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Editorial | Saturday, May 17, 2008

Hands off our hospital

More alarm bells rang this week with a stark warning from hospital campaigners in the North East to stand up and fight for the retention of services at Roscommon County Hospital before it’s too late.  more >

Rise in pleas to SVP

This week we hear that the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, one of the group’s looking after Ireland’s poorest families, has witnessed a 70% rise in the number of requests for help.  more >

Promoting the county

A major campaign to promote County Roscommon as a unique location for investment and enterprise is set to get underway shortly.  more >

Cleaning bill slashed

Roscommon County Hospital is back in the news again this week. If we are to believe Deputy Denis Naughten, and we have no reason not to, the budget for cleaning at the hospital has been slashed in half in a concerted campaign by the Health Service Executive to downgrade the hospital and close acute services.  more >

Hospital fears realised

Our worst fears for the future of Roscommon County Hospital have been realised.  more >

End of an era

It was the end of an era in Irish politics last week when An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern TD announced his resignation.  more >

Organ donor awareness week

THIS WEEK we tell two very different organ donation stories.  more >

Easter celebrations

Hundreds of people turned out in Roscommon town and Strokestown last Sunday to take part in the celebrations for the annual Easter Day parades.  more >

Celebrating

PEOPLE THROUGHOUT County Roscommon came out in force on Sunday last to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with parades around the county. With another Bank Holiday weekend on the way we appeal to all our readers to support the upcoming Easter parades in Strokestown and Roscommon.  more >

Good news at last

The news this week that planning permission has finally been given for the development of a hotel in Boyle is certainly good news for the town and for the North Roscommon area.  more >



 

 

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