6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (338+ words) Bradley (17) and John (19) Stokes suffer from Friedreich's ataxia, a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disorder. The sons of a well-known local referee have hailed as a “miracle” the news that they can now avail of a drug that could help treat their…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (179+ words) Lighting up in support of childhood cancer awareness roscommonherald.ie Lighting up in support of childhood cancer awareness Roscommon County Council is lighting up the Civic Space in Roscommon Town in gold in support of childhood cancer awareness month. Roscommon…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (159+ words) The pyschiatric unit is located to the rear of Roscommon University Hospital. Local members of the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) have voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action. The ballot result was 98.4% in favour of taking industrial action. The vote took…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (360+ words) Suggestions of an imminent announcement on a new site for the Ballaghaderreen Primary Care Centre are premature, Senator Gareth Scahill has said. The Fine Gael politician said that while significant progress has been made on the project, he cautioned that…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (549+ words) Senator Gareth Scahill and Fine Gael Councillors Valerie Duffy and Ruth Conboy have called for greater public awareness and stronger regulation of synthetic cannabinoid products being sold in vape form following serious concerns raised by the HSE and highlighted in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (549+ words) Senator Gareth Scahill and Fine Gael Councillors Valerie Duffy and Ruth Conboy have called for greater public awareness and stronger regulation of synthetic cannabinoid products being sold in vape form following serious concerns raised by the HSE and highlighted in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (457+ words) The HSE’s Senior Management Team (SMT) has approved the reimbursement of Skyclarys for patients with Friedreich’s Ataxia. The SMT took account of a substantially improved financial offer made in recent days by the company Biogen to the HSE arising from…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (350+ words) Zoe Cryan from Castleplunkett A local man is to run a marathon in each of Ireland’s 32 counties to raise money for the Zoe Cyran Trust. Elite long distance athlete, Ed Payne will start his task on Sunday, September 13th and hopes…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (327+ words) The Psychiatric Nurses Association’s (PNA) ballot on industrial action will conclude tomorrow. The PNA’s members are voting on up to and including strike action across Galway Roscommon Mental Health Services. The decision came following an Extraordinary General Meeting where members…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (461+ words) A resident at the country’s biggest asylum-seeker accommodation centre pleaded to be transferred because of “visible, open drug activity” and concerns for their personal safety. The person said conditions at the State-owned centre at Citywest in Dublin had severely deteriorated…...