Author: Joe

Lanesboro Ballyleague Notes 27th April’09

Lanesboro Ballyleague Notes Lanesboro Bridge Club The results of the competition held on Wednesday 15th April are: N/S 1st Tom Feeney & Hannah Clyne, 2nd Loretta Cooney & Eilish Gray, 3rd Gemma Douglas & Marie Sheeran. E/W 1st Bridie Deffew…

Lanesboro/Ballyleague Notes 20th April’09

Lanesboro Ballyleague Notes Campaign Office opens in Lanesboro Deputy Peter Kelly TD officially opened the Campaign Office of Anne Marie Nolan on Main Street, Lanesboro on Easter Sunday last. The office will be used as a base for the campaign and…

Lanesboro Ballyleague Notes 6th April’09

Lanesboro Ballyleague Notes Annual 25 Card Drive this Friday The annual ’25 Drive’ takes place on this Friday (Good Friday) night in the Lough Ree Development  Co–Op hall 10th April at 9pm. The proceeds this year are in aid of…

Lanesboro Ballyleague Notes 30th March 09

Lanesboro Ballyleague Notes Shannon Gaels Easter Camp  Following on from the hugely successful Halloween Camp the Shannon Gaels Minor club will be holding their first ever Easter camp. They invite players, boys and girls, aged between 7 and 13 years…

Lanesboro Ballyleague Notes 22nd March’09

Annual 25 Card Drive This year the Rathcline Ladies GAA club is taking the honour of hosting the Annual 25 Drive (partners) on Good Friday night 10th April in the Co-Op Hall. The tradition of the Good Friday night game…

Essential reading for Parents.

Over the past few weeks I have been running a notice with regard to a Friday evening bus route to facilitate young people of the area wanting to go to Longford to the Youth Forum, Megabowl, the cinema or the…

St. Patrick’s Day celebrated in style

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Tuesday last was an unmitigated success. There is no doubt that we celebrated the day in style. The Lanesboro Ballyleague area basked in sunshine and as we all know there is no finer place…

Lanesboro Ballyleague Notes 15th March’09

Lanesboro Ballyleague Notes Death The entire area was saddened to learn of the death at her residence of Sarah Kennedy, Weekfield on Monday last. Sarah was predeceased only a few months ago by her husband John. She had been in…

Ciaran Mullooly receives award

Local man and RTÉ’s Midland correspondent, Ciaran Mullooly, was also presented with an Award for the report he did on the Six One News on the change of location for the Games from Mosney to Athlone IT for 2009. He …

Hope House – A House of Hope

  You have, on a regular basis, all encountered a family member, friend or acquaintance that we know has been caught in the web of addiction.  You feel that your hands are tied and the spoken word has fallen on…