{"id":569817,"date":"2026-07-27T03:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/569817\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T03:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:48:16","slug":"criminal-damage-to-signs-in-county-roscommon-supporting-mayo-is-condemned-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/569817\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Criminal damage\u2019 to signs in County Roscommon supporting Mayo is condemned &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"> \u2018Criminal damage\u2019 to several signs along the Ballaghaderreen By-Pass, wishing the best of luck to Mayo ahead of this afternoon\u2019s All-Ireland final, has been condemned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This afternoon Ballaghaderreen Independent Councillor Micheal Frain said that \u201ctraveling towards Dublin on the Ballaghaderreen Bypass, you\u2019ll see the Roscommon and Mayo flags flying side by side on your right. On your left, unfortunately, you\u2019ll see the result of criminal damage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3861037_3_articleinline_damaged_20signs.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the vandalised signs.\" title=\"Some of the vandalised signs.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Some of the vandalised signs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cA number of signs were vandalised last night. Regardless of which county you support or where you are from, this type of behaviour has no place in sport and is completely against the spirit of fair competition and respect,\u201d said Cllr Frain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The councillor has \u201cstrongly \u201ccondemned this behaviour and has appealed to anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or who has any information, to contact Ballaghaderreen Garda Station on 094 986 0002.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cLet\u2019s support our teams with pride and respect\u2014not vandalism,\u201d said Cllr Frain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Criminal damage\u2019 to several signs along the Ballaghaderreen By-Pass, wishing the best of luck to Mayo ahead of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-569817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}