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On today's Good Morning Roscommon Damien Finneran talks to Owen Ward about education and the Traveller community.

On The Arts Programme today, Ursula Ledwith is joined in studio by Dymphna Molloy, Nicola Bowes and Rosemary Carty.

The annual Roscommon town Community Challenge will take place this Friday 4th March starting from the Lisnamult Community Centre at 8pm. The proceeds this year will go towards Roscommon Special Olympics. Jacqui McCormack has been telling Seamus Duke about this years' event on the Good Morning Roscommon programme.

The Abbey Hotel in Roscommon have several posts available and they have a jobs fair arranged for the Hotel on Saturday 12th March.. Stephanie Mahedy is the HR Manager at The Abbey Hotel and she has been chatting to Seamus Duke about the day.

A new website called WESTBEWELL that seeks to highlight services available in the area of mental health in Galway Roscommon and Mayo has been launched by the HSE West. Seamus Duke has been talking to Mary McGrath of the HSE West about the launch and how to access the website.

Plans to by-pass the village of Knockcroghery have been put on hold for the medium to long term and that decision has angered and frustrated locals. The issues was discussed at a recent meeting of Roscommon Municipal District. Local Councillor Donal Kilduff spoke to Seamus Duke on the Good Morning Roscommon programme about the feeling in the local community.

On this week's programme. League of Ireland and GAA Memories

In this week's programme Premier league soccer and FA Cup, Local GAA.

On this week's Feel Good Friday, Joe Bambrick talks to James Fahey of Redesign Ireland Greener.

On this week's show Damien Finneran discusses the cost of living and the difficulties many people experience, including an interview with Suzanne Rogers of Social Justice Ireland.

On The Arts Programme today Ursula Ledwith is joined by local artist Noel Molloy and artist Rosemary Langtry.

Tusla have launched a nationwide campaign seeking foster caring families for children. Currently over 350 Roscommon famitles are fostering children in the county. Eva Beirne is a Social Worker with Tusla and she spoke to Seamus Duke on the Good Morning Roscommon programme about the  campaign and what's involved.

The community in Creggs held a meeting recently at which several issues were discussed in terms of the future development of the village including a sewerage scheme,  the development of walkways and cycleways and other issues. On the Good Morning Roscommon programme Seamus Duke spoke to Ger Dowd the principal of Creggs National School about the meeting and the plans.

Featured in this part of Friday Sport with Aidan Raftery is Basketball, TY Students Roscommon Community College podcast and Local GAA.

Featured in this week's Friday Sport with Aidan Raftery are Premier League Soccer and Local Rugby.

Joining Joe Bambrick on today's show is singer/songwriter Donnie O' Connor.

Joining Damien Finneran on this week's show is Patrick Devaney, a secondary school art teacher from Galway City.

Joining Ursula on the programme today are, Tanya Ross, novelty cake designer and baker and Bianca Bachell, singer/songwriter and environmental advocate.

The National Council of the Blind of Ireland are holding a big fund-raiser in March when they will ask people to exercise for 30 minutes every day for 30 days. June Tinsley of the NCBI has been explaining to Seamus Duke the details of the fund-raiser.

The Garda Siochana are celebrating their 100th anniversary in 2022 and one of the people credited with the modernisation of the force over the past 35 years is Jack Marrinan. Tim Doyle has written a book about the role Jack Marrinan has played in the formation of the modern Garda force called The Changing of the Guard. He spoke to Seamus Duke about the book on the Good Morning Roscommon programme.

A major music festival is set to be held in Castlerea at Clonalis House in September while a two day tourism conference will be held in The Abbey Hotel in April. Seamus Duke has been speaking to local Independent councillor Tony Waldron about those two events on the Good Morning Roscommon programme.

Friday Sport with Aidan Raftery looks at, League of Ireland, Basketball and SCC Coach.

On Friday Sport with Aidan Raftery, Premier League Soccer and Martial Arts.

On today's programme Joe Bambrick talks to Mark Kelly from the School of Archaeology.

On today's Arts Programme, Ursula is joined by Deirdre Featherstone of the Sea of Change Choir, Jimmy Norman of Aoibheann's Pink Tie and artist, Fiona Moore.