Roscommon County Council provides a variety of services, which impact the daily lives of those living and visiting the county. These vary from essential services such as the provision of water and sewerage facilities to those of a recreational nature such as libraries and the arts.
Roscommon County Council is the primary unit of Local Government in the county and was established in 1899 following the enactment of the Local Government (Ireland) Act in 1898. The elected council consists of 26 members who are directly elected to represent the people of the county.
Elections are held every five years and the current members of the council were elected at local elections held in June 2009.
The 26 elected members represent the following electoral areas:
- Athlone
- Boyle
- Castlerea
- Roscommon
- Strokestown
The democratically elected members of Roscommon County Council provide a form of government that is closest to the people. The members, who are elected on a local electoral area basis, are strategically located throughout the County and are therefore well placed to develop policies and to deliver services required.
County Roscommon forms part of the central plain of Ireland and is largely underlain by limestone. The county is bordered along the east and west by the River Shannon and the River Suck respectively which meet to the south of the county. The clean unpolluted image of the county with its natural amenities and its rich culture and heritage are there to be promoted and enjoyed by all.
Area of County Roscommon: 4360 km
Population (2001 census): 53,803
Membership of Roscommon County Council: 26
Web Standards
Roscommon County Council released a new version of the www.roscommoncoco.ie web site in January 2006. The new site aims to be more user-friendly and accessible to a wider range of our customers. With this in mind, the site uses standards-based technologies such as XHMTL and CSS. This should ensure that the site is usable on a wider range of browser platforms.
Accessibility
On the new version of the site we have also tried, where possible, to adhere to the WAI's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines at the Double-A conformance level. Pages which conform to the WAI guidelines are identified by the WAI Double-A logo at the bottom of the page. Conformance to these Guidelines will help make the site more accessible to users with disabilities and will benefit all users.
File Types
Information is made available from this site in a variety of formats and file types. Where a link will download a file rather than link to a web page, we have tried to identify the file type and the size of the download. Some files are very large and will require Broadband Internet Access to be downloaded in a reasonable time. Where this occurs we have indicated that the file is large.
Some common file type used on this site, and the programs used to read them are listed in the following table:
File Types Used on This Site| File Type | Extension(s) | Read By | Available From | Comment |
|---|
| Portable Document Format (PDF) | .pdf | Adobe Acrobat Reader | Download Acrobat Reader Here | Read-only document format |
| Microsoft Word (MS-Word) | .doc | Microsoft Word, Microsoft Wordpad | Microsoft | Common word-processor document format. |
| Microsoft Excel (MS-Excel) | .xls | Microsoft Excel | Microsoft | Common spreadsheet document format. |
| Graphics Files | .jpg, .gif, .png | Most Web Browsers or Graphics Programs | Various | Commmon Image File Formats |
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Email: webmaster@roscommoncoco.ie or to:
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