voluntary work? Could you spare a couple of hours each week to give something back to your community? If so, come along to a volunteer open evening in Vita House, Abbey Street, on the 12th May. Fresh Start National Learning Network in Castlerea is currently recruiting for its Fresh Start 2008 course. Fresh Start is a career exploration and personal development programme leading to further education or employment opportunities that runs for one year and is FETAC Certified. Subjects include – communication, computers and work experience. Standard FÁS training allowances apply. Contact Regina on (094) 96 20666 for further Recent baptisms Sam William Kearns and Monique De Paula Barbosa were recently welcomed into the Christian family at the Sacred Heart Church in Roscommon. Special Olympics The Special Olympics bowling club continues every Thursday 8 pm at Roscommon Bowling Alley, Lanesboro Road. Anyone interested in joining Special Olympics Ireland, phone Jacqueline (086) 1721181. The club also needs new volunteers and existing volunteers to renew membership. Application forms available at the Bowling Alley on Thursday nights. Twelfth night Come see a modern-dress adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at the Roscommon Arts Centre April 17th and 18th at 8 p.m. Local cast includes Tommy Murray, Con Connelly and Blaithin O’Rourke of Roscommon. Performance runs 90 minutes with no intermission. For tickets call (090) 66 25824. RosArt ’93 exhibition The RosArt ’93 group is holding its 15th annual exhibition of new paintings and photography in The Fortfield Suite, Abbey Hotel, Roscommon, commencing with the official opening on Friday, 11th April at 8 pm. The exhibition will continue on Saturday 12th April and Sunday 13th April from 10 am each day. All welcome and admission is free. Accord volunteers sought Accord, Roscommon are urgently appealing for both men and women to volunteer to become Pre Marriage Course facilitators. Full training will be provided. Information and details from Accord, St. Coman’s Club, Roscommon. Tel: (090) 66 26619 (10 am to 1 pm each day Monday to Friday). Email: rosaccord@eircom.net Used clothing Clean and dry clothing, household textiles (curtains, towels bed linen) footwear (paired) will be collected in Roscommon Town on Wednesday 23rd April in the car park opposite the Livestock Mart in aid of homeless orphans in Kenya. Please leave as many bags as you can at the collection point before noon.

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New appointment at Sweeney Oil

Roscommon People — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Peter Killeen from Creevy, Roscommon, is the latest member to join the Sweeney Oil team in Roscommon. As a driver and sales person, Peter delivers home heating oil and fuel products throughout counties Roscommon and Longford. He began working full-time with Sweeney Oil in November and completed an intensive training course before taking to the road in mid February, delivering home heating oil to homes in every part of Co. Roscommon and Longford. Peter is known to many people in the region through his involvement in the Midland Motor Club and was particularly busy last weekend as the rally took place in the Roscommon area. A part time farmer, Peter is married to Sheila and the couple have one daughter, two-and-a-half year-old Rachel. Located at Lanesboro Road in Roscommon, Sweeney Oil is the largest distributor of fuel in the west and north west of Ireland. The company specialises in fuel products such as home heating oil, unleaded petrol, road diesel and gas oil and all customers benefit from high standards of service, a quality assured product and prompt delivery, including a weekend service. To contact Sweeney Oil, Lanesboro Road, Roscommon, call (090) 66 32486 or Flanagan O’Gara Oil, Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon on (094) 98 70069.

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Brush up on your MS Excel skills in Roscommon

Roscommon People — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Want to learn MS Excel in 2008? The Training Team, Main Street, Roscommon is offering Microsoft Excel Intermediate MOS courses in the evenings, from April 22nd and 23rd and April 29th and 30th 2008. Also this month the Training Team will be running courses in English language, digital photography, first aid and computers for beginners. The Excel course will cover the following topics: creating data and content, analysing data, formatting data and content, collaborating (inserting comments), managing workbooks/hyperlinks (internet), performing basic calculations, working with charts, basic financial and IF function. The course is substantially funded if you are involved in business – please contact Jenny on (087) 2628540 or info@thetrainingteam.ie for more information.

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Open mike at the Melting Pot

Roscommon People — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

An open mike night at the Melting Pot, Castle Street, Roscommon, is set to provide a showcase for up-and-coming talent in the region, including singing, music and poetry. The Saturday-night soirees will get underway at 7.30 pm and will run until midnight. Everyone is welcome, all ages, races and anybody with an interest in the arts. The open mike nights are being launched this Saturday night and everyone who can sing, play or dance is invited to come along. It’s not a competition or a talent show, just an opportunity for local people to get behind the mike and express themselves. Caroline Keegan is the woman behind the open mike nights at the Melting Pot. She is hoping that it will be something positive for the town and a new social avenue for young and old, those looking for an alternative scene. Among those thanked this week by Caroline Keegan were Adrian Brend, Manager of the Melting Pot and Sandra Smyth, who recently broke the ice for local musicians at the Melting Pot. She also thanked local busker Davy Fagan for his support. ‘As a local person and growing up in the town, I have over the years seen so much talent undiscovered and feel so many people have so much to offer. Arts and anything creative is so healing and this will be an opportunity for people to meet.’ The event is held in a non-alcoholic setting, but tea, coffee and soft drinks are available on the night. For further information on the open mike nights at the Melting Pot, contact Caroline Keegan on (086) 3999732.

