Keep cosy and warm this winter

Keep Cosy and Warm this winter

These are some of Stewarts Oil delivery drivers with Tom Beirne (the face behind the phone) ... a happy bunch of guys who bring warmth to households throughout the region. Order your central heating oil now from Stewarts Oil. Call 071 967 0100
"There's No Oil like Stewarts Oil" ...

School Uniforms

Irish Times report: "This week schoolchildren are back at their desks, most of them wearing uniforms that once again sparked lots of grousing. Too bad the public debate focused only on the expense. Barnardos put the cost of an average uniform at €95 for a junior infant and €275 for a child entering secondary school. The Competition Authority tried to bring prices down for parents at one Dublin school by insisting that no one business could monopolise supply. The Arklow branch of the Money and Budgeting Advice Service predicts that demand for its help will peak this month."
The question remains "Why do schools insist we kit out our children like miniature adults from the 1950s?"

Maura Hopkins selected as Fine Gael Candidate

Maura Hopkins and Mairead McGuinness MEP

Newly elected County Councillor Maura Hopkins has been selected as the Fine Gael candidate for the Roscommon/South Leitrim by-election. Maura is an occupational therapist and was elected in May to represent the Boyle electoral area. Councillor Hopkins said: "I care deeply for the future of my town, my county, my region."
Maura Hopkins has been very visible in the Boyle area for quite some time. I have not seen Ivan Connaughton and John Kelly in the area sinc the last election, but maybe that's just me! I guess they will appear before election day.