Weather
TODAY – SATURDAY 28TH MAY: A dry and mostly sunny day. Feeling warm in the sunshine with top temperatures generally 16 to 20 degrees..
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Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2022 in Mullingar
● The world’s largest annual celebration of Irish music, language, song and dance is making its return after a two-year hiatus and is expected to draw nearly half a million visitors.
● Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann will take place in Mullingar from 31st July – 8th August 2022.
● Thousands of people are expected to visit Mullingar and its surroundings for the important Irish culture event.
● It’s a true homecoming celebration for Mullingar as it’s the town where Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann was founded in 1951.
Some programme highlights include;
Martin Hayes and the Common Ground Ensemble, Sharon Shannon, The Bridge Céili Band, Daithí Gormley, Frankie Gavin and Catherine McHugh, Téada, IMAR, Seamus Begley, Sean Keane and Emmett Cahill, Anúna, Kilfenora Céili Band, Damien Mullane, Moxie, Four Winds, Meitheal Orchestra, The Blackwater, Breaking Trad and The Full Set to name but some.
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St. Joseph’s Parish Newsletter
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Hilary Beirne to open Boyle Arts Festival in July
Strokestown Park and New Famine Museum
The new museum is expected to open at the end of June. Over 100,00 people are expected to visit the newly refurbished Strokestown Park and Famine Museum over the next 10 years. The five million euro revamp of the facility will be ready to welcome visitors by the end of next month.
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Radon Gas Alert
Many more homes are at risk from high levels of a cancer-causing radioactive gas than previous studies suggested, a new countrywide survey shows.
• In total, 170,000 houses are located in high radon zones – 45,000 more than when the data was last gathered in 2002.
• Householders are being urged to check their address or Eircode against an online radon map on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website to see the risk in their area, and to send off for a home radon test kit if they have concerns.
• Radon is the main cause of lung cancer in non-smokers in Ireland, with 350 new cases attributed to it every year.
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Busy Weekend ahead
Saturday 28th May: The Mulligan Sisters in King House at 8pm – €15
Sunday 29th May: Helen B. Grehan ‘The Return’ in King House at 2pm – FREE
Sunday 29th May: “Picnic in The Courtyard” Gates open from 6.30pm – Family Friendly €10/€12
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BOYLE ICA/BLOOM 2022
19 children, and 2 adults killed in Texas school shooting
At least 19 children and two teachers were killed after a teenager opened fire at a primary school in Texas, in the worst school shooting in the US in nearly a decade.
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Complaints to Ombudsman reached record high in 2021
4,004 complaints were received by the Office last year, the highest ever in the 38-year history of the Ombudsman. The annual report published by the Office of Ombudsman shows that complaints were up 17% compared to 2020.
• The largest proportion of the increase in complaints were about local authorities (including Roscommon Co Council) – they rose by 45%
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Jobs available at Drumderrig
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Roscommon Herald 24th May
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The Toon Team – Free Travel
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Boyle Golf Club
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Live at Cultural Quarter – Boyle
Sunday 29th May: “Picnic in The Courtyard” – Family Friendly €10/€12
Sunday 5th June: “Mrs Hake and the Magic Princess Fish” Children’s Opera €10/€12
Saturday 11th June: Greebird presents “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” family Friendly €10
Saturday 18th June: Fregoli Theatre “Angels” Family Friendly – Free
For more information www.discoverboyle.ie – 071 966 3033
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N4 Carrick to Dromod project
Boyle Arts Festival – GoFundMe Page
Boyle Arts Festival will return on the 14th of July with a full Festival programme. Headline events can be viewed at www.boylearts.com., and tickets can be purchased and are already selling quickly.
The success of the Festival will, as always, be dependent on local financial support in the form of sponsorship and donations. The GoFundMe option makes it a simpler process for people to donate and we hope that you will consider contributing to this fundraising effort as you have in the past.
• Here is the link to the GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/boyle-arts-festival-2022
The latest date for receipt of donations for inclusion in our programme is 7th June. If for any reason you are unable to donate on this page, you may contribute as usual to any of our Committee members and it will be fully acknowledged. We thank you for your continued support.
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Job Vacancy at Ardcarne Garden Centre BOYLE
Ardcarne Garden Centre has a vacancy for the following position: Till Assistant (Boyle Branch). A friendly, enthusiastic manner and passion for assisting customers are essential. The successful candidate will be mainly responsible for till duties and previous experience would be beneficial. The position is part-time with flexible working hours and would include some weekends.
Please apply in writing, or email your application, including your current CV, to
Mary Frances Dwyer, Ardcarne Garden Centre, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Email: purchases@ardcarne.ie
Closing date for applications is Thursday 26th May.
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Gaelic Chieftain Car Park
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Boyle GAA Club – Update
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The Toon Team – Sinn Fein 27
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Boyle, May 2018
Reprise from May 2014
Some photos are worth repeating. I set up this still life photo on a small table using two black t-shirts – one on the table and the other behind the objects. Info: 14-54mm Zuiko Kit Lens on an old Olympus E-3 camera and FL-50 flash through white umbrella from left.
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Ardcarne Church, Boyle
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Patients rate Roscommon Hospital as one of the best in the country
Roscommon University Hospital’s satisfaction rating is unchanged at 9.2 – the third highest in the country.
The hospital scored the highest approval rating in the country among patients for ‘care on the ward’ at 9.3 out of a possible ten.
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Govt set to agree to extend lower VAT rate for hospitality
It is thought that the 9% lower VAT rate, which was due to expire at the end of August, could now run for a further six months.
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The Mulligan Sisters In Concert
Tickets are available €15 each from Marie Hanmore-Cawley 087 644 1636, Kathleen Candon 087 261 3284, Úna Bhán Tourism 071 966 3033.
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The Toon Team – Stormont
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The Toon Team – Katie Taylor
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Boyle Canal Walk/Cycleway
Dail hears local woman’s electricity bill went from €123 to €3385
Speaking in the Dail, Independent Deputy Denis Naughten highlighted a case where an elderly woman from the Shannonside region is being pressed to pay an electricity bill in the thousands of euro.
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Parochial School, Boyle – teachers
The Toon Team
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King House, Boyle / Connaught Rangers
“We are currently upgrading the Connaught Rangers Exhibition ‘The Devils Own’ with new installations. It is planned the exhibition should be ready by early May. We are really looking forward to this and thank you for your patience.
The Toon Team – Payment
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The Toon Team – Ukrania
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Center Parcs, Longford
Any words I might offer will fall short of the well-deserved superlatives due to this Co. Longford holiday resort. Hopefully the attached photos will give a brief indication of some of the delights available ‘down the road’ from us …
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Drumderrig House Nursing Home
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Abbey Haven Care Centre & Nursing Home
Ardcarne Garden Centre
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Tai Chi Chinese Restaurant
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Stride-Beyond Coaching
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Stewarts Oil
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Siobhan Gallagher Coaching
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Sean Carty Cars
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Marians Fashions
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Magees Fashion Shop
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Reprise
Sketches – entrance to L. Key Forest Park from the N4
“Non Nationals” – a short story by John Mulligan
Sketches
Sketching, for me, is a challenging, occasional activity I have enjoyed since I was a pre-teen. Now in this Covid Lockdown era I find myself “drawn-to-drawing” with a renewed energy. “High Art” … certainly not … !!