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Featured on this week's Friday Sport with Aidan Raftery; Premier League Soccer, fixtures and results with Brian Colleran, Rugby View with Adrian Leddy and Wheelchair Sport Update with Jack Squibb.

There is still time for you to ‘Double the Love’ for Mary’s Meals . Adrianne is joined in studio by Volunteer, Kevin Beirne to give an update on the success of Mary’s Meals’ Christmas Raffle and to encourage people to donate, especially now as, up to 12 January, every euro you give will be doubled by theTom Cunningham Trust. For more info on donating or to become a volunteer with Mary’s Meals go t...

Featured on this week's Friday Sport with Aidan Raftery; Premier League Soccer, fixtures and predictions with Brian Colleran, Rugby View with Adrian Leddy, Craughwell GAA For All with Mary Dolan and Maggie Ryan, and Formula 1 with Michael O' Grady.

Team Hope have been delivering your shoeboxes to Albania and last week they delivered Roscommon’s 2,000+ boxes to happy children in Kosovo. Adrianne speaks with Team Hope’s CEO, Deborah Lowry to hear about all the wonderful work that the volunteers here have been doing. Deborah thanks the people of Roscommon for their generosity and tells the story of the 3- millionth shoebox, which was donated by...

Earlier this year Rosfm ran a media training course on behalf of Worklinks Roscommon, for the Brothers of Charity and Peter Triest Training Centre. The training went very well and the trainees enjoyed their time in the studios so much that they came back for a Christmas Special with Adrianne. Here 5 of those trainees, Shaun Mullen, Padraig Scanlon, Frank Whyte, Eoin Fenton (Henley) and Aidan Thoma...

Featured on this week's Friday Sport with Aidan Raftery; Premier League Soccer fixtures and results with Brian Colleran, Rugby View with Adrian Leddy, Stuart Conroy Interview, GAA All Stars with Thomas and Keane Murray, and Hugh Gavin Interview.

On this week's Feel Good Friday, Joe Bambrick shared an interview he did with Theresa O' Reilly from The Midland Branch of The Irish Guide Dogs Association who spoke about Ambassador guide dogs, the work of the organisation, fundraising and events, the services offered to the community, the training of guide dogs and the need for volunteers.

Peter Boyd is a remarkable man who has lived with chronic pain since his twenties, being one of the few men diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, but also Arthritis and 5 other chronic illnesses by his early thirties, but he has used his experiences with chronic pain and Fibromyalgia to become an advocate for this condition. He went on to start up a blog, going by the moniker of Fibrofella and became a Ser...

With Supermoons, Aurora Borealis and meteor showers lighting up the sky this week, Adrianne is once again delighted to chat with David Moore founder of Astronomy Ireland. He also talks about some upcoming online training for budding astronomers, their magazine and how to take great photos of the sky at night with just your smartphone. For more info go to www.astronomy.ie

Léargas is an organisation that manages national and international programmes in youth work, education and training, including Erasmus+, European Solidarity Corps and eTwinning. Adrianne speaks here with Deirdre Finlay, Head of Education and Training Development with Léargas to find out about all the work they do, how community groups and schools can apply for funding through their various program...

The Roscommon Community Athletics Track (RCAT) group have launched its ‘Win a Garden Room’ and ‘Win a Kitchen’ fundraising competition for a new state-of-the- art 400-metre 8 lane running track, which will be located at the Lisnamult Community Sports Park in Roscommon Town. By buying a ticket you are in with a chance of winning a garden room from Lidan valued at €65,000, and a bespoke Mark Lohan k...

Featured on this week's Friday Sport with Aidan Raftery; Premier League fixtures and predictions with Brian Colleran, Formula 1 with Michael O' Grady, Rugby View with Adrian Leddy, Roscommon Round Up with Robbie Mulvey and Na Fianna Kickboxing with Martin Ward and Robbie Mulvey.

The Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation’s annual Shine a Light Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place on Sunday, December 7 to help raise vital funds for palliative care services in both Mayo and Roscommon. The Walk will precede the Ceremony and will begin at the Plaza in Knock at 4pm. To register go to www.hospice.ie or just rock up on the day with your walking shoes on. Adrianne chats here with Ma...

A new report from Cancer Trials Ireland estimates €14.8million in direct government savings over four years across a sample of 18 trials. These medical trials are helping to find new medications to relieve the pain and suffering of cancer patients and in some cases prolong and save lives. Adrianne chats with Angela Clayton-Lea, CEO of Cancer Trials Ireland about their findings and why they are ask...

Mary’s Meals help feed hungry children in some of the world’s poorest countries around the world and 97cent of every euro donated goes directly to charitable activities, with only 3 cent spent on fundraising costs as they rely heavily on volunteers. This Christmas you can help even more because every euro you give will be doubled by the Tom Cunningham Trust, so you can ‘Double the Love’. Adrianne...

Doras and other organisations working in the refugee and migrant sector are extremely concerned about the negative impact and consequences of the deportation operations being undertaken by the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. They say that the approach being taken by the Irish government creates an environment of fear for people in the protection system, causing significant distr...

Featured on this week's Friday Sport with Aidan Raftery; Premier League Soccer Fixtures and Predictions, Rugby View with Adrian Leddy, Formula 1 with Michael O' Grady, Roscommon Round Up with Robbie Mulvey, and GAA with Ray Lannon.

RosFM were in Roscommon town on Sunday the 23rd of November for the switching on of the Christmas Lights. Joe Bambrick, Martina Dockery, April Tambling and Niamh Loftus were there along with some special guests which Joe got to speak to; One Town, One Voice Community Choir with Caroline Dove - Musical Director, Roscommon Rose - Rachel Hastings, Deirdre Kelly, Santa Claus, and Cllrs Paschal Fitzmau...

Featured on this week's Friday Sport with Aidan Raftery; Premier League Soccer Fixtures, Rugby View with Adrian Leddy, Connacht Rugby with Byron Ralston, Hugh Gavin and Sean Jenson, Wheelchair Sport Update with Jack Squibb, and GAA with Ray Lannon.

Team Hope are an Irish charity who help disadvantaged children overseas. They work tirelessly to combat oppression and to help communities less fortunate than our own in Africa and Eastern Europe by bringing clean water to their villages and training them on how to grow different crops and farm the land, thus enabling them to become more independent and to come out of poverty. Every year Team Hope...

Threshold provides advice to renters and advocates on their behalf with regards to their rights when renting. Their Q3 Impact Report highlights the need for continued work to protect renters across Ireland as they saw a 20% jump in renters at risk of homelessness and seeking their help. Adrianne is joined by Cat Clark, Threshold’s Campaigns Officer to discuss what they do and what renters need to...

The NASC and CAHC have issued a joint statement regarding their concerns at the growing number of cases of hate-driven extremism, violence, racism, intolerance and harassment being perpetrated against minority groups and individuals from such groups. Tim Hanley of LGBT Ireland chats with Adrianne about their concerns and the measures they have put forward and would like our government to act upon...

AsIAm is Ireland’s Autism Charity, dedicated to removing the stigma and barriers often faced by autistic people, by informing the general public and supporting autistic people and their families through training and other online resources, which are available on www.asiam.ie Adrianne chats with AsIAm’s Fundraising Manager, Rachel Wheeler about autism, the language we should use when communicating...

Featured on this week's Friday Sport with Aidan Raftery; Rugby View with Adrian Leddy, Formula 1 with Michael O'Grady and Premier League Soccer, Fixtures and Predictions with Brian Colleran.

As part of Agri Aware’s ‘Sowing Wellbeing in Every Field’ campaign, a survey at this year’s National Ploughing Championships revealed some harrowing figures regarding quad safety, namely that only 18% of drivers surveyed wore helmets while operating a quad. To discuss these results, farm safety and Agri Aware’s ‘Sowing Wellbeing in Every Field’ campaign Adrianne speaks with Fiona Treacy, Education...