Our must-have new magazine, Longford Life, is in shops now!

In shops this week, alongside your usual Longford Leader, you will find a brand new magazine – a must-have for summer 2024.

Longford Life is brought to you by the team behind the Longford Leader and our ever-growing website, LongfordLive.

You’ll find it full of informative and lively writing on subjects that our readers want to know more about.

The high-end, glossy production makes it unlike anything else you’ll find on shelves.

Inside, you can read fascinating feature pieces on award winning Granard-based salon owner Elisha Stokes, who has almost 20,000 Instagram followers @elisha.mua and has won four awards for Best Makeup Influencer.

Read all about Longford’s impressive new skatepark and Carrickedmond based horse trainer Paul Flynn who continues to make progress in the racing world. He enjoyed a fine career as a jockey and sent out his first runners as a trainer in 2007.

Longford businessman Padraic O'Kane, who runs two Dublin restaurants and is the driving force behind the Aer Lingus College Football Classic, speaks about the big American Football game which is expected to attract 40,000 US tourists to Ireland.

Lisryan’s Laura Pakenham is one of just 34 people in the state to graduate from Trinity College with a Bachelor of Education through the medium of Irish and she talks about landing her dream job with TG4.

Longford has a vibrant cultural and arts scene and artist Gary Robinson speaks about his work.

Everything inspires photographer, poet and author Shelley Corcoran and her work has been exhibited in China, Italy America and Ireland. She is presently working on a visual art collection.

With history, culture, food and drink and entertainment, there’s something for everyone in Longford Life - on sale now!