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Updates announced to Nursing Home Support Scheme, Fair Deal

National News

Updates to Fair Deal, the Nursing Home Support Scheme

...into effect today in line with updated legislation. The main changes to the scheme are: · The 3 year cap is extended to FAMILY FARMs and business assets · The net proceeds of the sale of the family home is subject to the 3 year cap. The changes to the...

20 Oct 2021 at 15:35

Farming

Call for action plan at Forestry Conference

...a plan of action,a plan of action to save their counties,their farm families,local communities,towns and villages and the FAMILY FARM". In his closing speech at the conference Loftus pledged the commitment of the INHFA to work alongside the people of Leitrim...

30 Jan 2018 at 18:00

Local notes

Mullahoran

Joe Reilly The death of Joe Reilly, Ballytrust, on Tuesday 7th January last caused widespread regret and sadness over a wide area. Joe who was aged 78 was a popular member of the farming community and had been ill for only a short time before he ...

25 Jan 2014 at 12:24

Local notes

Mullahoran

Martin Cadden A pall of sadness hung over the area for the last two weeks following the death of Martin Cadden, Middletown in New Zealand. From the time that the sad news was received until the funeral on Tuesday 13th the local community took ...

24 Jan 2015 at 13:56

Business

Survey highlights
reality for farm families

...particularly vulnerable to cuts in direct payments, and he subsequently pointed to the importance of those payments to FAMILY FARM income. “Whereas direct payments contributed 32 per cent of dairy farm incomes, they account for 132 per cent of cattle,...

27 May 2013 at 11:57

Local notes

Granard April 29

ICA- At the April meeting the guild’s new President Monika Lorenz welcomed her new officers committee and members to the meeting. The following are the officers for the coming year: Vice President Patti Fitzgerald. Secretary Nancy Carr. ...

27 Apr 2011 at 14:45

Elections

Midlands North West MEP Matt Carthy hits out at deeply cynical advertisement

...more amendments, got more amendments passed and have had my name on more reports than Luke. I have supported FAMILY FARMs at all turns and advocated for a fairer distribution of CAP payments. I will stand over my record in AGRI, Luke can...

21 Apr 2019 at 19:00

Local notes

Mullinalaghta

Lotto draw St. Columba’s G.F.C held their weekly lotto draw in The Hideaway on Wednesday August 7th. Winning numbers: 5, 7, 20, 24. The jackpot of €3200 remained intact. Consolation prizes of €20 were won by the following. Thomas ...

17 Aug 2013 at 10:17

Farming

ABP encourages Longford students to enter Farm Safety projects for BT Young Scientist 2019

At this year’s Tullamore Show, ABP announced that it will continue its sponsorship of the special Farm Safety Category at the upcoming BT Young Scientist Exhibition in January 2019. This will be ABP’s fifth consecutive year ...

14 Aug 2018 at 11:25

Local News

Longford support urged for first ever Virtual Alzheimer’s Tea Day on Thursday, May 7

RTÉ stars Dáithí Ó Sé and Sinead Kennedy are calling on the nation to show solidarity with people with dementia and their family carers and have Tea in Every Home with their friends and loved ones on the phone or online to ...

29 Apr 2020 at 14:37

Covid-19

DRAFT: Ireland spent almost €25m in taxpayer money on mandatory hotel quarantine last year

Ireland spent almost €25million in taxpayer money on Mandatory Hotel Quarantine (MHQ) last year. That's according to figures released by the Department of Health, which revealed 10,398 people passed through the system ...

08 Jan 2022 at 15:05

Local News

Longford Leader Farming: Farming must be at top of Brexit agenda

Brexit is the greatest threat to Irish farming in our lifetimes and there is a huge responsibility on Irish, EU and UK politicians to get the negotiations right, IFA President Joe Healy said last week. The IFA ...

15 May 2017 at 14:00

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