Roscommon 0-10 Galway 3-15

Wexford propelled themselves back into the Division 3 promotion race with a deserved two-point victory over Roscommon at Wexford Park yesterday.

ROBERT Emmetts’ turned up the heat in the second half, to dispatch St Gabriels in the London SHC final.

A 22-MONTH-OLD toddler knocked down by a car at a children’s birthday party died of multiple injuries, an inquest has heard.

Leitrim 0-06 Roscommon 2-12

SOME of the country’s most dangerous “ghost estates” are due to be cleaned up over the next few months as a result of an initiative which will enable local authorities carry out critical work to ensure the public’s safety.

MICHAEL Woods last night joined the exodus of senior Fianna Fáil figures standing down at the looming election as it emerged that Defence Minister Tony Killeen will receive a golden goodbye of some €237,000 when he exits the Dáil.

Two more Fianna Fáil politicians have joined the list of those who will not be running in the forthcoming General Election.

RESCUERS who saved the lives of 11 people from near-drowning incidents were among those honoured at the annual awards ceremony of Irish Water Safety in Dublin yesterday.

LANDLORDS who illegally retain tenants deposits will face a fine under plans to be brought before Government.

AFTER a weekend when the championship landscape was changed irrevocably by seismic shocks, this All-Ireland SFC quarter-final produced the expected result.

AROUND the fairyland beauty of Dooney Lake in Sligo on Sunday morning the elemental black and white flags were rippling and blossoming with hope that the dream would come true for the county’s footballers.

All-Ireland SFC Connacht final

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has described the Government’s plans for the regeneration of Limerick as a “once in a generation” opportunity to address planning failures of the past.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen today gave the green light to a €337m redevelopment of deprived areas in Limerick.

TOM KENNY and Eoin Cadogan have shaken off injury worries to make the Cork starting side for Sunday’s Munster SHC quarter-final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, as manager Denis Walsh makes three personnel and three positional changes for the clash against Tipperary.

THE Government is to spend €325 million or a third less on local authority housing programmes in 2010 than it did in 2009, it has confirmed.

FINE GAEL has warned that the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill now going through the Oireachtas could wipe out the Irish greyhound industry.

THE government has rejected claims that there are as many as 345,000 empty houses and apartments lying idle across the country.

The Construction Industry Federation is urging the Minister for Housing to look at bringing together a panel of interested parties to provide a new egister of house prices.

More than 300,000 houses are lying empty around the country – three times the official estimate, academics claimed today.

THERE are more than 100,000 vacant houses nationwide which the Department of the Environment now wants to secure to solve social housing problems.

SIMON Community centres around the country – which provide aid to the homeless – are facing growing pressure on their services, with the Cork Simon revealing they are full to capacity every night.

Parents were today warned to take extra care in the run-up to Halloween and be aware of the dangers of fire during celebrations.

NOT exactly the outcome that would have been expected, certainly not from a Wexford side which contested the All-Ireland semi-final last season and whose continued participation in the GAA football championship may be in even greater doubt as a result of having to face resurgent Roscommon in Hyde Park, possibly in midweek.

A GOVERNMENT plan to provide mortgages to people who have been rejected by the banks has cost €280,000 to administer – but as yet no loans have been drawn down under the scheme.

Mayo 3-18 Roscommon 0-07

I WELCOME Junior Minister Michael Finneran’s new-found, if somewhat belated, interest in the plight of the homeless.

THE Government is to review aspects of renting laws after it emerged some landlords were registering their tenants as the equivalent of hotel guests.

HOUSE completions fell by a third last year, again confirming the collapse in the construction sector.

A MAYO estate with “third- world” conditions is to get a €13 million makeover as part of plans to rejuvenate rundown residential areas around the country.

A JUNIOR Government Minister has defended employing four members of his family whose wages were paid by the State.

A junior government minister today defended giving state-paid jobs to four members of his family during the past three years.

An ambitious Government plan to tackle homelessness was today branded meaningless unless the state confirms money to finance it is available.

Loans for house buys dropped by almost 40% in the first three months of the year, it emerged today.

SHANNON coach Mick Galwey had stern words for his troops despite a 14-points AIB All-Ireland Cup victory at the Mardyke on Saturday.

FIANNA FÁIL is poised to pip Fine Gael for the last seat in the new constituency of Roscommon/South Leitrim, according to the findings of the latest opinion poll.

An attempt could be made today to avert a damaging pre-election split in Fianna Fáil in the West.

A FIANNA FÁIL TD last night threatened to leave the party if Health Service Executive (HSE) plans to downgrade hospital services in his constituency get Government approval.

A Fianna Fáil TD is threatening to withdraw his support for the Government if services at Roscommon County Hospital are downgraded.

FARMERS in the Shannon and Suck river basins in the west of Ireland, who have suffered financial losses because of last month’s heavy rain which resulted in their lands being flooded, are seeking compensation from the Government for the loss of fodder.

UCC 1-12 NUI Galway 2-7

Limerick 0-14 Roscommon 0-11