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Schools Enterprise Finals

Roscommon People — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Finger puppets, photos and fruit will battle it out for the top billing at the annual schools enterprise finals which take place on Wednesday next (14th) in the Abbey Hotel, Roscommon. Three schools took part in this year?s competition, Convent of Mercy and CBS in Roscommon and Elphin Community College. On March 1st, judges selected the winners from all three schools, who now go forward to the county final. Our photograph shows Convent of Mercy students Claire Kelly, Breege Gibbons and Karen Murphy ? with their entry Gimme 5 Finger Puppets. Pic: Michael McCormack.

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Convent staff say firm no to merger

Roscommon People — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Staff of Roscommon Convent of Mercy have formally rejected any talk of a merger of second-level schools in Roscommon town. The possibility of such a merger taking place is under the spotlight again this week with a major public meeting of parents of students who attend the Convent of Mercy Secondary School being organised (Thursday night, March 8th in School Assembly Hall, 8 pm). The Convent of Mercy invited all parents and guardians to attend the meeting. Staff at the Convent then took the step of writing to parents and guardians ahead of the meeting ? to advise of their opposition to any merger. In strongly-worded correspondence the staff advise those attending the meeting of what they see as the dangers associated with the formation of a co-educational secondary school in the town. The letter gives the following reasons why staff at The Convent are opposed to any amalgamation: ?1: Single sex education has served Roscommon well for almost a century. 2: Since 1929 The Convent Secondary School has provided the girls of the town and its environs with a broad education with a huge emphasis on acedemic achievement, extra-curricular activities and pastoral care. The support of the public is evidenced by the increased enrolment in recent years. 3: It is generally accepted that girls perform better educationally in a single-sex environment. 4: By amalgamating schools parents will be deprived of the choice of single-sex education for their children. 5: The amalgamated school would have a student body in excesss of 1,000 and with this increased size comes added control behavioural and social issues. 6: The personal nature of a small school would become lost in such circumstances.? The letter goes on to say that the main driving force behind the move is the need for capital investment in the schools in question. However the staff say this is an issue that can be overcome and they say there is more to education than the buildings in which that education takes place. It is clear from the letter that the staff at The Convent of Mercy are strongly opposed to any amalgamation proposals which may arise from any future negotiations as revealed exclusively three weeks ago in The Roscommon People. At that time the Principal of The Convent of Mercy Secondary School Mr. Tom Judge said that the staff were ?devastated and saddened? at the prospect of an amalgamation. It is hoped that the position of the Sisters of Mercy who own the School will become clearer following the meeting this week. Full report on the parents meeting in next week?s isssue.

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Kelly says bypass may not start until 2010

Roscommon People — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Cllr. John Kelly has this week claimed that following more correspondence from Mr. Fred Barry, CEO of the NRA — dated March 5 — it appears that the Ballaghaderreen Bypass has merely been ?nudged forward? and any talk of a ?62 million commitment to it is ?more than premature?. ?The letter confirms that 600,000 Euro is being provided in 2007 for the CPO process to begin this year but it also says that there is no likely start date for construction as I have previously stated? he told the People. ?Mr. Barry says that other major projects will get priority as we have heard before so we have only received confirmation that the CPO process will begin and nothing else. From the correspondence I have received it would appear that the start date is likely to be after 2010. ?I was attacked at a recent council meeting for saying that before and now it appears that I was right in my analysis all along. ?It would appear that one arm of bureaucracy does not know what the other arm is doing and someone is misleading us? stated Cllr. Kelly. ?We now need a Government statement on the matter giving us a definite start date for construction of the bypass because I was of the opinion that Mr. Fred Barry was in charge of the road programme but some politicians think they are? he concluded.

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MS Ireland Roscommon

Roscommon People — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The 32nd annual general meeting of MS Ireland Roscommon branch will take place on Monday, March 12th in Resource Centre, Derrane, Roscommon at 8 pm. Further information on the branch is available from Sean Brennan (chairperson) on 090-6626587, Pat Buke (secretary) on 090-6625309 or Agnes McKeogh (treasurer) on 090-6625371.

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