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Longford students to take part in RTE's historic youth assembly

Two Longford students will be among 157 delegates participating in the RTÉ Youth Assembly on Climate in Dáil Eireann on November 15. Young people from across the Republic of Ireland applied online to take one of 157 seats in Dáil Eireann for the ...

13 Nov 2019 at 00:46

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Longford judge calls for protection of court poor box

During a recent district court sitting in Longford Judge Seamus Hughes read out a letter in the public domain which he received from Longford Tidy Towns. The letter written by the chairman of the organisation, John Farrell, thanked the local ...

10 Feb 2017 at 09:00

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FF hope to spring a surprise

This time last year, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin was trawling through the country trying to rebuild a broken party. This week he was back in Longford predicting success at the polls for party candidates vying for seats in the local ...

21 May 2014 at 14:08

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“I got into politics for public service”

“I am not a natural politician,” Mae Sexton told the Leader, as she chatted happily in the surrounds of her home in Longford town recently. “But it was my dad’s values in politics and those championed by Philo Kelly that attracted me in....

18 Jan 2013 at 09:00

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VIDEO: Longford mother and CF campaigner sends emotional message to Health Minister Simon Harris - All we want for Christmas is Orkambi

For the past four years, CF sufferer Gypsy has spent Christmas in Crumlin hospital and this year alone, she has spent eight months in hospital. Mum Hazel firmly believes if her 14-year-old daughter could gain access to the drug Orkambi ...

11 Dec 2016 at 22:20

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Longford woman spearheads march for Orkambi outside Dáil Eireann

On Wednesday, December 7 at 1:30pm a protest will take place outside Dáil Eireann where it is expected that close to 300 CF sufferers and their families will descend on the streets in an effort to highlight to the powers that be, the ...

21 Nov 2016 at 12:06

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Local farmers turn out in their
droves to protest over CAP reform

Hundreds of Longford farmers were among a 20,000 strong contingent who protested outside Dáil Eireann last week at the ‘day of action’ to highlight grievances over proposed CAP reform. Addressing the thousands of farmers on Kildare ...

21 Oct 2012 at 11:09

Local news

“People had their minds made up before I knocked on their door”

“It’s seems like a long time since Saturday,” outgoing Fianna Fáil Deputy Peter Kelly TD told the Leader on Monday. The veteran politician who served as a local area representative in Longford for a number of years prior to his ...

03 Mar 2011 at 17:49

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Fears growing that Longford won't return a TD to the 32nd Dáil

As we head into Count 12 at the Longford/Westmeath constituency count centre in Kenagh there is mounting speculation that Longford may be left without a TD in the 32nd Dáil. With three seats to be filled, Longford candidates ...

28 Feb 2016 at 19:20

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Is the Longford / Westmeath's Boxer Moran playing a cute political game?

He is arguably the one public representative who is at the forefront of most, if not all, politically minded conversations at the minute. A large slice of that focus has converged on the criticism the Independent Alliance ...

23 Apr 2017 at 11:00

Local News

War of words erupts over Tarmonbarry traffic plan

The Leader recently featured a report headed ‘Major traffic plan for the village of Tarmonbarry’ and in this, Senator Murphy and his brother Cllr Joe Murphy welcomed plans by Roscommon County Council to carry out a major ...

27 Sept 2020 at 10:00

Elections

Will Longford voters erase ghost of 2016 by returning local TD? #GE2020

Six of the fifteen candidates vying for election to the 33rd Dáíl will be optimistic of ending that four year political hiatus when voters go to the polls on Saturday. They include Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael), Joe ...

08 Feb 2020 at 00:10

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