News from Roscommon

Uisce Éireann has urged people to conserve water with several counties already in drought status.

09 July 2025

Footage shows the moment a house is swept away following flash flooding in New Mexico.

09 July 2025

Tusla's social workers dealt with 96,666 child protection and welfare referrals last year which was a 5% increase on referrals in 2023.

09 July 2025

Human-caused climate change made recent European heatwaves up to 4C hotter in many cities, scientists said, pushing temperatures into deadly territory for thousands of vulnerable people.

09 July 2025

The British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the French President Emmanuel Macron will hold talks as the UK pushes for France to do more to stop migrant crossings.

09 July 2025

More than 160 people remain unaccounted for after devastating floods in Texas, the state governor has said, marking a dramatic increase in the number missing from a tragedy that has so far claimed 109 lives.

09 July 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that his meeting with US President Donald Trump focused on freeing hostages held in Gaza, and stressed his determination to "eliminate" the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas.

08 July 2025

There was a big increase last year in the levels of "self-generated" child sexual abuse material appearing online, according to the annual report of the Irish Internet Hotline.

08 July 2025

Adult education tutors are to protest outside Leinster House today calling on the Minister for Higher Education James Lawless to protect hundreds of teachers who are potentially facing redundancy.

08 July 2025

The Irish Cancer Society (ICS) has said there are shocking variations across the country in terms of access to cancer tests and treatments.

08 July 2025

A total of €76 million was saved in "avoided costs" by the Injuries Resolution Board (IRB) last year, due to claims not proceeding to litigation.

08 July 2025

Offering existing RTÉ programmes "out to tender" to outside production companies "does not enhance the cultural life of this nation", a Dáil committee has heard.

08 July 2025

Opposition parties have urged Government to scrap a potential €1,000 student fees hike, saying rise is creating "barriers" to third level education and could force people not to go to college.

08 July 2025

The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume its plans to carry out mass job cuts and elements of his campaign to downsize and reshape the federal government

08 July 2025

The work that lies ahead for the Commission of Investigation into the Handling of Child Sexual Abuse in Schools is significant, complex and spans decades of huge societal changes in Ireland, writes Ailbhe Conneely.

08 July 2025

A message in a bottle that spent nearly 13 years traversing the Atlantic Ocean has washed up on the shores of Co Kerry.

08 July 2025

US President Donald Trump has said he is planning to announce tariffs on imported semiconductor and pharmaceuticals, saying the rate for medicines could reach 200% but that he would give drugmakers about one year "to get their act together".

08 July 2025

A 34-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Joseph McEvoy, who was attacked and killed in Dublin early yesterday morning.

08 July 2025

Minister for Education Helen McEntee has said the religious groups involved in the abuse "will be held accountable".

08 July 2025

Minister for Housing James Browne has issued new guidelines on building apartments, which will see changes to minimum sizes, allow for the reduced provision of private open spaces and preclude local authorities from requiring mandatory communal, community and cultural facilities.

08 July 2025