Please Support Boyle Traders of the Day:
Drumderrig Nursing Home : The Moorings Restaurant : Philippa’s Hair Design : The Bazaar Coffee Shop : Skirma’s Sewing Room

Two premises on St. Patrick Street …

Roscommon Herald 11th May

Weather

TODAY – TUESDAY 11TH MAY: Scattered heavy showers will develop through the day, with the risk of hail and spot flooding. Similar temperatures to recent days with afternoon highs ranging 11 to 15 degrees

The 8 at 8 Tuesday

EVERY MORNING, The Journal brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.
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Stride-Beyond Coaching

The Toon Team – Longford Wedding

Ladies football

Ladies football returning this Monday 10th May from 8pm-9pm at Boyle Celtic Astro pitch.

Boyle Country Meats

Graphic: Sean O’Dowd

The Bazaar Coffee Shop & More

Graphic: Sean O’Dowd

Enhance Health & Beauty – Open Monday 10th May

Boyle GAA Club – Update

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Boyle Golf Club

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Covid, from Monday 10th May

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St. Joseph’s Parish Newsletter

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“May Green” – if there is a named colour

Carer wanted for apartments

Taylors Interiors – Jobs available in Boyle …

Derreen Wood Bluebells

Roscommon Herald 4th May

40 Shades of Green – Lough Key Forest Park

€15 million fund to revitalise rural towns & villages – positive news for rural Ireland – Feighan

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has today (Monday, May 3^rd) announced €15 million in funding to help revitalise rural towns and villages post Covid-19.

Local TD and Minister of State at the department of Health, Frank Feighan has warmly welcomed this particular scheme for the Sligo Leitrim constituency as the Town and Village Renewal Scheme is designed to breathe new life into rural communities – making them more attractive places to live, work, socialise and raise a family.

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The Toon Team – vaccination shots

Maple Drive, 1st May 2021

Rhododendrons in bloom

New Season Bluebells in Lough Key Forest Park

Reopening plans and key dates for exiting lockdown

May 4th: all remaining construction returns
May 10th: intercounty travel ban lifted, hairdressers reopen as well as galleries and museums
• Grandparents who have been vaccinated will be able to meet indoors with grandchildren
• In-person religious services will resume
• For funerals and weddings, up to 50 mourners or guests are permitted at a service. For funerals, no related events should happen before or after.
May 17th – the remaining shops: The rest of non-essential retail is set to return on this date including many shops which have been closed for months.

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Stock up on heating fuels …

Reprise

Boyle Courthouse

Business reopenings/closures

Apart from Covid, the normal thrust of business opening and closure issues, Boyle is similar to other towns. New businesses will open, while some will close for a variety of reasons: Maybe a trader gets a job with a different employer: A trader decides to move on to other things: Inheritance disputes dictate selling out etc etc.

Sketches – entrance to L. Key Forest Park from the N4

Does Sunshine vitamin D help put Covid in the shade?

Irish Examiner: “A group of medical professionals and academics is now calling on the government to recommend a daily dose of 20 to 25 micrograms (mgs) of vitamin D for every Irish adult as a preventative treatment for Covid-19. They also want the government to provide vitamin D supplementation to vulnerable groups such as frontline healthcare workers, those with pre-existing conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure and older adults, especially those living in nursing homes.”

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The Toon Team – Royal Hotel

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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 … !!

The Toon Team – Royal Hotel 2021

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