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Longford councillor Paraic Brady among farm protesters meeting with Agriculture Minister Michael Creed

Longford farmer and Fine Gael county councillor Paraic Brady is among a group of farm protesters meeting with Agriculture Minister Michael Creed this morning. Longford native and RTÉ's Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Correspondent Fran McNulty has ...

27 Nov 2019 at 11:06

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Volunteering is what sets Granard Show apart, says ISA chief

That was the overriding view put forward by Irish Shows Association (ISA) President Raymond Brady as he addressed onlookers at the show’s launch night last Thursday. The Arva man said there were many facets to a successful show, none more so ...

13 Jul 2023 at 18:00

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Longford councillor seeks talks with church bosses over insurance concerns

It comes after concerns were raised last week at how insurance giant Allianz, who are the chief insurer for Irish schools, told education chiefs playgrounds located on school grounds place “significant exposure” on the property owner once ...

21 Sept 2023 at 13:00

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BREAKING: 'Huge day' for Longford as contract for six figure skatepark to be signed today

Moves to turn Longford’s former greyhound track into a leading recreational amenity for skateboard enthusiasts have long been a concerted target for local politicians and senior council executives. Now, it would appear, those aspirations ...

29 Jun 2023 at 11:49

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NLI invites people of Longford to nominate websites for ‘Remembering 1916, Recording 2016’ web archive

‘Remembering 1916, Recording 2016’ is the NLI’s largest web archiving project to date and is part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme. The project is part of NLI 2016, the commemorative programme in the National Library, and is ...

12 Nov 2016 at 15:42

Local News

€30,000 funding boost for Longford sensory garden projects

Two community based projects in Co Longford are celebrating a near €30,000 windfall between them this week under the Government's latest round of CLÁR funding. Ballinalee Community Group (€21,452) and St Mary's Community Campus ...

23 Sept 2019 at 10:00

Newsletter LongfordLive

Longford Farming: Plans to penalise people living in rural areas are unacceptable

Plans by the Department of transport to penalise people for living in rural areas are totally unacceptable according to IFA National Farm Family & Social Affairs Chair Teresa Roche. The draft “Moving Together, A Strategic ...

13 Apr 2024 at 13:02

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Longford to net €250,000 in Local Improvement Scheme funding

Local politicians, led by Fine Gael Longford Westmeath TD Peter Burke and constituency colleague, OPW Minister Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, have been quick to herald the news. “I learned from Minister Michael Ring (Rural Affairs ...

27 Feb 2018 at 13:19

Drumlish/Ballinamuck

Huge disappointment as Ballinamuck left out of Tidy Towns judging

A glitch in the Tidy Towns email system has been blamed for many towns/villages being left out of the recent Tidy Towns judging process. Six of the seven areas omitted were Ballinamuck, Bray, Greystones, Glenrow, ...

09 Oct 2019 at 10:00

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Longford reaps the benefits of €1.5m cash bonanza

The finer points of the details which, when totted up neared closer to the €1.5m mark, was unveiled by Rural Affairs Minister Heather Humphreys last Friday. The Cavan-Monaghan TD was in Longford for an aptly ...

15 Sept 2023 at 07:00

Elections

Carrigy talks up track record and has no fears running in General election

Fine Gael’s Micheal Carrigy says he will have “no fears” in standing before the electorate again after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar opened the door to a possible general election before the end of the year. Cllr ...

31 May 2019 at 17:00

Local News

Department introduces enhanced biosecurity measures to battle Avian Influenza

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine today announced the introduction of enhanced biosecurity regulations as a precautionary measure against avian influenza (bird flu). Under the Animal ...

30 Nov 2020 at 20:00

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