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Public pressure is mounting against the closure of the Loughloe House care facility, with a protest march planned for this Saturday and a facebook campaign attracting almost 500 members.

The RLF Restaurant Celebrity Cook-Off line-up was announced at the official Roscommon Lamb Festival 2010 programme launch in Gleeson’s Townhouse and Restaurant, Roscommon Town.

Local TD Denis Naughten has again questioned the Taoiseach on the Government’s inaction in addressing the serious safety concerns surrounding the operation of head shops.

Local TD Denis Naughten has welcomed the Government’s announcement that it is to ban many of the toxic chemicals currently on sale in head shops, but has questioned why the ban will only come into force in June.

Local TD Denis Naughten was last week appointed by Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny to a key economic role within the party as chairperson of the parliamentary party’s Economic and Business Affairs Committee.

As Health Minister Mary Harney visits Portiuncula hospital, Ballinasloe today [Friday], IMPACT trade union is calling on the Minister to guarantee that local services and jobs will not be transferred from Roscommon and Portiuncula hospitals as part of HSE plans to restructure health services in the region.

Local TD Denis Naughten has once again raised the lack of action taken by the Government to ban the sale of dangerous chemicals in head shops.

Local Fine Gael TD Denis Naughten has accused the Government of playing politics with the education of children after it revealed that the Cloonakilla NS project is not a priority within the Department of Education because it is not considered to be in a rapidly developing area.

Local TD Denis Naughten has called on the Government to intervene to secure 500 new Elan jobs, following revelations this week that the company plans to eventually sell its Athlone plant.

The grim reality of human trafficking and prostitution was brought close to home this week as Gardai raided a suspected brothel in Athlone in an effort to crush an international human trafficking gang.