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Brexit biting as Longford new car registrations fall by 11.9%

...down in all sectors as we enter the final quarter of sales for 2017. We continue to stress to Government officials that BUDGET 2018 must not carry any negatives that would harm our Industry and that the motorist should not be burdened further in the...

03 Oct 2017 at 22:30

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COMPETITION: Win tickets to Holiday World Show

Book your 2018 adventure experience at Holiday World Show, taking place in the RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin, from the Friday to Sunday, January 26 to 28. It is the only show where you can meet over 1,000 travel professionals from around the world to ...

15 Jan 2018 at 14:02

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Longford Leader Farming: Trying to make sense of the Climate Action Plan

The Climate Action Plan is aiming to reduce our total national emissions by 51% by 2030. Each sector of the economy has been allocated a budget and two of those are relevant to farmers namely Agriculture and Land Use, Land use Change & Forestry ...

22 Nov 2021 at 17:00

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Longford Leader Farming: Funding to RDP must be spent

While, he welcomed the increased allocation of €25m for ANCs and €20m for TAMS, and the allocation of €234m for agri-environment measures, he said it was vitally important that underspends that have arisen in recent years do not recur into the ...

07 Nov 2017 at 19:00

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Multi-million euro lifeline for Bord na Móna workers

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe was yesterday (Tuesday) facing growing pressure to set aside a multi million euro package to protect up to 2,000 Bord na Mona jobs in Longford and surrounding counties. A large slice of that duress came ...

09 Oct 2019 at 11:08

Longford Sport

Fantasy Football Tips: 5 budget players to kickstart your new season

With the Premier League restarting on September 12 and work and friend leagues filling up with puntastically named teams, we've decided to fish out the best bargains for the first few weeks of the 2020/21 season. We're all trying to ...

28 Aug 2020 at 16:44

Local News

Zero-tolerance approach needed towards perpetrators of domestic violence, says Longford senator

Senator Micheál Carrigy said an increase in reported incidents of domestic violence and breaches of orders protecting victims from perpetrators was deeply concerning, and tougher sentencing is needed to protect victims against the ...

09 Feb 2022 at 12:00

Farming

Doyle welcomes Budget 2018 allocation for forestry, horticulture, organics and greyhound Sectors

Expenditure next year will include €106m for the Forestry Programme; €16m for Bord na gCon; €5m in capital investment for the commercial horticulture sector and €10.5m for the Organic Farming Scheme with a further €1.2m for ...

13 Oct 2017 at 11:24

Farming

ICMSA say farmers 'at a loss' to understand delay

...the Brexit Low Cost Loan Scheme for farmers announced by the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure in BUDGET 2018 to be opened as quickly as possible given what he described as the “massive pressures” on farmers at present....

17 Aug 2018 at 16:35

Local News

Longford farmers angry over delay in agri loan scheme

Speaking on the matter, Longford IFA Co Chairman, Séan Conefrey described the measure as “a complete farce” after it emerged that farmers could not access the scheme until the end of this year. “It is a complete farce that ...

27 Jul 2018 at 16:00

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Women’s groups and older people unite for a fair State Pension

...the three organisations. Orla O’Connor, Director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI), said that BUDGET 2018 would provide a crucial opportunity to assess how our pensions policy impacts on women. “It is important that...

28 Aug 2017 at 16:00

Motoring News

Longford Leader Motoring: Up to 12,000 motor industry jobs at risk

The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) have issued their Quarterly Motor Industry Review Q2 of 2019, composed by economist Jim Power. The report makes for stark reading and despite the economy performing strongly, ...

08 Aug 2019 at 14:00

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