A Boyle company that gives so much back to the community
What an achievement by local company Nordson Medical to raise €110,266 for the Sunflower Children’s Hospice. Nordson are the town’s biggest employer with 170 people working at it’s facility in Abbeytown. They go about their business in a nice, professional way but never forget the town they are located in. Over the years they have been generous donor’s to various events in Boyle and their staff have undertaken a number of “community impact days” where staff members pitch in for local cleanups, painting and facility updates. The proceeds of the fundraiser was presented recently at an event in St. Joseph’s Hall and gratefully accepted by Boyle man Mike “Junior” Smith, another local doing great work with the Mayo Roscommon Hospice.
The pioneering children’s Sunflower Hospice will provide specialist care and support for children with life-limiting illnesses and their families and serve eight counties in the West of Ireland. Once completed, the Sunflower Children’s Hospice will become the first children’s hospice to be built outside Dublin and the first new children’s hospice developed in Ireland in over 15 years. If you would like to donate to the Sunflower Children’s Hospice, you can do so here.
Condemnation of illegal dumping in public bins
A viewer has been in touch with us, and supplied photographic evidence, of illegal dumping of household rubbish in the litter bins in the Pleasure Grounds. As a result, the bins were overflowing and rubbish spilled out around the Park. There are two problems here. 1. People putting their household rubbish in litter bins and 2. People continuing to put litter in and around bins that are full. Why not bring your litter home with you if the bins are full instead of dropping it on the ground or ramming it into the overflowing bins? Perhaps it’s time for Roscommon Co Co to invest in bins with a smaller opening and also time for public to call out any person seen putting their household rubbish in public litter bins around the town.
Public consultation now open on speed limits in the county including Boyle
A public consultation is now open in Co. Roscommon to make Bye‑Laws in accordance with Phase 2 of the National Speed Limit Review, that proposes to implement special speed limits on public roads within the administrative area of Roscommon County Council, including the Boyle area. The public consultation period commenced on Tuesday, 28th July 2026 and will run to Thursday, 27th August 2026 (inclusive). Locally, the schedules and location maps of these proposed amendments are available for inspection during normal office hours (9:30am to 1pm and 2pm to 3:30pm) Monday to Friday from Tuesday, 28th July 2026 to Thursday, 27th August 2026 (both dates inclusive) at Boyle Municipal District Office, Cootehall Street, Boyle or online here.
The County Roscommon Special Speed Limit Bye-Laws represent a localized regulatory framework enacted by Roscommon County Council to override standard national default speed limits on specific routes in the interest of road safety. These bye-laws are part of a broader, phased national overhaul mandated under the Road Traffic Act, focusing on reducing speed limits across urban, local, and national road networks.
Annoying sense of entitlement by motorists who park illegally in Boyle
Regular viewers will known of the frustration and annoyance highlighted in this blog at the amount of illegal parking that is currently happening, without consequence, around Boyle. On Tuesday last we published a photograph of a car parked on the footpath at the Shop Street/Bridge Street junction which held up larger vehicles coming down the Crescent travelling onto Bridge Street, as the right wheels of the car were on the road and the remainder left on the footpath. The same day we were made aware of a van that was parked, or in reality – abandoned – at the top of the slip road from Elphin Street onto the railway station road with the owner most likely avoiding parking charges at the train station, as it was there from early morning until late evening. (It was there again yesterday in the same position!). Motorists leaving the train station had to swing into the right lane to get around the corner to pass this van as the front and most of the body of the van was on the railway station road and a double yellow line.
The ignorance and sense of entitlement of people who believe they can park wherever they want in Boyle needs to be challenged by the authorities and parking tickets issued at every opportunity.
Little over seven weeks until the Balloons are back in Boyle
With a little over seven weeks to go until Boyle hosts the 54th Irish Hot Air Ballooning Championship (19th-25th September), a hard working committee are finalising plans for a mini festival in Boyle to coincide with the Championships. While full details have yet to be announced, it is understood there will be various ancillary events in the town to entice those who make the trip to the Park, to stay around and enjoy all that Boyle has to offer and to mix socially with the Balloon Crews at night. A highlight of the week is sure to be the fireworks display in Boyle on the evening/night of Saturday 19th. Last year’s event brought close on 10,000 visitors to Lough Key Forest Park and weather permitting, even larger crowds are expected this year. More details will be available closer to the date but now is the time to mark September 19th-25th in your calendar for a trip to Boyle.
Seperatedly, Lough Key Forest and Activity Park aare exploring putting together a special souvenir programme celebrating the return of the Irish Hot Air Ballooning Championships and they would love to include some of your memories. If you have any photographs, newspaper cuttings or stories from the original events, please send them to [email protected]. Full credit will be given to every contributor.
News snippets from around Boyle
Congratulations to Boyle athlete Finley Daly who successfully defended his national senior 3000m steeplechase title – for the third time in four years – with an authoritative victory in 8:59, breaking the 9-minute barrier, at the National Senior Track and Field Championships at Morton Stadium, Santry last weekend……….Tractor Run in memory of the late Michael Creighton and Pat McCrann will take place from The Sheepwalk, Frenchpark on Sunday commencing at 1pm. Registration on the morning. All proceeds from the day will go to local schools. Your support would be greatly appreciated……….5k Fun Run/Walk in Keadue this evening Friday 31st commencing at 7pm. All proceeds raised will go towards SHOUT………..This Sunday it’s Roscommon Intermediate Ladies turn to play in an All Ireland Final with thrown in against Fermanagah in Croke Park at 13.45. Best of luck to the team and management especially Boyle players Aisling Feely, Ruth Cox, Megan McKeon and Saoirse Wynne. The game will be shown live on TG4……….Not one newly attested probationer Garda has been directly assigned to any Garda station in County Roscommon under the latest national allocation…………Here in Boyletoday.com we are delighted to take photographs of certain events around town and share them with you – our viewers, but it is quite annoying when others use our photographs without permission or accreditation. A simple ask or ‘photograph courtesy Boyletoday.com’ would be appreciated……….Boyle GAA will make history on Monday next when the club’s Under 11 hurlers take to the field in Croke Park for the very first time. They will be participating in a special Under-11 Hurling Blitz. Fifteen of the Club’s young hurlers will proudly wear the Boyle jersey on the famous sod, taking on Na Fianna, Tulsk Lord Edwards and Ballinamore. It promises to be an unforgettable day for the players and a significant milestone in the club’s proud 137-year history.
And finally……..!
As we approach August and wonder where May, June and July have gone, the following ‘and finally’ may be an appropriate way to end this week’s Boyle’d Pot:
Before we know it, another sunrise has become another sunset.
Before we know it, another week has quietly slipped away.
Before we know it, another month has turned into a memory.
Before we know it, another year is behind us.
And one day, before we know it, our own story will reach its final chapter.
That’s true for every one of us.
So maybe the greatest lesson isn’t wishing for more time……
It’s making better use of the time we’ve already been given.
Notice the little things.
Hold your loved ones a little closer.
Forgive a little faster.
Laugh a little louder.
Be kinder than necessary.
Take more pictures, but also take time to truly live the moments you’re capturing.
Life doesn’t slow down for anyone.
The days become weeks, the weeks become years, and suddenly we’re wondering where the time went.
None of us know how many tomorrows are waiting.
But we all have today.
So let’s choose gratitude over regret, love over anger, hope over fear and memories over possessions.
Because in the end, it isn’t the years we remember most
it’s the moments that filled them with meaning.
