Sacred Heart Church works update

The Sacred Heart Church (Roscommon) restoration committee has issued an update on the ongoing works.

“Thanks to the dedicated work of Gerry Dervin and his team, the majority of the urgent repairs to Sacred Heart Church, Roscommon, have now been completed. All scaffolding has been removed and access to the Church is now back to normal.

“We are extremely grateful to parishioners for their cooperation and generosity, which has enabled us to get to this point. Unfortunately we still have a shortfall of approximately €45,000 to cover the required costs. Your continued support is greatly appreciated”.

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Here at Roscommon SPCA, we want to end this cycle of suffering and give these cats a chance for a better life. But we can’t do it alone – we need your help. We need you to spay or neuter your cats, whether they are male or female. We need you to report any stray or feral cats in your area, and we need you to support our work with donations or volunteering. We are all working as volunteers here at Roscommon SPCA, and we are doing our best to help as many cats as we can – but we can only do so much. We need you to help us to help them.

Our committee have been busy looking at ways we can help the community, and have come up with the Feral Cat Neutering Scheme. The neutering programme will be supported by donations and the Marchig Trust grant. We have launched a low-cost neutering scheme for all cats, where you can get your cat neutered for only €10 at participating vets. This scheme will run for three months and will help reduce the number of unwanted kittens and prevent health and behavioural problems in feral/homeless cats. We are also fundraising to continue this scheme in the future. We need your help to make this scheme a success. If you are feeding or looking after a feral/ homeless cat or a colony, please contact us to arrange a trap, neuter and return service (TNR). TNR is a humane and effective way to manage feral cat populations and improve their quality of life. You will need to transport the cat to and from the vet, and pay €10.

The veterinary practice will then invoice us for the remainder, and the rest of the cost will be covered by us.

To support our discounted neutering scheme, we are launching a fundraiser on iDonate. We hope that your generous donations will help us keep this scheme running for a long time. Support the fundraiser by visiting idonate.ie/fundraiser/discountneuteringcats.