Co. Roscommon • 5 stories • Since 2026-04-08
John Quinn has been granted permission to keep a four-bay double slatted shed at Ardnagowna near Elphin, along with underground storage tanks and associated works. The decision came through on 1 May 2026 with conditions attached.
Gordon Murray has been granted permission to keep two 3-bedroom apartments that have already been built on Main Street in Elphin – one on the ground floor and one upstairs. The apartments are connected to the public sewerage system, and the council approved this retention application with conditions in April 2026.
Christopher O'Connor is seeking permission to build a new house and garage at Cloonrounghan near Elphin. The development will also include a treatment system for wastewater. The application is currently being processed by Roscommon County Council.
Cathal Yvonne King wants to build two semi-detached bungalows on a site at the rear of Main Street in Elphin. Each house will have two bedrooms and will include new boundary fencing, roads, and connections to water and sewerage services.
John Devine has been given the go-ahead to restore a derelict house at Clooneigh in Elphin, including changes to how it looks from the outside. The project also involves installing a new wastewater treatment system and drainage area, along with other site works needed to bring the property back into use.
Cases and rulings mentioning Elphin from local newspapers and Courts News Ireland.
(Pictured: Accused Messrs David Lawlor, Martin O'Toole, Paul Beirne and Patrick Sweeney. Photo: Collins) By Eimear Dodd The jury in the trial of four men alleged to have taken part in an attack at a repossessed farm in Co Roscommon have heard that a journalist who videoed burning
A 35-year-old man who was found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity after stabbing his former employer 19 times is not currently suffering from a mental disorder and does not require inpatient treatment at the Central Mental Hospital, a court has been told. The C
A 35-year-old man who stabbed his former employer 19 times during “a psychotic episode” in which he believed his boss was responsible for the murder of Michaela McAreavey has been found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity. The jury returned the verdict to Mr Just
A 35-year-old man accused of attempted murder was “profoundly psychotic” when he stabbed his former boss 19 times because he thought he was responsible for Michaela McAreavey’s murder, his trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard. Dr Stephen Monks, a consultant forensic psyc
A 35-year-old man stabbed his former employer 19 times "without warning” because the accused was having “psychotic delusions” and believed his boss was responsible for the murder of Michaela McAreavey, his trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard. The court heard the accused
(Pictured: Thomas Murphy. Photo: Collins) Prominent republican Thomas “Slab” Murphy has been found guilty of tax evasion. Murphy (66), from Ballybinaby, Hackballscross, County Louth, had denied the nine charges alleging that he failed to furnish a return of his income, profits or
(Pictured: Mr Thomas Murphy. Photo: Collins) by Daniel Hickey The trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin of prominent republican Thomas "Slab" Murphy for alleged tax evasion has heard evidence about transactions relating to the bank account of a man named of Thomas Murphy,
(Pictured: Mr Thomas Murphy. Photo: Collins) by Daniel Hickey The trial at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin of prominent republican Thomas "Slab" Murphy for alleged tax evasion has heard that over a period of five years a man named Thomas Murphy traded in cattle worth approxi